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Karen Hadler Stamping Bees

Create and Learn Basic and Advanced Techniques Cardmaking and Paper Crafting with Stamping Bees and Stampin' Up Products

Happy Birthday From Turtle Friends

How adorable is this Stamp Set. Which is perfect for a child's card, masculine card or a fun card for anyone. These guys are super adorable and is the stamp set for our Inky Chics Design class for this month. This card it is Happy Birthday from Turtle Friends but there are so many options. To Create the subtle image on the Coastal Cabana Card I used Versamark, which was perfect. And the background was created using Blending Brushes, with Balmy Blue and Granny Apple Green. Each Turtle was ... VIEW POST

Ice cream Corner Designer Series Paper- You Can Create it.

Welcome to May's Challenge with Stampin' Ups! Ice Cream Designer Series paper-You Can Create it. This month in the kit we included amongst card stock 2 pieces of the gorgeous DSP. I do not have the stamp set that co-ordinates with this paper so wanted to show you a couple of alternative ideas. Month of Mays Pack May For this first card I have used the Whale Down Stamp set. To me the colours reminded me of an underwater scene. I cut the DSP across wise then flipped it. This gave me a ... VIEW POST

Masculine 60th Birthday Card -Global Stampin’ Video Hop

This Months Global Stampin' Video Hop is all about masculine makes. This was perfect timing for me as the day the video goes live is my husbands 60th Birthday. Masculine Cards can be more difficult, but the more I have created them the more I have grown to love them. Generally men do not like fussy cards so a clean and not too busy card is the best.. For my Masculine 60th Birthday Card I have used a few products and combined them together to create this card. My husband is a fanatic in ... VIEW POST

Celebrating 100 Colour INKspiration Challenges

This is such an amazing challenge and the colours that are given to us are always so exciting to work with. On this occasion they are Celebrating 100 Colour INKspiration Challenges. I am so excited to have won a recent challenge and am the guest designer. I could not have wished for a better time! The colours for this. Challenge are so bright and wonderfully happy. I decided to use the New Picture This Dies in the Annual Catalogue. To achieve the colour behind the circles I used the ... VIEW POST

Decorating the Gorgeous Ombre Gift Bags

For this weeks Facebook Live was all about Decorating the Gorgeous Ombre Gift Bags. Plus I introduce you to Fresh Freesia our new 2021-2023 In Colour. It is a soft lilac shade is is absolutely beautiful and co-ordinates beautifully with our purple shades. Another favourite of mine is the Iconic Dies. These are not associated with a stamp set and are easily missed. To create the gorgeous stencilled background I have used the new Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks. It really adds such a ... VIEW POST

Thanks, Exquisite with Expressions of Ink

The Expressions In Ink Suite in the New Catalogue was instantly a favourite of mine. Artistically Inked Stamps Create a wonderful unique watercolour look. You can combine the flowers, leaves, and watercolour washes with the versatile greetings for your projects. But my favourite would have to be the Designer Series paper. What do you get when you combine beautiful colours, patterns, and gold foiling? The exquisite Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper. So it was very easy to ... VIEW POST