Inked Floret Scalloped Blooms Thank You Card. We Fall in Colours Blog Hop. October 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the We Fall in Colours monthly Blog Hop. Each month we are given three colours to create with and for October we have Shaded Spruce, Pumpkin Pie and Crumb - a lovely mix and quite autumnal and fitting for this time of year!

I've used the Inked Florets Stamp set and created a bold flower using the Shaded Spruce and Pumpkin Pie colours, adding in a dash of Crumb Cake for the sentiment panel and the card base.  

What do you think?

Measurements

Crumb Cake Card Stock

1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"

1pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

2pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

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Take the Crumb Cake card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. Open your ink pad and hold it upside down (ink pad facing down) then lightly glide it along the edges, this just adds some extra dept and tone to the card.

Next, ink up the Ink Florets image in Shaded Spruce and stamp in the centre of the remaining piece of Basic White. Make sure you get lots of ink and give enough pressure to get a great transfer and block of colour. I used my Stampin' Positioner as this meant i colour re-stamp directing in the same position a second time if needed.

Once the ink has completely dried go in with your Pumpkin Pie Blends and colour in the flower heads. I used both Dark and Light to create some shading and depth - by just following the drawing lines on the stamped image.

Bring in your Mini Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine and cut out a small (third from smallest) smooth scalloped circle in Crumb Cake ink. Which the dark Crumb Cake Blend, add a little touch of colour around the edge of this. If you look closely to your die cut image, there's a little border that's been created so I just followed that all the way round.

Stamp the sentiment from Scalloped Blooms bundle in Shaded Spruce into the centre and add this towards the bottom left hand corner of the card front on dimenisonals.

This was a super quick and easy card to create, but i absolutely love how it turned out. 

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop. These ladies are incredibly talented and you are sur to pick up a lot of inspiration. Head over to Simone Kleine first.

ROLL CALL

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

3. TraceOfCreativity - Tracy Held

4. The Stamping Green - Sharni Green

5. herz-CHreaTive - Christine Tenk

6. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger 

7. Basteltime mit Petra - Petra Kurth

8. Vickie Lou Designs - Vickie Littlewood

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store Product List

Scalloped Blooms Bundle (English)

[167647]

Inked Floret Photopolymer Stamp Set

[168239]

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

 

If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx

Artisan Sketched Gardens Happy Birthday Card - Monochromatic Insta Hop - Petal Pink 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the weekly Monochromatic Insta Hop. This week we are using Petal Pink - a really soft and delicate shade - I Love it, but honestly, I don't reach for it anywhere near enough.

I decide to use the Artisan Sketched Garden DSP for my card, adding the colour with card stock and colouring of DSP. I love the black and Petal Pink combo - it's very striking!

what do you think?

Measurements

Petal Pink Card Stock

1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"

1pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

Vellum

1pc - scrap

Artisan Sketched Gardens DSP

1pc - 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

1pc - 1 3/8" x 5 3/8"

fussy cut flower

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Take the Petal Pink card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. I inked up my blender brush and added some colour around the edges - the add the Basic White piece to the inside.

Adhere the larger piece of DSP to the card front.

Cover the remaining strip of DSP with a good layer of Petal Pink Ink. I simply turned my ink pad over and gently and lightly glided it over the DSP to colour drench the stripes. Once dry, add this to the card front, off to the left, leaving a nice even border around the top, bottom and left edges.

Using your water painters, pick up a little of the petal pink ink - either from the ink pad or the reinker and very lightly add a little colour to the petals of the floral cut out.

Bring in you Stamp n Cut Machine and cut out the smooth oval from Framed Violets in some vellum.

On a scrap of Petal Pink stamp the sentiment from Scalloped Blooms in Memento Black ink and fussy cut.

Now, create a focal cluster on your card front. I laid down the vellum first, then added the flower and sentiment over the top with dimensionals.

tip: do a dry placement first so you have an idea where they will go - then add some adhesive to the vellum where you know if will be covered - as adhesive shows through the vellum, this is a neat trick to hide it!

Honestly, this is a super simple design and layout and although it works brilliantly with Petal Pink - I'm certain that it would look fabulous in many many other colour combinations.

If you have a few moments - please pop over to My Instagram Page - here you will be able to go through the hop and get so much inspirations from these incredibly talented ladies.

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store Product List

Artisan Sketched Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167752]

Framed Violets Bundle (English)

[168194]

Scalloped Blooms Bundle (English)

[167647]

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

[147009]

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147108]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[167099]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Water Painters

[168253]

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147169]

Detail Scissors

[170902]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

  

If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx

Creative Colour CHallenges - #CCC260

 Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are well. Welcome to the next Creative Colour Challenge.

I love playing around with colour combinations and I'm always up for a challenge with varied and different combinations.

What do you think?

I would love to see how you create using these three colours. Feel free to make a project and add it to the list below. You can add your blog details if you wish, or just add an image - it's entirely up to you.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

So, what is this? I hear you ask?

Well, a while I did a card with a slightly wild colour combo and everyone seemed to love it, so I thought that I would set up a regular challenge blog, so I can share some of my colour combos with you, and in turn we can all get some fabulous inspiration. Some will be more difficult than others, but I will be entering a project myself each week so you can see one idea of how the colours go together.

