Christmas Mini Retirement List - Discounts galore!

It's Christmas Mini Catalogue retirement time - already? The list of items being discontinued is out - and huge! so our Year End Closeout Sale starts today. Tons of items are discounted - between 10% and 50% so you're sure to find lots of items you want on the list.

The sale starts today and the catalogue officially ends on January 4th. All retiring items are available while supplies last only or until 4 January, so get in quick.

Shop directly from my online store or e-mail me at di@colourmehappy.com.au to order if you'd prefer.

 

Stamping Sisters November Tutorial Bundle - Petal Pink Poinsettia

Hello & welcome to November and a new Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle. This month's bundle includes 4 Christmas cards - all in not so traditional colours just for a fun twist. Of course they'd look great in more traditional colours too.

Stamping Sisters October Tutorial Hop - Christmas is coming!

 

Happy World Card Making Day! We're celebrating with a brand new Stamping Sisters Tutorial bundle and blog hop. Hello & welcome.

Whether you've arrived here from the lovely Ellen's blog or another way I hope you'll love what we've created for you.

Our October tutorial bundle includes 5 traditional themed Christmas cards - baubles, bows, trees and a poinsettias from me. Hop with us you'll find 5 more bonus projects inspired by them too. That's 10 Christmas card ideas you can make one one or lots of.

JAI 525 Just Add Thank You - Blossoms in Bloom

 

This week's challenge at Just Add Ink couldn't be easier or more useful at the moment - Just Add Thank You. I'm sure you can think of a ton of people you could send or give a thank you card.

I had a long overdue play with the gorgeous Many Layered Blossoms dies set to create my thank you card. These 2 layer flower dies are also part of the Blossoms in Blooms bundle and create the most amazing looking blossoms.

 

JAI 523 Just add A - Appreciation

It's time for a Just Add Ink letter challenge and we're adding something beginning with A. 

I initially drew a blank. Usually I look for colours or stamp sets as my initial inspiration but that didn't work this time. Did you know there are no Stampin' Up! colours starting with the letter A? Nope! Next, stamp set names? - no A's. I did think of animals and have a card to share later, but top of the to do list was a thank you card... & another word for thank you - appreciation! Yay! This is what I made using the new Coming Home stamp set & die bundle.

JAI 522 sketch challenge - zany zebra birthday

Hooray! I got some time to stamp and make a card for this week's Just Add Ink sketch challenge and boy was it fun making this birthday card for a favourite little person using the Zany Zebras stamp set. Talk about adorable!

JAI 521 inspiration challenge - Poinsettia Christmas

Yippee, I managed to get some stamping time this week, just in time to make a project for this week's Just Add Ink photo inspiration challenge AND use some of my new Christmas Mini Catalogue goodies to do it. So here goes with my first Christmas card for 2020.

 

Stamping Sisters September Bundle & Blog Hop - Rainbow Colours

It's September already and time for a brand new Stamping Sisters Tutorial bundle and blog hop. Yay! I'm excited to share our beautiful collection of colourful, rainbow themed projects for you, just in time to celebrate the first day of Spring here in Sydney. 

Hello & welcome, whether you've arrived here from the lovely Ellen's blog or some other way.

In our September tutorial bundle you'll find 5 colourful, fun, rainbow colour themed cards of all shapes that we think you’ll love making. Hop with us too you'll see 5 more bonus projects inspired by them too.

Stamping Sisters August Tutorial Blog Hop: Thinking of You

Hello and welcome to our Stamping Sisters August Blog Hop and Tutorial Bundle launch.
This month we have 5 new project tutorials ready and waiting for you plus 4 more blog hop projects, all with the theme of Thinking of You. If you've arrived from the fabulous Ellen's blog, welcome!

People thinking about and taking care of one another is something we all need especially at the moment, whether it's just to let someone know they're on our mind or to help them through a significant challenge or loss. The world seems a little friendlier and brighter when we receive a card.

Whatever the reason, we hope our projects inspire you to send some paper love this month.
Here's a peek at the projects our Stamping Sisters Design Team have created for you this month.

JAI515 Just add mixed media - Prized Peony for a friend

Hello hello! I'm back with my card project for this week's new Just Add Ink challenge - Just Add Mixed Media.

