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 […]
We fall in colours – August 2026
Welcome to the Stamping Green and my post for this month’s We fall in colours blog hop. Usually I look at the colours and try to work out which stamp set to use, but this time, I’d been making a card for my Chain swap challenge using DSP, and my friend suggested I use the […]
Ink & Inspiration blog hop – July 2026 colour challenge
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 […]
Creating a Christmas project from non-Christmas products
Welcome to the Stamping Green. This month’s Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop had the prompt “Use a non-Christmas product and make a Christmas project”, set by Tracy. After looking through my stash, this caused me a little bit of stress as I struggled to decide what I could possibly do for this challenge. Then […]
Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop – Mother’s Day cards
Welcome to my post for the Let’s Craft Together Blog hop. This month’s challenge was to create something pretty for Mother’s Day. In Australia, Mother’s Day is in May so this is a timely challenge for us. My mother is a keen gardener so I always end up making her a card with flowers on […]
Series 2 card swap chain – following Tracy’s 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
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
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. […]