Thinking Stamping: Faux Torn Paper

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Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Nature's Symphony for Around The World on Wednesday

Welcome to the first hop of the year for Around the World on Wednesday. I hope you're all feeling rested, re-energised and ready to create!

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

This month, we're doing something a little different. It's five years since Around the World on Wednesday started up, so we're doing some close-up looks at the team. I was surprised to discover that this month, the team is going to CASE me! And since one of things I like to do is to blend inks and tear paper, Angie has also set the theme of Paper Tearing.

One of my favourite paper tearing techniques is the Faux Torn Paper technique. I've made a lot of cards using this, like this one or this or this. So, here I am, casing myself!

I'm particularly enjoying the Nature's Symphony bundle, out of the January-April 2026 Mini Catalogue. With the foliage stamps, along with texture stamps, it's perfect for this technique.

The starting point was to tear a piece of photocopy paper to make the mask. I attached the card front to my grid paper with a post-it note to hold it in place, then used others to hold the mask in place while I blended the inks: Lemon-Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green and a touch of Shaded Spruce at the outer edges. Blending Brushes make the job easy but it is very important the mask does not move, so hold it with your hand for extra support while you're blending at the torn paper edge,

With the mask still in place, I stamped in some foliage in Shaded Spruce and some wood texture in Granny Apple Green. I was keeping things simple, so left it at that. After removing the mask, I attached the card front to the Early Espresso card base.

I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso and cut it with one of the Textured Notes dies. To accent it, I cut some foliage from Nature's Symphony in Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce and tucked them uncer the popped up sentiment. The finishing touch was a trio of Faux Brass Pentagons.

This is such a lovely technique and not at all difficult, so I hope you'll give it a go sometime.

Next up on the hop is the lovely Leonie Stuart.

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.

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Here's a blog roll in case you get lost or want to revisit someone:

Jan Clothier - NZ - You are here

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Danielle Kassing - NL

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Textured Notes for Colour INKspiration 190

Welcome to the 190th challenge at Colour INKspiration. This challenge runs for nearly two weeks and will finish on Monday July 7, 7pm AEST.

This colour palette was chosen for us by Crew Member, Nikki Spencer. It's a warm, rustic, neutral palette just perfect for the winter season. Now the shortest day is behind us, we can start looking forward to warmer weather soon! 😀

If you haven't played with us before, we are a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from the South Pacific. Challenges are shown and entered via our Facebook Group page. If you don't belong, and would like to, click here. Don't forget to answer the three easy questions you'll be asked when you ask to join the group.

Each challenge, Top Picks and a winner are chosen by the crew and the winner offered a chance to Guest Design with us for a future challenge. We welcome Yvonne Spikmans Van-Bruggan as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Very Vanilla for Basic Beige. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and metallics are free colours, as are flesh-toned Stampin' Blends.

These colours just seemed perfect for one of my favourite sets of the moment, Textured Notes - especially when paired up with Elements of Text. Both of these items are Online Exclusives, so you need to go to the online store to see them. It's a section well worth checking out.

I used Cajun Craze for the card base, a matte of Basic Beige and then used the largest Textured Notes dies to cut a rectangle.

I used a favourite technique of mine, which is Faux Torn Paper. I ripped a piece of copy paper in half and used the halves as a mask on the white rectangle to create gap in the centre. I started by sponging some Basic Beige in the centre, using Blending Brushes, and started adding in some Crumb Cake towards each edge. Then I stamped some text in Basic Beige using one of the text stamps from Elements of Text. Then I stamped some leaves in Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake, using foliage stamps from Textured Notes. Finally, I added in some half strength Cajun Craze splatters using one of the splatter stamps from Elements of Text. Note - do this before removing the masks.

The scariest part was stamping the sentiment in Cajun Craze directly onto the card front. The final part was to add in a trio of Neutral Matte Dots.

You can see what the rest of the Design Team have done with these colours in the Crew Inspiration Album on the Colour INKspiration Challenge Facebook page.

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Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Seaside Wishes for Colour INKspiration 181

Welcome to the 181st challenge at Colour INKspiration. It's the second challenge of 2025 and will run for two weeks until Monday 24 February.

Today's colour palette was chosen for us by Crew Member Lou Kitzelman. Isn't it beautiful? So summery!

Each challenge, Top Picks and a winner are chosen by the crew and the winner offered a chance to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Misty Moonlight for Azure Afternoon. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

Since I'm currently on a beach holiday with the family, a set like Seaside Wishes was easy to reach for. I love both the stamped images and the die cuts. The hybrid embossing folder is part of the bundle, but I've not used it in this project.