Mixed media gave me thoughts of collages, layers of paint, papers and texture so I checked for a definition and found that it "generally describes artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials". OK. Now how to interpret that for me and my fairly clean style.

I'm still loving peonies so the Peony Garden suite came out again, including the Prized Peonies stamp set and bundle and I created this card.

JAI 513 Just choose two - Prized peony

Hello & welcome! It's Choose Two challenge time at Just Add Ink this week - always a fun one.

Even more fun I picked the three challenge elements - Flowers, Trees and Texture - some of my favourite card elements, so it's no surprise that this was an easy one for me.

I chose flowers and texture as my two elements. The hardest part was which flower to choose. I picked a new stamp and die bundle - Prized Peony - which has the most gorgeous peony images.

Stamping Sisters Tutorials July Bundle & Blog Hop - Birthdays!

July already! This means it's time for a new Stamping Sisters Tutorial bundle, and our theme for July is Celebrate Birthdays. We're shaking things up by adding something new & fun too.

We've each made two cards - our tutorial project and a second card inspired by the tutorial. This means you still get an exclusive card and tutorial when you purchase our Stamping Sisters Bundle, AND an extra idea. That adds up to 10 card ideas in total.

Even more awesome, we've decided to share our second project with you as a blog hop so you can see all our projects together. If you're hopping you probably arrived here from the fabulous Ellen Woodbridge. Welcome, and I hope you love what we've made for you.

First up, here's a peek of what you'll find in our July Stamping Sisters Tutorial bundle. It includes projects to suit anyone you want to celebrate plus lots of techniques you can use over and over.

JAI 511 inspiration challenge - happy news

Today I get to share two things with you - First, my Design Team project for this week's Just Add Ink inspiration challenge, and two, a favourite plant.

First the challenge - Rachael asked us to create a project inspired by this pic featuring a fab pair of Sansevieria  plants. I'd love to have these at my place as they're one my fave indoor plants  - they're so sculptural and even better almost impossible to kill.  Now what to do for the challenge? The Boho Indigo Medley and Forever Greenery paper from the new Annual Catalogue came to the rescue and I made this.

JAI 509 colour challenge - amazing woman

It's colour challenge week at Just Add Ink and this time I've chosen a colour combination of Highland Heather, Pool Party, So Saffron and Crumb Cake for the team to use.

I can't remember what inspired me to choose this combo but looking at again I thought it would be make a soft and pretty card  for a dear and amazing friend. My Ornate Style bundle features a beautiful floral bouquet image so it got its first inking.

Poppy shadow box birthday card

Hello and welcome.

I'm going back in time again today to share a shadow box card we made at my Peaceful Poppies Poppies suite class back in March. Seems an eternity ago.

You know I love a fancy fold and this is a fun one I haven't made in a while.

Pineapple pop up window birthday card

My darling girl had her 19th (!) birthday at the beginning of May so I thought you might like to see the card I made for her.

I was in my Timeless Tropical phase and feeling a bit nostalgic about Hawaii where we've spent a couple of her birthdays when I made it, as it has quite the tropical vibe... and a pineapple.

It's also a pop up window card like I made for my May Stamping Sisters Tutorial bundle project too. I love that it looks like a normal card when closed but see lots of different elements when open.

New Stampin Blends Markers and Colour Chart

The only thing better than a new Stampin' Up! catalogue is new Stampin' Blends alcohol marker colours and I'm so happy that Stampin' Up! have added 5 new colours to the Blends range. All in the usual light and dark shades.

4 colours are brand new In Colors for 2020-2022. These are Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, Magenta Madness and Misty Moonlight. The last new Blends colour is Melon Mambo from the Brights collection - a welcome addition since the retirement of Lovely Lipstick.

You'll see all available Stampin' Blends marker colours on pages 142-143 of the printed Annual Catalogue or pdf, or here in my Online Store.

New Stampin' Up! Catalogue - New Store

Today's the day we welcome a new year of Stampin' Up! ideas with our 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue.

Stampin' Up! has a brand new store that makes it lots easier to find and get what you want.

Shop new Stampin' Up! Online Store

Shop in June using my host code - 6AFVCAB6

My lovely customers should already have paper catalogues to ponder what's first on your list. If not, let me know.

