Sending you Sunshine Springtime Scenes Greeting Card. Touches of Ink Blog Hop - July 2026

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the Touches of Ink blog hop. Each month we get together and share inspiration, without a set theme just the encouragement to stick to a Suite or a Bundle when creating.

I've chosen a set which has been around for a while, but I've just not used a whole lot - I'm not sure why as it's fabulous! The Springtime Scenes stamp set and die bundle gives you so many elements and opportunities for creations are endless.

I kept my colour palette minimal, which made the flowers and the lady bug really pop against a mass of Pretty Peacock.

What do you think?

Measurements

Pretty Peacock Card Stock

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

scraps

Basic White Card Stock

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

scraps

Real Red Card Stock

scrap

Basic Black Card Stock

scrap

Daffodil Delight Card Stock

scraps

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Take the Pretty Peacock card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the basic white piece to the inside. Ink up the large leaf image in Pretty Peacock ink and cover the front of the card with the image.

Bring in you Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine and cut out the following :-

a plain circle in Basic White

a decorative circle in Pretty Peacock

a label in Basic White

a ladybug body in Basic Black

a Ladybug shell in Real Red

5 small flowers in Daffodil Delight

Ink up the sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink and stamp into the centre of the label die cut

Pop a little glue onto the back of the Real Red cut out and stick directly over the Basic Black Body

On the card front adhere the Basic White circle just above centre, then adhere the Pretty Peacock decorative circle directly over the top.

Position the label to the bottom of the circle and stick down with dimensionals. Place the Lady bug just above and the scatter around the flowers all over the decorative leaves. Pop a rhinestone into the centre of each flower.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today - I LOVED creating it.

Please do take a few minutes to continue through the hop. Janice Thomson is up next - please be sure to pop by and say Hi.

ROLL CALL

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

3. Trace Of Creativity - Tracy Held

4. The Stamping Green - Sharni Green

5. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

6. Vickie Lou Designs - Vickie Littlewood

7. JazzleDazzleCraft - Janice Thomson

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 - #CCC248

 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

Lovely Arrangements In Colour Thank You Card. Project Share Blog Hop - July 2026

  Good Morning Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in our Monthly Project Share Blog Hop! Our theme this month is In Colours. Now we had a brand new set of In colours release when our catalogue went live in May - but I haven't got the inks yet - just the cardstock and DSP, so instead of trying to be super clever and smart and making that work, I decided to shine some light on our older in colours. I absolutely love this colour combo and have used all five in this one card.

I created my own 'DSP' by stamping the flowers from Lovely Arrangements stamp set and then colouring the whole piece and I LOVE how it turned out.

What do you think?

Measurements

Cloud Cover Card Stock

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

Strawberry Slush Card Stock

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

Darling Duckling Card Stock

1pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

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

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

scrap

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Take the Cloud Cover card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the larger piece of Basic White to the inside and the Strawberry Slush piece to the card front.

Ink up the two flower outline stamps from Lovely Arrangements and cover the whole of the remaining piece of Basic White. Once the ink is fully dry, grab your Stampin' Blends and colour it all in.

I used Timid Tiger for the flower petals, Darling Ducking for the flower centres and then filled in all the remaining white space with Secret Sea.

Add this to the card front on top of the Strawberry Slush piece.

Bring in your Stampin Cut & Emboss machine and cut out two of the thin banner pieces - one in Darling Duckling and one in Basic White.

Stamp the sentiment in Secret Cea ink into the centre of the Basic White banner. Cut the Darling Duckling banner in half and then adhere behind the sentiment - make sure you show a nice even amount of colour each side. 

Finally pop some dimensionals onto the back of this and add to the card front.

I'm so happy with how my card turned out and I love creating my own unique background 'DSP'. This idea can be used in so many colourways and for so many occasions!

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

Roll Call

Verity Pursglove 

Vickie Littlewood

Heather Forgan

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

Lovely Arrangements Bundle (English)

[167176]

2025–2027 In Color™ A4 Cardstock

[165295]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

Timid Tiger Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[165291]

Secret Sea Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[165289]

Darling Duckling Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[165288]

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

<!-------- CardSupplyList End ----------   

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 Happy Birthday Card. We Fall in Colours July 2026 Blog Hop

  Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the fabulous We Fall in Colours group. Once a month we get together and all create a project using three main Stampin' Up! colours and then share them in a hop! I absolutely love this months colours - so fresh a bright.

I'm using a brand new bundle called Framed Violets, but I've used the Daffodil Delight to colour in my petals. Did you know Yellow Violets do actually exist, I didn't - I just thought they were all kinds of shades of purple!

So, keeping my design super simple, I use layers to create some extra interest on my card!

What do you think?

Measurements

Misty Moonlight Card Stock

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

1pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

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

scraps

-----------------------------------------

Take the Misty Moonlight card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the large piece of Basic White to the inside.

On a scrap of Basic White stamp the Violets image in Memento black ink. Colour in the petals with Daffodil Delight Blends and the leaves and stems in Lemon Lime Twist Blends.

Bring in your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine and cut this image out using the coordinating die. Also cut a scalloped oval from Basic White and the smaller smoother oval from a scrap of Misty Moonlight.

Ink up the dotted line stamp with Misty Moonlight ink and stamp all over the card front. Overlap and change direction so that it looks completely random. Also do this on the Misty Moonlight Oval shape.

Layer the stamped oval onto the scalloped oval, then add dimensionals and place in the centre of the card front. Use liquid glue to stick down the flower image, positioning it slightly towards the top of the Misty Moonlight Oval.

On a scrap of Basic White stamp the sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink and the cut out each line, pop some dimensionals onto the back of each strip and add to the card towards the lower part of the stamped Oval.

I really enjoyed creating this card for this colour challenge.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop and see what everyone else has created. Petra is up next, so please do go say Hi!

ROLL CALL

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

3. TraceOfCreativity - Tracy Held

4. herz_CHreaTive - Christine Tenk

5. The Stamping Green - Sharni Green

6. gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

7. Vickie Lou Designs - Vickie Littlewood

8. Basteltime mit Petra - Petra Kurth

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]

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161682]

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

  

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 - #CCC247

 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 - #CCC246

 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 - #CCC245

 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