CASE IT IG Hop - August 26

Hello again friends. I hope you've had a great start to your weekend. I'm here to share this month's card for the CASE IT Instagram Hop where we find a project on Instagram that inspires us and we will share that project as well as the project we’ve created. There are so many beautiful creations on Instagram the only difficult part is narrowing down which one to CASE (which means Copy And Share Everything).

This month I was inspired by Marge (@marge.crafts over on IG); I love her beautiful cards and could easily have chosen any one of her cards to CASE.  Her cards are 'card perfection', her style is clean and fresh and her layouts are wonderful.  As soon as I saw this card I was in love, her Father's Day card was so fun, the large case die cut and word die cut were the focal points but I just loved the balance her card had. I decided to make a summery feminine card but you can definitely see that my card was inspired by hers! Here is her card for my inspiration:

Isn't her card just perfect? Using Ardyth's LIMES process (you can watch her video here) we list what we see - Marge has used blue, white and kraft as her main colours, a striped panel in the background, a large briefcase die cut and dad word sentiment all layered on a kraft panel. So I used a beach tote die instead of the briefcase, a hello word instead of the dad word and used a yellow, teal, white and kraft colour combo.  Instead of the layers I used an embossing folder in my background which has wavy lines instead of stripes.  I also added a few tiny flowers.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and embossed it using the summertime waves embossing folder, I also ink blended over the embossing using a teal ink pad.  I die cut all the components for the bag from white card and using yellow and brown ink pads ink blended over them. To create the stripes on the bag I cut some strips of masking paper and used the same yellow ink but with a heavier hand for some tone on tone stripes; I think it turned out great.  I adhered everything together using liquid glue.  I decided to die cut some sunglasses from black card and adhered them with liquid glue so that they looked like they were peeking out of the pocket.  I stamped the sentiment onto white card using black ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I also die cut the hello word from black card and the shadow from vellum and adhered them together using liquid glue.  I adhered the panel onto my card base using double sided tape and then added the bag using foam squares.  The sentiment was placed over the pocket with liquid glue and the hello word was adhered over the handle using foam squares.  I decided to add some tiny flowers in the bottom right corner and found these already die cut from the perfect shade of yellow card.  I added the flowers with tiny foam squares and the leaves with liquid glue.  I finished off with a tiny pearl in the flower centres.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4 and embossed a strip of white card and ink blended it as before.  I adhered the strip to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I added three more yellow flowers, leaves and another pair of sunglasses in the right bottom corner using liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink.  The panel was then adhered to my card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated *

We hope you will be inspired by our CASE IT Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #caseithop and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Hero Arts - tote bag die set

Spellbinders - summertime waves embossing folder (EOM-JUN24)

Spellbinders - pocket bunny clear stamp & die (for sentiments) (CSOM-FEB23)

Spellbinders - smart glasses die set - on sale!

Spellbinders - hello smile die set 

Spellbinders - mini blooms & sprigs die set (for flowers & leaves) - on sale!

Gina K Designs - ink pads - wild dandelion, tranquil teal, warm cocoa

Gina K Designs - black, gold & silver mini pearl mix

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release day!

Good morning friends and welcome back to my blog. Today is the day that you can purchase the new goodies from Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release. I've had so much fun this week as brand ambassador and I do have one more card for you using the new release products. Before I show you my card I thought I would re-cap the new products that are now available.

And that wraps up the new Release. I hope you love the products as much as I do. But, as always, the Brand Ambassadors are here to tempt and inspire you a little bit more.

For my final card I used the Winter Garlands clear stamp to create a get well card.  I went with a horizontal A2 card for a change and I think it turned out great.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping 3 of the garlands onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with my Promarkers.  I didn't use my usual green combo and this time went with a more olive toned colour scheme.  I initially had a different idea in my head for this card so fussy cut all three garlands and also separated them into 3 smaller pieces.  My idea was initially to have a wreath style arrangement but didn't want to make a Christmas card as I wanted to showcase how this particular stamp is suitable for all year round.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and arranged the garlands coming in from the sides leaving a space in the centre for my sentiment.  In hindsight I could have just stamped them directly onto the card in this arrangement but hey-ho the fussy cutting wasn't too bad.  I added the garlands with liquid glue.  I stamped the get well message in the centre with black ink and also added black spatter.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel before adhering it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and as I had two pieces of the garland left over adhered them to the top left and bottom right corners with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and also added some black spatters just in the corners.  The panel was added to my card base with double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated * 

For more inspiration please check out what Bev and the rest of the team have created by clicking the links below:

Bev

Julie

Natalie

Bev is generously offering one lucky commenter a £20 eGift Certificate to spend in store, just make sure you comment on all the brand ambassador blogs/socials for a chance to win.  The winner will be announced on Wednesday, 26th August 2026 along with the winner of the Christmas in July FB challenge.  