How does it work?

Every Monday at 10am (GMT) I will add a brand new colour combo for that week. 

You will have until Sunday at 8pm (GMT) to submit entries via an Inlinkz form. You can link this back to your blog if you have one, or just submit a picture if not.

I will announce a winner that evening and then a new challenge starts on Monday Morning.

Don't forget to click follow over on the right!!

See you soon

Vickie

xxx

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC259 - Winner Announcement

 Good Morning Everyone,

I just want to a MASSIVE thank you to all of you who visited and joined in - I really do appreciate your support and I really hope you enjoyed it too.

Just as a reminder - Here's the Colours from this week's Challenge

So with thanks to a random Name generator we have our winner -  

Let's say a HUGE congratulations to Christy from Snapdragon Stamps

I think it's a great way to show this combo - I don't think I'd have thought to colour my pumpkins like this but they look amaizng!

Please do go and check out her blog https://snapdragonstamps.blogspot.com/ to take a look at all her other creations

Here's a Winners Badge for you Christy ... Congratulations.

Thanks for joining me, be sure to come back at 10am to see the next Creative Colour Challenge

 See you soon

Vickie

xx

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC259

 Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are well. Welcome to the next Creative Colour Challenge.

I love playing around with colour combinations and I'm always up for a challenge with varied and different combinations.

What do you think?

I would love to see how you create using these three colours. Feel free to make a project and add it to the list below. You can add your blog details if you wish, or just add an image - it's entirely up to you.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

So, what is this? I hear you ask?

Well, a while I did a card with a slightly wild colour combo and everyone seemed to love it, so I thought that I would set up a regular challenge blog, so I can share some of my colour combos with you, and in turn we can all get some fabulous inspiration. Some will be more difficult than others, but I will be entering a project myself each week so you can see one idea of how the colours go together.

How does it work?

Every Monday at 10am (GMT) I will add a brand new colour combo for that week. 

You will have until Sunday at 8pm (GMT) to submit entries via an Inlinkz form. You can link this back to your blog if you have one, or just submit a picture if not.

I will announce a winner that evening and then a new challenge starts on Monday Morning.

Don't forget to click follow over on the right!!

See you soon

Vickie

xxx

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC258

  Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are well. Welcome to the next Creative Colour Challenge.

I love playing around with colour combinations and I'm always up for a challenge with varied and different combinations.

What do you think?

I would love to see how you create using these three colours. Feel free to make a project and add it to the list below. You can add your blog details if you wish, or just add an image - it's entirely up to you.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

So, what is this? I hear you ask?

Well, a while I did a card with a slightly wild colour combo and everyone seemed to love it, so I thought that I would set up a regular challenge blog, so I can share some of my colour combos with you, and in turn we can all get some fabulous inspiration. Some will be more difficult than others, but I will be entering a project myself each week so you can see one idea of how the colours go together.

How does it work?

Every Monday at 10am (GMT) I will add a brand new colour combo for that week. 

You will have until Sunday at 8pm (GMT) to submit entries via an Inlinkz form. You can link this back to your blog if you have one, or just submit a picture if not.

I will announce a winner that evening and then a new challenge starts on Monday Morning.

Don't forget to click follow over on the right!!

See you soon

Vickie

xxx

Simply Leaves Thank You Notecards. Touches of Ink Blog Hop - September 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the wonderful Touches of Ink group. Each month we hop without a set theme - just the encouragement to create within a suite or a bundle.

I like to have a stack of Thank You cards on hand so they are ready to go when I need one or 4! haha. 

I've chosen to create some super quick and easy Thank You cards to stock up my little pile using the Simply Leaves Bundle for even more ease - I'll used our notecards and envelopes too.

Measurements - Each Notecard

1 notecard (6" x 5", scored at 3")

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 4 3/4" x 2 3/4"

Scraps

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Take the notecard and fold along the scoreline to create your card base.

Ink up the solid leaf image and stamp one vertically in the centre, then one to each side at an angle.

Run a piece of the 3/8" Black Iridescent Ribbon along the bottom edge, covering the stalk of the leaf. Secure on the back. Add glue to this panel and add to the card front.

Cut out three leaves using the Simple leaf punch. 

Stamp the sentiment into the centre of one, and then with some ink and a blending brush add some ink to the edges of the other two.

Add these to the card front over the stamped leaves, offsetting them.

Finally, stamp the sentiment into the centre and then add above the leaves in centre with dimensionals.

I hope you have enjoyed my cards today - please take a few minutes to continue through the hop. Simone is up next, so please go along and say hello

Roll Call

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

3. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

4. TraceOfCreativity - Tracy Held

5. The Stamping Green - Sharni Green

6. JazzleDazzleCraft with Janice - Janice Thomson

7. Vickie Lou Designs - Vickie Littlewood

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store Product List

Simply Leaves Bundle (English)

[168165]

Black 3/8" (1 Cm) Iridescent Ribbon

[168181]

Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes

[159232]

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

[147118]

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad

[163807]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

 

If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx