Category Archives: Avid Cards

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where this month we plan to inspire you with our favourite cardmaking layouts. I have combined the old with the new here, using some soon to be released new In Colours from Stampin’ Up! and paired them with the fabulous Lovely Arrangements stamp set – and a few other products too! The brand new colours that I chose to make this card with are called Hydrangea Hue (the blue), Barely Blush (the pink) and Peaceful Pine (the green). I love how beautifully they work together, and as always with Stampin’ Up! […]

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where this month we plan to inspire you lots of cardmaking techniques. We have all chosen the one technique that we couldn’t live without, and that for me has to be watercolouring. I love the relaxing nature of just sitting and colouring with some ink and some water! I used the fabulous ‘Make a Wish’ standalone stamp set for this card, and it really is so simple. Just take some waterproof ink (like StazOn or Versafine) and stamp the images into a scene on some watercolour paper. There is no masking […]

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where this month we plan to inspire you with clean and simple cardmaking. I’ll admit this isn’t something I am usually very good at – I am more a ‘throw the kitchen sink at it’ kind of crafter, but I love the look of clean and simple cards, so hope I have done a good job here. I used the gorgeous new stamp set Simply Beautiful for this card, I just love the large images and how they create a really striking focal point for the card. Add some colouring, with […]

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where appropriately for after Christmas we are focussing on the theme of giving thanks. I was really behind this year, and didn’t send any Christmas cards at all, so decided to send thank you cards in January instead! I treated myself to the 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar this year, and used the products I got to make this Monochrome Thank You Card, I just love how blue and white work together, without needing any other colours! The papers in the advent calendar are absolutely gorgeous, and there are a […]

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where our theme this month is Feeling Festive, and I am going to show you how to make a centre step card – the best bit is that you get to choose how to decorate it! I have gone for a bright, fresh, wintry snowflake card, but you could just as easily switch this up for beautiful florals too. The centre step card is such a fun one to make, and really quite easy too, especially if you have the metric blade guide on your Stampin’ Up! Trimmer. All you need […]

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 […]