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Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop – Mother’s Day cards

Handmade card in white and yellow. Octagon cut out from white may, with a sprig of yellow flowers and green leaves

Welcome to my post for the Let’s Craft Together Blog hop. This month’s challenge was to create something pretty for Mother’s Day. In Australia, Mother’s Day is in May so this is a timely challenge for us. My mother is a keen gardener so I always end up making her a card with flowers on […]

Ink & Inspiration March Blog hop – sketch challenge

Handmade card in hot pink with two squares of printed paper and a diamond square with a cake stamped on it

Thank you for visiting my blog for this month’s Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. This month, we were given a sketch challenge, which are always lots of fun. This is the sketch we were given   As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to use Designer Series Paper for the two smaller […]

Let’s Craft together March Blog Hop challenge

Handmade card with dark brown woodgrain background and flowers in a milk can

Thanks for dropping by for another Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. This month, we had a photo inspiration challenge. Here is the prompt we were given. Last week I was involved in another card challenge, to make a corner fold card, and decided this card would be perfect for this photo inspiration challenge as well. […]

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – February challenge

Handmade card with coral and fish in bright colours

Welcome to February’s Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You may be starting at my blog or landed here after Tracy’s. Each month there is a new Ink & Inspiration challenge. This month we have an inspirational image and colour challenge. We can use either part to create our project. Here are our instructions. INK – […]

Lets craft together February sketch challenge

Handmade card with yellow flowery paper and three images - sun. bee, flower

  The Let’s Craft Together challenge for February was to use one of the sketches provided on page 12 of the Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue. Using sketches is a great way to find a layout that you can use many times and still get very different results. Changing the papers, the images, the colours and […]

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – Jan colour inspiration

This month for the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop, we have a colour challenge. This is actually a photo that I took while holidaying in South Korea in November last year! It was taken in the Suncheon Bay Garden and I took it because I loved the colours of the flower. So when I was […]

Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop – Jan 2025

Green and white card featuring a heart made from vines

It’s time for another Let’s Craft together blog hop. This month, our theme is Love is in the Air, in preparation for Valentine’s Day next month. If you are looking for a card design to make for that special someone, I hope you can get some inspiration from the blog hop.   I have used […]

Ink & Inspiration December Blog Hop – Sketch challenge

Handmade card with a cartoon pug dog wearing a party hat, a cake with pink icing and lots of candles

Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Sharni Green from Australia. This month, our challenge is based on this sketch:   I am giving you a sneak peek at a new stamp set being released in the Jan-Apr 2025 Mini catalogue, called One More Year. Because I didn’t want the […]

Ink & Inspiration November colour challenge

Handmade card with a cartoon fox holding an umbrella crossing a bridge

    Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Sharni Green from Australia. This month, our challenge is based on this photo. We can use the image as a prompt, the colours, or both, to create our project. I wanted to copy the layout, with an image higher on the […]

Series 2 card swap chain – following Cheryl’s card

Photo of a handmade card with pink printed paper and a feature of flowers and leaves

Welcome to the tenth and final blog hop in our second series for our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group to create cards and swap them in a process like a chain letter (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). The first card in each sequence is an […]

Let’s Craft together blog hop – October

Handmade card in pinks

This month’s Let’s Craft Together challenge is a sketch challenge, set by Maheswari. This is the image we were given: I decided to keep the floral theme but change my colours to pinks. I’ve used the Regal Flora stamp set. I stamped the flowers using Berry Burst ink, and the leaves in Shaded Spruce. The […]

Series 2 card swap chain – following Carolina’s card

Annette Welcome to the ninth blog hop in our second series for our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group to create cards and swap them in a process like a chain letter (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). The first card in each sequence is an original […]

Series 2 card chain swap – following Annette’s card

Multi coloured hand made card with images of flowers

Welcome to the eighth blog hop in our second series for our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group to create cards and swap them in a process like a chain letter (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). The first card in each sequence is an original idea. […]

Ink & Inspiration September Blog Hop – Sketch Challenge

Handmade card in browns featuring a green coffee mug

Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop for September. You are currently visiting Sharni Green from Melbourne, Australia. This month, we had a Sketch challenge. This is the prompt we were given: I decided to use the Online Exclusive A Little Latte suite again (yes, I love my coffee). Because the two papers from […]

Series 2 card swap chain – following Tracy’s card

Hand made card. Navy blue base, with a paler blue embossed mat under three stamped blue flowers. Two lots of navy blue leaves diecut. Strip of white and Navy printed paper down right edge of card

Welcome to the seventh blog hop in our second series for our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group to create cards and swap them in a process like a chain letter (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). The first card in each sequence is an original idea. […]