Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge with Glimmer 'n Shine!

Hello and welcome to the first Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for 2026!

Happy New Year to you and thank you for visiting my blog!

Our first challenge of the year is a fun Sketch Challenge with Glimmer and Shine. I love this sketch and found myself wanting to use something new and fresh for our first hop of the year.

I looked at all my new Mini Catalogue products and was instantly drawn to the Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. One side of each sheet is foil! So there is my Glimmer and Shine. It is hard to photograph the shine, but trust me, it is there and so special.

I have used the Easter Basket Bundle for my card. The sweet designs and vibrant colours from the Suite are just gorgeous. All your Easter projects will shine with this Suite. I am looking forward to using it for some 3D Easter Projects.

I have cut one of the stand alone images from the Designer Series Paper for my card front and two thin strips of the striped foil DSP for the two sides. All pefectly coordinating! Both glued to a Basic White card base.

I cut a piece of Basic White card stock using a medium Everyday Arches Die and used this as my base label for the sweet images. I cut off 1cm of the bottom as it was too high for this project. I stamped the flowers in Crumb Cake ink on the left hand side of the die cut and coloured them in using the Stampin' Blends listed at the bottom of my post. I die cut a piece of Shy Shamrock card stock using the grass die and glued it to the bottom of the arched base layer. Then adhered this layer to the card front using Dimensionals.

I stamped the Bunny and carrot in Crumb Cake ink and coloured with Stampin' Blends before die cutting. Then I used Dimensionals to adhere the Bunny to the top right of the arched layer . The carrot was adhered to the top of the Bunny using Dimensionals.

The sentiment strip is Balmy Blue ink on Balmy Blue card stock tucked under the Bunny and adhered with Dimensionals.

I tied a 10cm length of the Balmy Blue Gingham ribbon in a knot and adhered it to the left side of the arch using GlueDots™. Three of the Easter Assortment embellishments were added to the left side of the Bunny. I think they look like Easter Eggs. The final touch was some Wink of Stella on the carrot.

Up next is the lovely Mo Rootes. Click on the next button below for more Glimmer and Shine!

 Aurélie Fabre  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Mo Rootes

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert  ●  Danielle Kassing  ●  Angie McKenzie

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will use this sketch to inspire your creativity. It is a wonderful starting point when using any stamp set you may like!

Product List

Easter Basket Bundle (English) [166947] $87.25	Easter Joy 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [166939] $29.00	Everyday Arches Dies [164629] $51.00	Balmy Blue 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon [166952] $14.00
Easter Assortment [166951] $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $25.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $15.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161675] $19.25	Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161673] $19.25
Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163825] $19.25	Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163827] $19.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75
Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Sounds of the Season

Hello and welcome to the final Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for 2025.

This month we are creating with the Sounds of the Season as our theme. There is a Christmas Carol, called "I heard the bells on Christmas Day",  based on a poem written in 1863 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and American Poet. The refrain "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men" is a reference to the Bible, in which angels herald the birth of Christ. It is a carol that I have loved hearing over the years and isn't as heard as often as some others. It is a beautiful piece of music.

I have used the" Peace on Earth" sentiment from the Peace on Earth stamp set to represent this Sound Of The Season. I would love it if you listened to this beautiful Carol.

I have kept the card simple letting the sentiment shine. The card base is Secret Sea. The mat layer is Secret Sea Two Toned card stock and I have embossed the lighter side using the Peaceful Greenery Embossing Folder. I then cut this mat layer down to match the embossed area. I cut the height of the card base does as well to frame the embossed layer. I rubbed a nail file across the top of the embossed layer to expose the white core of the raised areas. I also used the nail file to roughen the edges of the mat layer for s Shabby Chic look.

The sentiment was stamped in Secret Sea ink on Basic White card stock before die cutting using the coordinating label die. I die cut two if the leaf sprigs from Basic White card stock and adhered them to the sides of the sentiment label using glue  I adhered the sentiment layer with Dimensionals.

I die cut the Dove in Basic White card stock and the small sprig and two stars from the beautiful Cloud Cover  piece of Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper. I adhered the Dove with Dimensionals and glued the sprig under its beak. The stars were glued on.

I love this card in blues for Christmas. The hues suit the elements from the dies and sentiment. When you are making Christmas cards I must admit I enjoy more simple projects so they can be made in bulk.

Up next on this month’s Blog Hop is the wonderful Aurélie Fabre! 

Jan Musselman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ● Aurélie Fabre

Danielle Kassing  ●  Angie McKenzie  ●  Mo Rootes

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope to have inspired you to create and/or listen to the Christmas Carol.

I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas and New Year 🎄

Product List

Peaceful Garden Suite Collection (English) [165932] $159.25	Secret Sea A4 Cardstock [165296] $25.00	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	White Willow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [166703] $17.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [167099] $17.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00
Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00	Keeping Traditions 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock [166805] $21.00