Today I've a super quick post to share a quick card I made using the sketch over at Sunday Stamps:

The layout was perfect to showcase one of the prints on the Silly Old Bear designer series paper - take a look:

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

A simple banner behind and a sentiment cut with one of the label dies was all that was needed to accompany the sweet image of Piglet and Pooh on a Golden Glow cardbase:

I added a little extra stamped detail to the inside to complete my card:

That sentiment is so perfect for the image, don't you think? The new in-colours compliment the papers in this suite perfectly.

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. 

Enjoy your evening and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Ann to host this week and she has a theme challenge for us to work with:

I wasn't quite sure where to go with Ann's theme this week, so I started with a browse of my stamp set shelf for inspiration. I saw this quote and that's where this week's project began - take a look:

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

Enjoy Life - The quote is featured in the retired 'Enjoy Life' stamp set and whilst not about romantic love per se, I thought that it would make a lovely centrepiece for a summer-inspired project. I stamped it onto white cardstock and diecut using my Nested Essentials Dies.

New Horizons - I leafed through my (extensive) designer series paper collection and found this lovely sunny landscape in the retired New Horizons pack that worked perfectly for my background.

It's In The Detail - Trying to decide how to bring my chosen quote and paper together, I happened upon the Inspired By Challenge inspiration this week and finally had the answer! Not the beachy theme, the colour scheme or the cookies - but the sketch layout. I decided to take some of the other stamps from the 'Enjoy Life' stamp set and stamp them in black onto an identical piece of designer paper to the one I was using for my background, cutting them out with my square Stylish Shapes Dies. I popped the diecut pieces up on dimensionals to add interest to the landscape and frame the quote in an interesting way:

I used the whole of the 6x6" sheet of DSP and decided I liked it so much that I would frame it and hang it on the wall of my craft room, which I recently painted in a sunny shade of yellow. Here's the finished piece in its frame:

Whilst my project does not embody romantic love, there is a definite nod to summer and a love of life, so I'm hoping Ann thinks I'm close enough to what she was looking for to meet the brief ;-).

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; we will be enjoying a BBQ lunch in the summer sun and just pottering around the house today. I am still aching from Friday's strenuous gym session and paddleboarding excursion combined, so I need to rest in order to do it all again next week! We are forecast a third heatwave here this week, so I am trying to make the most of the reasonable temperatures before it's too hot to move. Besides, there will also be tennis at Wimbledon so if that's not an excuse to watch the TV, I'm not sure what is! I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

STYLISH SHAPES DIES (£28.00)

NESTED ESSENTIALS DIES (£32.00)

BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)

BASIC BLACK HYBRID STAMPIN' PAD (£11.25)

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's my turn to host this week and I have my favourite, a sketch challenge, for us to work with:

Not only do I have a great sketch (even if I say so myself!), I also have some very special new goodies to work with - take a look:

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

I have the Silly Old Bears Suite!! Now first things first: a confession. If you are one of my UK customers, this suite is unfortunately not available to purchase in the UK; Stampin' Up! only have the copyright to produce and sell this product in the USA. As a lifelong Winnie The Pooh fan, I was super disappointed to hear this. Fortunately for me though, I have generous and helpful American friends that meant my recent trip Stateside meant I could come home with my very own suite - yay! So you will be seeing me use it on my blog, as my international readers will hopefully still enjoy the inspiration.

My card showcases the Silly Old Bear papers, and for the feature panel I added a piece of Very Vanilla that I embossed with the Hundred Acre Woods embossing folder - perfect for the 'E is for Embossing' challenge over at The Alphabet Challenge Blog this week. Check out the dimension:

I also used it to emboss the envelope flap for some co-ordinated detail. A sentiment from the Sweet Words and Labels Bundle, another of the bundles in the suite, and a Pooh and Piglet diecut from another of the DSP sheet, complete my card. I LOVE this suite - and will be making lots more with it too!

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 Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

It has been absolutely roasting here in the UK this week so my south-facing craftroom has been well and truly out of bounds. Enjoy your day; I'll be back later in the week with another project, weather permitting! Until then, happy stampin'!

