Woo hoo! Free shipping day AND our All Star Tutorial monthly blog hop for the Bloom Where your Planted Suite is here! I'm a fan of leaves and LOVE the color green. So of course, I think this

Woo hoo! Free shipping day AND our All Star Tutorial monthly blog hop for the Bloom Where your Planted Suite is here! I'm a fan of leaves and LOVE the color green. So of course, I think this

I was so excited that the Sale-a-bration Catalog had coordinating items to go with the 2021-22 Annual Catalog. I received the Shaded Summer Stamp set as a free gift from Stampin’ Up! and LOVE that they decided to add a coordinating set of dies (Summer Shadow dies) that I could get also for FREE out

This is another card we made at my monthly stamp camp meeting. It uses a new Suite that is in the 2021/2022 Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog called Bloom Where You Are Planted. This suite inclu…

Hello & welcome! Today I have a sweet & fun card to share with you - my Just Add Ink Design Team project for this week's colour challenge and made for my darling man. It's a very supply friendly card, combining the cute & new to me Badger Besties stamp set with my well used fave, Biggest Wish, plus ink and card in Polished Pink and Soft Succulent. Some gold Gilded Leafing adds a luxe touch. And no dies or punches were needed - surprise! Here's my finished card. Let's start with the cute badger pair. I stamped two of the three badger images in the set with Memento black ink and coloured them using my Watercolour Pencils (black, gray & white). I didn't wet the image as I was trying to create the look of fur/hair (do badgers have fur or hair?). Then some fussy cutting & grumbling commenced as I'm a bit rusty, but I got there in the end. To create the background I stamped a cluster of both 'happy' sentiments in the Biggest Wish set. All the block letter images were stamped off first onto scrap. The script 'happy' is full strength. The cluster of words was inspired by the messy grid paper on my desk which had image tests from one of my World Card Making Day projects. Inspiration is everywhere I tell you. Check out Instagram to see what I worked on. The strips of coloured card anchor the badgers on the card, and the gold Gilded Leafing added touches of lovely shine. This was my first play with the leafing and oh my goodness what a mess I made. It does add a nice touch though don't you think? Inside is very simple, replicating the pink strip & stamp cluster, but it all adds to the coordination. So that's my take on the colour challenge. I hope my darling man loves his card as much as I enjoyed making it. Remember to check out the Just Add Ink blog to see all the beautiful cards created by the Team. It's always fun to see how everyone uses the same colours. Thanks for visiting today and I hope my card has given you some ideas to try. To try your own creation, head to my SU website to see and order all the supplies you need to make it. Leave a comment if you have any questions or just to say hi. Happy stamping & inky wishes Di SHOP PROJECT SUPPLIES HERE IN MY ONLINE STORE Shop all Stampin' Up! in my store now SHOP CHRISTMAS AND MORE IN AUGUST-DEC MINI CATALOGUE

Luv 2 Stamp Annual Catalog Blog Hop, enjoy this beautiful In Color Ombre Gift Bag, with In Color Vellum and Color & Contour Bundle.

I've been given more congrats, thank you and "just because" cards and goodies recently. And I have 21 of them that I want to share with you today that are all made with current products

