Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop for May 2026.

We have a fun sketch challenge this month and I adore this sketch. It was difficult to decide which stamp set to work with. I adore the Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper and wanted to use this gorgeous paper for this month's project.

The card base, mat layer and embossed mat layer is Berry Burst. The Fern and Flora Embossing Folder gives great depth to the backgrround. It also coordinates so beautifully. The embossed layer is glued to the mat ayer then popped up on Dimensionals from the card base.

I cut the Moonlit Flora DSP to match the sketch. I love the contrast of the Berry Burst paper and the floral paper. This layer was popped up on Dimensionals on top of the embossed layer.

I stamped a strip of Mossy Meadow card stock with the repeated stamp from the stamp set before adhering it with glue across the centre of the DSP layer. I tied a double length of Linen Thread around the Mossy Meadow strip and tied it in a bow on the right hand side

I cut some leaves and flowers from the  Flora and Fauna Dies using Berry Burst, Mossy Meadow. Old Olive and Basic White card stock. I adhered them to the left side of the card front using glue. I stamped the sentiment layer using Secret Sea for the sentiment and Berry Burst ink for the frame. Then die cutting it with the coordinating die.

The card was completed by adhering three of the clear Dewdrop Embellishments around the flowers and leaves.

Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderful Karen Henderson!

Click on the next blog button to keep hopping and see all of the team's wonderful interpretation of this sketch.

 Mo Rootes  ●  Leonie Stuart

Karen Henderson  ●  Angie McKenzie  ●  Jan Musselman

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Colour INKspiration - #208

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #208!

This challenges inspiration image was chosen by all the crew as we farewell these beautiful 2024-2026 In Colours. We have been challenged to showcase our favourites. It was hard not to use them all as they are so pretty together. It is the time of the year that we say goodbye to retiring In Colours but excitedly welcome the new range of In Colours.

Image Credit - https://www.stampinup.com.au/.../2024-2026-in-color...

I chose the gorgeous Layers of Beauty Bundle for my card. I think this may be my favourite stamp set since it was released as I love working with the masks and Blending Brushes. As the idea for this design came to me I decided not to add Peach Pie. I truly love Cath Kidson fabric designs and went from there for my card.

The card base and mat layer are Summer Splash. I stamped the mat layer with the large bloom stamp in Shy Shamrock ink.

I stamped the large bloom in Memento® Tuxedo Black ink before colouring the bloom using the Mask and Blending Brushes. Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock, Coastal Cabana and Petunia Pop ink. After I die cut the bloom I adhered one side to the stamped mat layer using Dimensionals. I cut what was hanging off with scissors. Then I adhered the other half to the other side of the mat layer and repeated the process. I then adhered this layer to the card front using Dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment in Coastal Cabana ink on Basic White card stock and used my paper trimmer to trim close to the letters. I adhered this on top of the bottom bloom using Dimensionals and glue. Three Coastal Cabana Flat Pearls finished off my card.

I have truly enjoyed these In Colours and I am having a difficult time saying goodbye to them. My favourite would have to be Shy Shamrock. What is your favourite from these In Colours?

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will feel inspired to use the retiring In Colours to make a project of your own or perhaps join us for this challenge in our Facebook group.

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519] $99.75	Layers Of Beauty Decorative Masks [163517] $27.00	2024 2026 In Color™ Flat Pearls [165266] $15.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Summer Splash A4 Cardstock [163798] $25.00
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [163807] $15.75	Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad [163811] $15.75	Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad [163809] $15.75
Shy Shamrock A4 Cardstock [163796] $25.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75
Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00

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Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Fun - Fold Time!

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for April 2026.

Each month a group of friends get together to inspire you with projects. This month's theme is a Fun-Fold. We have been challenged to create a Fun-Fold that is new to each of us. I have been looking for inspiration on Pinterest and found a lot of Fun Fold Panel Cards. I have not created a fold that looked as challenging as this did. So I challenged myself to make a more complicated looking card. It turned out that this card was much more simple than I had imagined it to be. I have not included measurements for this card. You can view many other Fun-Fold Panel cards on YouTube or Pinterest. My card is in Imperial measurements.

I was excited to use the Lovely Arrangements Bundle and coordinating Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper for this Fun-Fold.

The card base is Secret Sea and the Mat layers on each panel are Cloud Cover. The Designer Series Paper was cut so that the lines ran in the same direction on each panel. I love the beautiful paper on the back of this card. It looks just as beautiful as the front of the card.

The Double panel on the front has the same DSP panels on each. I stamped the flowers in Secret Sea ink and stamped the leaves in Old Olive ink  I die cut the images  before adhering them to the two panels using Dimensionals and glue.

