Showing posts with label Stampin Blends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stampin Blends. Show all posts

Friday, 29 August 2025

JAI 766 Just Add a One Layer Card - Cheers and Sips colour blocking

Graphic colour blocked one layer card using Stampin Up Cheers and Sips stamp set dies and bundle. Card by Diane Barnes - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - card by Diane Barnes Independent Demonstrator in Australia

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week's challenge is to create a one layer card with stamping or stencilling. How tricky could that be? Apparently tricky for this girl who loves to pop up elements on her cards. But I took up the challenge with my newest purchase, the Cheers and Sips stamp and die bundle, and tried a bit of an fun experiment with stamps and colour. Here's how my unexpected one layer card turned out.
 

Friday, 4 July 2025

JAI 758 sketch challenge Peaceful View flip window fun fold


Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a sketch with really easy elements and possibilities. The circle element reminded me of another favourite fun fold card with a surprise inside so I used a new background (card sized) stamp called Peaceful View as the basis for my card, turning the sketch upside down to fit the focal area I wanted. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 20 June 2025

JAI 756 Just add a belly band - Gatefold pop up surprise card

 
Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share, which this week is to add a belly band to a project. I chose to make a gatefold card with a pop up surprise inside, using the Beautiful Butterflies stamps (and bundle) and Everyday Skies patterned paper, and of course a belly band holding it closed. Here's how my card turned out.

Friday, 23 May 2025

JAI 752 inspiration challenge - Notes & Totes birthday flowers


Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a photo inspiration challenge. I was a bit puzzled at first what to do, but then had an idea to replicate the car full of flowers as a fun tote using the new Notes and Totes stamp and die bundle. Here's how my card turned out.

Friday, 9 May 2025

JAI 750 colour challenge - Impressions Abloom warm wishes


Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a colour challenge including a few current In Colors - Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink, and Summer Splash - teamed with black. I reached again for the Impressions Abloom dies I used last challenge, using the colours in different ways. Here's how my card turned out.

Friday, 25 April 2025

JAI 748 sketch challenge - Impressions Abloom Birthday

Handmade card made with Stampin' Up! Impressions Abloom and Birthday Celebration stamps and dies bundle, Full of Life paper. Card by Diane Barnes - independent demonstrator in Sydney Australia - cardmaking - stampinupcards - stampinupideas

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a sketch challenge. I thought a bit outside of the sketch rectangles for my design using new frame and floral dies from the Impressions Abloom stamp and die bundle - available soon in the May Online Exclusives release - teamed with sentiments from the Birthday Celebration stamp set. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 11 April 2025

JAI 746 Just Add Swirls - Seaside birthday


Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week's challenge is to add swirls to a project. This was trickier than I thought it might be. I created a seaside themed card featuring the So Swirly embossing folder and swirly shell from the upcoming Notes and Totes stamp and dies bundle. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 28 March 2025

JAI 744 choose two challenge - Butterfly Rainbow


handmade rainbow and butterfly card made with Everyday Arches die set, Beautiful Butterflies dies and bundle, and Flying By stamp set. Card by Diane Barnes, Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - cardchallenges - stampinupcards - cardmaking

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week's challenge was set by me, to choose two of elements from either rainbows, flowers, or shimmer. I couldn't resist creating a rainbow as they're one of the things that always makes me smile. Another favourite is butterflies so they made it onto the card too. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 14 March 2025

JAI 742 inspiration challenge - leafy get well

Handmade get well card using Stampin Up Country Flowers stamps and dies, and coloured with Stampin Blends alcolhol markers - card by Diane Barnes - colourmehappy - cardmaking - stampinupcards

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share.
I'm away at the annual Stampin' Up! Onstage event in Brisbane so I'll have to keep this post brief. This week is a photo inspiration challenge featuring a tropical garden scene that I'd love to be able to relax in.  I chose to focus on the tropical plants, furniture, and colours in the image using the Country Flowers stamps and dies bundle. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 28 February 2025

JAI 740 colour challenge - beach day birthday

Handmade beach themed card using Stampin Up Beach Day stamps and dies. Card by Diane Barnes, Independent Demonstrator in Australia - cardmaking - stampinupcards - stampinupideas - stampinupaustralia - stamping
Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is
a colour challenge to use Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink and white in a project. The inclusion of pink and red together was a bit of a puzzle but I thought a beach theme could work. I teamed the Beach Day stamps and dies with some striped papers, and this is how it turned out.

Friday, 31 January 2025

JAI 736 Just add bling - Beautiful Butterflies milestone birthday

 
Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a Just Add challenge and we have to add a touch of bling. Easy peasy! I mixed and matched some new goodies from the Jan - April Mini catalogue with other supplies to make a birthday card with a surprise inside for a dear friend's milestone birthday. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 20 December 2024

JAI 733 Choose Two challenge - Reindeer Christmas


Hello & welcome to a new week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a Choose Two challenge to include two of these three elements, elves, reindeer, or Santa on a project. I love reindeers for Christmas and have so many choices, but not a Santa or elf in sight.
I went back to the long retired Santa’s Sleigh stamps and dies so that while Santa is away delivering gifts, his sleigh and reindeer are here on the card. I added my favourite sentiments from Peaceful Season and pretty papers and the card was done.
Here’s how it turned out.

