Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is a neutral palette; whites, grays, ivorys, browns or black. I chose browns for this card - Basic Beige and Early Espresso. The floral image was stamped in Early Espresso on Basic Beige cardstock and "colored" with Clear Wink of Stella. The W.O.S. picked up the ink from the stamped image like using a Water Painter, adding subtle shimmer, as well. I love the circle dies in the Spotlight on Nature bundle! I think they're going to be used a lot in the near future. That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts. Stampin' Up! products used: Stamps: Spotlight on Nature Paper: Basic Beige, Early Espresso Ink: Early Espresso, Clear Wink of Stella Accessories: Spotlight on Nature Dies, Basics 3D Embossing Folders, Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins

To know me is to know that I LOVE cards that have a special fold! I guess it's the drafter in me! I have always wanted to make a Tri-Fold Angle card but I found it intimidating. I was not sure how to adjust the measurements for the layering pieces...

Today I featured the Thoughtful Journey 6X6 DSP – it is gorgeous paper! Here is my card that I created live – you can see the full video below. Watch the video below to hear how I creat…

The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Wishes stamp set and Dies. This is another new stamp set for me from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. I also used…

I love having new Designer Series Paper to play with, and I have to say that this year's batch is pretty awesome. This week I'll be sharing cards made with the Mediterranean Blooms DSP. It has beautiful citrus fruits on one side and gorgeous blue tiled patterns on the other. On this card I used the Spotlight on Nature dies to frame my oranges (cut from the DSP). The only stamping on this card is the sentiment - courtesy of the very versatile Simply Said stamp set. You'll definitely be seeing a lot of this set! Thanks for stopping by! Marelle Email me to place your order, or click HERE to Shop Now Product List Mediterranean Blooms Suite Collection (English) [163300] $145.50 Mediterranean Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163284] $21.75 Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163756] $30.00 Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580] $61.00 Spotlight On Nature Bundle [163581] $91.75 Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25

Notes of Nature was one of my first classes this year. A Vintage grungy relaxed feel that's an idea set for using up scraps.

This week I've been using the Time Together Bundle for my cards...Love it so much! It has a great birthday sentiment perfect for this week's Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop theme:

A book shelf card using Stampin’ Up! Translucent Florals bundle and Delightful Florals Designer Series Paper for a fun card design. See tips.

This week I'm using a really fun bundle that I had my eye on for a while...The So Refreshing Bundle. I love the cute images of the pitcher and lemons...You know they had me at lemons! So

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This week I'm crafting with the Translucent Florals Bundle from Stampin' Up! Today I created this Translucent Florals Birthday Card.

You already know how much I love my InKing Royalty team - not only do we hop from blog to blog once a month to share our fun creations with the world, but we also share projects we've made in our InKing Royalty Facebook group (a fun group of supportive

Good morning! The theme for the SUO Challenge this week is Flowers! This Darling Details Stamp Set was perfect! Just simple stamping for the main panel, then embossed the sentiment in white on black! […]

Welcome to another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We have a color challenge today and I have chosen to work with the Delightful Floral 12×12 DSP to fulfill that challenge. Isn’t t…

Today's card wraps up this week's projects using the Perennial Postage Dies. The inspiration for the card came when I cut out the little bits for this card here and was left with the

Good morning!! Hope this finds you well!! I have a fun card for today’s challenge at Inspire.Create! Our challenge is to CASE (copy and share everything) the designer. (See below). I made this last […]

I had loads of fun creating this fun Father’s Day card using the Adventurous Sky Bundle and the Take to the Sky 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. This bundle and paper is perfect f…

