Social Stamping blog hop with Rainbows!

Hello and Welcome to another fun blog hop to celebrate Social Stamping.

If you click on the above graphic you will see the complete list of everyone involved in our hop.

The theme this week is Rainbow!!  

I've made a rainbow of tulips featuring the lovely Timeless Tulips bundle which includes the awesome Tulip punch!!  

I literally went back to school in my mind with the mnemonic for the colours of the rainbow - ROYGBIV - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. I've created a large flower in most of the colours, and used the green for the foliage and stalks under the flowers.   

Once I stamped the background and sponged the top and bottom for some extra interest, I then used the ever useful Subtle embossing folder to create an 'artistic' look for the card.  

Inside the card continues the same themes of colours and sponging.  

Up next is the lovely Lauren and her 'rainbow' project!!   I hope you're super inspired by the fun had on this blog hop - make sure to keep hopping all the way around to see everything rainbow!!

And if you would like to see the Blog Host who is the marvelous Kelly Kent, click on the above graphic to head to her blog!!  

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Colour INKspiration #75

Hello and Welcome to this wonderful colour challenge for Colour INKspiration challenges!!

The colours this time are amazing!!  AND a huge challenge for me because they are sooo bright!!  They are:  Daffodil Delight, Call Me Clover, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo and Mango Melody.  My favourite of these is Mango Melody (and I'm not really a fan of Melon Mambo or Gorgeous Grape - yes I know, very weird, so they have the smallest amount of colour!!)

I've used a lovely stamp set that works with a kit, called For the Love of Felt.  This is a really lovely stamp set and I really love the sentiment on the front - I'm sending a few of these cards to people while we are in isolation just to say 'hi'.  

The layers of card underneath the main stamped image are very similar to the inspiration picture!  

The inside of the card is very similar to the front but much simpler.  

I hope you've enjoyed these gorgeous colours!! Now I challenge YOU to have a go creating with these colours and then add your picture to our facebook challenge page here!!

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

And another Easter Card for CTC#266

Hello and Welcome to another Sunday Night Blog Hop and Challenge CASEING the CATTY.

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit, and we love to CASE from our Stampin' Up! catalogues.  

This week, the challenge is to create an Easter Card featuring this layout below!!  

My card this week is similar to last week - same stamp set and same layout (of course) but different techniques and colours.  

The stamp set is Hold Onto Hope which coordinate with the Crosses of Hope dies which have a few lovely crosses which are just lovely.  

The gold oval frame is actually  left over from another project!!  They were sitting on my desk waiting for a project to use them!!! 

This is a recessed panel card - the central panel was embossed with the Coastal Weave embossing folder and then I've sponged it with So Saffron and spritzed using some Champagne Mist to continue the gold theme.  

The cross was made using 2 of the Crosses of Hope dies and then I've recessed the smaller cross inside the large one.  When the inside cross was cut I then used it on the inside of the card near the greeting.

The floral spray was coloured using marker with So Saffron and Old Olive.  

Up next is the gorgeous Peta.

We would love you to join in the fun with our challenge too!  Use the layout map as your starting point, get creating and then upload your photo to our facebook challenge page.  

Here's a new promotion for Stampin' Up! for April - an exciting sneak peek from our upcoming  catalogue!!  The Ornate Garden Suite has some gorgeous images and stamps, dies and amazing embellishments.  Check it out here at my website.  

This weekend is an exciting new event - an Online Craft Show!!  How cool is that!!  Come along and see me at the show (from the comfort of your pyjamas at home!!! ) 

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Social Stamping together - Thankyou!!!

Hello and Welcome to another awesome blog hop Social Stamping!!



This is a great group of crafters getting together to share our projects and inspiration!!  You can see the whole list of the blog hop by clicking on the above image.  The theme this week is "Thank You".

My project features the lovely Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper. That was the starting point of the colour choices.  They are:  Merry Merlot and Mossy Meadow.  I've stamped on the DSP using the Merry Merlow ink using the large thankyou from Daisy Delight.

The stamp from the inside comes from the lovely For the Love of Felt.  

My feature element uses the lovely Pressed Petals washi tape to create a bloom with the Champagne Rhinestones in the centre.  I've split my bakers twine into three for some textural interest under the flower.  

Up next is the lovely Chantal and her thankyou project.  Make sure you hop around everyone all the way back to the beginning - you'll be inspired many times over!!!

Have you checked out the amazing event at CraftAlive this weekend?  I am one of the exhibitors so go and check it out!! 

Stampin' UP! have a gorgeous sneak peek from our new Catalogue coming out in June.  What do you think?  There are some stunning products in this Suite!!!  Head to my website here to see them all in more detail.  

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Scrapbook Challenge with Global Scrapbooking Group

Hello and Welcome.  I've had the joy and satisfaction of creating another Scrapbook page to enter into the challenge with the Facebook page Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up!.  This group uses Stampin' Up! products to create pages and memory keeping.

Here's the challenge - to use this map for your scrapping layout.  

So, how do you think I did?  I usually ALWAYS scrap with photos ready to go but my photos are currently in transit on their way to me in the post after ordering them.  I do know what these photos look like though, and all the colours are totally inspired by the images.  The background is Perfect Peacock onto the Very Vanilla.

All of the foliage is inspired by the photos which have a lot of gum tree leaves in very muted tones.  The paper in the background comes from the lovely Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper.  I've used a ton of different dies for this project - In the Tropics, Lovely Leaves, Well Written, Birthday Dies (saleabration), Parisian Dies, Merry Christmas Dies.  

I hope you're inspired to have a go scrapbooking too.  You can add your project to the challenge too and join our group featuring Stampin' Up! products for your scrapbooking !!  

Stampin' Up! have a gorgeous promotion this month featuring a sneak peek from our new catalogue coming in June.  It features some stunning stamps, dies and embellishments.  Check it out on my website here to see all the elements in more detail.  

Something exciting for this weekend is our first ONLINE Craft Show.  I'm one of the exhibitors, so head to the website to check me out!!  

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.