Festive Cheer Noel Christmas Card. Touches of Ink Blog Hop. November 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the Touches of Ink ladies. We hop each month without a set theme, just encouraged to stick to a suite or a bundle. 

I've made a pretty Christmas Card using the Festive Cheer bundle. I just love this bundle - you can make super quick and easy cards without compromising on design.

What do you think?

Measurements

Night of Navy Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

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

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3"

scrap

Mossy Meadow Card Stock

1pc - scrap

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Take the Night of Navy card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the larger piece of Basic White to the inside.

Bring in your Cut & Emboss machine and using the Festive Cheer dies, cut out the word NOEL in Basic White and the sprig in Mossy meadow - with this make sure you have a largeish scrap and cut it out from the centre.

Lay down the negative sprig piece over the top of the 3" wide piece of Basic White. then take your blending brush and 'colour' in the space with Mossy Meadow ink. The needle edges are thin so take your time and gently build the colour. Once happy remove the handmade mask.

Arrange three bauble decorations so they hang at different heights from the foliage. Stamp the thread and the outline in Secret Seas and using the solid images 'colour' them in. I used Melon Mambo, Azure Afternoon & Lemon Lime Twist for a bold pop of colour.

put some liquid glue onto the back of the sprig die cut and then add this over the blended section - this gives it a fuller, thicker effect.

Add this panel to the card front off the the left, making sure you have even spacing to the top, bottom and left hand sides!

Finally and the wording NOEL down the right hand side.

Told you it was super quick, in fact I think this would be a great card to batch make. I cannot wait to try this in a lot of different colour ways!

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop. Simone Kleine is up next, so do go and check our her project.

ROLL CALL

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. Iristempelt - Iris Philipps

3. JazzleDazzleCraft with Janice - Janice Thomson

4. Jungle Cards - Liane Gorny

5. Trace Of Creativity - Tracy Held

6. 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

Alpine Winter With Love Greeting Card. Project Share Blog Hop. November 2026

 Good Morning Everyone,

Today i'm taking part in the Project Share Blog Hop and our theme is Winter.

I decided to create a batch of super quick 'With Love' cards using the Alpine Winter DSP.

The beautiful artwork on the DSP, meant I could simply add a sentiment and it's done! Great at this time of year when we seem to have lots and lots of cards to be making and sending.

Measurements

Misty Moonlight Card Stock

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

Night of Navy Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

4pc - 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

Alpine Winter DSP

40c - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

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Fold the Night of Navy and Misty Moonlight card stock to create your card bases, adding one piece of Basic White to the inside of each base.

Ink up the sentiment from Under My Wing stamp set in Night of Navy ink and add directing onto the to the DSP .

Then simply glue this panel to the card front!

Job Done! This pattern on the paper is perfect for a quick and easy, simple card that anyone can recreate.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop.Heather Forgan is up next so do head on over to her blog, 

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

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

Happiest of Birthdays Card using Tile Garden. We Fall in Colours November 2026

 Good Evening Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the fabulous We Fall in Colour group. Each month we have a three Stampin' Up! colour combo to work with and today we are using Balmy Blue, Darling Ducking & Secret Sea.

I've used the Tile Garden stamp set to create a lovely Birthday card. what do you think?

Measurements

Darling Duckling Card Stock

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

Balmy Blue Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

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

1pc - 5 1/4" x 3"

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Take the Darling Duckling card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. Add the larger piece of Basic White to the inside.

Ink up the semi circle strip stamp in Secret Sea ink and then stamp this along the right hand side, close to the edge making sure that the semi circles face out.

Now, take your scissors and cut to the right of the stamping to give a long scalloped edge. Ink up the smallest flower in Balmy Blue and add one flower to each scallop.

Along the bottom stamp the sentiment in Secret Sea, adding the flower stem above in Secret Sea, then the Flower Head in Darling Duckling. Colour in a large Rhinestone using your Secret Sea Stampin' Blends and place in the centre of the flower.

Ink up the three flower strip in Secret Sea and cover the right half of the Balmy Blue card stock with it. I offset each strip so that it formed an nice even pattern.

Layer the Basic White piece onto the Balmy Blue making sure that the top, bottom and left hand side all line up together, showing off the stamping to the right hand side. Place this into the centre of your card front.

How fabulously easy was that? I love a simple project but simple doesn't mean it has to be boring! 

