Karen Farquhar

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges #176|Theme Challenge Floral

Hello and welcome to challenge #171 a Theme Challenge.

Our theme challenge for today is 'Floral'.

Wow! There are so many beautiful Stampin' Up! products to choose for this challenge but I have chosen the Textured Floral Stamp Set with it's coordinating Dies.

I have embossed my background with the with the cross-hatch from the Basics 3D embossing folder set.

Thank you for dropping by I hope you are inspired by my project

Do you feel you would like to join our Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time). Below are the products I have used for today's project.

If you are an Australian resident and wish to purchase the products I have used for todays project just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. To make your way to our beautiful Annual Catalogue click the catalogue image to the right of this page.

Product List

Textured Floral Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161229]	Textured Floral Dies [161231]	Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad [161649]	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Basic Beige A4 Cardstock [164512]	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683]	Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598]
Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges #175|Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge #175. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week we have my favourite challenge a Sketch Challenge. These are my favourite Challenges because the design work has been done for you and I love to see how other card makers interpret the sketch.

I have used Stampin' Up!'s At Take to the Sky Suit today and teamed it with coordinating Copper Clay cardstock for a very masculine card.

I hope you like my project today and I have inspired you to enter the challenge. You can see more inspiration over on the

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges blog site.

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time). Below are the products I have used for today's project.

If you are an Australian resident and wish to purchase the products I have used for todays project just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. To make your way to our beautiful newAnnual Catalogue either click on an image below or the catalogue image to the right of this page.

Product List

Adventurous Sky Bundle (English) [163447]	Take To The Sky 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163436]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Copper Clay A4 Cardstock [161730]	Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad [161647]
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Paper Trimmer [152392]

Inspire.Create.Stamping Challenges #174|Theme Challenge

Hello and welcome to challenge #174 a Theme Challenge.

Our theme challenge for today is 'Men'. You can interpret the topic anyway you would like.

With Father's Day and three men's birthdays next month I thought I would get an early start and chose to create a man's card for this challenge.

I struggle with masculine cards so I purchased the Take to the Sky Suite when this years annual Stampin' Up! catalogue was first released. I fell in love with it and the suite has been beckoning me ever since. So this challenge was a good reason to start playing with it.

I have woven 1.5cm strips of the Night of Navy and the Boho Blue designs from the Take to the Sky Designer Series Papers to create an interesting background for my card. However the papers also contain the colours Copper Clay, Mossy Meadow and Smokey Slate which I think would work well with this design as well.

Thank you for dropping by I hope you are inspired by my project

Do you feel you would like to join our Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time). Below are the products I have used for today's project.

Product List

Adventurous Sky Bundle (English)

[163447]

Take To The Sky 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163436]

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Challenge#173|Colour Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week we have been set a colour challenge. The challenge colours being a very pretty combination of Any Yellow, Any Green and Any Blue.

For my colours I have chosen Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist & Coastal Cabana.

I have used the Stampin' Up Encore Stamp Set called Trusty Tools for my card today. I love this stamp set especially for masculine cards. Trusty Tools also has a coordinating die set.

A few splashes to my card from the online exclusive stamp sets Latte Love and Irresistible Blooms show you how things look when I am wielding a paint brush. Messy!!!

Thank you for dropping by I hope you are inspired by my project. Do you feel you would like to join the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time). Below are the products I have used for today's project.

Product List

Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302]	Trusty Tools Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163274]	Latte Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163455]	Irresistible Blooms Cling Stamp Set (English) [161140]
Everyday Details Cling Stamp Set (English) [162861]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145]	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Challenge#172|Inspiration Challenge

Hello and welcome to Inspire.Create. Challenge #172. I am Karen Farquhar an Australian Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. This week we have been set an Inspiration Challenge. The challenge is to create a project from anything that appeals to you from this gorgeous card created by Hannah.

You could choose to recreate Hannah's layout, her colour scheme, her theme, the same stamped images... Hannah has used the Enduring Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up! Anything that appeals to you. There are no wrongs.

When I first saw Hannah's card it screamed `Layers of Beauty' to me. 'Layers of Beauty' is a beautiful bundle on page 57 of the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

The bundle includes the stamp set, Layers of Beauty Dies and a set of 5 Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks. Which all coordinate to produce these beautiful roses.

I have seen many colour combinations using this bundle but the one that caught my eye was the colours used by Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Stacey Marsh. I thought they were most striking.

The colour inks used are Pebbled Path, Bubble Bath and Moody Mauve. The bundle makes colouring the images so simple.

Also note the Labeled with Love stamp set

used for the sentiment has a coordinating punch and a die set available.

Thank you for dropping by I hope you are inspired by my project. Do you feel like you would like to join the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time). Below are the products I have used for today's project.

If you are an Australian resident and wish to purchase the products I have used for todays project just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. To make your way to our beautiful Annual Catalogue either click on an image below or the catalogue image to the right of this page.

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519]	Labeled With Love Punch Bundle (English) [163571]	Labeled With Love Dies Bundle (English) [163574]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Moody Mauve A4 Cardstock [161732]	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648]
Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664]	Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad [161649]	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611]	Linen Thread [104199]	Enduring Beauty Bundle (English) [162674]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]