Beautiful Gallery Thinking of You Card. Touches of Ink Hop. September 2025

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the Fabulous Touches of Ink group. We hop each month and although we don't have a specific theme we are encouraged to created using products within a single suite or bundle.

This Month I'm using the Beautiful Gallery Suite - I honestly cannot but this down - I've used it so many times already, but it's so versatile that I can see me being able to use this many more times with absolute ease.

Now, I've really struggled with chopping into this DSP, it's so pretty - the paintings and drawings are amazing and I've found it difficult to figure out how to use it. 

I realised I needed to keep it simple and not cover too much of this image, so I took the frame die and placed it over the image and cut out the three shapes, then I added these to the card front at various heights - this created interest, with losing any of the image.

What do you think?

Measurements

Crumb Cake Card Stock

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

Basic Beige Card Stock

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

Beautiful Gallery DSP

1pc - 6x6"

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Take the Crumb Cake Card Stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. 

Open your Early Espresso Ink pad and holding your card base, gently tap them together - I did it to create a little bit of extra interest, so that it wasn't so flat - just added a little off colour to the edges. Some spots have no ink, some it goes further into the card front than others. It's quick and rough!

Gently add a little colour to the Basic Beige piece in this way and then when happy add this to the inside of the card.

Using the Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin Blends colour in the light and the windows of the house in the foreground.

Bring in your Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine. Lay the DSP down and then add the frame die on top - making sure you are happy with the placement - trying to get as much of the picture in as you can. Run it through the machine to cut out the three shapes.

Ink up the sentiment in Early Espresso and stamp it into the top right hand side of the largest frame. Now tap all the outside edges of the die cuts into the early espresso ink pad on there edge - this helps give a very thin highlight around them.

Next, Lay down the three pieces one inside the other and position in the centre of the card front. Gently glue down the centre piece with liquid glue, then the middle frame with a single row of dimensionals, and finally adhere the outer frame with a row of double stacked dimensionals ( simply stitch two dimensionals together and add to the frame)

I hope you liked my car today - I really enjoyed creating it. 

Please take a minute or two to continue through the hop - these ladies are incredibly talented and will definitely have lots of inspiration to share. Tatjana is up next, so please do go say Hello.

Roll Call

1. derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

2. Stempelpapillon - Karina Ruppert

3. Stamp With Nellie - Heather Forgan

4. JazzleDazzleCraft - Janice Thomson

5. VickieLouDesigns - Vickie Littlewood

6. Gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

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

Beautiful Gallery Just a Note Embossed Card. The Project Share Blog Hop - September 2025

 Good Morning Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the monthly Project Share Blog Hop and this month our theme is Embossing. 

There's two types of embossing - dry embossing where you use patterned folders and pressure to creating indentations in your card. Second is Heat Embossing where you stamp images in clear ink and then add powder to it, use a heat tool and melt the powder, creating a slightly raised shiny finish.

I'm using the Heat Embossing Technique today and I've used clear embossing on my background panel - this way you get the detail from the stamp, but you see the colours of the card through it and then I went bold and used White embossing powder on the flower image.

what do you think?

Measurements

Basic Black Card Stock

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

scraps

Basic White Card Stock

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

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

Now open your ink pads - I used Darling Duckling, Strawberry Slush and Timid Tiger. Lay the remaining piece of Basic White in front of you the, holding the ink pad upside down, very light 'drag' it across the card to create a stripe of solid colour. I started with Timid Tiger across the centre first, then added Darling Duckling to the top and strawberry slush to the bottom. Try to overlap the colours a little as this helps to create a nice transition through the colours, and also you don't want to see any white. 

This will mean your card is heavily saturated with ink so you may need to leave it a while to fully dry, and to emboss over the top it needs to be bone dry.

So once it's dry, rub over your embossing buddy then ink up the detailed image in Versamark in and randomly stamp the image all over. Now sprinkle over the clear embossing powder making sure all the ink is covered, very gently tap off the excess loose powder. Bring in your heat tool and melt all the powder.

Now add to the card front.

On a scrap of Basic Black repeat the embossing process, but this time use the large floral image and white embossing powder. Also do the sentiment.

