Today I'm sharing my design team card for our new challenge over at As you See It where it's time for a seasonal speed stamping challenge chosen by Heather H:

I decided I would go with tulips as my flower bulb of choice and focus on using the stamps rather than the dies in the Sunshine & Tulips bundle for a change. Take a look at what I came up with:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Simple Stamping For Speed - Given that this week is our speed stamping challenge week, where you have to make your card in under 10 minutes, I had to bear this in mind when I thought about the design for my card. I decided to keep the shapes simple and with the exception of the diecut circle, everything else was simply cut to size with a trimmer. I used the row of tulips stamp to create a panel of repeated tone-on-tone stamping which I stamped freehand for speed and then trimmed to size when I was happy with the length. I stamped the larger tulip onto my diecut circle, then finally overlaid this with a strip featuring my sentiment. Simple! 

A Trio of 2026-28 In Colo(u)rs - I thought I'd ring the changes with this set by featuring three of the new 2026-28 In Colours: Peaceful Pine, Crisp Cantaloupe and Barely Blush. I must say I wasn't a fan of Crisp Cantaloupe first time around some years ago, but I am liking it more this time around - it compliments the other In Colours nicely. 

If you like the new set of In Colors, remember you can receive them for FREE in addition to the usual free product you receive when you sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator during the month of May - why not give it a go? If you'd like to know more, please do get in touch as I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

A Timely Finish - So how long did my card take me to make? 8 minutes and 37 seconds:

Honestly, that's quite a long time for such a simple card, but the reason for this is that I had to stamp that focal point tulip a couple of times before I was happy (enough) with the result. I was struggling to get a sharp image - I clearly need more practice with the combination of photopolymer stamps and the new ink pads. As you can see above, the image still wasn't perfect but given the need for speed I think it can pass on this occasion.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Here's a summary of our challenge rules:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• For a Speed Stamping Challenge you must tell us the time it took to make your project and it must be finished in under 10 min.
• Please include the challenge graphic and link back to the challenge in your post.
• Make sure you link the specific post and not the whole blog to the Linky. Use AYSI#(insert challenge number) when uploading to a public gallery
• Please turn off word verification so that we can send you lots of feedback.
• You can combine our challenge with up to 3 other compatible challenges. 
• We do reserve the right to delete, or not consider for Top Pick and Featured Artist, entries that do not comply with these guidelines.

Enjoy your day; it's predicted to be a scorcher this Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, so mine is starting with a session at the gym, followed by grocery shopping and a couple of appointments before heading out to the river to get on my paddleboard for the first time this year. Wish me luck! I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

STYLISH SHAPES DIES (£28.00)

SUNSHINE & TULIPS BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (£43.00)

2026–2028 IN COLOR™ A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

2026–2028 IN COLOR™ CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADS (£63.00)

BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

Another quick post to share my second card for this week's CASE A DT Week at Just Us Girls. 

This time I decided to CASE my dear friend Elizabeth's card - take a look at what I came up with:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

I kept with the idea of using a coverplate die with inset colour; I retained Elizabeth's colour scheme, but instead used my Sunshine & Tulips Die. Since each flower was a single colour, I used Elizabeth's rainbow of colours to create an ombre effect as the rows descended the cardfront:

A simple diecut sentiment, similar to Elizabeth's (mine is another of those Kristina Werner Big Type Greetings Dies) and a trio of gold gems complete my card.

Quite simple with no stamping required - and chock-full of colour to brighten someone's day.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

That's all from me; I'll be back on Friday with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

SUNSHINE & TULIPS DIES (£31.00)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)	PUMPKIN PIE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	POPPY PARADE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	MELON MAMBO A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	BERRY BURST A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)
VELLUM 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) SPECIALTY PAPER (£9.50)

Happy New Year everyone! Did you miss me? I've enjoyed an extended blog break over the Christmas and new year period, hosting guests and enjoying time relaxing with friends and family, which has been lovely. I'm back to it now though - normal blog services have officially resumed! As it's Tuesday, it's time for our first challenge of 2026 over at CAS Colours & Sketches. The lovely Nancy is hosting this month and our first challenge is a colour challenge: 

I was so tempted to use these rich colours for a Christmas card, but I resisted and instead decided to pair them with some new product that is all about spring - because on mini catalogue launch day, you really want to see some new product, right? 

Here's today's super clean and simple card featuring a new stamp that you can find in the January-April mini catalogue:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

My card features a sentiment and some florals from the new 'Sunshine & Tulips' stamp set, but I'll confess now - I bought this bundle for the fab coverplate die that goes with it, which I'll be back to share with you soon, so I wouldn't advise you to purchase one without the other! Anyhow, this sweet row of tulips pairs perfectly with one of the sentiments in the set for a pick-me-up card for anyone feeling a little down with the January blues - we are already past the shortest day, so things are looking up and today's card is a reminder of that.

Whilst this card looks deceptively simple - just a row of tulips and a sentiment, right? - I would warn you it's quite tricky to get a good result. How do I know? The card you see below was my fifth attempt! Why? Well, that row of tulips is a single stamp and as it's photopolymer, it's tricky to ink evenly using Stampin' Write markers. The only way to get a clean image is to use a stamping platform and carefully mask off both the tulip heads and leaves/stems in turn using removable low-tack tape (trickier than it sounds given their relative positioning). Definitely worth it though as the tulips do look lovely in two colours:

As an added bonus, once you have the stamp mounted and you've created the masks, it's easy to add a two-tone row of tulips to your envelope too for a little CAS co-ordination.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Who would you send this sweet pick-me-up to? Do let me know in the comments - I'd love you to share your thoughts.

As a reminder, for our colour challenges, you must use all of the stated challenge colours. You may also use neutral colours; however, the challenge colours should be the most noticeable ones featured on your card. We use Stampin' Up! colour names for reference, but you are welcome to use any other companies' products as long as you match the challenge colours as closely as possible.

Enjoy your day and I'll be back later with all of today's new catalogue launch news and if I get all of my other jobs done another project tomorrow too. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

SUNSHINE & TULIPS PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH) (£17.00)

BASIC WHITE NOTE CARDS & ENVELOPES (£9.50)

SECRET SEA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)

CHERRY COBBLER CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)

OLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)