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Jan to host this week and she has a fun clean and simple challenge for us to work with:

I am all about the sunshine so I wanted to reflect that in my card today - take a look:

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

I created my rays by stamping the sunray stamp from the Joyful Squares stamp set twice and added my sentiment from Splash & Relax in Azure Afternoon to a diecut circle, embellished with a pair of cool sunnies for good measure: 

And that's it - super simple, super fun! If you haven't given Joyful Squares a second look, you can still pick it up for a song on the last chance section of the online store - such a great stamp for scrapbooking and cardmaking alike.

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 Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I am arriving back from a two week vacation in the USA today and hoping to bring the sunshine with me! I'll be back later in the week with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

SPLASH & RELAX BUNDLE (£42.25)	JOYFUL SQUARES PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH) (£13.80)	STYLISH SHAPES DIES (£28.00)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)	BASIC BLACK A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	MELON MAMBO A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)
DAFFODIL DELIGHT CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£10.25)	AZURE AFTERNOON CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£10.25)

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Christy to host this week and she has a bright colour challenge for us to work with:

I thought these colours were perfect for summer and the Just Us Girls Challenge this week, and I’m also linking up over at Time Out Challenges with ‘summer’ and ‘water’ as my chosen words - take a look at what I came up with:

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

I decided to use my Party Alphabet Dies to create a punny sentiment as the focal point of my card. I added some water stencilling to the letters before adding some diecut foam from the Rolling Waves bundle (I did both of these steps before I diecut the letters) then layered some fun leaves, shells and umbrellas using the other dies in the Rolling Waves bundle to add a little extra summery feel:

I thought this was a fun way to create a ‘sea card with a difference’ - what do you think? 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 Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I'll be back later in the week with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

PARTY ALPHABET DIES (£93.00)	ROLLING WAVES BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (£48.50)	WATER & DOTTED LINES 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DECORATIVE MASKS (£20.00)	BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	BLENDING BRUSHES (£16.00)	LINEN THREAD (£5.75)
LEMON LIME TWIST A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	GORGEOUS GRAPE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	COASTAL CABANA A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	COASTAL CABANA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£10.25)	CRUMB CAKE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	STRAWBERRY SLUSH A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)
STRAWBERRY SLUSH CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£10.25)	WINK OF STELLA GLITTER BRUSH (£9.50)

Today I've a quick post to share a card for the current challenges over at Color Hues and AAA Cards:

I thought the previous AAA Cards layout would be perfect for a collection of summery bits (I went with the options summer/sun/beach) and pieces from the Splash & Relax bundle and those colours were the perfect way to showcase them - take a look:

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

I went with a combination of inflatable rubber ring, a drinks container and some cool pink shades, all with a watery stencilled background to add to the summer pool vibe:

A suitable sentiment from the same set completes my clean and simple card - fun in the sun anyone?

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. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

SPLASH & RELAX BUNDLE (£42.25)	WATER & DOTTED LINES 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DECORATIVE MASKS (£20.00)	BLENDING BRUSHES (£16.00)	COASTAL CABANA A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	COASTAL CABANA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£10.25)	FLIRTY FLAMINGO A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)
BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)	BASIC BLACK A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Stef to host this week and she has a theme challenge for us to work with:

It's Father's Day here in the UK in a few weeks time, so Stef's challenge provided the perfect opportunity for me to get my cards ready. I had a few to make, but thought I'd share the funniest one with you! Take a look at my card:

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

This card was a labour of love - in more ways than one! The James Junior had seen something similar on one of his socials (I'm afraid I was unable to trace it to give credit - but thank you, whoever you are!) and promptly screenshot it and asked me to make one for the hubs for Father's Day in a couple of week's time. It features a bunch of retired stamp sets: Skinny Mini Alphabet, Make A Difference and others and pretty much speaks for itself! I stamped the question first, followed by the house and present, then painstakingly created the phrases in between.