Trim down the sentiment and angle the edges.

Bring in your Cut & Emboss Machine and cut out a frame from Basic Black and also use the coordinating die to cut out your flower.

Add the frame to the card front, then with dimensionals, add the flower and the sentiment to the centre.

I hope you liked my card today - I really enjoyed making it.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop - Verity is up next, click the button to head on over to her blog

Roll Call

Verity Pursglove - Stampin' with Inkybutterfly - 

Heather Forgan - Stamp With Nellie - 

Jayne Frank - Craft with Jayne -  

 Victoria Littlewood - Vickie Lou Designs - 

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

Beautiful Gallery 'Hello' Card. We Fall in Colours September 2025

  Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm hopping with the fabulous 'We Fall in Colours' group and for September our colours are Real Red, Highland Heather & Darling Duckling. Honestly - I didn't see how this was going to turn into anything good, so I pulled out three scraps of card and whilst trying to think of this and that, I realised that there was no need to over complicate it - use the three strips, stamp the beautiful bold flower onto it and have that reach over the three panels.

I'm surprised at how well this turned out - I love it - what do you think?

Measurements

Basic Black Card Stock

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

Real Red Card Stock

1pc - 1 1/8" x 4 1/2"

Darling Ducking Card Stock

1pc - 1 1/8" x 4 1/2"

Highland Heather Card Stock

1pc - 1 1/8" x 4 1/2"

Basic White Card Stock

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

1pc - scrap

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

Line up the three strips of coloured card and then stamp the floral image into the centre using Memento black ink. Take a blender pen and add a little definition to each panel using the coordinating colour. 

I added a small amount of craft white ink to the Darling Duckling piece into the open spaces and blended well to give a moonlight effect.

On a scrap of basic white stamp the sentiment in memento black ink and trim.

Arrange all the pieces onto the card front and then ensure they are spaced evenly - I would do this dry first so you know where to stick. once happy with the placement stick down with Liquid Glue - this also allows a little time to make sure everything is in the right place and lined up before setting.

Please take a few minute to continue through the hop and see what everyone else has created with this colour combination. Simone is up next -so be sure to go say hello.

Roll Call

derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

Stempelpapillon - Karina Ruppert 

VickieLouDesigns - 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

The Project Share Project - 28th August 2025

 Good Morning Everyone,

Happy Thursday and welcome to The Project Share Project. Every Thursday we will all share an individual blog post sharing one project from each of the other creators - maybe an inspiring card, a very fancy fun fold or simply a project that made us smile.

Verity Pursglove

www.inkybutterfly.com

Verity used the Emboss Resist Technique to create some fabulous bold backgrounds for her cards. Absolutely Stunning!

Click on the link which will take you to the blog post for more details on the card and to see another colourway....

https://inkybutterfly.com/2025/08/26/blended-emboss-resist-with-background-stamps/

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Heather Forgan

www.stampwithnellie.com/

Heather has given us a sneak peak of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Suite that is an upcoming Online Exclusive (available 3rd September) and created this gorgeous gift box. Head over to her blog for all the details

https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/24/elegant-pine-snowflakes-box-tutorial/

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Craft with Jayne

www.craftwithjayne.co.uk/

Finally we have Jayne, who created these fabulous milk carton style gift boxes using the Mediterranean Blooms DSP - Head over to her blog for more details

https://craftwithjayne.co.uk/2025/08/12/yankee-candle-milk-carton-style-gift-box-mediterranean-blooms-craft-with-jayne-stampin-up/

I really do hope you have enjoyed this post today. I enjoyed taking a closer look at these ladies' project and picking a favourite to share with you! If you have a moment or two, please head on over to their blogs. Check out these projects and see what else they have created too.

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 - #CCC207

 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.

HEATHER FORGAN

https://stampwithnellie.com/

JENNIE MAIER

https://jenniemstampinspot.blogspot.com/

JOLANDA JOHNSTONE

https://jolandasinquespotstudio.com/

I hope you will head over and take a look at the link provided and check out Jolanda's blog and all her 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