Hello and welcome to my blog. I thought it would be fun to look back at some of the Christmas Card Tutorials that I wrote prior to ‘retiring’ at the end of 2017. I seriously do not know how I managed to write tutorials and blog while I was a School Principal but getting into… Read More
Hey peeps, were you one of the lucky ones to get your hands on these fantastic Celebrations Tag Dies before they SOLD OUT in the CLEARANCE SALE? If so, are you looking for some unique, ‘out of the box’ card folds to try using these amazing and versatile dies? Well, you’ve come to the right place because I’ve designed… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a very special card to share with you. Our lovely niece and her hubby welcomed a new baby boy into their family and Lachie became a big brother to Noah. While I was staying with Lou (my lovely Team Leader and friend) in QLD, I made… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs … … Just when you thought the penguins couldn’t get any cuter … check out their adorable, woolly knits! It was a happy accident when I smudged a penguin’s belly with my inky, gluey fingers and had this ‘aha moment’ to make a little jumper to cover up my… Read More
Hello and welcome to the sixth and final Blog Hop (and INSTA Hop) to celebrate my 60th Birthday. There were 6 hops in total, with 6 different themes over 6 months leading up to today. Over the last few months I gathered a few Stamping friends to ‘virtually’ celebrate this milestone ‘event’ and for tonight’s… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Lou and I are back with alternative projects for our current, Bow-Ho Stampers Tutorial Bundle. To highlight the versatility of our card folds we’ve recreated them using different products. My Team Leader, Lou Kitzelman and I, publish Mini Tutorial Bundles whenever there are SPECIAL PRODUCT RELEASES or PROMOTIONS. We both love… Read More
Hello and welcome to the fifth Blog Hop (and INSTA Hop) to celebrate my 60th Birthday in 2022. There are 6 hops in total, with 6 different themes over 6 months leading up to the big day! We’re on the home stretch now. I gathered a few Stamping friends to ‘virtually’ celebrate this upcoming milestone… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and PART TWO of the July 2022 Blog Hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators who regularly offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials. Last month we showcased Our Favourite Products from the Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue for our June Tutorial Bundle. This month we’ve re-visited our June Tutorial and created an alternative project to highlight… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the July 2022 Blog Hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators who regularly offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials. Last month we showcased Our Favourite Products from the Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue for our June Tutorial Bundle. This month we’ve re-visited our June Tutorial and created an alternative project to highlight the… Read More
Hi there; welcome to my blog. Today I have a Bridge Fold Card to share with you; it was inspired by the latest Festive Friday Challenge for International Owl Awareness Day, #FF0114. I included the following elements in my project – OWL – WOODLAND – BROWN It’s made from the Celebrations Tags Dies (the second… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I have a fun, interactive card to share with you. This Bridge Fold Slider Card was designed especially for a school holiday cardmaking session that I held for a friend of mine and her eldest granddaughters. A family friend of Mel’s (ex-student of mine), also came along to… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I’m sharing these adorable TRIPLE EASEL CARDS that I made which are ‘stepped up’ versions of Nicole Wilson’s Triple Easel Card that she designed almost three years ago! Here’s a pic of Nicole’s original card that featured the ‘So Many Stars’ Bundle – I’ve been hosting Nicole’s tutorial in my Tutorial… Read More
Hello and welcome to the fourth Blog Hop (and INSTA Hop) to celebrate my 60th Birthday in 2022. There are 6 hops in total, with 6 different themes over 6 months leading up to the big day! I gathered a few Stamping friends to ‘virtually’ celebrate this upcoming milestone ‘event’ and for tonight’s hop we… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. The Bow-Ho Stampers are back with alternative projects for our current tutorial bundle. My Team Leader, Lou Kitzelman and I, publish Mini Tutorial Bundles whenever there are SPECIAL PRODUCT RELEASES or PROMOTIONS. We’d love to be able to get together and run retreats in real life but due to distance and… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. The release of the new Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue is only a few weeks away (May 3rd). It’s always exciting to see the range of new products for 2022-23 and learn what stamp sets and dies etc. get to carry over into the new catty. It’s also sad… Read More
Hello there. Thank you so much for all the wonderful responses that I received on my Social Media accounts and here on my blog for the Spinning Turntable Pop-Up Card that I made a couple of days ago. Wow! I cannot take credit for the original card fold, however, I did combine a few ideas… Read More
Hi there, I’m back with a stepped up version of the Tri-fold Cards that I made about 10 days ago. I did do a video tutorial but decided it wasn’t really worth the time it would take to edit and upload. The above photos are pretty self explanatory – I added some ribbon, rhinestones, an… Read More
Hi there, as promised I’m back with my first Video Tutorial for 2022. It’s been 10 months since I’ve uploaded to You Tube so please be kind. ☺️ Yesterday I published a post for the Flowerpot Easel Card that I made for Colour INKspiration Challenges #114. The video tutorial features another Flowerpot Easel Card made with… Read More
Hi there. Today I’m sharing an Open Easel Card that I made to highlight some of the punches from the Annual Catalogue. The Daisy and Medium Daisy Punches with the coordinating Daisy Lane Stamp Set have been firm favourites in my stash. Combine them with the new Bough Punch, add a couple of punched labels for the easel… Read More
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today’s post finds me in a bitter sweet position – ‘sweet’ because I have plenty of time to spend in my craft room and my order with brand new products arrived two days ago; ‘bitter’ because we’re not technically in lockdown but since the state border opened up,… Read More