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Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – July 2024

Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Sharni Green from Melbourne, Australia. This is the prompt we were given for this month’s challenge. We could use either the colours (any or all) or the photo, or both as inspiration for our cards. I used Calypso Coral and Old Olive from […]

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, […]

July 2024 Let’s Craft together blog hop

Handmade card with three vertical strips of printed paper, and a dark grey circle with an image of an old plane on it

Thank you for joining us for this month’s Let’s Craft Together blog hop. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators in Australia who have developed a strong friendship though our love of stamping and our admiration of each other’s style of crafting. Each month one of us sets a challenge that we use for […]

Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop – June 2024

Hand made card in pink hues

Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Sharni Green from Melbourne, Australia. Each month there is a new Inspirational challenge. This month we have a sketch challenge. This is the first time I have joined this blog hop so I hope you like my cards. This is the sketch we […]

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 […]

Rustic card challenge

a handmade card with a brown and white wooden looking background., A wooden stool has a pail with flower in it

Today I’m joining in a fun blog hop, with a group of Australian Stampin’ Up! demonstrators, for the first time. The challenge for this month was Rustic, set by Mandy. My style is normally more brighter, structured cards so creating a ‘rustic’ card was quite a challenge for me. I used more subtle colours for […]

Chain card swap – Bonus round

Handmade card featuring a hot air balloon

At the beginning of October, Tracy Held started a fun journey with 10 other Australian demonstrators. We called it a “Chain Card Swap” (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). Each of us designed a card (Round 1) and sent it off to one of the other participants. That person CASEd (Copy And Selectively Edit) […]

Chain card swap following Tracy’s card

Handmade twisted gatefold card in yellow and green featuring a cartoon bee image

Welcome to the last in a series of eleven blog hops for our Chain Card Swap. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group late last year 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 […]

Chain card swap following MY card

Handmade card - landscape.

Welcome to the tenth in a series of blog hops for our Chain Card Swap. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group late last year 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 […]

Chain Card swap following Nancy’s card

Handmade card featuring a red, yellow and blue hot air balloon in the sky with white clouds

Welcome to the ninth in a series of blog hops for our Chain Card Swap. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group late last year 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 […]

Chain Card Swap following Monique’s card

Handmade card featuring a coffee press and cup, in brown tones

  Welcome to the eighth in a series of blog hops for our Chain Card Swap. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group late last year 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 […]

Chain Card Swap following Michele’s card

Handmade card with blue patterned paper and images of blue flowers

  Welcome to the seventh in a series of blog hops for our Chain Card Swap. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a group late last year 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 […]

Chain card swap following Maheswari’s card

Handmade card in blue with flower in centre

Welcome to the sixth in a series of Chain Card Swaps blog hops. At the beginning of October, Tracy Held started a fun journey with 10 other Australian demonstrators. We called it a “Chain Card Swap” (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). Each of us designed a card (Round 1) and sent it off […]

Chain card swap following Kayla’s card

Welcome to the fifth in a series of Chain Card Swaps blog hops. At the beginning of October, Tracy Held started a fun journey with 10 other Australian demonstrators. We called it a “Chain Card Swap” (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). Each of us designed a card (Round 1) and sent it off […]

Chain card swap beginning with Genna’s card

Hand made card featuring a cute bee image with flowers and hearts

Welcome to the fourth in a series of Chain Card Swaps blog hops. At the beginning of October, Tracy Held started a fun journey with 10 other Australian demonstrators. We called it a “Chain Card Swap” (although I’ve called it Chinese Whispers cards). Each of us designed a card (Round 1) and sent it off […]