Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Challenge #201 'Something New"

 Hello and welcome 2026 and another year of paper-crafting. I am Karen Farquhar a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator from the South Coast of N.S.W. Australia. To welcome in the New Year we have been set a theme challenge. The theme being appropriately 'Something New'.

So what can be more ew than a calendar of the New Year featuring some of the new products from Stampin' Up!'s Mini Catalogue and Online sore.

 

I have designed a desk top calendar. My Stamp Club ladies will be creating this this month.

I have designed each month to depict the season or a special event in that month. For January we have cool drinks from the fun 'Celebratory Sips' DSP to ward off the summer heat. Yesterday we reached 40℃ with warmer days promised.

Of course February brings Valentine's Day. I have used the 'Sweet Jar' stamp set for this month.

March heralds the beginning of our Autumn so a nice easy chair in Autumn colours from the 'Hobby Haven' DSP. to ease our way into the cooler months. 

April is coming I am waiting for my Easter goodies to arrive in the post. 

Another easy chair from the 'Hobby Haven' DSP with cooler weather sending us inside to relax

For June more 'Hobby Haven' DSP as I feel with the winter weather it's nice to pull out the craft supplies and settle down with some knitting or sewing.

July, maybe some reading is a happy pastime when outside activities are limited.

August more sewing and craft.

Then as our beautiful Spring weather arrives the garden blooms and tiny critters appear. Stampin' Up's new 'Cute as a Bug' is perfect for Spring. 

Halloween of course for October. These are die cuts from the 'Spooky Sweet' Specialty DSP. This paper is in the Last Chance section of my Online Store so won't be available for very long.

Again back to our 'Hobby Haven' DSP for November. This is the month we are starting to cook & prepare for Christmas. I would also like to acknowledge Laura Beacham for some of the designs I have CASED Copied and Selectively Edited. Thank you Laura for your inspiration.

And of course we have Christmas. My cute little doggie is from the 'North Pole Delivery'. Another DSP that is on the last chance list in my Online Store.

The measurements for my stand are as followers:

Basic Black cardstock 30cm. x 18cm.

Score @ 15cm

Extra piece of Basic Black cardstock 13.5cm x 12cm. Long side scored @ 1cm, 5cm, 11cm folded in valley, mountain, valley order.

Attach this to stand base at front and back edges to create the stand.

For the box on the front of stand:

Basic Black cardstock 18cm x 10cm score 3 sides @ 3cm ie. sides and bottom edges

I used the 7th smallest 'Party Banner Die' to die cut the rectangle from one piece of cardstock on the side not scored. You could use your paper cutter for this if you haven' a suitable die. Then fold along score lines and adhere together to form a box.

 Adhere to front of stand. 0.5cm up from lower edge. 

I hope you like my project

 today and I have inspired you to enter the challenge. You can see more inspiration from our talented team over on the 

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges blog site. 

 Please we really would love to see your creations. 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 just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store.

Product List

Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781]	Basic Black 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [166786]	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014]	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock [121683]
Strawberry Slush A4 Cardstock [165297]	Sweet Jar Bundle (English) [165507]	Hobby Haven 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [167201]	Cute As A Bug 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [166994]	Celebratory Sips 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [166645]	North Pole Delivery 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [165837]
Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [167365]	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [165286]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Colour Challenge|#190

 Hello and welcome to the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. Today we have been set a colour challenge. For this challenge you get to choose your on monochrome colour combination.

For my submission I have chosen the colours Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo from the Stampin' Up! colour range. 

 

  The stamp sets are Stampin' Ups! Cake Celebrations and Birthday Celebration sets and their coordinating dies.

I have teamed them with the oh so pretty Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper. 

I hope you like my projects today and I have inspired you to enter the challenge. You can see more inspiration from our talented team over on the Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges blog site. 

 Please 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 projects.

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

Product List

Cake Celebrations Bundle (English) [164875]	Birthday Celebration Bundle (English) [164599]	Wildflower Birthday 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [166620]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781]	Pretty In Pink A4 Cardstock [163794]	Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664]
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [163807]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555]	Heat Tool [129056]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges #139| Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to another Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week our challenge is a sketch challenge. I am always amazed at how many different card designs are created from one simple sketch. I love sketches and find them a great stepping stone towards card creativity.

I have chosen to use the designer series paper and Legendary Ride Bundle from the Ready to Ride Suite Collection. This suite is so cool. I am always looking for stamp sets for  boys or for big boys and their toys.  

For this card I have stamped the bike image and sentiment from the Legendary Ride stamp set, the background paper and paper strips are from the Ready to Ride Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Adhesive-Backed Studs are too in the suite. So easy.

Thank you for dropping by today I hope you are inspired by my projects. Do you feel like you would like to join the Inspire.Create Challenges?

 We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. (UK time).

Below are the products I have used for today's project.

 If you are an Australian resident and wish to purchase just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. 

Bye for now.  

 

Product List

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]

Ready To Ride Suite Collection (English) [160768]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]

Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]