It was a bit of a squeeze (in truth, I wish I'd stamped the question a little higher to leave more of a gap in between, but there we are). Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and the fact that my son laughed like a drain when he saw it means that lining up all those alphabet stamps was indeed worthwhile! Good job his Dad has a sense of humour, that's all I can say!

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Today I've another super quick post to share a card for the current challenge over at SUO Challenges:

The challenge is to case one of the cards on page 33 of the current Stampin' Up! catalogue so I went with the one featuring a pink banner on the left - take a look:

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

I used the retired Impressions Abloom bundle and In Bloom designer series paper, along with a few retired floral embellishments too: 

This card makes a change for me, as I don't often use DSP for a card base with a stamped banner detail on top, but I quite like the finished effect. This card came together quite quickly, so much so that I actually made two of these cards at the same time.

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's my turn to host this week and as it's the fifth Sunday of the month we have a bonus TicTacToe challenge board to work with:

I've chosen a board full of my favourite things so I'm looking forward to seeing which row or column you tackle. I went down the middle column with flowers/free/patterned paper for my card, but there are also some diecuts, yellow and layers in there too! I used the sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for my layout - take a look at what I came up with:

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

I decided I wanted to make a yellow card, so went hunting for some yellow papers - the retired Floral Delight pack was perfect. I already had a couple of flowers fussy cut that worked perfectly with the layout, so all I had to do was choose some other papers in the pack for the strips and border, add in some additional sprigs of greenery courtesy of my trusty retired sprig punch, and add a diecut sentiment from my favourite Words of Beauty sentiment set:

A few enamel dots and a linen bow complete my card. There's something so cheerful about a yellow card - I love the bright gingham border on this one too.

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 Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I spent yesterday afternoon watching the James Junior playing cricket in the soaring heat; no amount of ice lollies between runs seemed to cool anyone down! Today I am going to get up early and tackle my mountain of ironing (a necessary evil of having the boy home - but I wouldn't have it any other way!) before the heat of the day whilst the hubs is out on his paddleboard giving someone a lesson, then hopefully spend a relaxing afternoon pottering in the shade. I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

WORDS OF BEAUTY BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (£43.00)	DAFFODIL DELIGHT A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	MOSSY MEADOW A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	MOSSY MEADOW CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£10.25)	VELLUM 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) SPECIALTY PAPER (£9.50)	LINEN THREAD (£5.75)
BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

Today I have exciting news! Following my win over at Time Out with this card a few challenges ago, I am delighted to be joining the team today as a guest designer:

Their new challenge 314 is an 'Inspired By' challenge where they are asking us include a favourite beverage on our projects:

The sponsor for this new challenge is one of the Time Out Design Team members who is donating an adorable hand made bottle bag as the prize for the challenge winner, as chosen by the Design Team.  The winner also gets an invitation to Guest Design with the Time Out team for a future challenge.

When considering my beverage of choice, I initially thought about maybe a nice glass of wine or refreshing gin & tonic, but my true favourite beverage will always be - a cup of tea! I love a good strong cup of English Breakfast tea at any time of day and drink more tea than any other beverage and often consume 6 or more cups a day, I decided to pair an old favourite stamp set with some beautiful new paper and have another play with some of the new In Colours - take a look at what I came up with:

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

Yes it's the third outing for this layout - this time using the rectangle to feature a piece of the pretty Bloom Boutique specialty designer series paper. This paper pack is oh so pretty with its dainty florals and features all of the new in-colours within the pack. My chosen pattern today features Barely Blush and Crisp Cantaloupe flowers, with Peaceful Pine foliage and gold accents. 

I carried the florals and colours into my flower-filled teacup, stamped and diecut using the retired A Cup Of Tea stamp set and co-ordinating dies, with gold foil accents and detailing and a teeny-tiny tea bag tag for my sentiment: 

What's your favourite beverage? Do leave me a comment below and please join the team over at Time Out and play along too! I'm also linking my card up with m friends over at Colour Inkspiration today where their new challenge is to feature two or more of the new in colours.

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. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

BLOOM BOUTIQUE 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£16.00)

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

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

GOLD FOIL SHEETS (£4.75)

BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)