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop, these ladies are incredibly talented and will have so much inspiration to share with you. Simone Kleine is up next, so be sure to go say Hello!

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

3. The Stamping Green - Sharni Green

4. Trace Of Creativity - Tracy Held

5. herz_chreative - Christine Tenk

6. tctstempelreich - Thea Jendhoff 

7. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

8. Basteltime mit Petra - Petra Kurth

9. 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- #265

 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 - #CCC263

 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

Tile Garden Happiest Birthday Card. Monochromatic Instagram Hop - Night of Navy 2026

 Good Morning Everyone,

On Friday I hopped with the Fabulous Crafty Collaborations group for our weekly Monochromatic Insta Hop and this week we are showcasing Night of Navy. This has been around for a long time - it's one of the very few that have been around since 1997. It's easy to see why, it's a fabulous colour and one of my most used shades.

I have used the Tile Garden stamp set to create a pretty background, and a focal image for my card, and how lovely is the sentiment. 

Measurements

Night of Navy Card Stock

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

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

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

Basic White Card Stock

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

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

1pc - 2 1/2" x 1"

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Take the Night of Navy 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 the leaves and flower heads in Night of navy and stamp them all over the remaining large piece of Basic White creating a lovely piece of custom DSP.

Stamp a single flower and stem onto the 1 1/2" piece of Basic White and then the sentiment onto the remaining piece.

 I love this stamp because it is a Distinktive stamp - meaning the image has a special texture, it's not solid, so that you get depth and texture from a single stamp - genius,right?

Add the larger panel to the card front, layer up the other two stamped pieces onto the coordinating mats and then arrange on the card front. I used liquid glue to stick down the flower and dimensionals to adhere the sentiment.

Finally, add a pearl embellishment to the centre of the focal flower head.

Super easy. minimal supplies and a great effect! I love creating this card and I think it would look awesome in many many other colourways - which I cannot wait to try, so keep your eyes peeled for them coming soon. In the meantime please head on over to Instagram to take a look at all the other projects in this hop - pop round and show everyone some love! - My Instagram Page

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

Tile Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[168567]

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

  

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

Framed Violets I Appreciate You Card. Touches of Ink Blog Hop. October 2026

 Good Evening Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the fabulous Touches of Ink Ladies. Each month we hop without a set theme, just the encouragement to create keeping to a single bundle or a suite. 

I'm working with the Framed Violets Bundle, keeping it clean and simple but this gives a fantastic result. I cut the oval shape from a scrap then used the aperture as a stencil to colour my background - heat embossing the beautiful flower and finishing it off with a simple sentiment.

what do you think?

Measurements

Misty Moonlight Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

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

large scrap

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Take the Misty Moonlight card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base - adding one of the Basic White pieces to the inside.

Run the scrap basic white through your Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine with the smooth oval die. Make sure you centre it well, leaving as much space around all the edges as possible.

Lay this 'Stencil' over your remaining piece of Basic White. Make sure you position it so that the Oval is central, but slightly higher than centre. I then secured this down with a lot of post it notes. 

Load some Misty Moonlight onto your Blending Brush and cover the lower section. You want this to be quite dark, but take your time and deeper the colour slowly and evenly, then repeat this with Azure Afternoon at the top. Where the two meet try to soften the join by blending well.

When you are happy with the finish, peel away the stencil and stamp the sentiment in Misty Moonlight below.

Once this is fully dried - It may take a little longer than normal due to the heavily loading of ink - Lightly wipe over the oval with your embossing buddy.

Ink up the floral image in versamark ink and stamp into the oval. Sprinkle over your white embossing powder then lightly tap off any excess. Bring in your heat tool and apply heat over the powder. This will melt the powder and turn it into a brighter and shiner image.

Add this panel to your card front and job done! i love the simplicity of this card - It would work in so many colourways and for many occasions. 

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop. Simone Kleine is up next.

ROLL CALL

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. Iristempelt - Iris Philipps

3. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

4. TraceOfCreativity - Tracy Held

5. JazzleDazzleCraft with Janice - Janice Thomson

6. Jungle Cards - Liane Gorny

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

Framed Violets Bundle (English)

[168194]

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

[153086]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

Embossing Additions Tool Kit

[159971]

Heat Tool - Uk Plug

[129054]

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

 

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