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Caseing the Catty #CTC343

Hello, thank you for joining me! The Caseing the Catty challenge this week is to CASE an animal card from either the annual or mini catalogue. I’m sharing a card caseing the birds from the Classic Cloche stamp set in the mini catalogue (page 22). I’m looking forward to sharing this card at my next […]

Crafty Collaborations Share it Sunday Blog Hop

Hello, thank you for visiting! I’m joining the Crafty Collaborations Share it Sunday monthly bloghop. This is a chance to share whatever you want and anything goes! It’s all about Christmas for me from here on in-lots of cards to make and send 🙂 This one from my class yesterday uses a black, white and […]

Blackberry Beauty-step up a mini catalogue project-#CTC337

Hello, thank you for visiting! This week I’m joining the Caseing the Catty Sunday Challenge to step up a project from the July – December 2021 Mini Catalogue. I’ve cased the card on page 44 of the mini catalogue that uses the same DSP and stepped it up by creating panels set out on an […]

Crafty Collaborations Autumn Bloghop

Hello, thank you for visiting! I’m joining a Crafty Collaborations bloghop with the theme of Autumn. I couldn’t go past the gorgeous Blackberry Beauty suite in the in the Stampin’Up mini catalogue. The designer series paper is stunning with gold accents on every sheet featuring owls, plants, leaves and a bird (my guess is a […]

Crafty Collaborations Technique Tuesday Bloghop

Hello, thank you for visiting! I’m joining a Crafty Collaborations Technique Tuesday bloghop. The challenge is to showcase scoring techniques and the perfect opportunity to get out my score board which I tend to use for making boxes rather than cards so some thought was required! I’ve created a squared effect by scoring at half […]

Crafty Collaborations Watercolour Pencils Bloghop

Hello, thank you for visiting! I’m joining a Crafty Collaborations bloghop for the first time. The challenge is to showcase the watercolour pencils. I’ve had mine for a while and love using them-they last a long time! I did use a new technique on this card that made blending on standard white cardstock easy-Wink of […]

Just Add ‘N’ for Just Add Ink -Challenge #569

Hello, thank you for visiting! This week I’m joining the Just Add Ink challenge to Just Add “N”. It’s Father’s Day in Australia next Sunday and the “N” in this card is “Nature” I’ve kept the layout naive (another “N”!) to create a simple and quick card to put together. The design features two die […]

Give it a Whirl for Just Add Ink -Challenge #567

Hello, thank you for visiting! This week I’m joining the Just Add Ink challenge and chosen the colours in the picture to inspire this card which uses the Give it a Whirl die set from Stampin’ Up. I won’t lie, there are quite a few steps involved in creating this card but a fun way […]

Paper Adventures Team Hop-Colour Challenge

Hello and welcome to this month’s highly selective team hop! You may have joined me from our Guest Designer Vicki or started here. Enjoy hopping round the posts. A special welcome to Vicki Boucher joining us this month 🙂 This month we are showing some love to colours we haven’t used much lately. Following a […]

Just Add Ink -Shaker Challenge #561

Hello, thank you for visiting! This week I’m joining Just Add Ink for the challenge of “Just Add A Shaker”. It’s been a long time since I last made a shaker card, so challenge accepted! Using a base of Pale Papaya, strips of the Artistically Inked DSP and the Back on Your Feet stamp set […]

Colour INKspiration #101

Hello, thank you for visiting! This week I’m joining in with the Colour INKspiration challenge. Check out this gorgeous photo and the beautiful colours-I couldn’t go past this one! Three of the colours are from the 2021-2023 incolors from Stampin’Up, Evening Evergreen, Pale Papaya, & Fresh Freesia. Check out Jan Clothier’s take on the challenge-Jan […]

Social Stamping-Subtles

Welcome to the Social Stamping blog hop for May on this stormy weekend with a colour theme-using the Subtles range. Thank you Kelly for organising the blog hop-I always look forward to the opportunity to connect with demonstrators across Australia and New Zealand. A big shout out to our friends in Victoria at the start […]

Paper Adventures Team Hop-In with the new…

Hello and welcome to this month’s team hop. You may have joined me from my friend Shannon or started here. Enjoy hopping round all of the posts. A special welcome to Narelle Farrugia joining us as our guest designer this month 🙂 This month we are celebrating the new with the start of the 2021-2022 […]

Better Places …

Today I’m using one of the new host stamps in the just released Stampin’Up annual catalogue called Better Places. I loved this one as soon as I saw it. I think it has a real Art Deco feel about it. I ordered this set as a demo in the pre-order period and now it is […]

Just Add Ink -photo inspiration #552

Hello, thank you for visiting! This week I’m joining Just Add Ink for the inspiration challenge with this beautiful photo. The inspiration for my cards in the photo is the door with this design cased from my upline and friend Kelly Kent. These cards use the new colour range from Stampin’Up, the 2021-2023 incolors, Evening […]

Social Stamping-Neutrals

Welcome to the Social Stamping blog hop for April with a colour theme and the challenge to use colours in the neutrals range. Thank you Kelly for organising the blog hop-I always look forward to the opportunity to connect with demonstrators across Australia and New Zealand. The snap lockdown we are in at the moment […]