Colour INKspiration #48

Merry Christmas to you!

This is the final Colour INKspiration challenge for 2018 and following a break by the crew, we will be back with more colour fun in Feb 2019. Keep safe and wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and good health and happiness in the year ahead!

My project for this hop is a cute packaging idea inspired by my fave coffee destination Sacred Ground, in Bali (my fave holiday destination).
On a recent girls trip, we had coffee delivered to our villa and if you scroll down, you can see their delivery packaging. I was looking at it thinking how l could incorporate it into my paper crafting and was challenged by my travel companions to give it a go.

This was what l came up with! A mini version using some sweet tins to hold some soy candle melts and decorated with a lovely new stamp set coming up in the Stampin Up! Occasions brochure and one l was lucky enough to receive at the Melbourne On Stage event in Nov, called "Incredible like You". There is also a couple of other sneak peeks on there as well.
The first is using the gorgeous Colour INK challenge colours and the others were gifts for those that challenged.

How gorgeous was the lovely Denita Wright Smees project...Love her work! If you click on the "Next" button below, you can keep on hopping to see all of the beautiful work from the crew!

Next up is Nicole Wilson and her super cute project using another SU Occasions product!

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used for my CI project are Stampin Up!

Just Add Ink #439...Gift box!

"Merry Christmas everyone"

Can you believe its only 4 sleeps until my Birthday...:0) Or more commonly known as Christmas Day! Bring on the Christmas crazy and festivities!

Thank you to all that dropped by here and left your lovely comments this year. I read and appreciate them all and wish you a wonderful Christmas and a safe, happy and amazing 2019.

Now onto our final Just Add Ink challenge for 2018. This challenge will run for 2 weeks (non voting) and then the team will take a break and we will be back with a fun "Blog Hop" to kick start the year on 18th January.

for our final challenge, Patrice wants us to create a gift box...Perfect timing for Christmas! But it can be for any occasion you like!

I have created a couple of gift box ensembles using this great tutorial from from Linda Parker over at papercraftwithcrafty.co.uk for the squat size, fun and simple to create and super sturdy!

And for the taller one l used this great tutorial from Sam over at mixedupcrafts.com   although l did alter the height to use a full sheet of A4.

It was great to use up loads of bits from this years Stampin Up! Holiday Dsp selection.

Well, pardon the pun, but that's a wrap from me for JAI for 2018! May your Christmas be crazy and the big man generous!

Make sure you pop over to he challenge blog and check out the rest of the design teams beautiful gift boxes.

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up! unless noted!

(non SU ribbons and mint & red textured c/stocks)

Just Add Ink #438...Colour!

It's challenge time once again over at Just Add Ink and this week you get to choose! We have provided two happy colours and you get to choose a third!

I've teamed up the challenge colours of Lovely Lipstick & Granny Apple Green with Smoky Slate and coloured the huge bauble image from the "Great Joy" stamp set with Stampin Blends.

The rest of the design team have created projects with some great colour combinations, so make sure you pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up!

Colour INKspiration #47

Welcome to a new Colour Inkspiration challenge! 

We are a Facebook challenge group that run two blog hops at 7pm on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays each month.   

By clicking on the link or banner above, you will be redirected to the Colour INKspiration facebook page where you can request to join, load your projects and join the CI crew blog hop.

If you are happily hopping, you would have arrived here from the fabulous project, blog and talent of Bronwyn Eastley, if not, just click on the "Next" banner below, continue on the hop and you will get to see all of the gorgeous inspiration from the CI crew!

I recently attended the "On Stage" Stampin Up! event in Melbourne and was lucky enough to receive a few of the new goodies coming up in our "Occasions & SAB" brochures available on the 3rd of January 2019.

I have used the fun new "Amazing Life" stamp set and paired it with the super cute bakers box available in the Holiday brochure...Sweet and simple way to make gift packaging, I'm planning on adding a cupcake and a coffee voucher for a friends birthday in January.

Now you are off to be inspired by the talents of the lovely Liz Gross  Happy hopping!

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up!

Just Add Ink #437..."I"

Happy Friday friends!

Tina has challenged us all to add an "I" element to our projects this week...There are loads of options for this one, check out the design teams projects for some fun and creative ways to add "I".

I decided to have a break from Christmas projects and went with a sweet birthday box using "Icing" on my cupcake as my "I" element.
I have combined the "Sweet Cupcake" bundle (retired) with some of the abundance of dsp from my stash (non SU).

To create the box, l followed this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erkN77rVySQ 

great tutorial from mixedupcraft.com It was so easy to follow and fun to make, l will definitely be making more.

Thanks for an easy and fun tutorial Sam!

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up!

(unless noted)

Just Add Ink #436...Sketch!

Well! It's almost December and only a few weeks until the big guy arrives and it's also card giving time.

So with that in mind and this weeks Just Add Ink sketch challenge from Narelle, l have created a Christmas card using "Stylish Christmas & Swirly Frames"...I have to say, nothing really says Christmas like traditional images and colours...Tranquil Tide & Merry Merlot being my choices for this one.

I have deviated from the original sketch orientation and incorporated the elements horizontally...Just for something different!

The design team have come up with some great ways to use the sketch, so don't forget to head over to the challenge blog and take a peek!

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up!

Colour INKspiration #46

It's Colour INKspiration time and we have a lovely bright colour palette to create with this week.

Have you just arrived here from Nicole Wilson and her gorgeous project? If not you can follow the hop by clicking the "Next" banner below to complete the loop and see all of the lovely work from the crew.

If you would like to join in, you can click on the Colour INK link or banner above to be redirected to our Facebook page where you can request to join, add your project and play along.

For my project this week, l have combined the "Christmas Pines" set with the super cute "Bulb Builder" punch to create a festive card...Another for the Christmas stack!

Next on the hop is the uber talented Jackie Aitken and her fab project!

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up!

Just Add Ink #435...Inspiration!

Good Morning Friends!

This weeks Just Add Ink challenge was set by Kim and she has given us some frosty inspiration to create with.

I really enjoy casing the odd project from the Catalogues and fell in love with the cute Gable box and decided l had to make one....Well once l'd done that, l realised the theme would work well for a card and tag for this weeks challenge.

For my projects l have used the Buffalo Check B/G stamp and the super cute Sprig Punch and added a retired Christmas tree image from the "Christmas Lodge" stamp set.

Head over to the challenge blog if you would like to see all of the design teams projects for this weeks challenge....loads of fabulous ideas.

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies used are Stampin Up! unless noted.

(non SU twine)