Friday, 6 December 2024

JAI 731 Inspiration challenge - Peaceful Season Floral Christmas


Hello & welcome to a new week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This time we have a beautiful Christmassy decor image. Yay! Who doesn't need more Christmas cards. I mixed and matched the all year round useful Country Flowers stamps and dies with the Peaceful Season stamps and dies.
Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 22 November 2024

JAI 729 colour challenge - Bright Enduring Beauty

Handmade card using Stampin Up Enduring Beauty stamps, dies and stencils, and Everyday Greetings stamp set. Card by Diane Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia. Just Add Ink colour challenge - card challenges - colourmehappy - stampinupcards

Hello & welcome to a new week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This time we have a colour challenge with four beautiful colours that together make one bold, bright combo - Petunia Pop, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, and Azure Afternoon. What to do? More stamping and stencil fun with Enduring Beauty sounded good. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 11 October 2024

JAI 723 Choose two challenge - Reindeer Fun Christmas

Handmade Christmas card using Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun, Decorative Trees, Peaceful Season and Stylish Shapes dies with Take a Bow paper. Card by Diane Barnes - colourmehappy - demonstrator in Sydney Australia- stampinupcards - stampinupcarddieas - christmas cards

Hello & welcome to a fun Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week's challenge is to Choose Two elements to use from the 3 available options - circle, trees, and ink blending. I chose circle and trees, though I did sneak in a little ink blending too. I need to get started on my Christmas card and wanted to play with some of my new mini favourites so I did some mix and matching with the new Reindeer Fun stamp set and dies bundle, Decorative Trees dies, and Peaceful Season dies (both sets also bundled). Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 27 September 2024

JAI 721 inspiration challenge - Neutral Layers of Beauty


Hello & welcome to my newest Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week we have a photo inspiration challenge. I chose to use the neutral-vintage colour palette of the photos, plus the roses, grid and book shapes with the Layers of Beauty stamps, dies, and stencils to create my card. And I only used 2 colours plus white on the card. Here's how it turned out.

Friday, 2 August 2024

JAI 713 Choose Two - Tune in TV birthday

Handmade TV themed card using Stampin' Up! Tune In stamp and die bundle, Full of Life paper and Country Woods paper. Card by Diane Barnes - Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - cardmaking - stamping - die cutting

Hello and welcome to a new project share. This is my Design Team project for this week's Choose Two challenge at Just Add Ink to add heat or dry embossing, or debossing. I chose to use the Tune In stamp set and die bundle to make a fun, colourful window birthday card that features heat embossing and dry embossing. Here's how it turned out.
 

Friday, 5 July 2024

JAI 709 colour challenge - Country Birdhouse

Handmade card using Stampin Up Country Birdhouse stamp and die bundle, and coloured with Stampin' Blends markers. Card by Diane Barnes - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - stampinupideas - stamping - cardmakingHandmade card using Stampin Up Country Birdhouse stamp and die bundle, and coloured with Stampin' Blends markers. Card by Diane Barnes - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - stampinupideas - stamping - cardmaking

Hello and welcome. Today I have a new Just Add Ink team project to share with you. This week we have an unusual colour challenge where you can choose to use 3 or 6 of the chosen colours.
I must say this was a puzzling combo for me to start with, but I was drawn to the blues/aquas *no surprise there* and the yellow, and thought they'd work well with the Country Birdhouse stamps and die bundle and my Stampin' Blends markers. In the end I snuck in little bits of the other colours too. Here's how my card turned out.

Monday, 1 July 2024

Stampin' Blends Markers Colour Chart - 2024-2025 Update

Stampin Up Stampin Blends Alcohol Marker Colour Chart pdf download 2024-2025
Hello and welcome! Today I'm sharing my 2024 Stampin' Blends™ alcohol marker colour chart update. The colour chart shows all currently available and retired Stampin' Blends markers as of the 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue release in May 2024. This includes five new 2024-2026 In Colors.

Stampin' Blends include light and dark shades of the Stampin' Up! colour. The chart makes it easy to see the full colour spectrum and choose shades to blend together. Take a look at my coloured in chart.

Friday, 28 June 2024

JAI 708 choose Two challenge - Enduring Beauty split image

Handmade card using Stampin Up Enduring Beauty, Unbounded Love, and ink blending. Card by Diane Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - cardmaking - stamping - diecutting

Hello and welcome to another team project share for Just Add Ink. This week is a Choose Two challenge, and we need to include blending, embossing, or white. I chose to use the beautiful, large floral image from Enduring Beauty stamps, dies and stencil sets as my feature.
All three challenge elements are included since it's a given that pretty much all of my cards have some white, and even snuck in two types of embossing. Here's how it turned out.