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CI# 204 Boxed set of "Fragrant Layers" Cards for Gifting

How nice to be back crafting and creating cards to give away. I love to give handmade cards as gifts so that a handwritten note can be an easy task. I'm working on rebuilding my collection of finished sets. The new Fragrant Layers stamp and die bundle are just gorgeous so these cards came together quite quickly, and I created a box to put them in for easy gift giving. This week's colour combination is so soft and fresh. Picture credit -  https://sugareuphoria.com/french-impressionist-inspiration/ I am also trying very hard to use up some of the kits and sets that I have collected over the years including this set of blank These Memories and More cards and envelopes. It just happens that the Colours- Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party match the tones of this week's challenge colours. I've had fun watercolouring the floral spray with both pink tones and layering it under the diecut window. The die cuts the little window from the card, I have layered the flowers behind and then ...
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CI#203 a New Year of Creating starting with Blue

 Welcome back to a New Year! Hopefully a year full of creativity! Our year started with a busy month away to celebrate a family wedding so I am now enjoying being home for a little while and getting back into the craft room too. Welcome to our  Guest Designer - Verity Pursglove, I can't wait to see what she creates with these beautiful colours.  Today’s picture which has inspired our colour palette was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Monica Formosa. Picture credit -  https://thecameronteam.net/2018-home-trend-watch-iridescents-intense-colors/ I love blues so this was a great way to start the year  for me - however it turns out I rarely use Smoky Slate so only had scraps to incorporate into this project. I discovered that many of my stampsets are now on the "Last Chance" list so I wanted to use some of them before they are gone. The Thankful Garden hydrangea was my choice for some Silver heat embossing and then some watercolouring. I tried this techniq...

CI#200 Nov 26 Choose your fav colour

It's our 200th Challenge!! Welcome to a very special challenge We are celebrating our 200th challenge at Colour INKspiration! I told you it was special. We still have many original Crew who started with our first challenge on January 11th, 2017. I've been here since the beginning playing along when I can. ( This amazing group was organised by the super creative Bronwyn Eastley. Past and present Crew members are amongst some of the nicest and most talented people I have ever met. And we even have some of our past Crew joining in with us to celebrate so watch out for their projects in the Album and in posts. We hope that you enjoy following and joining in with us as much as we love designing for you. Here's to another 200 challenges! We welcome Catherine Proctor as our Guest Designer. This challenge is a little different. We are asking you to showcase your favourite Stampin' Up! colour. It can be current or retired. It will be tricky to choose just one but we know you can...

CI#199 "A Little Cheer" for a simple Christmas

I've been away for my son's wedding and missed the launch of this latest Colour INKspiration challenge, but I had created quite a collection of cards for a Christmas Card Buffet so I switched out the colours to create this simple card using Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobbler and Pecan Pie. I do love to participate even if I'm late. YOu still have a chance to play along too. We love to see what you create with the colours. I love the mini punches and have used them quite a lot. I also love sparkle on my cards so there is a ton of Wink of Stella on the tree and the Stocking although it doesn't really show in the photo. The star is Foil from the Earthen Toned Metallic paper and has a gorgeous coppery feel to it. Picture Credit  https://country-style.visitlink.me/oO5GRu And here is the original design using Basic Beige as the base colour - I love the lighter side of the Two Tone Cardstock for this, and the shapes are all punched from Glimmer Paper. So light and fun. Here are som...

CI#198 12 Days of Christmas Advent Crafting Z fold birthday card

Welcome back for the next instalment of Colour INKspiration - a fortnightly event where we create a project using a specified colour palette and share these in a Facebook group. - although this one runs for THREE weeks, so you still have time to share your project using these colours. Members of the design team share their creations and we invite you to also create a project using these colours and share it with us.  This one is #198 and uses Pool Party Coastal Cabana, Real Red and Very Vanilla, it's a great mixture of fresh and new, with Traditional.  Mine is not actually a Christmas card - but I did use the new !2 Days of  Crafting Advent Stampset. IO am itching to play some more with the other lovely treats but I'm not going to get much of a chance - our eldest son has the secnd part of his wedding coming up - The Tea Ceremony - in Hong Kong! But I did want to get something actually photographed and shared for this challenge. I love the stencils from this set, so I had...