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Ink & Inspiration blog hop – July 2026 colour challenge

Handmade card with a focal point of a blue vase with red tuplips and green leaves, on a fancy die cut, layered onto an embossed mat of Real Red, then on a black card base

Welcome to the Stamping Green for my post in the Ink and Inspiration blog hop. This month, we have a colour challenge, using a photo that one of my friends took. I ended up making two cards for this challenge, because I just wasn’t happy with the first card I made. It had all the […]

Touches of Ink – Boutique Blossoms bundle

Welcome to The Stamping Green! Today I am joining the Touches of Ink blog hop for the first time. You can also find us on Instagram! This team runs a blog hop once a month, to feature a bundle of our choice. I have chosen to feature the Boutique Blossoms bundle. I usually prefer bright […]

Series 5 of our Chain Card Swap – following my card

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops 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 […]

April 2026 Fun/Fancy fold card

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy Fold card blog hop! Last month I went to the Stampin’ Up! convention, OnStage, in Sydney. I was part of an organised fun fold swap and got this cute card from Frances Searle. She got the instructions from Carey’s Creative Table. I loved it so much I had to make […]

Series 5 of our Chain Card Swap – following Dannii’s card

A landscape handmade card, with three strips of printed paper across the card, and a white mat with a die cut removed from the centre over this.

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops 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 […]

Chain Card Swap Series 5 – following Julia’s card

Floral handmade fun fold card

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops 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 […]

Chain Card Swap Series 5 – following Nancy’s card

Handmade card,mainly in green and brown, featuring three die cut cats

If you haven’t seen our chain card swap blog hops 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 […]

Chain Card Swap Series 5 – following Tracy’s card

Image of a handmade book fold card, featuring a cartoon turtle playing a piano accordion

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 […]

March 2026 Fun/Fancy fold blog hop

Image of a fancy fold handmade card featuring pink flowers

It’s time for another Fun/Fancy fold blog hop. This month I found a card I hadn’t seen before, created by Lisa Curcio. She has called it a Pivot and Flip Panel card. You can see her various versions plus download the measurements and watch her video here. I have adapted it from her Imperial measurements […]

February Product of the Month – Painted Illusions DSP

A handmade card with two large squares of printed paper diagonally opposite each other and two strips of a floral printed paper next to these

Welcome to the February blog hop for the Stampin’ Up! Product of the Month – Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper. This craft paper features soft watercolour gradients in pink, green, blue, teal, and yellow, with white patterns that flow over the background. Colours included are Darling Duckling, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Misty […]

Ink & Inspiration December Sketch challenge

A handmade card with a blue-green leafy printed paper background, and a white rectangle with a hot pink rose die cut

For the last blog hop of the year for the Ink & Inspiration team, we had a sketch challenge. This is the sketch we were given: I have kept my card very true to the sketch, using the rectangle and circle, although I have added an extra mat under my circle. I have used Pretty […]

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 Julia’s card

Welcome to the first 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 Julia’s […]

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 […]

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. […]