Scrapbooking Global Guest Designer - My Three Favourite Colours

Hello and welcome, 

Thank you for coming to see me as part of the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop and I am so pleased that have come to see what I have created as I have been away from my blog since the New Year as life with my disabled daughter just eat into my crafting time, but I am back ans thankfully so is my mojo.  

Last year, I had the pleasure of being asked if I would like to be a Guest Designer in 2024, I was so excited to be asked and took this as a great honour and it made me realise that what I create is worthy of this recognition.  Choosing my topic meant I had so many ideas but decided to settle on 'My 3 Favourite Colours.'

Oddly, I didn't select the colours that I originally thought I would have and I found it really hard to commit, however here are my 'current' favourite colours

I chose to use the Hot Air Balloon and Playing in the Rain stamps & dies from the current Stampin' Up! catalogue as we have used it last month in my monthly Scrapbooking Workshop and I had so much fun creating the hot air balloons and clouds.

Here is the page that I created with my photo's of my youngest Granddaughter P on the swings:

I loved playing with the clouds out of the Playing in the Rain stamp set, alternating the colours was a little idea I had as I stamped them in Fresh Fressia ink on the Fresh Freesia and Basic White cardstock.

Please see below the supply list of the products used in these projects:

In an upcoming blog post I made some cards using all of the products that I used above to use in the 6" x 8" Photo Pocket pages. I would love for you to come back soon and see how they turned out.  

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this blog, I truly do appreciate it.  Now it would be really good if you were to hop on over to Courtney's blog hop and see what lovely scrapbook page she has created.

This is a list of all the blogs that are taking place in this month's hop.

Blog Hop Index

Hope you enjoy hopping through the blogs and are feeling inspired.

Happy Crafting!

  

 You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com 

If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for May 2024 is MNVFVSWC 

Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue. 

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Suite Showcase #24 - Softly Stippled (Sale-a-Bration special)

Happy New Year and welcome back to my first blog post of 2024

Hope you all had a lovely festive season, and I cannot believe how long ago it already feels.  As this blog goes live I will be in Disneyland Paris with my two daughters and four granddaughters.  This will be our first time all going together and I am not sure who is more excited, me or them.

For the first Suite Showcase of 2024 we chose to use the Softly Stippled Designer Series Papers (DSP) from the new Sale-a-Bration brochure that went live on 4^th January.  It is a very exciting time with Stampin’ Up! as sale-a-Bration has so much to offer – free products for shopping and joining.

I chose to create a scrapbook page as I was asked to join the Scrapbooking Global Facebook group as a Guest Designer for 2024 and the month I chose was May and I would like to create more Scrapbook pages this year as I have so many lovely photo’s that I would like to use.  At the end of the month I will be hosting my first Scrapbooking Retreat of the year and I really cannot wait as this allows me to get really productive.

Anyhow, here is the page I created…

I wanted to fussy cut the flowers out and add colour to them using the blending brushes and using colours from the DSP and I also added Old Olive for the leaves.  For this I chose to use the Love This Moment stamp set (new January to April mini catalogue) which is perfect for scrapbooking and journalling.

Well that's all for now and I hope you have enjoyed looking at this post, hope to see you again and do not forget to look at Joanna's blog post for this Suite Showcase.

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

Happy Crafting and all the best for 2024!

 

 

You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com  

 If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for January 2024 is GY36G4E2

 Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP!TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue.   

For more information on Stampin’ Up! products you can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST

Classes & workshops information can be found on Facebook at The Crafty Corner Shop 

Day 17 of Hello December meets Blogmas

  

On the seventeenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... a Joy of Christmas card for thee!

Over the past week, I have been working on projects for the rest of the month's 'Hello December meets Blogmas'  posts.  I have also started working on my actual 'Hello December' album which is making great progress and I cannot wait to share this with you in the New Year.

For today's card I, could not resist showing you my favourite sheet of Designer Series Paper (DSP), for which I wanted to use a festive frame from the Christmas Classic dies.

When I decided to do 'Hello December meets Blogmas' I found it really easy to choose which stamp and dies I wanted to use do to how many options that there would be with the Christmas Classics stamps and die set .  I had also fallen in love with the lovely DSP pack and just knew the Black & White ribbon would team up with it too.

Day 17 card - I had a lightbulb moment whilst cutting numbers out, I could show the lovely DSP to create a silhouette of the number as well as a die-cut number.

I have listed the items that I used to create the Christmas card:

For tomorrow's project I will  be bringing you another six-inch card from the  Joy of Christmas suite that was a recent class project.

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

Happy Crafting!

  

  You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com  

If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for DECEMBER is ZQXQUEV3 

 Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue.  

 For more information on Stampin’ Up! products you can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST  

Classes & workshops information can be found on Facebook - TheCrafty Corner Shop 

Day 16 of Hello December meets Blogmas

 

On the sixteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... sweet decorations for the tree!

