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Be Inspired Blog Hop – July

29 July 2026
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29 Jul

Hello lovely Crafty friends,

Today’s post is for the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. Every month we have a different theme, this month’s theme is whats the layout which works all the time!

This month’s theme is Creating Backgrounds, and I decided to create a fun mixed media style background.
For this card, I wanted to keep the design fun and interesting while letting the main elements shine. I spent some time playing around with the colours and layers until everything came together the way I imagined. Sometimes cards come together quickly, and other times they need a bit of tweaking along the way, but that’s all part of the creative process!
Here is my project!

I used Balmy Blue as Base card followed with the colours Balmy Blue and watercoloured backgrounds.

COLOUR PALETTE

Balmy Blue
Balmy Blue
Misty Moonlight
Misty Moonlight
Basic Black
Basic Black
Crisp Cantaloupe
Crisp Cantaloupe
Granny Apple Green
Granny Apple Green

Decorate the inside of the card using scrap pieces or pre die cut pieces, I used the Paper Pumpkin card kits Hooray For Birthdays kit!

Product Used


Check out all the Design Team member’s projects below for more inspiration. Next on Hop will be

Andrea Sargent
Angela Meiritz-Reid
Annette Ball
Annette Elias
Brian King
Emma Goddard
Lynn Cheesmur
Maheswari Rajaguru (You are here)
Melanie Hockin

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Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [ 147007 ]
147007
$25.00
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [ 153086 ]
153086
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Basic Black A4 Card Stock [ 121688 ]
121688
$25.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [ 166781 ]
166781
$25.00
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [ 149612 ]
149612
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Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill [ 150090 ]
150090
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Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [ 147163 ]
147163
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Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 164862 ]
164862
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Water Painters [ 168253 ]
168253
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Basic Black Hybrid Stampin' Pad [ 166648 ]
166648
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Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill [ 101780 ]
101780
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Linen Thread [ 104199 ]
104199
$8.75
Gilded Wings Accents [ 169953 ]
169953
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Extraordinary Life Bundle (English) [ 167719 ]
167719
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Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
141897
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Shimmery White Embossing Paste [ 145645 ]
145645
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Water & Dotted Lines 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Decorative Masks [ 167760 ]
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Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
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Rhinestone Basic Jewels [ 144220 ]
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  1. Brian King says

    30 July 2026 at 11:47 am

    A total stunner! I love your style and what you’ve done with these products to build such an incredible background.

    Reply
    • Maheswari Rajaguru says

      31 July 2026 at 11:11 am

      Thank you so much Brian for your kind words!:)

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