#colourcreationsbloghop – Craft with Kate, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 28 – Gray Granite

My card this week is a Masculine Birthday card to add to my stash that was running low.

I started with a Gray Granite card base. I cut a smaller piece and dry embossed it with the Timeless Herringbone Embossing Folder. As I hadn’t used the Botanical Glow Bundle yet, I took the Green Foil and the Hot Foiling System and added this to the card. I was chuffed with the result. As I went to add it to the card, I felt it needed something behind it, and I had a long strip of the Peaceful Pine Two-tone cardstock leftover from a previous project, so cut it to the height I required x 2 and flipped one piece over to get the dual tones.I think it gives the perfect lift!

The sentiment [Framed & Fabulous] was inked first with Versamark ink hen into the Peaceful Pine ink and stamped onto Gray Granite card. Clear Embossing Powder was added and melted with my Heat Tool. This is a great way to get a shiny sentiment in any colour to coordinate with your project. This was cur with one of the Framed & Fabulous dies. I used a 2¼” Circle Punch in Peaceful Pine cardstock to layer it, then added it to the card on Dimensionals.

On the inside, I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it, then stamped the Botanical Glow image with Gray Granite ink in 2nd generation, stamping it onto scrap card then onto my Basic White card for a lighter tone. To finish, I added some Copper Clay retired Dots to the front.

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Product List
Stamps: Botanical Glow, Framed and Fabulous
Dies:** Botanical Glow HFD, Framed and Fabulous
Ink: Gray Granite, Peaceful Pine, Versamark
Paper: Basic White,Gray Granite, Peaceful Pine Two-Tone, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other:** 2¼” Circle Punch, Clear Emboss Powder, Timeless Herringbone Embossing Folder, Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Green Foil, Hot Foiling System, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
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Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Fancy Folds, feminine, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Granny Apple Green: Fern and Flora Fun Fold Card

4 November, 202631 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 27 – Granny Apple Green

My fun fold card with belly band features the Fern and Flora 3D Embossing Folder. I made this card for my sister who has lots of indoor plants inside her home and it inspired me to use these products.

I added ink to the inside of the embossing folder, then placed a piece of Basic White 4¼” x 5½” cardstock on top of the ink, closed the folder and ran it through my Cut and Emboss Machine. I repeated this process a second time to have two pieces. One of the pieces I cut down to 3″ x 4¼” to fit inside the second largest Perennial Postage die cut and the other creates the centre of the card base.

To create the arched pieces, I started with two pieces of Basic White card 4¼” x 3¼”, scored at ½”. Then took a 7¾” diameter side plate from my kitchen and placed it on top so the edge started at the scoreline down to the bottom left corner and with a pencil, trace the circle (see template below). Using scissors I cut along this line and then used this one as the template to trace the circle on the second piece of card.

The tab edges had glue added and this was adhered to the back of the embossed card base at the top and bottom and folded to the front.

The belly band 9⅜” x 2″, scored at 2½” x 6⅞” is wrapped around the card to hold it closed. The front feature is adhered to the centre of the belly band. I added some left over embossed pieces 1″ x 1⅞” pieces eith side of the belly band to enhance it. The sentiments are Gold Foiled onto Secret Sea card using the Hot Foiling System.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Gray Granite.

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Product List
Stamps: NIL
Dies: Perennial Postage, Classic Greetings Hot Foil, Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil
Ink: Granny Apple Green
Paper: Basic White,Granny Apple Green, Secret Sea, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder, Gold Foil, Hot Foiling System, Low Profile Dots, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
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Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), feminine, Flowers, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Gorgeous Grape: Spinning Flower card

28 October, 202628 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 26 – Gorgeous Grape

My card this week has a spinning flower with the Gorgeous Grape background, embossed with the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder.

The Subtles Painted Patterns Designer Series Paper (DSP) is used as the matt layer for the Sunflower 3D embossed background, as well as all the elements of the flower. The stem is a strip of the DSP and the leaves were created using the Ladybug Builder Punch.

Each flower petal is created with the 1¾” Circle Punch. Cut eight times (four each of two different patterns). The centre is a ½” Circle Punch with a Flower Accent embellishment in the centre. The flower sits on a small spinner mechanism (purchased on Amazon) so it can spin like those pinwheels you get from Fairs when you were a kid!

Here’s a quick demonstration how to create each petal with the 1¾” Circle Punch. I guess it’s a form of origami.

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Product List
Paper: Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Subtles Painted Patterns DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: ½” & 1¾” Circle Punches, Bone Folder, Flower Accents, Ladybug Builder Punch, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Take Your Pick Tool, Wink of Stella.
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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Garden Green: Joyful Friends Double Slider Card

21 October, 202614 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 25 – Garden Green

My card this week is a double slider card featuring the Joyful Friends stamp set and the Whispering Woods Designer Series Paper (DSP).