So we are officially just over half way through the month of 'Hello December meets Blogmas' posts.  Today I have chosen to create 3D projects for the tree which were really quick and easy and contain a delicious Elizabeth Shaw Mint Crisp chocolate inside.

I cut strips of O Holy Night Designer Series Paper (DSP) folded them in half and put them in the punch, added a chocolate inside with a couple of glue dots and then closed the decoration with the Simply Elegant Trim.

I created several snowflakes using either ink or gold or silver embossing powder, fussy cut them out and added to the front of the decoration, along with a greeting.

Day 16 card - the lovely dsp was too nice to hide so I just added a couple of bunches of holly using the Loose Holly & Gems Sequins to show it off.

Here, I have listed the items that I used to create these tree decorations:

Thank you for stopping by, I truly do appreciate it. Tomorrow I will be showing you another project using the Joy of Christmas suite.

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

Happy Crafting!

  

  You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com  

If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for DECEMBER is ZQXQUEV3 

 Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue.  

 For more information on Stampin’ Up! products you can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST  

Classes & workshops information can be found on Facebook - TheCrafty Corner Shop 

Day 15 of Hello December meets Blogmas

 

On the fifteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... a notebook for planning festivities!

I LOVE STATIONERY! Not just any old stationery, I love creating Travellers Notebooks that help me plan events and trips.  I created it using a piece of Merry, Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper and ten sheets of A4 white paper (90gsm).

This notebook has now been used to plan all of my December lists and in theory make me organised and ease me through the season.

Inside the notebook I added a sheet of Vellum which I had stamped all over using the Christmas Classics stamp set and silver embossing powder and created pockets in the front and back with off-cuts of the matching DSP.

Day 15 card - I wanted to make a shaker card and fill it with the loose Holly and Gems sequins. This was one of my favourites to make.

 I have listed the items below that I used to create the Travellers Notebook:

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

I truly do appreciate you stopping by and thank you so much, without your support I wouldn't be able to do what I do.  I shall be back tomorrow with a project using the 'O Holy Night' suite where I have created some lovely tree decorations/gift tags.

Happy Crafting!

  

  You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com  

If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for DECEMBER is ZQXQUEV3 

 Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue.  

 For more information on Stampin’ Up! products you can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST  

Classes & workshops information can be found on Facebook - TheCrafty Corner Shop 

Day 14 of Hello December meets Blogmas

 

On the forteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... decorated chocolate just for me (not Terry)!

I cannot believe we are almost halfway through the month of December, this is the most festive I have felt in a long time, from Eggnog at Starbucks, to Christmas movies and loads of craftivities.  I loved making today's project - Terry's Chocolate Orange cracker box.

This was made using just one sheet of 12" x 12" cardstock, a couple of strips of Designer Series Paper (DSP) and a little bit of embellishments from the Christmas Classics stamps and dies set.

Day 14 - A piece of DSP from the Joy of Christmas DSP, a few die-cuts to add detail and a few dots of Metallic Basic Pearls and just like that, I had my card for the day.

Below I have listed the items that I used to create these projects:

As always, I am truly pleased that you are vising my blog to read these Blogmas posts and I hope you will return to see the rest of the month.

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

Tomorrow I will be showing you a Travellers Notebook that I have created using 'Merry & Bold' Designer Series Paper.  

Happy Crafting!

  

  You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com  

If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for DECEMBER is ZQXQUEV3 

 Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue.  

 For more information on Stampin’ Up! products you can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST  

Classes & workshops information can be found on Facebook - TheCrafty Corner Shop 

Day 13 of Hello December meets Blogmas

 

On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... six-inch card of Christmas merry!

Today, I am showing you card from my recent stamp-a-stack class where we made two different six-inch cards. 

When I created this card I wanted to make a frame effect so the inside could be decorated and the festive decor on the front.  I love six-inch cards as they allow for more decoration.

Day 13 card -  I allowed the DSP to be the main focus with the added detail of the Exposed Brick embossed card to house the number.

This is the list of the items that I used to create these projects:

If you would like more information about classes, workshops and Stampin’ Up! products, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Why not follow my blog to be kept up-to-date with my posts?

Thank you for stopping by, I truly do appreciate it. Tomorrow I will be showing you another project using this suite.

Happy Crafting!

  

  You can email me - theinkycrafter@hotmail.com  

If you place an order through my STAMPIN’ UP! STORE for £25 or more, you will receive a free gift from me in the following month if you use the following Hostess Code at checkout. Hostess code for DECEMBER is ZQXQUEV3 

 Why not JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! TEAM, The Inkspirational Stampers and earn a discount on every purchase? For only £99 you can choose £130 worth of products from any current catalogue.  

 For more information on Stampin’ Up! products you can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & PINTEREST  

Classes & workshops information can be found on Facebook - TheCrafty Corner Shop