ADDINKTIVE DESIGNS

Succulents are the latest trend in Home Decor ; you can spot them in just about every gift shop - real ones, plastic or felt replicas, pictures, stationery items etc. ... so it made perfect sense to create some paper ones with Stampin' Up! supplies. After a bit of a search on Pinterest , I came across a great tutorial by Allison Okamitsu . I decided to CASE all her gorgeous samples and only changed the colour for one of them.  Wow! I am totally hooked on paper succulents. Thanks for the creative inspiration, Allison.  I even added a little one of my 'own' to the bowl and can see myself making a few more in the not too distant future.  The grey bowl and rocks were purchased from Spotlight (Australia). Make sure you check out Allison's tutorial for inspiration.  I have included the 'recipe' below for easy reference - 1.  Flower Fair Framelits Die, Mossy Meadow Card Stock and Ink, Gorgeous Grunge Stamp - Cut 5 2.  Fun Flower Punch, Pear P...

Hi there.  It's the first Monday of the month and that means The Stamp Review Crew are back for another blog hop.  We are a group of International Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps.  This round we are featuring the stamp set, I think You're Great . If you get lost along the way, just click on the banner below to take you to the main blog where you will see a list of participants for this round. You will find this stamp set in the Artistic Expression section on page 130 of the annual catty under the heading 'Kissing'! I Think You're Great is also very versatile for lots of other techniques - I have demonstrated the kissing technique (sentiment), repeated stamping for the background, stamping on a die cut (sun's rays) and making your own stamped DSP for some paper piecing (the camper or 'caravan' in Aussie lingo).   I only have one project to share today as I am b...

Adult colouring in books are all the rage at the moment but did you know that Stampin' Up! have a great range of images to colour?  Take this gorgeous Perfect Peacock stamp for example - I coloured it in with Stampin' Write Markers using the colours for TCT Challenge #4 .     I hope you can join in this week for the latest challenge at The Colour Tree . Thanks for stopping by, Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Welcome to the Festival of Trees Stamp Review Blog Hop .   We are a group of international Stampin' Up! demonstrators that showcase a different stamp set every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month.  One stamp set ... so many ideas! It's been a while since I joined in with the crew as I don't buy a lot of Christmas stamps but the Festival of Trees set is in the annual catalogue and I had it in my stash from last year. Bonus!  I'm really looking forward to hopping along this round to see the variety of ideas for such a cute holiday stamp set. If you get lost along the hop, just click on the banner below to see the order of participants for this round - I only have one card to share with you today as it's that crazy time of the year and the weather has been incredibly HOT.  I made a flying easel card for a good friend who recently invited a few of us around for Christmas celebrations at her place.  I popped in a Village Cinemas Gift Card inside the vel...

Hi there and welcome to addINKtive designs and the latest Vintage Leaves Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop . We are a group of International Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who love to share with you just how much you can do with one stamp set. If you get lost, just click on the banner below to take you to our main blog, where you will see a list of all the participants for this round.  Enjoy! Vintage Leaves Photopolymer Bundle 140235 - $73 AUD (Buy the stamps and dies as a bundle and save 15%) I really wanted to try out a different card fold, use the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Pack and some other new products from the newly released Holiday Catalogue.  Thankfully I managed to achieve this with just the one card!  ... because .. It has been a busy few weeks with very little down time. Let's just say that Work Health and Safety, Curriculum Development, Principal meetings and Teacher Standards have dominated my world as of late and I'm experiencing a dee...