August, 2025 - The Songbird Stamper

Bright and Bold Coneflower Celebrations – Be Inspired Blog Hop Aug ’25…

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where our theme this month is Bright and Bold, and I have made a card using the gorgeous Coneflower Celebrations stamp set, showcasing a variety of techniques. I hope you agree that I have met the brief!! I absolutely loved making this card, with a mix of colouring with alcohol markers, and ink blending using our brilliant blending brushes. This is a slightly larger card than usual, which I think really works well with the Bright and Bold theme! To start with I grabbed a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock measuring […]

Tri-fold Z-fold card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop August ’25…

We are talking all things fun fold this month here at Creativity Abounds and I have made a gorgeous tri-fold z-fold card for you today, using the amazing Charming Day suite of products – I am really enjoying using this suite at the moment, the flowers are just stunning, especially heat embossed in gold like I have done here. The colour scheme I have used here really isn’t my usual go to (pinks and purples for anyone wondering, lol!) but I really love how the greens and oranges work together. I went for Timid Tiger and Old Olive, with a […]

How to Stamp Off – Color Fusers Blog Hop – August ’25

Hello and welcome to this month’s Color Fusers Blog Hop where we are working with the colours Darling Duckling, Basic Grey and Basic White, and I am going to explain how to stamp off, in case you are new to stamping. I really love the colour combo of grey and yellow, so was really pleased to see this one this month. That said, I must say I find Darling Duckling just a little dark for some of my needs, and that is where the amazing (yet oh so simple) technique of stamping off comes in to play. By using this […]