Hello & welcome! Today I have a sweet & fun card to share with you - my Just Add Ink Design Team project for this week's colour challenge and made for my darling man. It's a very supply friendly card, combining the cute & new to me Badger Besties stamp set with my well used fave, Biggest Wish, plus ink and card in Polished Pink and Soft Succulent. Some gold Gilded Leafing adds a luxe touch. And no dies or punches were needed - surprise! Here's my finished card. Let's start with the cute badger pair. I stamped two of the three badger images in the set with Memento black ink and coloured them using my Watercolour Pencils (black, gray & white). I didn't wet the image as I was trying to create the look of fur/hair (do badgers have fur or hair?). Then some fussy cutting & grumbling commenced as I'm a bit rusty, but I got there in the end. To create the background I stamped a cluster of both 'happy' sentiments in the Biggest Wish set. All the block letter images were stamped off first onto scrap. The script 'happy' is full strength. The cluster of words was inspired by the messy grid paper on my desk which had image tests from one of my World Card Making Day projects. Inspiration is everywhere I tell you. Check out Instagram to see what I worked on. The strips of coloured card anchor the badgers on the card, and the gold Gilded Leafing added touches of lovely shine. This was my first play with the leafing and oh my goodness what a mess I made. It does add a nice touch though don't you think? Inside is very simple, replicating the pink strip & stamp cluster, but it all adds to the coordination. So that's my take on the colour challenge. I hope my darling man loves his card as much as I enjoyed making it. Remember to check out the Just Add Ink blog to see all the beautiful cards created by the Team. It's always fun to see how everyone uses the same colours. Thanks for visiting today and I hope my card has given you some ideas to try. To try your own creation, head to my SU website to see and order all the supplies you need to make it. Leave a comment if you have any questions or just to say hi. Happy stamping & inky wishes Di SHOP PROJECT SUPPLIES HERE IN MY ONLINE STORE Shop all Stampin' Up! in my store now SHOP CHRISTMAS AND MORE IN AUGUST-DEC MINI CATALOGUE

Welcome to our All Star Tutorial monthly blog hop for the Expressions in Ink Suite! I'm excited to show you my version of the popular Pinwheel Tower Card AND tips for decorating with Gilded

I'm bringing in another Vertical Z-fold card similar to the one I shared last week. I needed more team birthday cards and ran out of the Hand-Penned paper that I was using. So here is my second

Welcome to our All Star Tutorial monthly blog hop for the Expressions in Ink Suite! I'm excited to show you my version of the popular Pinwheel Tower Card AND tips for decorating with Gilded

Welcome to our All Star Tutorial monthly blog hop for the Expressions in Ink Suite! I'm excited to show you my version of the popular Pinwheel Tower Card AND tips for decorating with Gilded

The 2021-22 Annual Catalog is now LIVE! Hello friends! How have you been? I have missed blogging and am going to *try* to bring you more content. I feel like I “can’t do it all” b…

Hello and welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for June. This month, we are celebrating "New Catalog Goodies." There are so many that it's hard to choose, but if you know me, you know I love anything aquatic themed, so I decided to try out the new Seascape Bundle and Layering Diorama Dies. How

Hey There! Thanks so much for stopping by today! I wanted to share with you a recent video we recorded live over on YouTube! It was featuring the BRAND new Pattern Party Designer Series Paper Stack. This is from the 2021 Annual Catalogue. Here is a picture of the paper. It is a MEGA paper pack with 48 sheets of 12 x 12 paper (4 each 2-side design) and contains lots of FUN colours on one side with Black and White on the other. In addition to the DSP, we used the Colour and Contour Bundle from the NEW 2021 Annual Catalogue. Right now, you can BUY the paper (if you Join My Team OR you are already a demonstrator). From May 4, you will have to EARN the paper (with a $310 order). Make sure you read all the way down to the bottom of this post to learn how you can get $114 worth of products FREE. If you missed the video, click here or on the image below. These projects are SUPER simple and were SUPER fun to make! Wanna see the projects up closer? How about even closer? Which card do you prefer? Leave a comment below and let me know! The Stampin' Up! Starter Kit is the BEST deal! Typically, with the purchase of a starter kit, you pay $169 and receive $235 worth of products - thats $66 FREE!!!! However, between May 4-31, the deal is as follows; Pay $169 and receive $283 worth of products! That is a whopping $114 worth of products FREE!!!! The starter kit is fully customisable and As mentioned above, this promotion runs from May 4-31. It is absolutely no obligation and there is no pressure to sell or hold parties. Are you ready to Join My Team? I would be happy to answer any questions you might have! Please feel free to email me. Check out our AMAZING All Star Tutorial Bundles 12 amazing tutorials to inspire you each month $20 Click Below to see the Sneak Peeks or FREE with ANY ONLINE ORDER

