Stampin' Blends Markers Colour Chart - 2024-2025 Update

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.

JAI 640 Just add a surprise - Sea turtle shadow box card

Hello and welcome! Today I'm sharing my team project for Just Add Ink just add a surprise challenge. Fun! What's my surprise? I made a shadow box card - a fancy fold card with a 3d shadow box surprise when the card is opened. I've made lots of these over the years and shared a pdf tutorial previously. I'll link it below.

The stars of this card are beautiful turtles from the Sea Turtle stamp set - new in the January-April Mini Catalogue. I've mixed bits and pieces from other stamp sets and dies too. Here's how it turned out.

JAI inspiration challenge - Full of Love friend

Hello and welcome. Today's card share is for this week's Just Add Ink inspiration challenge. The colourful field of flowers prompted lots of ideas. I've made a clean and simple floral card inspired by the flower colours and lines of the leaves, using the new to me Full of Love stamp set, Artisic dies, and a friendly sentiment from a new stamp set & bundle coming in November called Framed Florets. Take a look.

Sending Smiles - Patterned paper card base

Hello & welcome. Today I'm sharing one of my recent class projects and the first of 6 new posts featuring the Sending Smiles stamp and die bundle. This card design was inspired by a beautiful card my darling man gave me for Mother's Day.

You can make beautifully coordinated cards with all the elements in the bundle. Even better, the fab 'Sending' stamp and die and coordinating sentiments play so well with others too.

You'll see them playing very nicely together today teamed with the Hues of Happiness paper and the Amazing Year stamp set.

JAI 574 Choose Two - Sunburst Silhouette

Hello & welcome to another share. Today I have my Just Add Ink challenge Design Team project. Nikki gave us a Choose Two challenge to include sunshine, a silhouette, or stars. I chose silhouette and sunshine - using a sunburst design.

This challenge stumped me at first but once I thought about using a sunburst design (which can also be called a starburst - weird!) it came together quickly. I mixed and matched a sentiment from the Inspired Thoughts stamp set (& bundle) and dies from the Meadow dies set (& Quiet Meadow bundle) and Tailor Made Tags set. Here's the finished card.

More Pierced Blooms - Inlaid embossing technique tutorial

Hello & welcome to today's project share.

If you've been following along with me lately, you'll know that I'm a huge fan of the Pierced Blooms die set. I hope you are too as I have another card to share with you.

I actually made this one back in July as part of a technique spotlight share on the South Pacific Direct to Stampin' Up! group. I chose to revisit a past fave technique - inlaid embossing - using two current faves - Pierced Blooms dies and Biggest Wish.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

March Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle - out now!

It's March already and a new month means a new Stamping Sisters tutorial bundle. This month's theme is project for the girls - to show our friends, Mum's Sisters and all the wonderful women in our lives how much they mean to us. 

Of course the layouts and ideas used on the projects can be applied to lots of other projects too, so you'll definitely want to buy or earn the tutorials free.

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

Bonus projects - January Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle

Only 6 days of January to go already! That means you've only 7 more days to earn our January 2020 Stamping Sisters tutorial bundle free with a $60 purchase in Australia - excl shipping. This is a thank you and perk for shopping with me.

Alternatively you can purchase this bundle for $10 AUD if you're not in Australia, already have a Demonstrator looking after you, or are a Demonstrator too.

See & purchase January bundle here

Today I'm sharing a bit more about my January tutorial project plus some bonus card ideas using the same supplies.

My tutorial project focuses on colouring with Stampin' Blends markers, using circles in your layouts and adapting layouts for even more looks.

At Stamping Sisters our aim is to help you create projects you'll love using easy techniques and ideas you can use again and again to grow your paper crafting skills. Projects include pdfs with step by step instructions and measurements etc. Check out my tutorial page for all you need to know.

New beginnings with Stamping Sisters Tutorials

Happy new year - 2020! I have super exciting news to share with you about a fun new year adventure that begins today.

Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundles

I've teamed up with some fab SU Demonstrators in Australia to create card tutorials for you using all Stampin' Up! supplies.

Our Design Team members are:
Chloe Evans, Ellen Woodbridge, Mae Collins, Cazz Boylan, and of course me.


Each month we'll release a Tutorial Bundle to create projects you'll love, with easy techniques and ideas you can use again and again to grow your paper crafting skills. Tutorials include step by step instructions to make the projects, plus tips, techniques, and ideas you can use on many more.

Projects included in our bundles are exclusive to Stamping Sisters and won't be shared anywhere else online, so they'll always be a surprise.

JAI 468 Just add C - Magnolia centre step card

It's Friday and new challenge time at Just Add Ink, and this week could possibly be the easiest challenge ever...

Card? But no, that's really tooooo easy. I came up with a ton of C's but decide to make one of my all time fave folds - the centre step card - using a mix of the beautiful Good Morning Magnolia stamp & die bundle teamed with the Free as a Bird stamp & die bundle.
You may spot some other C's too.

Simple modern vases & the Stamparatus

Way back in May I had my first play with the my fave first pick of our then new annual catalogue - the beautifully fresh & modern Varied Vases stamp & punch bundle. Today I'm sharing the first of two clean & simple cards to give you a peek of what's possible with it.

Black white & metallic 18th birthday tri shutter

Hi & happy Saturday! I have another tri shutter card to share with you today so let's get started.

JAI 417 Just add T for tri-shutter card

This week's new challenge at Just Add Ink is courtesy of the lovely Tina, who wants us to...

There are lots of T's I could have chosen including Tina herself, but I decided to make a tri-shutter card for a special friend who's celebrating a milestone birthday.

JAI 366 Just Add A & Disney

It's time for another letter challenge at Just Add Ink and Tina asked us to Just Add A, which means we needed to include an occasion, item, colour, technique, or anything else beginning with A. Awesome! So what A's did I include in this happy little card?

Did you guess Alphabet stamps... & Age? Then you're spot on. 

The recipient is a Disney fan (as am I - who isn't really?) so that gave me my theme. Some black (retired) & dazzling diamonds glimmer papers gave me all the sparkle that a 21st needed, & a red spotty paper bow (bow builder punch) made a fun Minnie touch. The head silhouette & number are both popped up on dimensionals for more depth.

I stamped the saying with the Labeler alphabet stamp set & used a die cut heart instead of the word heart. Disney fans will recognise the lyrics from the song of the same name from Cinderella. The song just popped into my mind & I thought it worked really well for the lovely recipient.

 I carried the theme on the back too. Love that large, many font sentiment from the Big on Birthdays stamp set.

Of course my trusty centre step card tutorial came to the rescue again to make the base card. Oh how I love that fold. This is my original size version, cut from a regular card base (half an A4 sheet). See how it looks flat, below.

Note: this sized centre step card normally fits a standard C6 card envelope, but this Disney one may need a custom envelope, as the ears are higher than the card top. However, the envelope punch board will fix that almost before you can say bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.

Want to make your own centre step card?

See & download my centre step card tutorial pdf in this post
See all my centre step cards here

So that's my A card. If you love it, pin the image below for later inspiration. Then head over to Just Add Ink to see all the A's the team have used in their projects. Thanks for visiting today & hope to see you here again soon.

I have tons of projects to be photographed & share with you soon so pop back again to visit. Until then,

Inky wishes, Di

Supplies
To see & order current items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Print Recipe

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set $30.00	Big On Birthdays Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $50.00	Large Numbers Framelits Dies $54.00	Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Bundle $63.75
Bow Builder Punch $31.00	3/4" Circle Punch $21.00	1/2" Circle Punch $10.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $14.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper $8.75	Red Glimmer Paper $8.75	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Big Shot $159.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform $70.00