Garden Gatherings Clean & Simple Happy Birthday Cards. The Project Share Blog Hop - June 2026

 Good Morning Everyone,

Happy Saturday! Today I'm taking part in the Project Share Blog Hop and our theme in New Catalogue.

I've used two of our beautiful new in colours and the Garden Gatherings bundle to create some super quick and easy, clean and simple cards.

What do you think?

Measurements

Golden Glow Card Stock

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

scrap

Crisp Cantaloupe Card Stock

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

scrap

IN Colour DSP

Golden Glow

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

Crisp Cantaloupe

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

Basic White

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

2pc - 3" x 5 3/4"

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Take the Coloured card stock pieces and fold along the score line to create your card bases, adding one of the larger pieces of Basic White to the inside of each card. Place the coordinating DSP piece onto each card front.

Ink up the outline vase image in memento black ink and stamp onto the scraps of coloured card - one of each colour. Fussy cut or use the coordinating dies to cut out.

Lay the smaller pieces of Basic White in front of you and stamp the stems images and the flowers just below centre in black ink. I stamped the stems first and then did the flowers - there's two dots, which are the flower centres, which help you line this up super quick!

Also, add the sentiment across the top.

Add these to each card front, then add the vases with dimensionals.

Finally, add a small pearl to the centre of the open flowers.

Told you it was super simple and quick to create! This design is just perfect for batch making and would be awesome in so many colourways - and of course a variety of occasions.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop. Click on the button below to head over to Verity's blog.

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

Fluttering By to Say Hi All Aflutter Card. Touches of Ink Blog Hop - June 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the Touches of Ink blog hop. Each month we hop without a set theme, just the encouragement to stick within a Suite or a Bundle.

Now, we have just had a new catalogue launch last month and I've not yet got many things to play with - I know, I really need to change that. So I have used the All Aflutter bundle and some of our brand new in colour DSP in Hydrangea Hue & Peaceful Pine.

I decided to keep it super simple and I love the results, what do you think?

Measurements

Hydrangea Hue Card Stock

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

scrap

Peaceful Pine Card Stock

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

scrap

IN Colour DSP

Hydrangea Hue

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

Peaceful Pine

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

Basic White

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

2pc - 3" x 5 3/4"

scraps

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Take the larger pieces of card stock and fold along the score line to create your card bases, adding a one of the larger pieces of Basic White card stock to the inside of each.

Using your All Aflutter punch cut out three butterflies in each piece of the DSP. Tip - Align the punch along the left hand side and push it in as far as it can go before you cut - this means you can still use the larger piece as a mat layer.

Add the DSP pieces to the card front, making sure the cut section is towards the left.

Then add the smaller pieces of Basic White to the centre of the card front - leaving an even border all the way round. You will see a tiny little bit of the cut area below but just trust the process - we hide that later!

On a scrap of the colour card stock stamp the sentiment, trim and angle the right hand side. Put some dimensionals on the back and add to the card front - position it in line with the DSP and over the cut section.

Now stamp the butterfly cluster in Memento ink onto some scraps of basic white then cut using the punch. I then used my scissors to cut away the white border. Pull up the wings gently, add a line of glue and then lay on top of the of DSP butterflies. Then arrange these onto the card front.

I hope you like my project to day - I really enjoyed creating these cards.

Please take a few moments to continue through the hop and check out what all these other talented ladies have created. Simone is up next, please go say hello!

ROLL CALL

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. TraceOfCreativity - Tracy Held

3. Iristempelt - Iris Philipps

4. Stempelfamilie - Angela Köber

5. JazzleDazzleCraft with Janice - Janice Thomson

6. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

7. Vickie Lou Designs - Vickie Littlewood

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 - #CCC244

 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 - #CCC243

 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

Become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in May with our Fabulous Joining Offer

 Good Evening Everyone.

Hello! Hope you are all well?

I wanted to share our super duper awesome Joining Offer with you today because throughout May, to celebrate our new catalogue and the launch of our New Ink pad style, Stampin' Up! have made it BRILLIANT!

Our Joining offer is a great offer year round, but Stampin Up are pulling out all the stops this month and going giving you MORE.

You can choose  from two options :-

Pay £99 and choose £135 worth of products and the 5 brand new design 2026-28 In Color Ink Pads (worth £68)

or....

Pay £99 and get £165 worth of Products

You can put in whatever you want, not many companies let you chose your kit!!! And if you join now, you can add products from our Current annual & Mini  catalogue, Clearance Rack, online exclusives, or from our Kits Collection  - add what you like!

Why sign up instead of being a customer?

Becoming a Demonstrator doesn't mean you have to sell the products, share on social media etc, you do not have to take this on as 'business' - the help and support to help you achieve this is available if you would like, but you are not obliged to sell anything -  you can Just purchase goodies for your own personal stash, with a lot of Free stuff in you starter kit. You will also receive a 20% discount on orders placed. As long as you hit the low quarterly minimums you will continue to get the discounted rate.

There isn't a catch or hidden terms. Join my team, take the free goodies from the starter kit and see how you go! 

Another benefit of being a Demonstrator is that you will get to Pre Order new product from catalogues before customers, see exclusive products and get a heads up of up and coming offers before they go out to the general public .

There are events held which you will be able to attend, which we have both official events and team specific events that are a mix of online and in person events.

So, what if you would like to earn as a business?
Well, you get all the perks above along with help and guidance to achieve your goals. There's a great compensation plan and you can also work towards the yearly incentive trip*!

If you are interested or have any questions, give me a call, email or find me on Facebook, I would love to have a chat and see how you could fit into our Stampin Up family

Email - vickieloudesigns@outlook.com
Tel - 07905615260 (I do have two daughters at home, so if I don't answer, please do leave a message and I will come straight back to you).
Facebook - Vickie Lou Designs.

Instagram - @vickieloudesigns
Website - https://vickielittlewood.stampinup.net/ or join direct via this link:  http://www.stampinup.uk/join?demoid=5048389

See you soon
Vickie
Xxx

* Less than 1% of Demos achieve the Incentive trip

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC242

  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 - #CCC241 Entries

 Good Morning Everyone,

I run the Creative Colour Challenges blog. Each week three Stampin Up Colours are randomly selected and I ask you to create a projects using those colours! Some week's are easier than others - but what I do find is that there's a lot of inspiration given from those who participate, so I thought that on a Sunday, once I have announced the Winner of the Week's Challenge over on Creative Colour Challenges Blog, I'd hop on over here and share the entries with you in the hope that we can give everyone some more inspiration, and I will link to those I can (as anyone can enter, you don't have to have a blog or a website), so It's also my chance to share there work and show some support.

JOLANDA JOHNSTONE

https://jolandasinquespotstudio.com/

CHRISTY STANFORD

https://snapdragonstamps.blogspot.com/

JENNIE MAIER

https://jenniemstampinspot.blogspot.com/

SUZY HINTON

https://stampnsip.blogspot.com/

I hope you will head over and take a look at the link provided and check out these blogs and all their amazing creations! 

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