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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 […]

We fall in Colours – June colour challenge

We fall in Colours Blog Hop For this month’s We fall in Colours challenge, we were asked to use the colours Real Red, Timid Tiger and Crisp Cantaloupe to create our project. To create my card, I used Blending Brushes to add colour to a piece of Basic White card stock, starting with Crisp Cantaloupe […]

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 […]

Series 2 card swap chain – following Carolina’s card

Annette Welcome to the ninth 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

World Card Making Day – 1 Oct 2022

World Card Making Day 2022

Stampin’ Up! held a virtual event on Saturday 1 October, creating three cards. I opened my house to allow friends to come watch and create along with me. Lots of laughter, chatter – and brownies! The first card was made using the Cottage Rose bundle. We coloured the flower in using Dark and Light Flirty […]

Using Blending brushes with the Artistic Mix Decorative masks

Used two masks with blending brushes to create the background of this card

When I saw the new Artistic Mix Decorative masks in the new catalogue, I knew I had to order them. They are a great way to create backgrounds for your cards in the exact colours you want! I created this card by first using the more detailed mask. I used a blending brush to add […]