I also turned to a favourite technique, faux torn paper: any excuse to play around with ink blending!

After creating my torn paper masks and attaching them to the Basic White card front, I sponged on Pool Party, Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon, using a blending brush and working out from the centre to each edge from lightest to darkest. Blending brushes make it easy to get smooth transitions of colour.

Then, without removing the masks, I stamped in large starfish using Azure afternoon, small starfish using Summer Splash and bubbles with Coastal Cabana.

The white lacy die cut was sponged with Azure Afternoon. The small die cut starfish is Summer Splash on Summer Splash. I added three Summer Splash shimmer gems and stamped the sentiment in Azure Afternoon.

We'd love to see what you do with the challenge colours. You can join the group in the following link, if you aren't already a member. Don't forget to answer the questions when you ask to join.

You can see what the rest of the Design Team have done with these colours in the Crew Inspiration Album on the Colour INKspiration Challenge Facebook page.

You can stamp with me, and shop with me, from anywhere in New Zealand. Click here.

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Faux Torn Paper Masking for Stampin' Fancy Friday

This month, the theme at Stampin' Fancy Friday is 'A Favourite Technique'.

We don't blog hop as such but the team at Stampin' Fancy Friday do a daily inspiration post on Instagram. The team at Stampin' Fancy Friday are all current or past members of Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Design Team, so it really is a great place to pick up ideas or recharge your creative mojo. Follow @stampinfancyfriday if you don't already. 😀

A favourite technique of mine is Faux Torn Paper masking. It's very easy to do and gives an interesting look. Simply tear a piece of photo copy paper or grid paper to use as a mask, blend over your chosen ink colours, stamp, remove the mask then carry on with whatever embellishments you like.

I used the Season of Chic bundle because I love the marine images and dies - and that wonderful net die makes everything look good! Season of Chic is retiring at the end of April, so look out for it in the Last Chance Sale.

The colours I've used are Pool Party, Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon.

If you're unsure of the technique, you can see a video of another card I made using the same technique here.

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Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Sea Turtle for CI#137

Welcome back for our second challenge for 2023. Now that summer holidays are over and school is back, our challenges will appear regularly on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.

And to celebrate summer, we have a vibrant palette for you, chosen by Crew Member, Lou Kitzelman.

Each challenge, Top Picks and a winner are chosen by the crew and the winner offered a chance to Guest Design with us for a future challenge. We welcome Rochelle Laird-Smith as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Melon Mambo for Polished Pink. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

So, where to take this colour combination? With some bright colours and a green, florals is always on the cards but instead, I've gone for an ocean theme.

I'm having a bit of a love affair with Sea Turtle at the moment. It's a sweet little set from the January-April 2023 Mini. If you're interested, you can see it at my online store here. Don't forget that Sale-a-Bration is running until the end of February, so you can earn a free gift with each $110 you spend.

These colours gave me a chance to get out one of my favourite techniques, Faux Torn Paper.

If you'd like to see how easy this is to do, you can watch me make this card in the tutorial below.

We'd love to have you join in the challenge with us. Visit the Colour INKspiration site to check out the album of Crew Cards for inspiration. You can also add your entry there. We all enjoy seeing what you do with our colour palettes, so join in!

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 on any of the products below.

Product List

Sea Turtle Photopolymer Stamp Set

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$45.00

Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English)

[160416]

$49.00

Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock

[159265]

$19.50

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

$19.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$21.75

Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad

[159214]

$17.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

$17.00

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

[155576]

$17.00

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]

$17.00

Stampin' Up! Masking Paper

[155480]

$14.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$26.25

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$12.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$9.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$23.25

Friday, 3 June 2022

Season of Chic for Bron's Birthday Bash 3

Welcome to the third of Bronwyn's Birthday Bash Blog Hops.

We're a group of stamping friends that are celebrating Bron's 60th Birthday in 2022 with six blog hops, over six months, with six fun themes!

Bronwyn Eastley of Addinktive Designs does the MOST amazing 3D creations and is one lovely lady. I was delighted to be invited to join Bronwyn's big birthday celebrations.

The theme for this month is 'Inky Blues' which makes me happy because I love 'inky' and I love 'blue'.

I think that the Texture Chic suite is rapidly becoming my favourite from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue. There's images for each season and the seashells are just right for summer.