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Colour INKspiration Challenge #201

Hello everyone – wishing you all a wonderful holiday season.

Picture credit- https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/402157441743009057/

Welcome to our 201st challenge at Colour INKspiration!

We welcome Sharon Cheatle as our Guest Designer.

Today’s picture which has inspired our colour palette was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Bernie Roodt.

As well as the chosen colour combination for #CI201, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Pretty Peacock and Gold, you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Basic Black and metallics to your project. We also allow ‘Ivory’, ‘Bronze’ and ‘Natural Tones’ in the Stampin’ Blends. If you don’t have the colours in our palette, feel free to use the closest Stampin’ Up! (or any other brand) substitute – Real Red instead of Poppy Parade, for example.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew’s Project in the #CI201Album –

Challenge guidelines:

· Create a NEW project made specifically for this challenge.

· Use all of the challenge colours (or close substitutions) unless stated.

· Upload only ONE picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and NOT in an album.

CI#201 will run for almost FIVE weeks and will end at 7 pm (AEDT) on Monday January 12th 2026.

We hope you can participate this round and look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Happy stamping!

For this project I am featuring the Beautifully Celebrated Bundle from the January – April 2026 Mini Catalogue.

To accent the gold in the colour palette I am also using the Beautifully Adorned Ephemera Pack.

Another soon-to-be released product is the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. It creates an amazing texture on the gold foil.

The greeting was heat embossed using WOW Gold Embossing Powder.

The front of the card was embellished with coloured Antique Pearls. I couldn’t find my dark Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blend pen so I had to use the light – dark would have been better.

I repeated the use of the gold flower, from the Ephemera Pack, on the card insert and the back of the envelope.

I hope that you all join us for this #201 Challenge and enjoy a crafting holiday season.

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IT’S THURSDAY & TIME FOR A 3D PROJECT

This week’s product spotlight is on the Beach Boardwalk Suite Collection that is available from January 6th – unless you want to buy it sooner. To do this you need to join Stampin’ Up! and preorder this and lots of other great soon to be released new products.

For this project I used one of 12″x 12″ papers from the Beach Boardwalk Designer Series Paper to create a great gift bag. I cut 1 3/4″ from the bottom of the paper.

I scored the paper at 1/2″, 2 1/2″, 6 1/4″ and 8 1/4″ on the 12″ side. The bottom edge was scored at 2″ for the bag base.

I also added a partial score line 6″, from the top edge, down both of the 2″ panels. This helps the bag fold in at the top.

To close the bag I punched two holes using the 1/8″ circle from the Hole Punch Assortment. Then I threaded some Bubble Bath Faux Linen Ribbon to be able to a bow.

For the greeting tags, I die cut three tickets – one each in Basic White, Bubble Bath and Secret Sea. The greeting was stamped on the Basic White ticket.

The tickets were overlapped and glued together. Then I punched a 1/8″ hole for the ribbon to be threaded through. The tickets were then secured in place using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Finally, I coloured some Antique Pearls using the dark Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blend pen.

I think this would be a fantastic gift bag for a birthday gift.

Tomorrow I have a fun fold card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from January 6th.

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WOW, IT’S WEDNESDAY – WHAT IS HAPPENING & WHAT DO I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU?

If you love exclusive products, you’re going to love Product of the Month, a promotion centred around a special product release every month. The Product of the Month items are specially designed to be some of the best items Stampin’ Up! has to offer that aren’t available in any Stampin’ Up! catalogues or Online Exclusives. Every month they will release a new item that is only available for purchase once per account. These items will be limited quantity and are likely to sell out quickly—once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good! 

The December, and FIRST Product of the Month is … True Blue Florals 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper.

Feeling blue never felt so good! Whether you’re making a card, a scrapbook spread, or some other kind of paper craft, this monochromatic patterned paper will surely inspire you.

When you place a minimum $125AUD order in December, you can order this DSP for JUST $9 (while stocks last).

AND …

  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be opened and closed between 10 and 12 December.
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $65 AUD | $100 NZD.

Time for another Beach Boardwalk project – available from January 6th, 2026.

I have two versions of a simple fun fold card to share with you today.

I used a Bubble Bath card base for this card.

The shades of pink palm trees Designer Series Paper is so gorgeous. I took my time carefully cutting the paper to ensure the pattern aligned perfectly across the card – open and closed.

I wrapped length of Bubble Bath Faux Linen Ribbon around the front DSP panel before creating and attaching two triple bows.

The greeting was stamped onto a Basic White scrap that was trimmed to fit the folded panel.

For the Basic White inside panel I stamped a Bubble Bath palm tree and added splatters of pink to coordinate with the splatters on the DSP.

To finish the card I used the dark Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blend again to colour some Antique Pearls.

For the envelope, I adhered some of the DSP to the back flap.

Now, for a different version of the fun fold card.

This card started with a Pool Party card base before cutting the DSP in the same way I did for the first card.

A 3 1/4″x 3 1/4″ Pool Party square was attached to the first folded panel and then the die cut ferris wheel. I used Adhesive Sheet on the back of the Basic White card to ensure the intricare die cut has great adhesion.

I used some of the DSP to cut the ferris wheel cages and they were attached using Multipurpose Glue.

The greeting was stamped on a scrap of white card and then trimmed it down to a small rectangle.

The inside of the card is decorated with fussy and die cut elements.

Finally, I added some Pool Party Rainbow Dots.

Tomorrow I have a 3D project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from January 6th.

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