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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 […]