Hi there, welcome to addINKtive designs. I have a super cute card to share with you today that showcases the fun images from a stamp set called, ‘Back On Your Feet’. It’s my take on a Triple Easel Card designed by the lovely, Nicole Wilson, an Independent Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrator from Western Australia. I’ve… Read More
Hi and welcome to addINKtive designs. Yesterday I shared a new fancy fold card that featured the gorgeous Mosaic Mood DSP and today I published a tutorial; it’s a tweaked version of yesterday’s prototype and features the beautiful Perennial Essence DSP for the card base. The scalloped flap opens on the right side and the Gold… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. I chose our latest Pinterest Pic/colour combo as I was keen to include the new in-colour,… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Last Sunday night I featured a Gift Card Holder made with the Still Scenes Bundle. There has been so much interest through Social Media and requests for me to write a tutorial, that I decided to get cracking and ‘deliver’ before I take a bit of a blogging break. I… Read More
Hello peeps. I’ve been happily playing with my pre-order Holiday Catalogue products over the last few days in preparation for an upcoming Blog Hop and before I take a planned blogging break in September. I’m squeezing in another card tutorial while the inspiration strikes and have made a Box Card using the new Yummy Christmas (Gingerbread… Read More
Hi there. I have some exciting news! I blew the dust off my very neglected You Tube Channel and made my first instructional video in four years. If you know me well enough you will know that this is kind of a big deal as I “don’t do video tutorials”. My ‘thing’ is writing and… Read More
Welcome to my blog; today I’m sharing a card that I designed with some goodies from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! ® Holiday Catalogue (Release date – 4th September). I hope you enjoy this little sneak peek. The Feels Like Frost Suite is my number 1 ❤️ in the new catty followed closely by the Still… Read More
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing a card I made with the very cute set, We’ll Walrus Be Friends from Stampin’ Up! ®. The images are fun to colour in with the Stampin’ Blends. Only a few colour combos are required for this adorable stamp set, making it a great one… Read More
Welcome to addINKtive designs and the Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps and this week we are featuring the hugely popular NEW stamp set, Free as a Bird from the 2019 – 2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. I revisited… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I haven’t entered a challenge for quite some time but the latest one at CASEing the Catty lured me in this week as the challenge is to use the colours of the Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper as inspiration – Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Night… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. Crew Member, Kelly Kent chose our latest Pinterest Pic. Isn’t it gorgeous! I recently purchased some… Read More
Oh my wordy, I’m a little bit excited about the card I’m sharing with you today. I’ve wanted to make a pop-up card like this for ages and finally got around to designing one. I know there are dies out there in ‘paper craft’ land that make this type of 3D card but this is… Read More
Welcome to addINKtive designs and the Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps and this week we are featuring the hugely popular set which will be carrying over to the 2019 – 2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the latest ESAD Blog Hop where we’re featuring products from the upcoming Annual Stampin’ Up! ® Catalogue – ONLY TWO MORE SLEEPS! I can’t wait to put in an order for some new crafting goodies on Tuesday! A few Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators from the South Pacific have joined together to… Read More
Hi there. I’m holding a Last Chance Products Stamp Class next week and have been busy designing some cards for my attendees. I was so ‘consumed’ with making projects for my Auckland On Stage Presentation that some products I ordered from the Occasions Catalogue (current until 3rd June) hadn’t seen ink. Now there are only… Read More
This month Stampin’ Up! ® will be saying goodbye to a stamp set that has been around for almost 20 years! – Lovely As A Tree – what a classic! I must admit that since switching to this blog I haven’t inked up ‘Lovely As A Tree’ but because of all the reminiscing lately I’ll just… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. Crew Member, Monique Fielder chose our latest Pinterest Pic. There are lots of gorgeous colours… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs! You may have already seen my previous post; I participated in an ESAD Retiring Products Blog Hop which featured my Lavender Scented Easel Cards. As per group rules, no self promotion is allowed in those hops and that’s totally fine but I’m pretty excited about my latest tutorial, so… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs. Tonight I’m sharing some really special cards that one of my customers made. Tracey recently purchased my Sweet Bouncing Baby Card Tutorial (with crib) and made two versions of the same design. She was pretty pleased with how they turned out, sent me some photos and gave me permission to share… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs. I’m so glad you’re visiting my blog today. If you follow what I’m up to you’ll know that I haven’t been up to much lately (not much paper crafting that is). I took January off to declutter every room in the house – I’m starting to see ‘the light at… Read More