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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New Catalogue Coming in May - Moonlit Flora Suite Collection

Hello friends! 

Earlier this month I attended OnStage. A Demonstrator only event held in Sydney. A Stampin’ Up!®️ conference held over three days. 

OnStage is a wonderful and fun filled event. It is hard not to get swept up in it all. New catalogue, new products and tools and catching up with Demonstrators from around the world. There is an after hours class offered where Demonstrators purchase a new bundle and create using the bundle and other products supplied by Stampin’ Up!®️. 

This year the beautiful bundle from a suite from the upcoming catalogue called Fern & Flora was the product for this after hours event. We received many coordinating products as well as the bundle.

Today I spent time creating a card with some of the left over products from the event. I love the beautiful leaves and flowers. Using Secret Sea as the card base, mat layer and the stitched circle behind the focal piece.

There was a small amount of the coordinating Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper and the finishing touch was three Dewdrops Embellishments. All these products will be available in May when the new May-August catalogue goes live. 

Thanks for stopping by today. If you live in Australia and don’t have a Demonstrator please get in touch and I can get a new catalogue into your hands.

 

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!

 

Product List

Nature's Symphony Bundle (English) [166926] $82.75	Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder [161600] $19.25	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008] $25.00
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $15.75	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $15.75	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

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