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Touches of Ink – using the Butterfly Flight hot foil bundle

Welcome to another Touches of Ink blog hop. This month, I’ve made my card using the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil bundle – part of the new Stampin’ Hot Foil System. This bundle comes with hot foil dies, cutting dies and masks. I used the gold foil with the hot foil die on vellum, then flipped […]

Safari Smile card – July 2026 Let’s Craft Together

Thank you for visiting my blog for this month’s Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. This month, we have a Tic Tac Toe challenge set by Annette. I have highlighted the row I chose to use, then realised later that my card also fits the left column. I have used the Safari Smiles stamp set for […]

We fall in Colours – July hop

Handmade card showing a beach theme, with yellow sand at the top and a white and lime green beach umbrella top, and blue waves with white foam at the shore

Thanks for visiting my post for this month’s We fall in Colours blog hop. This month, the colours we can use are Lemon Lime Twist, Misty Moonlight and Daffodil Delight. I have used the Rolling Waves bundle to create my card. To give the card a more textured look, I have stamped the Daffodil Delight […]

Touches of Ink – Boutique Blossoms bundle

Welcome to The Stamping Green! Today I am joining the Touches of Ink blog hop for the first time. You can also find us on Instagram! This team runs a blog hop once a month, to feature a bundle of our choice. I have chosen to feature the Boutique Blossoms bundle. I usually prefer bright […]

Series 5 of our Chain Card Swap – following Dannii’s card

A landscape handmade card, with three strips of printed paper across the card, and a white mat with a die cut removed from the centre over this.

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops before, Tracy Held decided to organise a group of Australian Stampin’ Up! demonstrators for a fun card swap idea. Each member in the group creates an original card, then sends it on to the next person on their list. They then have to CASE (Copy […]

April Product of the Month – Eyelet Blooms die

Image of a handmade card which has two mats, split diagonally from top left to bottom right. The top right mat is white and has a stamped flowers and two leaves, the bottom left piece has been die cut using April's POM the eyelet blooms die

  The April Product of the Month is so pretty! When your order reaches $125 AUD (after using Stampin’ Rewards, and before shipping is added), you then qualify to purchase this die for just $9 more! Here’s a photo of the die to give you a better idea of what it looks like – hard […]

Chain Card Swap Series 5 – following Julia’s card

Floral handmade fun fold card

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops before, Tracy Held decided to organise a group of Australian Stampin’ Up! demonstrators for a fun card swap idea. Each member in the group creates an original card, then sends it on to the next person on their list. They then have to CASE (Copy […]

Chain Card Swap Series 5 – following Nancy’s card

Handmade card,mainly in green and brown, featuring three die cut cats

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops before, Tracy Held decided to organise a group of Australian Stampin’ Up! demonstrators for a fun card swap idea. Each member in the group creates an original card, then sends it on to the next person on their list. They then have to CASE (Copy […]

Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop – Animal Kingdom

Image of a landscape handmade card with a crumb cake base, dark green mat and lighter green striped paper. Three different die cut cats are placed on circles in a row across the card

This month, the challenge for the Let’s Craft together blog hop team is Animal Kingdom. While the only current set I have with animals is the Turtle-y Awesome bundle, I was lucky enough to be crafting with a friend last week who has the new Cutest Crew bundle, released this month in the Online Exclusives […]

Ink & Inspiration December Sketch challenge

A handmade card with a blue-green leafy printed paper background, and a white rectangle with a hot pink rose die cut

For the last blog hop of the year for the Ink & Inspiration team, we had a sketch challenge. This is the sketch we were given: I have kept my card very true to the sketch, using the rectangle and circle, although I have added an extra mat under my circle. I have used Pretty […]

Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Cindy’s card

A masculine handmade card featuring a hammer, shifter and paint brush on a peg board

Welcome to the sixth card in the fourth series of our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a team to create cards and swap them in a process like a chain letter. The first card in each sequence is an original idea. For this blog hop, it was Cindy’s turn […]

Creating a Christmas project from non-Christmas products

Image of a handmade Chrismtas card, with a red, gold and silver wreath and a red bow on top

  Welcome to the Stamping Green. This month’s Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop had the prompt “Use a non-Christmas product and make a Christmas project”, set by Tracy.  After looking through my stash, this caused me a little bit of stress as I struggled to decide what I could possibly do for this challenge. Then […]

Pretty Florals colour challenge – Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop

Image of a handmade card, with a focal point of three flowers

Welcome to the Stamping Green! We have another colour challenge for this month’s Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. Here is the picture we were given for inspiration: I feel like I have cheated for this month’s challenge, as when I was looking through my Designer Series Papers (DSP), I found a sheet in the Splendid […]

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – September Sketch Challenge

Photo of a handmade Christmas card featuring a stamped and die cut Santa image on a pale blue circle

Thank you for joining me for the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. This month we have a sketch challenge to create a card for. Here is the sketch we were given. I decided to create my card using the new Online Exclusive bundle – Festive Friends.  This set has some cute figures in it. I […]

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 […]