Story of Elegance Welcome! It’s Friday! The work week is behind you. Time to get in some wonderful creativity time. And with our new Annual Catalog you have tons of options to choose from! I have so many favorites in this catalog I hardly know where to start. It took me awhile, but I finally […]

While indulging myself with some free craft time after completing the cutting of next week's class kits, and completing a card for another challenge, I rolled with the flow and turned to Just Add Ink for further inspiration. When I looked at the image, I saw one of the new In-Colours, Pale Papaya, and ran with that along with a touch of Bumblebee. I've also included two of the other new In-Colours, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. I reached for what is fast becoming a new go-to set for me: the Quiet Meadow bundle, which is available from 3 May. As the photo had strong vertical lines, I used a strip of Pale Papaya DSP along the edge. I used the 2021-23 In-Colour Stampin' Write markers, and Bumblebee from the 2020-22 collection, to colour the floral image from Quiet Meadow and stamped that. I added some extra tiny flowers in Bumblebee and Pale Papaya, as well as the script stamp, then some splatters in Soft Succulent. The other part of the bundle is the Meadow dies and they are the most amazing floral dies, rather like large silhouettes. I've cut two cornflowers and the fern foliage and sponged them in Bumblebee, Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent and arranged them over the stamped imagery. The sentiment, and sentiment label, are also from the same bundle. To finish, I've added in three of the new In-Colour gems, these ones in Evening Evergreen. All of these products: DSP, stamps, dies and inks, and embellishments will be available from 3 May. If you live in New Zealand, please message me - or visit my online store by clicking SHOP NOW in the sidebar - if you want to get some. You can contact me through any of the methods in the Contacts tab at the top of the page. If you don't live in New Zealand, contact your local Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the new Expressions In Ink products and the fun card I shared on Wednesday. Today I'm sharing some super simple cards that I made with four of the patterned papers in

Hello there stamping friends! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today I'm participating in a blog hop for CASE-ing the Catty, to kick off the new challenge for the week. If you've come here from Peta's blog welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome. To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit. And this week we are CASE-ing our choice of sketches that are found on Pg. 22 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue. There are 22 sketches so I'm sure there is at least one that inspires you. If you've been following me here for a while you'll know that I love a sketch challenge. I think because I find them the easiest of all the challenges and I usually get a whole heap of different ideas flowing so its easy to get crafting with a sketch. I also say that a sketch is more of a guide or starting point and I usually end up changing something from the sketch. I try to keep the basic design principles of the sketch but sometimes things need to be changed to suit the project better. I was really drawn to this grid like sketch when trying to decide on what sketch I was going to use. I wanted to use one of the sketches that was a little bit of a different design as to what I normally do when creating cards and this was it. I've used the grid design to create my own background using strips of Basic Black and Basic White. I do love a Black and White stripe and thought that this would go perfectly with the orange colourings of the oranges from the Mediterranean Blooms DSP. I've made a couple of projects recently with Blue and White combined with the Mediterranean Blooms Citrus images, which I love but I'm also loving this black and white colour combo with the citrus images too. I've used a few layers of Basic White under the striped grid and then fussy cut the orange image to make it the main focus of the card. I love that with these images they are the 'star of the show' and you don't need to put much else with them if you don't want to. Me, of course, had to add some extra die cuts and some ribbon and trim. A card isn't a card without these things in my book. I've layered one of the Citrus Blooms foliage die cuts, Linen thread and the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check to coordinate with the card. Can't go without that Linen Thread. I finished the card off with a little 'Hello' banner with a ruffled ribbon edge and some Opal Rounds embellishments. This is where I differ from the sketch a little. A banner placed on the card like in the sketch just wouldn't work in my book but put on the card down a little bit is a much better placement. I hope that I've inspired you with my take on this sketch and make sure you check out all the sketches on Pg. 22 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. These sketches are a great way to get that crafting mojo going especially if you are in a crafting slump. Why not try an use all 22?! There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the CASE-ing the Catty Crew so be sure to make your way around the whole hop to get inspiration from the CTC team. Next up on the hop is Michelle Strazds with her amazing take on one of the sketches. Keep hopping around to see all of the design team’s creations. We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing a project from the 2024 - 2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and join in this weeks challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in! Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Stamping! Live in Australia? Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products. Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store. Tweet