Save the catalogue pdf to your computer or mobile device for access everywhere:

Download 2020-21 Annual Catalogue pdf

June Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle - Kids Big & Small

It's June already and time for a new Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle. This month is all about kids whether big or small, so you'll find bright colours, cute animals, and lots of fun ideas you can use for lots of cards. Here's a peek at the 5 projects we've created for you.

Magnolia Lane Double Wonder Dozen

A super quick post to share a bunch of cards with you that I've made using the Double Wonder technique. I can't remember the last time I made 12 cards so quickly so this is worth sharing.

What's Double Wonder? It's a series of easy card layouts made by cutting up 6 x 12 inch pieces of coordinating patterned paper based on a template of cuts.

JAI 507 sketch challenge - star rainbow birthday

This week's new Just Add Ink challenge is live and Jackie has given us this fun, angled sketch to work with. I've been playing around with rainbows and my Stitched Stars so I went with that theme and this is what I came up with.

Timeless Tropical Birthdays 3 - even more cards

I was waylaid from sharing the other Timeless Tropical bundle cards but here they are now. Both cards are adapted using mostly the same elements from my original class card you'll find here.

You'll see all the cards together at the end of this post too.

JAI 505 Just Add thinking of you - birds & hugs

Hello! This week's new challenge at Just Add Ink is to create a thinking of you project, which couldn't be a simpler challenge or more appropriate right now. I'm sure you can think of lots of people to send your card to. This is what I made.

Timeless Tropical Birthday 2 - double easel card

Today I have another of my Timeless Tropical bundle cards to share with you - this one shows a gorgeous hibiscus teamed with another amazing floral print paper from the Tropical Oasis pack.

This has many similar elements to yesterday's cards, but I've stepped it up to make a double easel card - because you know I can't resist an easy fancy fold.

Timeless Tropical Birthdays 1

Today I'm sharing a card made with the Tropical Oasis suite of products, which I used in my ummm... end of February class - those so long ago days when we could spend time in person with each other and before life at home became a bit crazy too.

I just love the hibiscus & frangipani flowers, and general vintage vibe in the Timeless Tropical stamp die bundle, and Tropical Oasis paper I've used. They so remind me of our trips to Hawaii. Since we won't be getting back there any time soon I can at least dream of it with my cards.

May Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle is here with FREE bonus!

Our Stamping Sisters Masculine May Tutorial Bundle is here!
The guys in our lives need some card love too - especially in these most unusual of times, so we have 5 projects you can create for different occasions or just because.

BONUS! When you purchase the bundle in May, choose a past month's bundle FREE on us.
Read on to see how to get yours.

Here's a peek at the 5 new projects for guys that we've created for you.

Annual & Mini Catalogue Retirements - Shop your faves now!

Just popping in here quickly to share that the item retirement lists for the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue & Mini Catalogue were announced this morning.

JAI 500 milestone blog hop - hello & thanks

It's time to celebrate a HUGE milestone at Just Add Ink - our 500th challenge. That's a lot of inspiration over the years so we're having a blog hop too!

Before we get started, I must thank our amazing past and current Just Add Ink Design Team members. I hope some of you will play along with this challenge to celebrate with us too.

You may have arrived from my JAI and SU teamie, the fabulous Jo Stubbings, or some other way. Welcome to our challenge:  :)

Follow the hop from my post or from the main Just Add Ink blog.

JAI 499 colour challenge - thinking of you butterfly

It's colour challenge week at Just Add Ink and Rachael has given us a pretty pastel palette to work with. I don't know that I'd have thought to combine them all on a project myself so it was a good challenge to try. I kept the design clean and simple to let the colours shine.

Out now! April Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle - Thankful

April 1st means we have a new Stamping Sisters tutorial bundle for you. All this month's projects are focused on thankfulness and gratitude.

Our world has changed hugely over the past months, with many challenges for the forseeable future, yet there's still so much to be thankful for, and a perfect time to let people know how much you are thinking of and appreciate them.

We hope you'll love making these projects and sending them to someone you're grateful for, then adapting them to create something new too.

Here's a peek at the 5 projects we've created for you.