Pebbled Path with Earthen Textures Fancy Fold Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week, however, we are starting the Stampin’ Up! year with the new colours, focussing on the 2023-2025 In Colours first. This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on an earthy grey called Pebbled Path. Pebbled Path is part of the new 2023-2025 In Colour Family and is a warm mid-to-deep grey. This colour would be a lovely neutral when used for earthen pots and would be brilliant to use instead of black for sentiments. As with the other new colours, I am exploring coordinating colours but I think it work’s well with terracotta and yellows (as used in the card below). Pebbled Path is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin' Blends Combo; In Color Designer Series Paper as well as Fresh As A Daisy, Earthen Elegance, Let’s Go Fishing DSPs; plus In Color Luster Speciality Paper, Treat Bags & Grid Paper, In Color Textured Ribbon & Jute Trim; and In Color Dots. Pebbled Path card-stock, ink, Earthen Elegance DSP and 2023-2025 In Color Dots have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Pebbled Path bits and pieces. My card today has used Pebbled Path in a number of ways and also features the Earthen Textures bundle, a new bundle from the recently released Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue. I also created this week’s project as a fun fold. A big “Thank You” to Emma Goddard, an amazing UK Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, for the inspiration of this fancy fold. Recently, I saw Emma demonstrate this fun fold as part of The Crafty Carrot’s May series #thecraftycarrotco . I wanted to create something special as a male friend is having a birthday this coming Friday. I hope he likes it. The card base was cut, scored and burnished using Thick Very Vanilla card-stock. Two mid-sized Deckled Rectangles cut the apertures from the card base pieces. A background for the inner section was created with Pebbled Path Classic Stampin’ Ink, the large flat Water Painter and Fluid 100 Watercolor paper. Ink was added at the top of the panel and it was allowed to dribble down the panel. Once dry, it was turned up-side-down so the darker area was at the bottom and the lighter section at the top. It was splattered with mid-sized Water Painter and White Craft ink as well as a Pebbled Path Stampin’ Write Marker. A series of pots were cut out from the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper using the Earthen Textures dies. Foliage pieces were die cut from Fluid 100 Watercolor paper plus design die cut pieces to add to pots. The smaller spiky foliage was die cut from Distressed Gold Speciality paper. Two of the leaf shapes were water-coloured with Crushed Curry ink and the bigger leaf also had some Calypso Coral ink. Some of the design pieces for pots were coloured with Pebbled Path ink, while one was left uncoloured. Feathery leaves were stamped in Wild Wheat ink and fussy cut and twiggy foliage were stamped in Pebbled Path ink and fussy cut. I fussy cut these out as I wanted the pieces cut closer to the stamped images than the dies would cut. A larger pot was stamped in Pebble Path ink and die cut out. All the die cut pots had some shading added to one side and the base using Pebbled Path ink with a Mini Blending Brush. The pots, water-coloured leaves and stamped foliage were arranged. Before adhering them in place, the background piece was stamped with the feathery foliage in Wild Wheat and stamped again and again - ie second & third generation stamping. Everything was adhered in place using either Dimensionals, Multi-purpose Liquid Glue and Glue Dots. A belly band was created in Pebbled Path card-stock and a strip of the Pebbled Path DSP design was wrapped around the belly band with a strip of Distressed Gold Speciality paper. The larger deckled rectangle, which had been cut out from an inner layer, was used as the label base for the card front design piece. A couple of pots and a number of leaves were arranged using a mix of Dimensionals, Multi-purpose Liquid Glue and Glue Dots. A sentiment from the Earthen Textures stamp set was white heat embossed with Versamark ink, White Emboss powder and a Heat Tool. The sentiment was cut into 3 and added with Dimensionals. A few Pebbled Path 2023-2025 In Color Dots gave a little shine. Some extra Dots also were added inside the card. I decided to create a panel for my personal message on the inner left hand side of the card using another tall pot and some foliage. I was hoping to create a sense of an atrium of pots and foliage with the fancy fold layered scene on the inside. What do you think??? I had fun creating this card with one of my friends in mind. I hope he likes it. Must admit I was a touch nervous while I was creating it as he taught tertiary art before he retired. Thank you so much for calling in. I so appreciate you spending time with me. There is more Pebbled Path creativity, so do continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Christina Barnes. I am looking forward to checking out Christina’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration and ideas. I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Wild Wheat, another of the new In Colour family, as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. Andrea 💕🐾 If you find a broken link or would like to view the full list of participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our anmazing Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator. She is a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there. If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you. Please don't hesitate to make contact regarding any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. #colourcreationsbloghop #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam #papercrafter #valleyinspirations #earthentextures #earthenelegance #thecraftycarrotco

This week I'm crafting with the Translucent Florals Bundle from Stampin' Up! Today I created this Translucent Florals Birthday Card.

