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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 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. […]

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. […]

Series 2 Card Swap Chain – following Ros’s card

Handmade card with navy blue printed paper , a white card stock circle and a pail with flowers in the pail

Welcome to the fifth 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. […]

Series 2 card swap chain – following Nancy’s card

Hand made card with hot pink, and blue-green colours, pink flower green leaves

Welcome to the fourth 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. […]

Series 2 Card swap chain – following Kayla’s card

Handmade card with a brick embossed background and a pot with a plant in it

Welcome to the second in a series of blog hops 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 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 […]

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 beginning with Carolina’s card

a koala juggling cup cakes

Welcome to the second in a series of Chain Card Swaps. 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 […]

Hot air balloon Make & Take card

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

At my recent Mini catalogue launch, attendees made two Make & Take cards using new products. One of the cards was this hot air balloon card, using the new Hot Air Balloon bundle. The background was created by die cutting a piece of white cardstock using a die from the Basic Borders Dies to create […]

Easy five-strip cards

Card made with five strips of coloured cardstock

I created a couple of these very easy cards, but I love how effective they are. I cut the strips of cardstock at 5mm wide, and the width of the card base (10.5cm for the portrait card), then adhered them with a slight gap between the strips. I used dies from the Stylish Shaped Dies […]

Reversing your embossing folder

Handmade card using the reverse side of the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder

I was using the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder on some cardstock recently. When I turned the cardstock over to add the adhesive, I really liked the softer effect the embossing folder gave. So then of course I had to create a card using that softer side! I’ve done the embossing on Pale Papaya cardstock. […]

Hues of Happiness birthday card

Handmade card made using Stampin' Up! products

This is the second of the shoebox swaps that were created by the other five women at my recent craft retreat. Janine created her card using a strip of the gorgeous Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper, matted on co-ordinating cardstock. The sentiment is from the Very Best Occasions stamp set in the Jul-Dec 2022 […]