Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today's card is for the 'Use Your Stash" Instagram Hop. I am joined by an amazing lineup of crafters so make sure you go to my Instagram page HERE to see the rest of the team's creations. 

The aim of the hop is to use up some of the huge stash that we all accumulate. Hopefully it will also inspire both ourselves and others to combine some of our old and new products to reduce that stash.

This month's theme is "All Time Favourite Stamp Set". I did not have to think to hard for this one as I instantly thought of the retired Hand-Penned Petals stamp set and coordinating Penned Flowers Dies . 

If you look through my sidebar and scroll down to the tags and search for "Hand-Penned" you can see all my past creations with this set. It is by far the most used set I have ever had and I love it just as much now.

In addition to the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set, I used the coordinating Penned Flowers Dies, Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder, Forever Green Trim Combo Pack, Gilded Gems (all retired) & Stampin' Blends.

Instructions:

- Use Fresh Freesia card for the base, layer with a piece of Very Vanilla and then a piece of Basic White embossed with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder.

- Die cut multiple flowers using the Penned Flowers Dies and Basic White card and layer them onto the card front to add extra texture.

- Stamp the large floral images from the Hand-Penned Petals twice onto Basic White with Tuxedo Black ink and fussy cut the images. Colour the images with Stampin' Blends ( Fresh Freesia, Petal Pink, Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green & Old Olive).

- Use some Gold thread from the Forever Green Trim Combo Pack and adhere to the card and then added the coloured stamped images on top using Stampin' Dimensionals. 

- Stamp the sentiment onto Basic White card using Tuxedo Black ink and adhere to the card. Finally add some Gilded Gems to complete the card.

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Hello and welcome back to my blog! I have another Just Add Ink Design Team post for you today. This week's challenge is the Just Add Ink #JAI741 Simple & Elegant Challenge . 

I used the recently retired SAB Heart Shaped stamp set & coordinating dies, Softly Sophisticated 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin' Blends and Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels. 

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Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today's card is for the Global Design Project's GDP486 Sketch Challenge. Visit the Global Design Project Instagram & Facebook pages during the week to see the rest of the team's entries.

For my card, I used the Memorable Blooms Bundle, Floral Delight DSP, Starstruck Embossing Folder, Stampin' Blends to colour the images and Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Instructions:

- Use Old Olive for the card base and layer with Basic White card and then Daffodil Delight card embossed with the Starstruck Embossing Folder. Layer a piece of the Floral Delight DSP and a strip of Lemon Lolly card. Add another piece of the Floral Delight DSP punched out using a 2 3/8" Punch and adhere to the card front.

- Stamp the images from the Memorable Blooms stamp set using Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White card and die cut out using the coordinating dies. Colour with Stampin' Blends which coordinate with the DSP (Old Olive, Granny Apple Green, Petunia Pop, Moody Mauve and Pretty in Pink). Layer onto the punched circle.

- Stamp the sentiment from the Memorable Blooms stamp set using Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White and adhere. Finally add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to complete.

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Hello and welcome back to my blog. You are visiting Ann Alexander from Australia. Today I have a card for the February 2025 "Ink and Inspiration Blog Hop".This month we have a Colour Inspiration Challenge. The inspiration image colours are Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Summer Splash, Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon. I chose to use all the colours for this month's challenge

I used the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle (stamp, dies & embossing folder), Stampin' Blends, Blending Brushes and finished it off with some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels. 

Instructions:

- Use a piece of Melon Mambo card for the card base and layer with a piece of Cajun Craze card and then Basic White card embossed with the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder. 

- Use Stampin' Blends (Melon Mambo & Calypso Coral) and Isopropyl Alcohol to add some colour to Basic White card strips and layer onto the card front. 

- Use the Beautiful Butterflies dies to die cut butterflies from Basic White card. Use Ink Blending and Stampin' Blends in the challenge colours to add colour to them. Add some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the bodies and adhere to the card.

- Stamp the sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies set using Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White card and layer it onto a strip of Cajun Craze card and adhere. Finally add some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to complete.

I hope the card you've seen here on my blog today has inspired you to create something today.

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