Here is the third new 2021-2023 in colour called Pale Papaya. Pale Papaya is a light orange shade that fits more with the oranges than I have shown in the comparison above. To showcase Pale Papaya I have again used the Colour & Contour stamp set and dies bundle. I used the scallop border dies to cut the edge of a piece of 2021-2023 In Colour DSP. This was mounted on a Thick Basic White card base. I stamped a greeting from the Etched in Nature stamp set in Pale Papaya. I stamped and die cut the daisy image three times and arranged them on the front of the card. Before I attached the flowers I wrapped a piece of the Open Weave Ribbon around the card front. I will be back tomorrow with the fourth new In Colour - Evening Evergreen. Thanks for visiting, Rachel

Today I'm sharing a sneak peek of a new stamp bundle called Color & Contour. I've paired it with the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper

Calling all plant lovers! The Stampin Up Plentiful Plants Bundle and Bloom Where You Are Planted Suite are the perfect products for your hand made and DIY cards for gardeners and anyone who loves plants. See how I have put this care together on my blog. Claire Daly, Stampin Up Demonstrator Melbourne Australia.

I have lots of birthdays coming up and today’s card is one of the sweetest birthday cards yet! Paper Pumpkin kits for $5?? Yes, it’s true! Check out today’s blog to subscribe toda…

The new Stampin' Up! Promotion Waves of the Ocean Collection began on March 1 and will go until May 2, 2022 or while supplies last. This coastal collection includes an inspiring set of stamps and

I hope you enjoyed seeing the new Expressions In Ink products and the fun card I shared on Wednesday. Today I'm sharing some super simple cards that I made with four of the patterned papers in

There are so many amazing and wonderful new products in Stampin' Up!'s 2021 Annual Catalog! By the time you get to page 162, you might find yourself exhausted by all the wonderful, new things you've spotted and added to your wish list. You can't stop there, though, because there are

I could not stop playing with the new Bloom Where You're Planted suite with the Plentiful Plants stamp and coordinating dies. They have this fun boho look to them that I am trying to get in my newly finished rec room. I am now hooked on the HGTV show with the twins from Unsellable Houses!! These cards remind me of how they decorate, 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 This first set has a Cinnamon Cider mat layer and details. That cute wood paneling back ground is included in the Bloom Where You'r Planted DSP pack. The Thank You sentiment is from the Pansy Patch set and made from the Double Oval Punch. I also used one of the small pots from the Welcoming Window stamp set. Some of the plants are stamped and die cut and some are fussy cut from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP. The Dear Friend card uses the Hippo & Friends Dies to make the shaped frame. I used an old retired embellishment for the top of the hanger -the copper colored element worked well. 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 The second set uses the black and white DSP from the Hostess Awards, Pattern Play - this can be earned with Stampin' Rewards by hosting a party or placing an order with $180 in sales. I love this paper because one side of the paper are some wonderful colored patterns that seem to coordinate with many of the stamp sets in this catalog and the other side are all black and white patterns which go with anything!! Again, with the hanging plant card - I used the Hippo & Friends dies for the black background piece. The Just a note sentiment is from a very old Sale-a-bration stamp called Home to Roost, The window card uses the Window Flower Box dies for the window frame. I just backed that with a piece of Basic White that I used my blender brush and Balmy Blue Ink on to make it look like a bit of sky out the window! This also used a small pot die from the Window Flower Box dies, the succulent plant in the middle is fussy cut from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP. The sentiment is from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set. After planting a bunch of real plants in the yard and my patio pots - I can say this was much less messy and a lot more fun!! I hope you enjoyed these cards! 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 If this is your type of gardening too - my shop is open 24/7!! Just click here! The Connect, Craft & Collect promotion runs through June 14th where you can earn an additional $25 worth of free products with a $250 order - on top of the $25 Stampin' Rewards you normally get - so that would be $50 in free merchandise!! If you really like to shop and want to take advantage of Demonstrator Discounts - consider joining my TEAM!! We have an active and fun team! The Join + promotion is only thru May 31st - so time is running out on this great deal. For $99 you join as a Demonstrator and recieve $155.00 in products of your choice as a starter kit. Ask me about it!!! I would love to have you join our team! As always, I am here for any questions - I am happy to help you with your stamping needs!!

