Thinking Stamping: Baby Wipe technique

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Friday, 27 February 2026

Friendly Foliage for As You See It 367

Well, you either love it or hate it but it's SPEED CHALLENGE this week at As You See It. Every sixth challenge is one of these and if you've never played one before, they're interesting. All you have to do is create a project that uses the theme and complete it in UNDER TEN MINUTES. This time, the theme is PURPLE.

You'll be pleased to hear that set up and clean up are not included in your ten minutes. The rules are simple. There are things you can do before the clock starts:

You can plan out what you're going to make
You can get out your equipment and have it set up to go. For instance you can get out your stamp set and block the stamps you intend to use. Your inkpads can be on the table as can things like embossing folders, dies or embellishments.

BUT

once you cut anything, ink anything or emboss/die cut anything then the timer is on.

I had my babywipes and ink bottles to hand and quickly made a temporary ink pad using Gorgeous Grape, Petunia Pop and Fresh Freesia ink. I stamped the image from Friendly Foliage, making sure to be across all the different purples on the baby wipe.

Then I die cut it out.

Then I embossed the card front with the Beautiful Patterns folder and adhered it to my Gorgeous Grape card base. Then I centred the die cut foliage and adhered it to the card front.

Next I stamped a sentiment in Gorgeous Grape, cut it using a banner from Stylish Shapes and popped it up on dimensionals over the foliage die cut.

The finishing touch was the addition of a trio of Purple Gems.

The Basic White inner got a quick foliage stamp before I attached it to the inside.

With racing heart, I stopped the timer....

Anyone who says stamping isn't an adrenaline sport has obviously never done a speed challenge! What will you do?

Visit the As You See It page to link up your entry and to see the rest of the team's inspirations.

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Sunday, 10 August 2025

Textured Notes for Paper Players 750

Welcome to a new week at The Paper Players. I enjoyed seeing the many ways people interpreted Stef's 'By the Water' theme last week. I'm glad I wasn't choosing headliner! Thank you for all the wonderful entries.

This week, Claire is our hostess and she has a bright colour challenge for us.

The colours seemed quite autumnal to me, so I reached for Textured Notes - specifically the lovely foliage stamp.

I went for an old, tried-and-true technique for this one: Baby Wipe. I got out a wet wipe, folded it in half and put it on a large acrylic block. Using re-inkers, I dotted some Blackberry Bliss, Cherry Cobbler and Pumpkin Pie ink on it and let the drops run into each other. Then I used this as my temporary inkpad to stamp randomly over a piece of Basic White card. I love the variegated effect achieved with this technique!

After cutting the panel to size, I added some Old Olive around the edges with a blending brush.

The sentiment, from Textured Notes, was inked in Blackberry Bliss and cut with a die from Nested Essentials. The border is Old Olive and the card base is Blackberry Bliss.

The finishing touch was a trio of deep Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.

What will you do with these colours? You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry on The Paper Players page.

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:

Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Anne Marie Hile (on leave)

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier - You are here

Stef Perry

Eliz Stewart

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Friday, 8 November 2019

Rooted in Nature for AYSI 213 - Design Team Card

I think sketch challenges are my favourites and this week, it's sketch week at As You See It Challenge.

I'll admit that I really like a nice open sketch so at first, I wasn't taken with this one. It looked a bit complex but in the end, it did what a good challenge should do - it made me think!

I put the sentiment into the smallest circle, cut with a lovely die from Stitched Labels. For the second circle, I used the wood slice from Rooted in Nature (one of my all-time favourite sets). Then I created the largest circle using stamped leaves from the same set.

For the background panels, I chose to use contrasting textures: Pinewood Plank and Layered Leaves.

The button was pure serendipity. I found it in the button box I inherited from Mum's place years ago.

You can see how the rest of the team saw this sketch, and you can link up your entry, here.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set

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Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set

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Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

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Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Nature's Roots Dies

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Stitched Labels Dies

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Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

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Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Linen Thread

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Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder

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Layered Leaves 3D Embossing Folder

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Stamping Sponges

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Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Colour INKspiration 66 - Crew Card

This time, at Colour INKspiration, we're giving you some choices. You don't have to use all the colours in the inspiration photo. You can if you want to but we ask you to choose at least three.

You can choose from Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana, Poppy Parade, Pineapple Punch, Mint Macaron and Lovely Lipstick.

If you haven't played with us before, we're a group of Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up Demonstrators. You can play with us by joining in our Facebook group here which will let you play along, comment and vote for your favourite from the top 5 selected by the crew.

In addition to the challenge colours, you can freely use Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, metallics and skin-tone blends. If you don't have the exact challenge colours, you can substitute with your nearest-to colours.

The colours I picked were Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana and Lovely Lipstick. I also picked one of my favourite sets, Rooted in Nature, to work with.

I've kept things quick and simple this time around. I created my own inkpad using re-inkers and a baby wipe to stamp the leaves and added the sentiment.

Then I cut the panel to size using the largest Stitched Rectangle die and layered it up on a Thick White card base. I chose an off-centre layout to create the L-shape that draws attention to the sentiment corner.

The variegated ink is so pretty the card needs little else.

When I use this baby wipe technique, I like to use up as much of the ink as I can. After creating a second card, which I mounted up a little differently, I still had ink left. I always keep some scored 3x3 cards on hand for just such times. I got some out and stamped up some mini-thank you cards which can also double as tags on a gift. The 'thanks' on these comes from A Big Thank You.

You have three weeks to join us in this colour challenge.

Next up on the hop is Tanya Bell.

Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Retro Rubber 119 - Design Team Card

Welcome to the latest challenge at Retro Rubber, the site that gives you a reason to get out your old favourites. This week, we have a colour challenge for you. In New Zealand, we're heading into Spring but these autumnal colours are lovely any time of the year to me.

As always with Retro Rubber, the rules are simple. Use at least one stamp that's a year or more old, give us the approximate age of it, and don't link up to more than ten challenges.

The graphic put me in mind of one of my favourite sets from the 2017-18 Annual Catalogue, Colourful Seasons. I took the solid leaf stamp from it and stamped it onto watercolour paper. Then I wet the paper to get the ink moving a little bit which has given the images a soft, watercoloured look.