Welcome to our sixth Funky Folds Blog Hop. We are a group of like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way”… so we are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style. Think ‘easel’, ‘pop-up’,… Read More
Hi and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #165. For this challenge we’re introducing two new colours – Crew Pick – Jan Clothier Picture Credit – https://unsplash.com/photos/pink-dahlia-flowers-in-focus-photography-B_SLtmXPKNA A huge thanks to my friend, Lou Kitzelman, who kindly gifted me with some paper and embellishments ahead of time so I could participate in this challenge. I made… Read More
Hi and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #162. If you love your ‘blues’ as much as I do you’ll have to agree that we have an absolutely gorgeous colour palette this round – Crew Pick – Rose Packer Picture Credit – Nature.WORLD Facebook You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’ve been on a bit of a roll with card making lately, having fun entering card challenges, using some long forgotten products from my stash and combining them with some newly acquired stamps and dies … and not running to ‘deadlines’ due to product ‘retirement’ … just enjoying the… Read More
Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #161 (one day early). We have a beautiful, inspiration picture for our latest colour challenge; the colour palette that it inspired, however, is a little ‘interesting’. I have to admit that I don’t really like any of the colours that much, so in the true sense of the… Read More
Welcome to the first Funky Folds Blog Hop. We are a group of like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way”… so we are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style. Think ‘easel’, ‘pop-up’,… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’ve got something rather unique to share with you. I’ve designed a Pinwheel Box Card (a pinwheel and box card combined). Another interesting feature is that the ‘wings’ are die-cut from the rounded, rectangular dies from Nested Essentials (SU). I’ve made Pinwheel Cards with dies before and there are a… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m entering the latest challenge at Just Add Ink – Challenge #690 which calls for a Fancy Fold Card … oh yeah! https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2024/02/just-add-ink-690fancy-folds.html 29th February – Thanks JAI for the Honourable Mention!! Today I had the house to myself so I decided to head to my craft room… Read More
Hi and welcome to my blog; I’m very excited to share with you my latest tutorial for a ‘Belt and Buckle’ style card. It features the beautiful Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper and Painted Lavender Bundle from Stampin’ Up! ® (You can check out the complete supplies list further down in this post). Because I… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing a ‘Belt and Buckle’ Card that I made for the Butterfly Challenge; I’ve been following the challenge for a while but it’s the first time I’ve played along. https://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/192-spin-butterfly-wheel-with-b-for.html There are a few different categories that need to be included in your project for the latest… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, after cleaning, sorting and decluttering some of the kitchen cupboards (for the second day in a row), I decided to take some time out to make a card and went looking for a challenge for inspiration. I loved the bright and cheery colour combo for Challenge #691 at… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I have some exciting news to share with you … The Dimensionals Papercraft Community on Facebook has been brought ‘back to life’ with the launch of a ‘new’ Monthly 3D Challenge! As Spring (for us in the Southern Hemisphere) isn’t too far away and the blossoms are already starting… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I have a really fun card to share with you which I’m entering in two different challenges – Just Add Ink #663 (Just Choose Two … Flowers and Gingham) and Creative Creases Challenge #62 (Anything Goes with a Fun Fold). I was working on other projects today but… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. Today I’m playing along with Challenge #303 at ‘As You See It’ which is a Bright ‘n’ Basic Colour Challenge. There’s a mix of brights and neutrals and I decided to take inspiration from the accompanying picture and go with a beach themed card. I created a Pop-Up… Read More
Hello and welcome to another Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) and what a gorgeous colour combo we have this round. I was staying with my mum last week and didn’t have time to create something for CI147 before… Read More