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April 2026 Fun/Fancy fold card

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy Fold card blog hop! Last month I went to the Stampin’ Up! convention, OnStage, in Sydney. I was part of an organised fun fold swap and got this cute card from Frances Searle. She got the instructions from Carey’s Creative Table. I loved it so much I had to make […]

Chain Card Swap Series 5 – following Tracy’s card

Image of a handmade book fold card, featuring a cartoon turtle playing a piano accordion

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blogs 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 And […]

March 2026 Fun/Fancy fold blog hop

Image of a fancy fold handmade card featuring pink flowers

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy fold blog hop. This month I found a card I hadn’t seen before, created by Lisa Curcio. She has called it a Pivot and Flip Panel card. You can see her various versions plus download the measurements and watch her video here. I have adapted it from her Imperial measurements […]

February Fun/Fancy fold blog hop using Capturing Smiles bundle

Image of the front of a handmade card with green, blue and yellow curved striped paper, with a title Life's Everyday moments

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy fold card! This month I’m showing you an upcoming Online Exclusive bundle, which is being released next month. It’s called Capturing Smiles and is perfect for crafting for photographers, either for a card, or for a scrapbook layout. I knew when I saw it that I wanted to make an […]

Shadowbox fun fold card using Fragrant Layers

Image of a handmade shadowbox card, with a pale yellow front and a Blackberry Bliss floral image inside the box

Welcome to another Fun/Fancy Fold Blog Hop. This month, I have created a Shadowbox card, after seeing one done on YouTube. Of course, it was in Imperial so I had to convert it to metric for my Australian sized envelopes. I have used the Fragrant Layers bundle, an Online Exclusive released this month. I’ve stamped […]

December fun/fancy fold blog hop – puzzle slider card

handmade card with three staggered panels that lock into place with three matching panels on the right of the card

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy fold Blog Hop. This month I am showing you a puzzle slider card I created for a tutorial group I am in. I have used one of the papers from the Beautiful Gallery 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack. This style of card works really well with an […]

November Fun/Fancy Fold blog hop – using Traditions of Christmas DSP

a handmade floating panel card

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy fold card blog hop! This time, I’ve showcased the gorgeous Traditions of Christmas DSP. I got the idea for this card after seeing a Facebook reel by Scrap with Steph – La Page. Her card was quite wide so I decided to adapt the measurements to create a narrower card […]

Series Card Chain Swap – following Mandy’s card

Handmade Z-fold card - standing

Welcome to the second blog hop in our fourth 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. The first card in each sequence is an original idea. For this blog hop, it was Mandy’s […]

Series 4 Card Chain swap following Julia’s card

Welcome to the first blog hop in our fourth 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. The first card in each sequence is an original idea. For this blog hop, it was Julia’s […]

Stepped triple Z-fold card

An image of a handmade card in pale pink and pale purple, with three z-fold pieces,

Welcome to my post in the Fun/Fancy Fold Blog Hop for October. I have created a Z-fold card with a difference – I’ve made it a triple! The card base and front sections were easy to work out, the middle section took me a bit longer but I’m really happy with how it turned out. […]

Christmas themed hexagon floating panel card

Hexagonal floating panel card featuring a red Christmas bauble

Thank you for visiting my blog for today’s Fun/Fancy Fold Blog Hop. I’ve done another Hexagon Floating Panel card, this time using Christmas products. I created this card to teach in a class next month at our local papercraft show, Picture to Page Sandown. I have used the Traditional Christmas Wreath embossing folder for the […]

Angled gatefold card using Floral Impressions DSP

An angled handmade gatefold card with floral printed papers

Thank you for visiting me at The Stamping Green to join in the Fun/Fancy Folds Blog Hop. I love making fun fold or fancy fold cards and also teaching others how to make them! For this  month’s blog hop, I have made an angled gatefold card, using the Floral Impressions DSP. Once again, I saw […]

Cute as can Bee floating hexagon card

Handmade fun fold card with bright pink cardbase, flowers and bees on printed paper and a large stamped bee in the centre

Thank you for joining me for my first blog hop with a new group – the Fun/Fancy Folds team. I love making fun and fancy fold cards and most of my classes usually involve teaching these, so I was very happy to be invited to join this team. This is one of the cards that […]

Lily Pond Lane Puzzle Slider card

Handmade card made using paper featuring ducks on a pond

Recently I’ve been seeing a few of the puzzle slider cards (created by Susan Campfield – click here for the link to her blog post) but they’ve always been either two or four sections slotting together. I’ve always heard that to make things look appealing artistically, you should do things with odd numbers. For example, […]

Tic Tac Toe challenge blog hop

Flying seagull card handmade - pink and green with a circle cut from the centre and flowers added

It’s time for another blog hop with the Let’s Craft Together group. This month, we were given a Tic Tac Toe challenge. At the moment, my favourite two colours are a couple of the new In Colours – Petunia Pop and Summer Splash. I’ve been using the stamps from Spotlight on Nature a lot as […]