Swirled Designs Creative Haven You're the Best Card! We Fall in Colours April 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the monthly We Fall in Colour Hop. This month our colours are Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green and Gray Granite - a smashing combination!

Now, I wasn't too sure what to do at first - but then I caught a glimpse of the Swirled Designs Bundle and realised I 've not yet used it. I'm not sure why, but I'm so disappointed in myself for overlooking this set in my stash!

Now, does anyone remember Gorgeous Grunge? This stamp set totally has me feeling those vibes and It was great to stamp with a little nostalgia - I randomly stamped a background, then cut out an oval and star shape along with the tag and then added some ink to some of the edges. 

Absolutely love how it turned out and this layout and design could be used for many occasions in absolutely hundreds of colourways!

Measurements

Gray Granite Card Stock

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

Very Vanilla Card Stock

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

scrap

Calypso Coral Card Stock

scrap

Granny Apple Green Card Stock

scrap

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Take the Gray Granite card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base adding one of the very vanilla pieces to the inside.

On the remaining piece of Very Vanilla stamp and assortment of images from Swirled Designs in all three of the colours to create a full panel. Ink up the edges roughly to give a little more interest. Add this panel to the card front.

Bring in your Cut & Emboss machine and using the swirled designs dies cut out an oval in calypso coral and the star in Granny Apple Green. Also cut the small tag from Creative Haven in Very Vanilla.

Stamp the sentiment in Gray Granite and then add ink around the tag.

Add these three elements to the centre of the card - the shapes flat to the card and then the tag on dimensionals.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop - these ladies are incredibly talented and are sure to give a lot of inspiration. Head on over to check out Simone's project first

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

3. herz_chreative  - Christine Tenk 

4. tctstempelreich  - Thea Jendhoff 

5. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

6. Stempelbande - Janine Krüger

7. Stempelpapillon - Karina Ruppert

8. TheStampingGreen - Sharni Green

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

Cute as a Bug Happy Birthday Card - Cards TV Mary's Sketches #7

 Good Evening Everyone,

I hope you are all well. Today I'm sharing another card in my #maryscards series. We are on number 7 this week and it's a great layout - a good way to showcase lots of DSP.

I've used several patterns of our Cute as a Bug DSP which is super cute and super fun. This layout is a great scrap buster and would work with so many patterns, papers and colours.

Measurements

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

Whisper White Cardstock
1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
1pc - scrap

Cajun Craze Cardstock
1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

2pc - 2" x 2 1/2"

Cute as a Bug DSP
2pc - 1 3/4" x 2 1/4"
1pc- 3 1/2" x 3 5/8
1pc - 1 3/4" x 3 5/8
2x fussy cut bugs

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Create your card base by folding the Pecan Pie Cardstock along the score line and add the whisper white panel to the inside. Add the Cajun Craze card stock to the card front.

Add the two larger pieces of DSP on top of the Cajun Craze mat layer. 

Layer the two smaller pieces of DSP onto the Smaller Cajun Craze card stock pieces and adhere to the card front - overlapping them slightly. Add the Fussy Cut bugs with dimensionals - one to each panel.

Stamp the sentiment from Banner Sayings in Cajun Craze ink onto a scrap of basic white card stock and then cut out using the Three Banner Punch. Pop some dimensionals onto the back and place along the bottom of the card.

I loved playing around with the Cute as a Bug DSP and this layout! If you would like to see more of these sketches - head over to Mary's blog - https://cardztv.blogspot.com/

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

Cute As A Bug 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[166994]

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

Pecan Pie A4 Cardstock

[161726]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

Banner Sayings Bundle (English)

[167051]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

 

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

Peaceful Garden Happy Birthday Card. Just Add ink #799

 Good Morning Everyone,

Today I'm sharing a card with you that i Made for the Just Add Ink Challenge. Now, after having a bit of a nosey at Challenge blogs I came across Just Add Ink and I loved this layout - the entry deadline for the challenge had passed, but I still wanted to create a card using it - so I thought it would be daft to not to share.

I wanted rich and busy for this and the Misty Moonlight combined with the Peaceful Garden DSP worked perfectly.

What do you think?

Measurements

Misty Moonlight Card Stock

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

1pc - 4" x 3"

Basic White Card Stock

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

Basic Beige Card Stock

1pc - scrap

Peaceful Garden DSP

1pc - 5 1/2" x 4"

1pc - 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"

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Take the larger piece of Misty Moonlight and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the Basic White piece to the inside and the largest piece of DSP to the card front.

Layer the square piece of DSP onto the remaining piece of Misty Moonlight. Position it towards the top, ensuring you have an even border around the top and sides.

Add this to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment (from Banner Sayings) in Misty Moonlight ink onto a scrap of Basic Beige card stock - cut out with the Three Banner Punch. Add this to the card front below the square piece of DSP.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today - I loved creating it. Please do pop on over to Just Add Ink. They have some brilliant challenges https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/, whether you have a project to enter for the current challenge, or just want a nosey - you are sure to get a ton of inspiration.

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

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

Basic Beige A4 Cardstock

[164512]

Banner Sayings Bundle (English)

[167051]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165917]

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