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Background techniques for the Let’s Craft Together team

Front of a handmade card. The mat has been stamped multiple times with a flower image in the same colour, them a flower ribbon and leaves added

This month, the Let’s Craft Together team has a background challenge. The instructions were – show us how you make the background of your cards more interesting. You can use anything you like – embossing, tone-on-tone stamping, scoring, splatter, smooshing, weaving strips or surprise us with a new idea! This card has been made by stamping […]

We fall in colours – May

Handmade card featuring die cut white and yellow flowers, with dark green leaves on an leafy embossed paler green mat

This month, the We Fall in Colours team is featuring one of the new In Colors – Golden Glow, teaming it up with Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon, which are lovely shades of green/blue. To make this card, emboss a mat of Lost Lagoon with the Paradise Garden Hybrid Embossing folder. Adhere this to your […]

Series 5 of our Chain Card Swap – following my 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 […]

Ink & Inspiration April 2026 sketch challenge

  This month, for the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop team, we have a sketch challenge. This is one of the sketches from a Stampin’ Up! catalogue last year. To recreate my card, you will need a card base and mats of Strawberry Slush, and a mat of Night of Navy. The paper I have […]

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 […]

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 […]

Series 5 of our Chain card swap – following Genna’s card

Front of a handmade card, with stamped images of penguins in a row across a landscape 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 Cheryl’s card

Handmade triple Z-fold card in pink

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 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 […]

Chain Card Swap series 5 – following Carolina’s card

Front of a handmade birthday card featuring two balloons.

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 […]

We fall in Colours – April challenge

Handmade card, with a bunch of three roses in a frame

I’ve been invited to join a new blog hop, called We fall in Colours. We have been given the following colours to use for our project this month. Grey Granite      Granny Apple Green       Calypso Coral As soon as I saw the colours, I knew I wanted to use the Gallery Blooms […]

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 […]

Chain Card Swap Series Five – following Monique’s card

Handmade card with four panels of printed paper, two of each design. Focal point has a square with a flower on it.

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 […]