Sunday, 15 February 2026

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop -Colour Challenge




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

This month we have a colour challenge to share with you. The below image is inspiration and perfect for Easter projects. We were challenged to use 3-5 of the colours. I have used four.

Azure Afternoon, Darling Duckling, Pretty in Pink and Granny Apple Green. 


I wanted to create something for Easter and have used the sweet Easter Basket Bundle to create a card for a mature person. I have used the basket and the beautiful Daffodils as my central image. These dies are amazing and easy to work with.





I wanted a happy and sunny card and Darling Duckling as the mat layer. The card base is Basic White and the Mat layer a piece of the Darling Duckling In Colour Designer Series Paper glued to the card base. I then cut a Basic White layer using one of the Textured Notes Dies and used a Blending Brush and some Azure Afternoon ink to colour the area behind where the basket would be positioned.

I die cut the Basket, strips to weave and edge scallop in Basic White card stock. After weaving the strips I glued them on the back of the basket before gluing the scallop trim. I adhered this to the Textured Notes layer using Dimensionals and left room at the top of the basket to adhere the daffodils.





For the daffodils and the bow I used Stampin' Blends to colour Basic White card stock before die cutting each of the pieces in Darling Duckling, Pretty in Pink and Granny Apple Green. On the bow I used the Dark Pretty in Pink Blend to give dimension to the bow. The daffodils were glued together and a Dimensional used to adhere behind the flower and glued under the edge of the basket. The bow adhered using a Dimensional.

I stamped the sentiment using Azure Afternoon ink on Basic White card stock and punched it out using the Three Banner Punch. I coloured another piece of Basic White card stock using the Azure Afternoon ink and a blending brush. I punched this out using the same shape as the sentiment banner. I glued them together.

I tied a length of Linen Thread in a bow and adhered it to the right hand side of the basket using Sealį© then adhered the sentiment layers over the top using Dmensionals.

Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderful Mo Rootes. Click on the next blog below to continue hopping to see everyone's projects using this gorgeous colour palette.



 Leonie Stuart  ●  Mo Rootes

Angie McKenzie  ●  Karen Henderson



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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Around the World on Wednesday - CAS(e) the Catalogue Alternative



Hello and welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for February 2026.

The Team are continuing to celebrate our 5th year of the AWOW Blog Hop this month and I am very excited to say that we are CASeing the amazing Teri West from Alaska.

Below is an image of where the team are located around the world. 



I recently met Teri in person and it was the most wonderful time together. We talked all things Stampin' Up! and we spent a little time in my craft room. She is the loveliest person and I hope to catch up with her again. I love her gorgeous creations and clean style. 



As you can imagine, it was difficult deciding on which card to CASe but settled on a Valentine's Day card as Valentine's Day falls this weekend. Teri made this card in February of 2025 and I adore the elegance of her layered hearts and colour.




Below is an image of the Mini Catalogue card that I also CASed for this project!  From page 30 of the Mini Catalogue.




I have created my card using products from the Made With Love Suite Collection. This suite is featured in the new Mini Catalogue. It has the sweetest heart and envelope embellishments as well as gorgeous heart dies. every thing you need for those Valentine's cards.







My card base is Real Red. I then cut a piece of the striped Made With Love Designer Series Paper as a mat layer. Such gorgeous tones together. The DSP was glued to the card base. I then cut two Basic White mat layers. One slightly larger than the other. I glued them together and then proceeded to build the card front.

I die cut six hearts using the die set. I used the Hearts of Love Embossing Folder to then emboss the six die cut hearts. I arranged the die cut hearts on the smaller piece of Basic White card stock and glued them down. I then cut the excess hearts that hung over the mat layer off with scissors. I adhered the white layers to the card front using Dimensionals.

I die cut the heart out of the Made With Love DSP and the detailed outline heart out of Flirty Flamingo card stock. I tied a length of Linen Thread in a bow and adhered it to the back of the DSP heart using Tear 'n Tape. I glued the outlined Flirty Flamingo piece to the DSP heart and adhered it to the card front using Dimensionals.





I stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink on a piece of Basic White card stock and punched out the banner label using the Three Banner punch. Then 5 of the heart embellishments were adhered around the DSP heart using glue.

Up next on this month's blog hop is Rochelle Laird-Smith. Click on the next blog button below to see the crew creating using Teri's beautiful work as inspiration.



Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Marga Bultena - DE

Kim Gibbons Fee - UK

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Bree Renwick - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US





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