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We Fall in Colours – October colour challenge

the front of a handmade card using a floral die cut with paper piecing

We Fall In Colours blog hop The colours for this month’s We Fall in Colours challenge are Shaded Spruce, Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake. I’ve used a set that is on the Last Chance list – the Fragrant Layers dies, using the top left die. I love being able to cut this in several colours […]

We Fall In Colours – September 2026 blog hop

Handmade card

We fall in Colours This month, the colours to use for our projects are Blackberry Bliss, Peaceful Pine and Hydrangea Hue.  I had just ordered the cute Joyful Friends stamp set, a Christmas stamp set full of Australian animals so decided I could use the Peaceful Pine for the gum leaves, and the Blackberry Bliss […]

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 […]

Let’s Craft Together Challenge – Black, White and Bright!

A fancy fold handmade card, with a black card base, red mats, and black and white floral paper

This month, the Let’s Craft Together team has a Black, White and Bright challenge, set by Nancy. One of my favourite colours to team with black and white is Real Red. I am involved in a tutorial group that creates a monthly Fancy Fold for subscribers. Last month, the instructions we got were for this […]

Ink and Inspiration May Colour Challenge

Handmade card featuring rich pink flowers and three butterflies

It’s time for another Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. This month we have a photo/colour challenge from Vickie. We can use the photo, the colours or both for our inspiration.   This card uses the Fragrant Layers stamp set. The outline has been stamped in black, then the flowers have been filled in with Berry […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ink & Inspiration March Challenge

Image of a handmade card, with pale pink roses, purple daisies and green leaves.

This month for our Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop, we have a colour and/or image challenge. You can use some, or all of the colours, or just use the photo as your inspiration. When I have a colour challenge, I often reach for the Layers of Beauty bundle, as it is so easy to use […]

Let’s craft together – February colour challenge

A handmade card with two red and black hearts slightly overlapping and the sentiment Hugs & Kisses

This month it was my turn to set the challenge for the Let’s Craft Together team. I decided rather than limiting the team to Valentine’s Day, to make the theme RED. They can also add black, white, silver and gold. My husband doesn’t like to celebrate Valentine’s Day – he thinks its way too commercialised. […]

Ink & Inspiration – colour challenge for January

Image of a handmade card with flowers on it that have been cut out and stuck onto the card piece by piece

Thank you for visiting me for the Ink & Inspiration blog hop for this month. The colour challenge is actually taken from a photo I took of a sunset at a lake my family has been going to for over 30 years. This one was taken over the Christmas/New Year break. To create my card, […]

Ink & Inspiration Colour challenge

It’s time for another Ink & Inspiration blog hop! This month we have an inspirational image and color challenge, you can use either part to create your project i.e: INK – use the color challenge to create a project unrelated to the image – {there are 6 colors for the color challenge – you may use […]

Pretty Florals colour challenge – Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop

Image of a handmade card, with a focal point of three flowers

Welcome to the Stamping Green! We have another colour challenge for this month’s Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. Here is the picture we were given for inspiration: I feel like I have cheated for this month’s challenge, as when I was looking through my Designer Series Papers (DSP), I found a sheet in the Splendid […]

Bright Colour Challenge using Mixed Florals

Welcome to the Stamping Green. Today, I am participating in the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop, with a Colour Challenge full of bright colours. This is the prompt we were given. I love these bright colours! While the photo mentions Summer Time, it’s still winter here in Australia so I’m looking forward to Spring – […]

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – July Colour Challenge

Handmade card with a floral feature

Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Sharni from Melbourne, Australia. This month, we have a colour challenge with a choice of two palettes from these prompts. I decided to use the first one, which has Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce, Flirty Flamingo, Blueberry Bushel.Pecan Pie and Early Espresso. I have […]

Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop – February challenge

Handmade card with coral and fish in bright colours

Welcome to February’s Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You may be starting at my blog or landed here after Tracy’s. Each month there is a new Ink & Inspiration challenge. This month we have an inspirational image and colour challenge. We can use either part to create our project. Here are our instructions. INK – […]