Have a great weekend; enjoy the nice weather if you still have it. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Uniko - winter garlands (now available in the store)

Uniko - flower power #6 (for both sentiments)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - detail craft scissors (for my fussy cutting)

Hero Arts - black acrylic speckle (for my spatter)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store sadly closed

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release - day 4 introductions

Good morning friends and welcome back to my blog. It's day four and the final day of introductions for Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release. Today's introduction is another clear stamp set called 'Winter Garlands' and it contains 3 different gorgeous garlands that will fit vertically or horizontally on your A2 panel. This is another set that can be used for both Christmas and all year through. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I went very clean and simple for today's card.  I cut a white panel of alcohol marker friendly card to 4' x 5 1/4" and stamped the holly garland vertically more towards the left side of the panel.  I used my Promarkers to colour the holly and berries and stamped the sentiment in black ink.  I adhered the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  Literally about 4 steps to make this card and it would be perfect to mass produce.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped the garland horizontally at the bottom of the panel and again coloured it with my Promarkers.  I stamped a strip sentiment below the garland using black ink and then adhered the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  I didn't think my card needed anything else as I loved the CAS design. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated *

Please check out what Bev and my fellow brand ambassadors have created by clicking the links below:

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Natalie

Vinita

It's release day tomorrow and all the products we've introduced this week will be available in the Uniko store at 9am.  There will also be a giveaway of a £20 e-gift card so check out the details on the Uniko blog tomorrow.  I will be back at the same time with one extra card so I hope you will come back and check it out.  

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Uniko - winter garlands clear stamp (releasing tomorrow)

Uniko - Christmas wishes clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Uniko - pure florals: poinsettia (for inside sentiment)

Promarkers

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Just Us Girls challenge #835 - Die Week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am here to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and this week is Die Week and Vicki has given us the very easy 'anything goes'.  So as long as you use a die cut on your project this week you're fine.  We all love our dies don't we and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations. Our guest this month is Betty so please pop over and show her some love.

I pulled out this adorable bird die (it's from a Christmas set but in itself it's not particularly christmassy) and went with a purple monochrome colour combo.  Aside from assembling the bird it all came together fairly quickly.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute birdie:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using a stencil and a trio of purple inks created the fun ombre striped background.  I die cut the bird from purple, white, orange and black scraps and adhered them together with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares.  I die cut the scalloped label from white and left the die in place whilst I blended the mid purple ink around the edge; this gives a cool white border when the die is removed.  I added some scrap white card behind the scalloped label and adhered it to the background using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto white card using black ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out (I also cut another 3 from white so that I could stack them up).  The bird was adhered to the bottom of the label with foam squares and the sentiment was added to the top right with liquid glue.  I finished off with some smooth black sequins. I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it onto the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and added three lines using the background stencil at the very bottom.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to my card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated *

I can't wait to see all your die cuts this week and look forward to seeing your entries in the linky. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Spellbinders - Christmas bird poinsettia die set (I only used the bird)

Spellbinders - scalloped labels 46 - discontinued

Spellbinders - nature's dance stamp & die (for sentiments) - both on sale!

Spellbinders - dynamic backgrounds stencil set (only used one) - on sale!

Spellbinders - black smooth disc color essentials sequins

Gina K Designs - ink pads - light lilac, medium lilac and dark lilac

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my scraps bin

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release - day 3 introductions

Good morning friends and welcome back to my blog. It's day three of introductions for Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release. Our next introduction is a fantastic layering stencil called 'Layering Modern Poinsettias'. I think you would know this was a Uniko design as it screams of Bev's unique style.  It is a funky, modern design and can be used for all year around, not only Christmas.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and decided to go for a very unusual colour combo for my poinsettias.  I had seen this combo on Pinterest and thought it would be something different instead of the usual red and I love how it turned out.  I used two shades of light brown for my poinsettias (I used the same colour on the first two layers but went with a much heavier hand on the second layer) and a darker brown for my sentiment.  I again used the spruce greens for my leaves.  I added some crystal glaze to the dots to give them a little shine.  Once it the glaze was dry I adhered my panel to the card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel, ink blended the sandy beach ink along the bottom and used the kraft and medium spruce inks to add some dots along the blended strip.  The sentiment was stamped in the darker brown ink and the panel was adhered to the card base using double sided tape.  If this card didn't have a Christmas greeting I think it could be used for any occasion.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated *

Please check out what Bev and my fellow brand ambassadors have created by clicking the links below:

