Vickie Lou Designs

Monday, 11 May 2026

Bike & Blooms Paper Pumpkin - June 2026

Good Evening Everyone,

Bring a breath of fresh air to your crafting with the Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin Kit! This cheerful all-inclusive kit is filled with beautiful floral details, charming bicycle imagery, and coordinating elements designed to make heartfelt cards with ease. Whether you’re celebrating birthdays, sending thanks, or simply brightening someone’s day, these elegant spring-inspired designs make every project feel special. With pre-cut pieces, coordinating embellishments, and exclusive stamps included, you’ll have everything you need to create handmade cards that bloom with creativity. This is the kit you will receive if you sign up before 10th June!

What is Paper Pumpkin?

Paper Pumpkin is a monthly crafting subscription that delivers a complete, ready-to-create project kit straight to your door. Each kit includes exclusive stamps, an ink spot, pre-cut supplies, and step-by-step instructions to help you create beautiful handmade cards, gift packaging, home décor, and more. Every month features a new surprise theme, making it a fun and easy way to enjoy creativity without the need for extra supplies or planning.

Here's a link to the Paper Pumpkin section on my website where there is so much more information about the specific kit and how Paper Pumpkin works. Click to head over to My Stampin Up Website

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

Brand New Creative Colour Challenges Combo - #CCC240

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.

So, what is this? I hear you ask?

Well, quite 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 or visit mt dedicated Creative Colour Challenges Blog Page!!

See you soon

Vickie

xxx

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC239 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/

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

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Saturday, 9 May 2026

All Aflutter Quick and Easy 'Fluttering by to Say Hi' Card. Monochromatic Insta Hop - Old Olive 2026

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Yesterday I took part in the weekly Monochromatic Insta Hop. This week we get to work with Old Olive. This has to be one of my favourite Greens - It's been around for many many years and my go to - although it falls within our Regals family, its not too dark, not too light its rich and just utterly awesome!

Measurements

Old Olive Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

2pc - 3 1/2" x 5 1/4"

scraps

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Take the Old Olive Card Stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. Adding one of the Basic White pieces to the inside.

Ink up the sentiment in Memento Black ink and stamp into the centre of the remaining piece of Basic White.

Now ink up the solid butterfly stamp in Old Olive and stamp one below and one above, making sure to fit the three images nicely. Add this to the card front.

One a scrap of Basic White stamp these again twice, then add the detailed stamp in Memento directly over the top to get your butterfly image. Cut these out using the All Aflutter Punch.

Add a mini dimensionals to the back off each butterfly the adhere them directly over the same sized butterfly on the card front. Gently tease up the wings to create a 3D effect, and show some of the 'shadow' below.

I really enjoyed creating this card - This bundle is one of my firm favourites from the new catalogue already - be sure to take a look at all the brand new products available (click the link to the right).

If you would like to get lots more inspiration using Old Olive from some incredibly talented crafters - then head over to my Instagram page to hop along - https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFQQIEjHnB/?img_index=1

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

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Monday, 4 May 2026

Creative Colour Challenges #CCC238 Entries!

Good Morning Everyone,

SUZY HINTON

https://stampnsip.blogspot.com/

CHRISTY STANFORD

https://snapdragonstamps.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!

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Saturday, 2 May 2026

Round of Hellos Splash of Sparkles Thank You Cards. Project Share Project Blog Hop. May 2026

Good Morning Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in our Monthly Project Share Blog Hop. Our theme is Bright and Bold - so on point with my craft style!

Unfortunately with some house renovation projects and moving around of rooms and work spaces - I currently am without a useable craft room and short on actual craft time, not a fun combination but we have made it work ( I've spend a few hours crafting on the floor as well as the kitchen table to get things done!).

So, I have had to be creative in somewhat of a simpler form in some instances. I'm so glad I'm been pushed to work this way because sometimes less is more and my current situation has made me appreciate the simpler and quicker designs - Don't get me wrong I do have some more intricate designs and technique projects coming up - It's made me dial back and by using the fabulous Stampin' Up products I've not had to compromise on the end finish.

The Splash of Sparkles DSP has fabulous bold shapes and strokes of bright colours with a detail of metallics running through it, adding that extra level, without doing anything extra yourself!

Measurements

Basic Black Card Stock

2pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"

2pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

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

2pc - scrap

Splash of Sparkles DSP

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

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Take the Basic Black pieces and fold along the score line to create your card base. Add the Basic White panels to the inside and the DSP to the card front.

On a scrap of Basic White stamp the sentiment from Round of Hellos in Memento Black ink twice and cut out using the 2" circle punch. Cut two 2 3/8" circle from Basic Black card stock and layer these together.

Add them to the card front with dimensionals.

I told you this was super quick and easy - You could so easily use the full pack this way and create a lot of cards in very little time! I love how you let the DSP do all the work!

Please take a few minuted to continue through the hop to see what else has been created today using the Bright & Bold theme. Click the link below to head over to Verity's Blog first