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Ink & Inspiration blog hop – August 2026 sketch challenge

Thanks for visiting my blog for the Ink & Inspiration blog hop. This month we have a sketch challenge. The papers used are from the Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper pack. The card base and the die cut are Peaceful Pine cardstock. The leaves die is from Nature’s Symphony, and the sentiment is from Elegant […]

Glow of Harvest DSP – August 2026 Product of the Month

A handmade puzzle slider card made with printed papers in brown, yellow and orange colours

The Glow of Harvest Speciality Designer Series Paper is the Product of the Month for August. It has a lovely subtle shimmer to it. I think it definitely has an autumnal feel to it – not quite right for those of us down in Australia heading into Spring! For my card, I decided to make […]

Safari Smile card – July 2026 Let’s Craft Together

Thank you for visiting my blog for this month’s Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. This month, we have a Tic Tac Toe challenge set by Annette. I have highlighted the row I chose to use, then realised later that my card also fits the left column. I have used the Safari Smiles stamp set for […]

Series 4 Chain Card Swap – following my card

A handmade card featuring a comical bee

Welcome to the third 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 my […]

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. […]

Cute as can Bee floating hexagon card

Handmade fun fold card with bright pink cardbase, flowers and bees on printed paper and a large stamped bee in the centre

Thank you for joining me for my first blog hop with a new group – the Fun/Fancy Folds team. I love making fun and fancy fold cards and most of my classes usually involve teaching these, so I was very happy to be invited to join this team. This is one of the cards that […]

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 – […]

Let’s Craft together – Mystery Challenge card

Hand made card with three strips of printed paper and a cup of coffee

Thank you for joining us for this month’s Let’s Craft Together blog hop. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators in Australia who have developed a strong friendship though our love of stamping and our admiration of each other’s style of crafting. Each month one of us sets a challenge that we use for […]