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Natalie

Vinita

I hope you can pop back tomorrow at the same time to see day 4 (our final day) of the introductions.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Uniko - layering modern poinsettias stencil (released on Saturday)

Uniko - Christmas wishes clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Uniko - pure florals: poinsettia clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach, kraft, warm cocoa

Gina K Designs - ink cubes - light & medium spruce (comes in a trio along with dark spruce)

Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

I have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #832 - birthday

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week is Week 1, our theme is 'birthday' and our hostess is Leanne. We always need birthday cards, gift packaging and decorations so I'm sure you will find this week a breeze!  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

My new kit from Gina K Designs had just arrived so I used the gorgeous mini incentive set which has these gorgeous butterfly images and sentiments.  I used a few different GKD dies and a clean and simple layout and I think it turned out so pretty.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the butterfly images using memento ink onto alcohol marker friendly card.  I coloured them with Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers for a change and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I also added some white gel pen highlights.  I die cut the scalloped rectangle (from master layouts 4) and the circle windows plate from white card.  I took the inner part of the circles and ink blended one of them pink, one yellow and one orange using the ink left over on my blending brushes .  I adhered the circles panel onto the scalloped rectangle using liquid glue and then replaced the circles into their spots again using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto the yellow circle using black ink.  I added the butterflies onto the circles using foam squares just under their bodies so that their wings can be lifted up a little.  I also went around the circles with my white gel pen to add some faux white spatters.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I die cut another scalloped rectangle from white card, ink blended some of the yellow and orange inks in the right hand corner and added a pink butterfly over top.  I stamped the sentiment using black ink and added the panel to my card base using double sided tape.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - colours of summer

Colour Dare challenge - surprise colour challenge - I used pink, yellow & orange

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - animals

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Moving Along With The Times challenge - feminine

NBUS challenge - new or unused stuff (my butterflies are new)

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme nature

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday

Tic Tac Toe challenge - board #298 - butterfly, free, border

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - make it colourful

Unicorn challenge - layer it up 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'birthday' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.  I'll be back in a little while with my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - courage to fly stamp (current incentive will in store next month)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 04

Gina K Designs - circle windows plate 

Gina K Designs - perfect posy mini stamp (for inside sentiment) (Bumbleberry's)

Spectrum Noir - tri-blend markers - orange blend, citrus blend & bright pink blend

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - August 26

Hello and welcome back to my blog lovely friends. It's a busy day on my blog today as this is my third post!  It's time for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, which takes place on the 5th of each month. You always have the option to go for anything goes but the extra prompt this month is 'baby shower'. I was a little daunted when I saw this theme as I've never made a baby shower anything before but obviously it's the same as a welcome baby card just with a slightly different sentiment.  So get creating and let's see all your baby themed tags. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made and I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us.

I thought it would be fun to create a onesie shaped tag and went with a gender neutral colour scheme so that it could be used for a boy or a girl.  I even did some paper piecing on this one!  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the cute image:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting two of the onesies from white card and two from neutral patterned paper and I adhered one paper onesie to one white card onesie for each side of my tag.  I stamped the image on darker striped paper and also a light spotty paper and fussy cut them out.  I added some crystal glaze to the large heart and the cluster of smaller hearts.  I stamped the sentiment onto the same paper as the tag using brown ink and also fussy cut it out.  I also cut the hole reinforcer from the darker striped paper.  I decorated the background with some stars in various shades of brown ink before adding the image and sentiment with foam tape.   I inked the edges with the brown ink.  For the back of the tag I stamped the sentiment with brown ink and also added some stars around it in the lighter brown inks and again inked around the edges with the brown ink.  I adhered both tags together using liquid glue and tied a ribbon and some twine through the hole for a finishing touch.  

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut optional fall flowers

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist no rectangles

As You Like It challenge - favourite safari animal (another favourite is the elephant, they are such intelligent and empathetic animals, caring for each one in the herd)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - animals

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - I used scraps of paper for my image and fussy cut it out

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - monochrome

Sweet Stampin' challenge - stripes or chevrons (I stamped my elephant onto striped paper)

Tag-along (& ATC'S) challenge - fashion or ATG 

The Little Things challenge - flamingo and/or elephant 

We hope you will be inspired by our Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous tags along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagsaugust2026 and we will find your tags.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

Creative Expressions - new arrival - baby onesie die set

Kraftin' Kimmie - baby love stamp - retired

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach, kraft, warm cocoa

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze clear

Tonic Studios - craft perfect classic jute twine

Echo Park - dots & stripes Christmas collection 6x6 pad

Echo Park - dots & stripes summer 6x6 pad

Basic Grey - basics manila 6x6 pad

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x