The images are stamped in Pecan Pie ink and coloured with Blends Combo Markers and some Wink of Stella and the sentiments are stamped in Garden Green ink.

You can see on the right side of the card that there is a semi circle notifying the recipient to pull. As you slide the panel another smaller one appears from behind the front panel of the card.

The best part is that this entire mechanism is fully hidden within the front cover of the card and behind this DSP panel when the card is open. This leaves plenty of room for your message to your recipient!!

Want to make one of your own? My PDF Tutorial with step by step instructions and measurements (both Imperial and Metric) can be found in my Tutorial Shop!.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Gorgeous Grape.

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Product List
Stamps: Joyful Friends
Ink:Garden Green, Pecan Pie
Paper: Basic White, Garden Green, Whispering Woods DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Blends Marker Combo: Ivory, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Shaded Spruce, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate
Other: ½ Circle Punch, 1¼” Circle Punch, Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Foam Adhesive Sheets, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Holiday Catalogue, Stampin' Up!

Fresh Freesia: Graceful Evergreen Deer HFS

14 October, 202614 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 24 – Fresh Freesia

My card this week is a Christmas card to start building up my stash, and how good does Fresh Freesia, Silver and White look as a combination?!!

The Graceful Evergreen Deer Bundle has the stamp set and the Hof Foil Dies. On the Fresh Fressia card base, I stamped the little stars/snowflakes in Fresh Freesia ink around the edges of the top two thirds of the card. The front panel I ink blended the edges before stamping the trees in Versmark ink, add White WOW Emboss Powder and melted it with my Heat Tool.

I stamped the gound below the trees in Fresh Freesia ink. On an Acrylic Block, I added some Fresh Freesia ink, a drop of water and splattered it across the card. I repeated this process with some White Craft Ink and set it aside to dry before layering it onto Basic White card.

Using the Hot Foiling System (HFS), I silver foiled the deer onto Fresh Freesia card and die cut them to add on Dimensionals to my card. The sentiment from the Christmas Mice stamp set is Silver Heat Embossed and fussy cut.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Garden Green.

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Product List
Stamps: Christmas Mice, Graceful Evergreen Deer*
Dies: Graceful Evergreen Deer*
Ink:Craft White, Fresh Freesia, Versamark
Paper: Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Silver Foil, Silver WOW Emboss Powder, White WOW Emboss Powder, Acrylic Blocks, Blending Brushes, Bone Folder, Hot Foiling System, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flamingo: Extraordinary Flora Sympathy card

7 October, 20265 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 23 – Flirty Flamingo

My card this week is a Sympathy card. We all need these on hand for such occasions and my stash was dwindling away. Time to top it up again.

I’ve used the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape and coordinating Extraordinary Flora die.

I started with a piece of the Heart of the Home DSP and added a matt layer of Flirty Flamingo cardstock behind it. This was put into the Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and run throught the Cut & Emboss Machine then adhered to a Basic White top folding card base.

I adhered the Washi tape to Basic White card and die cut the images – best part is, there is one die to cut out a whole heap in one run through your die cutting machine – WIN!

I began layering them down in a wreath shape starting with some leaves to get the shape going then went back over with adding the floral pieces on Mini Dimensionals and tucking some buds and smaller leaves under to fill out the wreath.

Using the Hot Foiling System, I foiled a Pink sentiment using the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foiling Dies onto White card. I added this in the centre on Mini Dimensionals and added a twine bow on a Glue Dot.

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Product List @stampinupofficial
Dies: Extraordinary Flora, Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foiling
Paper: Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Heart of the Home Designer Series Paper (DSP), Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Baker’s Twine Three Color Pack, Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape, Rainbow Adhesive-backed Dots, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder, Pink Foil, Bone Folder, Glue Dot, Hot Foiling System, Mini Dimensionals, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool.
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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Stampin' Up!

Easy Peasy Christmas Card

30 September, 202627 September, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 22 – Early Espresso

My card this week is a very simple design where the Yuletide Carols DSP does all the work for you!

A Very Vanilla card base with a layer of Early Espresso card behind the DSP. A simple die cut banner [Nested Essentials dies] is adhered with some Linen Thread wrapped around and three gold gems added across the top. The Mini Alphabet die creates the letters for the sentiment which has Wink of Stella added once I glued the letters to the card.

Did you see my other two cards on Monday night using these same neutral colours? You can see them here.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Flirty Flamingo.

