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Series 2 card swap chain – following Tracy’s card

Hand made card. Navy blue base, with a paler blue embossed mat under three stamped blue flowers. Two lots of navy blue leaves diecut. Strip of white and Navy printed paper down right edge of card

Welcome to the seventh 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. […]

Tic Tac Toe challenge blog hop

Flying seagull card handmade - pink and green with a circle cut from the centre and flowers added

It’s time for another blog hop with the Let’s Craft Together group. This month, we were given a Tic Tac Toe challenge. At the moment, my favourite two colours are a couple of the new In Colours – Petunia Pop and Summer Splash. I’ve been using the stamps from Spotlight on Nature a lot as […]

Reversing your embossing folder

Handmade card using the reverse side of the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder

I was using the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder on some cardstock recently. When I turned the cardstock over to add the adhesive, I really liked the softer effect the embossing folder gave. So then of course I had to create a card using that softer side! I’ve done the embossing on Pale Papaya cardstock. […]