Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Colour INKspiration #206




Hello friends and welcome to Colour INKspiration #206.
This challenges gorgeous inspiration image was chosen by crew member Vicki Boucher.

Picture credit https://www.instagram.com/p/DIcYeRkBErW/



This beautiful image is perfect for Easter. I have had the Nature's Symphony Bundle in my stash for a few weeks and I was desperate to use it. I love the beautiful large leaf die! So I have made a masculine themed card with the beautiful leaf die showing some variegation in the leaf using Pumpkin Pie and Shaded Spruce.





The card base and first mat layer are Gray Granite. The Basic White mat layer was embossed using the Exposed Brick 3D embossing Folder. The Embossed layer was glued to the Gray Granite mat layer before using Dimensionals to adhere to the card base.

I used Blending Brushes on a Basic White card piece creating a two tone blended piece of card. I put the large leaf die over the top of the ink blended piece carefully so to show both colours when die cutting.




I die cut the rectangular wood piece in Gray Granite card stock and glued it to the right side of the embossed layer. I adhered the leaf die cut piece over the top of the wood piece using Dimensionals. I tied a length of the Gray Granite Baker's Twine in a bow and adhered it to the leaf stem using glue. 

I stamped the sentiment in Shaded Spruce ink on Basic White card stock, trimmed it and adhered it on top of the leaf using Dimensionals.

Quite a simple card really and I do so enjoy blending ink with Blending Brushes. The result is really beautiful but different every time.

I hope you will look at all the projects from the Colour INKspiration Crew in the #CI206 Album on our   Facebook page. There are some amazing and inspirational projects there.

Thanks for stopping by today. You are appreciated!








 


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Sunday, 15 March 2026

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Technique Challenge





Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspiratiins Blog Hop for March 2026. 

This month we are creating projects with the Eclipse Technique. I don’t remember if I have tried this technique before. So it was lots of  fun and so easy to do. 

The Layers of Beauty Bundle and Masks were perfect for this challenge. And I have to say it is such a favourite of mine due to the masks. The results are just gorgeous and I have only used two different inks and Blending Brushes for the design. If you haven’t used a mask or tried the eclipse technique I hope you now try one or both!!


 



The card base is Petunia Pop and the mat masked layer Basic White. Petunia Pop and Old Olive were my chosen ink colours for the bloom. Incredible that with Blending Brushes you can create many depths of colour. 






After creating the bloom I used a Perennial Postage Die to die create the Eclipse Technique. I placed the die cut on top of my bloom centrally and ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine.

I glued the mat layer with the bloom to the card base. I tied a length of the Bubble Bath ribbon in a double bow and secured it to the centre of the die cut on the mat layer. I adhered the die cut piece using Dimensionals. Stamping the sentiment in Petunia Pop ink on Basic White card stock end used my Paper Trimmer to trim around sentiment. Adhering using Dimensionals and glue. I adhered 6 of the Petunia Pop Flat Pearls around the bloom.





Up next on this month's blog hop is Jan Musselman
Click on the next button below to see the team's projects for the Eclipse Technique.



Leonie Stuart  ●  Jan Musselman

Mo Rootes  ●  Robin Broome  ●  Angie McKenzie



Thank you for stopping by. I hope you will have a go at the Eclipse Technique if you haven't done so already.

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Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop - Use Your Stash!






Welcomer to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for March 2026. This is our final month of CAS(e)ing a team member to celebrate 5 years of the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. Below is an image of the team and where they live around the globe.




I am so excited to be CAS(e)ing Kim Gibbons Fee this month. I am a huge fan of her beautiful projects and was delighted to look at her projects again to choose something to CASe. I started with the Bundle that I wanted to use from my stash and decided to choose something that I felt I had not used nearly enough.  I chose the Impressions Abloom Bundle that is currently on the Last Chance List. I love these blooms so much  i then set about to find the perfect project to CASe.




This gorgeous card popped up in her IG feed and I just couldn't stop thinking about it. I decided it was the one! Such great colours and  bright happy feel to it. I have kept the green card base and leaves in Garden Green but switched up the rest of my card.




Here is my project using Petunia Pop and Berry Burst for the blooms. Petunia Pop is one of my favourite colours. I will be sad to see it go along with all the other beautiful 2024-2026 In Colours. The blooms are larger than the one's in Kim's card, but I wanted to make the blooms in the Impressions Abloom work.




My card base is Garden Green and the Embossed mat layer is also Garden Green. I love the freshness of this colour. I embossed the mat layer using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. This Embossing Folder is a great addition to your stash as it is a fun design that will work with many projects.






I stamped the three blooms in Berry Burst with Darling Duckling centres on a piece of Basic White card stock as the background layer. Then stamped three blooms in Petunia Pop with Darling Duckling Centres as well as six leaves in Garden Green and die cut them using the coordinating Dies. I arranged them on tp of the Berry Burst blooms and adhered them using Dimensionals and glue.





I tied a length of Linen Thread in a double bow and adhered it between the blooms using a Dimensional. I stamped the sentiment  on a piece of Garden Green card stock in Versamark™ ink, sprinkled it with white embossing powder and set with the Heat Tool. I adhered this using DImensionals on top of the Linen Thread. I adhered six of the Petunia Pop Flat Pearls around the blooms as Kim had in her project.

Up next is the wonderful Rochelle Laird-Smith. 
Click on the next button below to see the amazing projects from the rest of the crew.




Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Marga Bultena - DE

Ximena Morales - DE

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Bree Renwick - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US



Thanks for stopping by. I hope you head to Kim Gibbons Fee's socials to see her incredible projects!
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