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Product List @stampinupofficial
Dies: Mini Alphabet, Nested Essentials
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Yuletide Carols DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Linen Thread, Wink of Stella, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Gold Gems [2025 Advent Calendar].
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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), feminine, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Heart Strings for Share the Dignity

23 September, 202621 September, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 21 – Darling Duckling

My card this week is an easy design that I am using as a template for some cards I’m creating for a wonderful cause, Share the Dignity. They source sanitary and toiletry products to pack into bags for Women in homeless shelters, Domestic Violence shelters, Mum and Bub bags for new mums in need, food banks, community organisations that help with rent and other financial needs so that Mum can give their children a Christmas present but nothing for herself. Each bag is packed with so much love they are bursting at the seam with all the essentials but also with a beautiful handwritten note and that is where I come in!

I have made 14 cards so far – I wonder how many more I can make by the end of October?!!

My colour combo is Darling Duckling and Timid Tiger with some Gold Foil.

I have used some retired products; Square Snippets DSP, heart punches and the Gold Shimmer Pen. The sentiment is from the Wild Bunch stamp set. I have no idea what embossing folder I used with the Gold Foil as it was obviously leftover from a previous project and I put it back in my packet! The Large Rhinestones were perfect for using up too!

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Early Espresso.

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Stampin' Up!, Wedding

Daffodil Delight: Sunset Coast Anniversary card

16 September, 202616 September, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 20 – Daffodil Delight

Daffodil Delight is perfect colour for the sun, so that was my starting point this week. As I’m loving the Scenic Coast Specialty DSP and the Sunset Coast Bundle, these were perfect for my card this week.

When we were in Hawaii many years ago, I loved being down at the beach at sunset and this card mimics one of my photos and brought back wonderful memories.

I die cut the largest die from the Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies from Basic White card. I cut down a piece of the Specialty DSP to fit in the centre. The sun die is cut from Daffodil Delight card and then trimmed down. This was glued to the card and then the extra tops of the rays were trimmed further to the edge of the card.

The boat is die cut in Gorgeous Grape card and the birds were die cut from the left over pieces of the DSP (reverse side). I stamped the sentiment at the bottom in Gorgeous Grape ink. I adhered this onto a Thick Basic white card base, that was cut down to 9.5cm x 26cm, scored at 13cm so it didn’t show behind the scalloped card front.

I didn’t want to throw out the centre die cut pieces from the sun rays, so I adhered these inside the card. Over the weekend, I had my Hot Foiling System (HFS) out and did quite a few of the sentiments from various sets to ‘have on hand’. And not to waste the leftover Foil, I used the Reverse Hot Foil Die to add them onto Smooth Foiling Specialty Paper and then cut them out with the coordinating die – two for one!!!!

The Classic Greetings Hot Foil dies was perfect for my sun.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Darling Duckling.

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Product List @stampinupofficial
Stamps: Sunset Coast [167775]*
Dies: Classic Greetings Hot Foil [170042], Reverse Hot Foil [170043], Scalloped Christmas Cheer [168544], Sunset Coast [167780]*
Ink: Gorgeous Grape
Paper: Basic Thick White, Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, Scenic Coast Specialty DSP, Smooth Foiling 5×7″ Specialty, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Gold Foil, Hot Foiling System, Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Butterflies, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!, Thank you

Crushed Curry: Mosaic Garden Thank You Card

9 September, 202631 August, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 19 – Crushed Curry

My card this week features the Mosaic Garden DSP with the Hot Foiling System and Gold Foil with the Classic Greetings Hot Foil dies and the Flourish and Frames Hot Foil dies. The All Aflutter Bundle (stamps and coordinating Punch) also feature and go perfectly with these gorgeous, patterned papers.

A Crushed Curry card base with a layer of the DSP in the Hydrangea Hue pattern (looks like cardstock really), then the DSP. But before I adhered the DSP, I placed it onto my Cut and
Emboss Machine with the larger frame die and smaller die in the centre of it, and ran it through. This created the cut out section and the smaller frame piece to be added later.

On some Hydrangea Hue Two-Tone cardstock, I foiled the gold frame in my Hot Foiling System, then die cut it out and adhered in to the centre, so it fit snuggly into the hollow space. Now I could adhere the smaller DSP Frame. The sentiment was foiled the same way and die cut using the coordinating die. I also die cut it again in Crushed Curry card and layered it below for the extra shadow.

The butterflies are stamped in Crushed Curry ink onto Basic White card, punched out and glued to the card. The one on the front, I added a Mini Dimensional behind each wing, so it sits up. Some Wink of Stella to colour it and add some glimmer at the same time!

On the inside I added the extra frame leftover from the front and adhered it onto a white die cut the same size so I can write my message. Plus, some extra butterflies, seeing as you get three in the one Punch.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Daffodil Delight.

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