Spotlight on Nature Thank You showcases a handmade greeting card using Stampin' Up! paper crafting products.

Hello and welcome to our monthly team blog hop. I missed last month's hop as I was in Melbourne for Onstage so it’s good to be back creating again! I have seen the new 2024-2025 Catalogue and it is AMAZING as always. This year they have really changed the format and I think you are going to really love it. I know I do. This month's challenge is a colour challenge which I love and I also love these colours so I had fun creating this card for you. I adored the presentation that UK demo Mikaela Tithridge showcased at Onstage of this new bundle called Attention Shoppers. and so I quickly added this bundle to my order. I seem to have been playing with it since it arrived in my studio! It’s so fun and the options are limitless. I stamped and coloured the shopping bags with blends. I then stamped the same image directly onto designer series paper (2023-2025 In Colour pack) and then fussy cut the bag front and glued it to the front of the white stamped image. This is commonly know as paper piecing. I love this look and it was nice to be reminded to do it! I used Boho Blue as my card base with an embossed panel using the Exposed Brick embossing folder. The white rectangle is the largest of the stylish shapes dies. The flowers and leaves were cut from the other images in the stamp set. I am sure you will love this stamp set, available in May 2024. Make sure you check out the other projects in the team hop - next up is Elizabeth. The full list of swap participants is below - 1. Nikki Stalker 2. Sharon Wilson 3. Melissa Gifford - you are here! 4. Elizabeth Yager 5. Marelle Taylor Product List Boho Blue A4 Cardstock [161733] $17.50 2023–2025 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161646] $21.75 Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder [161600] $19.25 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $11.50 Nested Essentials Dies [161597] $60.00 Boho Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161659] $17.50 Moody Mauve Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161660] $17.50 Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $17.50 Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $17.50 Add All to Cart

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is the New 2023-2025 In Colors. We hope you will be inspired by all the creations the Pals share with you! You will find the lin

I love this beautiful bundle! This is the Thoughtful Wishes Bundle(163314) matched up with the beautiful Thoughtful Journey 6″x6″ Designer paper(163303)! The colours are gorgeous and use most of the […]

I cased this pretty sympathy card from Pinterest. I love the simple design using the Inked & Tiled Stamp Set. Card Details: Very Vanilla Cardstock: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded in half Very Vanilla Hardtack layer: 5 1/4" x 4" Stamped Flowers: Misty Moonlight flower, Mossy Meadow leaves, Pecan Pie for stripes

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Happy Sunday! You might be a little confused as this hop is a week early… I haven’t lost the plot, I promise. Instead the Stamping Sunday Design Teams have joined together to say in creativity with you all. This month’s theme is New Beginnings which is just perfect for this fresh start. I am using ... Read More about Stamping Sunday – Stampin’ Up! Cheerful Daisies Bundle

This week I'm using the really neat Time Together Bundle for my cards. I love how unique and different it is!It was a must-have for me! Time Together Card Details: My card starts off with Fresh

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Jo Blackman

I love to look at the colors Stampin' Up! puts together in their Designer Series Paper.It's inspiring and many times it's colors I wouldn't have paired together. For example, Fresh

We only have two weeks left of this year's Colour Creations Blog Hops. This week we are featuring Sweet Sorbet which is one of the 2022-20...

Today’s paper crafting projects were designed by the talented members of my Stampin’ Pretty Pals Virtual Stamping Community. Links to their blogs or social media accounts have been provided (when available) for more details. I’m so proud to showcase the Pals paper crafting projects each week and hope you are as