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, it's Thursday so it's time for another Project Share. Every Thursday I chose a project from 3 of my crafty friends. From the left we have Jill aka Paper Daisy Crafting, Verity aka Inkybutterfly, me and Heather aka Stamp with Nellie. Heather from Stamp With Nellie Heather has been fussy cutting the FREE Sale-A-Bration DSP Penguin Playmates. So cute. You can take a closer look at this project by clicking here :-) Verity from Inkybutterfly Verity has also used a Sale-A-Bration freebie for this card. Simply stunning. You can take a closer look at this project by clicking here :-) Jill from Paper Daisy Crafting Finally Jill has been showing how to use the Stampin' Write Markers on stamps to create this multicoloured sentiment. Love it. You can take a closer look at this project by clicking here :-) I hope you like these projects and will go and check out the blog posts. To make sure you don't miss any of my projects why not subscribe to my YouTube channel and subscribe to my newsletter and click the button to follow my blog :-) I will be back tomorrow, until then ... Happy Crafting! Gez xxx Below are the products used in these projects, if you click on them they will take you to my shop :-) Product List Penguin Playmates 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158420] £0.00 Textures & Frames Photopolymer Stamp Set [156616] £0.00 Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] £18.00 Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807] £10.75 2021–2023 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [155639] £13.75 Penguin Place Bundle (English) [156789] £29.50 Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] £16.00 Matte Black Dots [154284] £6.50 Add All to Cart Don't forget to use my host code to receive a share of the Stampin' rewards as a thank you for shopping with me :-) Host code is 2MFDVJ63 Current Offers From Me Click here to see my offers, kits and shares :-) My Shop My shop is open 24/7 Click here to shop! Don't forget to use my host code to receive a share of the Stampin' rewards as a thank you for shopping with me :-) Host code is 2MFDVJ63 If your order is £150 or more before P&P then do not use the host code as you qualify for host rewards on your own and can chose what you want :-) Sale-A-Bration 2 Free Tutorial Bundles When You Shop With Me I have collaborated with Stampin' Up! demos all over the world to create this PDF of 18 mini album tutorials. This is yours free for shopping with me :-) I have collaborated with Stampin' Up! demos all over the world to create this PDF of 38 tutorials. All projects use new products from the January- June Mini catalogue. This is yours free for shopping with me :-) Joining Offer Sale-A-Bration always brings a great joining offer and this one is no exception. If you want to start a business for £99 then this is the way to do it! Choose £130 worth of products from either the new Mini Catalogue or the Annual Catalogue You can also add products from the clearance rack and the kits that are available in my on line shop Then you get to chose one of the 12 bundles shown below absolutely free No obligation to sell, make videos, blog etc You can just join up and get the 20% discount for yourself Please note that you cannot chose Sale-A-Bration rewards with your starter kit but you can get them once you start shopping as a demonstrator Click here to join my team! Follow me on Social Media Follow me on Facebook Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Pinterest Join my Facebook Group Subscribe to my YouTube channel

I hope you enjoyed seeing the new Expressions In Ink products and the fun card I shared on Wednesday. Today I'm sharing some super simple cards that I made with four of the patterned papers in

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Finally I can share this beautiful fun fold card we made at my May Card Clubs! I like to wait until after all of my Clubs are held so I can surprise them with the cards we're making. I'm not sure why; it's just a habit now after many years of doing it that way! I chose to use the Beauty of Friendship bundle (seen here) to make this unique 'Latch fold'. I chose to use a few of our...