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Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Monique’s card

A handmade card with pink printed paper with small white flowers. Three yellow bees punched from cardstock are the feature

Welcome to the ninth card in the fourth series of our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a team 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 time for […]

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 […]

Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Genna’s card

Handmade card featuring three uneven layers with strong pink flowers and bright green foliage

Welcome to the eighth card in the fourth series of our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a team 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 time for […]

Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Ros’s card

Handmade baby card, with three onesies - pink, purple then pink

Welcome to the seventh card in the fourth series of our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a team 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 time for […]

Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Cindy’s card

A masculine handmade card featuring a hammer, shifter and paint brush on a peg board

Welcome to the sixth card in the fourth series of our Card Swap Chain. A group of Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators formed a team 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 Cindy’s turn […]

Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Danielle’s card

Handmade card with 6 panels

Welcome to the fifth 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 Dannii’s […]

Series 4 Card Chain Swap – following Carolina’s card

Handmade card

Welcome to the fourth 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 Carolina’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. […]

Creating backgrounds for cards

Photo of a handmade card with tulips

I’m joining a new group for my post today – the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop has the prompt for Backgrounds – any type of background. While I immediately thought of several I could use, I wanted to share this card which I use the Painted Stripes stamp on for the background. I have inked it […]

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 […]

Rustic card challenge – Let’s craft together blog hop

Welcome to the Let’s Craft Together blog hop featuring Australian Stampin’ Up! demonstrators who share crafting inspiration. Each month, a different demonstrator sets a challenge or theme, and other participants create projects based on it, showcasing a variety of styles and techniques. This month, the prompt is Rustic. As it’s not a style I tend to use, […]

Let’s Craft together March Blog Hop challenge

Handmade card with dark brown woodgrain background and flowers in a milk can

Thanks for dropping by for another Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. This month, we had a photo inspiration challenge. Here is the prompt we were given. Last week I was involved in another card challenge, to make a corner fold card, and decided this card would be perfect for this photo inspiration challenge as well. […]

Series 2 card swap chain – following Monique’s card

My handmade card with three vertical strips of hot pink printed paper and the sentiment birthday wishes stamped onto a rectangle shaped piece of card

Welcome to the third 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. […]