I stamped the sentiment in Secret Sea on Basic White card stock. Trimmed it and adhered it to a die cut Secret Sea panel. I cut a length of Cloud Cover Ribbon in half lengthways before tying it in a bow. I glued it to the left side of the card front. The sentiment layer adhered using Dimensionals on top. I adhered some the Cloud Cover Glossy Dots around each of the floral panels.

Up next on this month's blog hop is the wonderful Karen Henderson! 

Keep hopping for more Fun-Fold inspiration.

 

 Jan Musselman  ●  Leonie Stuart

Karen Henderson  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Mo Rootes

Thanks for stopping by, you are appreciated.

Aound the World on Wednesday - Sketch Challenge

 

Hello and welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for April 2026!

I am so glad you are able to join the team and I this month as we share a Sketch Challenge with you. Make sure you hop all the way around the World with us and this sketch. You will find so much inspiration here.

This is the crew, below, and where they are from around the globe. Such a wonderful group of designers who get together monthly to inspire you.

Here is our lovely sketch to create with. A sketch is such a great way to start a project and I never know when I start how it will look at the end of my creative process. I choose a bundle or Designer Series Paper first and I am ready to go from there.

I wanted to create a clean looking card for this challenge. I settled on the beautiful Nature's Symphony for my project. The Designer Series Paper would work beautifully in the background.

My card base and layers are all in Basic Beige card stock snd the background rectangles are from the Nature Walk Designer Series Paper I added matt layers behind the DSP and the central rectangle layer  this gives the card more depth.

I roughly calculated the sizes of the four DSP pieces before cutting and then gluing them into place. I then lied this layer to the card front.

The central rectangle layer is embossed with an Embossing Folder that will be available next month called the Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder. I went very well with this card.  glued it to the matt layer before adhering it to the card front using Dimensionals.

I punched a circle in Basic Beige card stock using the 2 3/8 Circle Punch. I stamped the leaf image in Mossy Meadow ink 5 times on  piece of Basic Beige card stock. I die cut each stamped image and glued them around the edge of the punched crick. Then adhering this layer using Dimensionals to the centre of the rectangle layer.

I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink on Basic Beige card stock and Punched it out using the Triple Banner Punch. I adhered it using Dimensionals to the right hand side of the leaf wreath. I tied a length of Linen Thread in a bow and adhered it to underneath the sentiment using Glue Dots™.

Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderful Rochelle Laird-Smith

Click on the next blog button below for more inspiration from the Design Team Members.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Marga Bultena - DE

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Kelly Taranto - US

Lori Willcox - CA

I hope you feel inspired to use this sketch.  

Thanks for stopping by today. You are appreciated.

Colour INKspiration -#207

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #207!

We have another beautiful colour palette this challenge. This Challenge's inspiration image was chosen by crew member Cheryll Miller. I love this image of pastel paint!

Picture credit - https://designix.fr/.../la-couleur-pastel-en-deco-a-la-mode

I settled on making a baby card for this challenge. The Welcome Baby stamp set is just so cute with its sweet images. The colours felt too bright for a baby card when stamped using an ink pad. I tried something fun and used my Stampin' Write Markers to place colour in strokes across each stamp. This made the colour softer and also made the images look coloured with pencils. I liked the look so I just went for it!

The card base and mat layer are Basic White card stock. I cut a piece of the Nest of Winter Designer Series Paper in Coastal Cabana as the back ground layer. Leaving a thin white margin of Basic White card stock around.

I die cut a stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies in Basic White and stamped a Bubble Bath banner on the top left side. I Stamped all the images and fussy cut with scissors.

I arranged the cut images on the stitched circle with Dimensionals and glue. Keeping the little shoes until later for the sentiment.

The sentiment was stamped in Pool Party ink on Basic White card stock and Die cut using the Stylish Shapes banner die.I stamped a piece of Bubble Bath card stock with the dotted stamp using Bubble Bath ink. I trimmed it and then bannered the ends using the Three Banner Punch. 

I tied a length of White Twine in a double bow and adhered it on top of the bassinet using glue. The Bubble Bath banner was adhered to the back of the sentiment using glue before Dimensionals were adhered and these layers adhered on top of the bow.

The finishing touch was three Coastal Cabana Adhesive Backed Dots.

Thanks for stopping by my blog post today. I hope that you feel inspired to use this colour palette for your own creation soon.

Product List

Welcome Baby Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [166891] $34.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Nests Of Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164183] $21.75
Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots [162758] $15.75	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Three Banner Punch [167050] $46.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock [161727] $25.00	Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664] $15.75
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $15.75	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [161698] $62.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [161696] $62.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00

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