Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing a card that I made for the Alphabet Challenge Blog. This round they are featuring the Letter ‘L’ … is for Landscape. https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/l-is-for-landscape.html I absolutely love the Farmhouse Friends Backgrounds 6×6 Paper Collection from Paper Rose. They remind me of the countryside in the UK from… Read More
Hi there … welcome back to my blog. It’s been a while since I’ve shared any of my projects here as hubby and I recently spent two wonderful months travelling around the UK. I took a complete break from my website and didn’t even schedule any projects to go ‘live’ while we were away. To… Read More
Welcome to our third 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. Today I’m sharing a 3D card that I made which combines some of my favourite, old and new products; the Window Box Thinlits from SU are certainly a blast from the past. I’ve tweaked my version of Jay Soriano’s Hexagonal Base Pop-Up Card once again to create this ‘box… 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
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back with another CARD MAKING TUTORIAL BUNDLE! Gatefold Double Box Cards – Tutorial Bundle This bundle includes instructions for eight Gatefold Double Box Cards. Some contain a slider element and others show the reverse orientation of the general card design. No dies are required in the construction… 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
Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #159. We have a really lovely colour palette for Valentine’s Day – Crew Pick – Nicole Wilson Picture Credit – https://en.idei.club/57270-pink-sofa-in-living-room.html You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays). The challenge for CI#159 is to make a… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. It’s literally taken me all day to compile all of my Baby Crib Card Tutorials into one big Mega Bundle!! Baby Crib Cards – Mega Tutorial Bundle I knew it was going to be a mammoth task to complete but I’ve wanted to provide this resource for a very… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. As promised I’m back with the finished card tutorials for the Painted Lavender (Stampin’ Up! ®) and Small Peonies (Paper Rose) Pop-Up Vase Cards that I recently designed. The Painted Lavender version features Stampin’ Up! ® products only and the Mini Pocket Envelope Die is required to make… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the launch of another MEGA CARD MAKING TUTORIAL BUNDLE! This time I’m offering my ten favourite card making tutorials which didn’t make it into the top ten most popular category (see previous post). Once again … ten tutorials for only $10 (AUD)!! Some require specific dies that may… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the launch of my first ever MEGA CARD MAKING TUTORIAL BUNDLE! I’ve gone all out to bring you my ten most popular card making tutorials of all time (excluding bundles and tutorials that were originally offered for free during a promotion). Ten tutorials for only $10 (AUD) …… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing a special birthday card that I made for a dear friend. It features the gorgeous stamps and dies from the Dainty Delight Bundle and the beautiful papers from the Meandering Meadows 6×6 DSP (Stampin’ Up! ®). Shop Stampin’ Up! ® Products in Australia with Lou Kitzelman… Read More
Hi peeps, welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back with another easel card constructed from the Delightful Doily Dies from Stampin’ Up! ®. This time I have chosen to use the Garden Meadow Bundle and Meandering Meadows DSP to create a mini garden scene on an easel/note card base. If you haven’t worked it out, I’m… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back with another fun fold card featuring the gorgeous Meandering Meadows DSP from Stampin’ Up! ®. Today I’ve used the coordinating, Garden Meadow Bundle (stamps and dies) to create an Extended Double Z-Fold Box Card (original design). I absolutely love the beautiful scenes in this 6×6 pack of Designer Series… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing a Planter Box Card that I made for the latest Paper Rose Monthly Challenge – This month’s challenge is all about Die Cutting and I’ve used the Stitched Rectangle Frames and Sunflower Garden 6×6 Paper Collection to create this unique box card. It’s filled with sprigs… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today’s post ‘heralds in’ a new season for me … I’m back writing card tutorials but I’m no longer a Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrator. I resigned (pretty sure it’s for good this time) to enable me to diversify my craft business. More on that topic later. On my ‘way… 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 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
Welcome to the launch of the latest Tutorial Collection from The Bow-Ho Stampers. My Bow-Ho Stampers team mate, Lou Kitzelman and I are back sharing our love of 3D card folds and Stampin’ Up!® products. Our Tutorial Collection includes four card tutorials full of step by step instructions and pictures. We have each designed a… Read More