Welcome to this month’s Blog Hop by Let’s Craft Together and thank you for joining us. We are a group of multi-cultural 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 the blog hop. This month’s challenge is a challenge to CASE the Catalogue, which was created by Julia Quinn and is shown below. It goes live for customers TODAY, however, demonstrators are able to preorder products in August (just one of our perks!).
I wanted to use my new Stampin Santa Stamp Set because Christmas is beach time in Australia. I chose to CASE the scrapbook page shown on page 55 of the catalogue:
….And this is what I came up with:
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I love the way the white pearlised Enamel Effects turned out on his beard and pom pom.
Supplies
Stamps: –Surfing Santa, Beach Day (seagulls), Peaceful Season (greetings)
Inks: –Memento Black, Misty Moonlight, Crushed Curry, Pool Party and Basic Beige inkpads; Poppy Parade, Old Olive and Petal Pink Blends
Card: – Poppy Parade, Basic White, Pool Party
Tools: – Something Fancy Dies, Blending Brushes, Masking Paper
Embellishments: – Pearlised Enamel Effects (red on the greeting diecut and white on Santa’s facial hair and pom pom).
I hope you are inspired by my card. I really had fun making it and I’d love to know what you think. Make sure you hop all the way around and see the inspiration that everyone has shared, and don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love to get comments on our projects.
Thanks for hopping by, Bye for now
Till next time
Netty xx
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Welcome to the 1st round of the second series of Card Chain Swaps. At the beginning of April, Tracy Held started a fun journey with 9 other Australian demonstrators. We called it a “Card Swap Chain”. Each of us designed a card and sent it off to one of the other participants. That person CASE-d (Copy And Share Everything) the card and sent their version on to the next person (Round 1). The card made its way around until finally a version came home to the maker. We are going to have a blog hop for each of the card swap chains to share the fun and amazement at the evolution.
The first chain to be featured was created by Genna. You can see it below. I was the first person in the chain.
Here is my take on Genna’s card. My card is number 2 in the chain. The hop should be in the order the cards evolved so that you can watch the changes. Quite fascinating!
I hope you are inspired by my card. I’d love to know what you think. Make sure you hop all the way around and see the inspiration that everyone has shared, and don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love to get comments on our projects.
Thanks for hopping by, Till next time
Netty xx
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Welcome to this month’s Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring the theme Male Cards. I am excited to share another project with you today. Fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the globe are participating, so we have lots of fun projects to share with you. I hope you get loads of creative inspiration from them. You may have started here, or arrived from the talented Shirley Merker’s blog. Wasn’t her project amazing? Either way, you’re in the right place!
I chose to use The Under the Moon Stamp Set. I was intrigued by its possible uses when it appeared in the 2024-25 catalogue and I continue to look for opportunities to use it. I tried to capture the Wink of Stella on the water, without success, but, trust me, it’s very shimmery!
Card: – Balmy Blue. Blueberry Bushell, Basic White
Tools: – Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder
Embellishments: – Glossy Dots assortment, Wink of Stella
I hope you are inspired by my card. I’d love to know what you think. Make sure you hop all the way around and see the inspiration that everyone has shared, and don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love to get comments on our projects.
Thanks for hopping by.
Til next time,
Netty xx
Shop my ONLINE STORE – please use my current host code and receive a small gift from me unless, your order is over $250, in which case you will receive host rewards yourself
Welcome to this month’s Blog Hop by Let’s Craft Together and thank you for joining us. We are a group of multi-cultural 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 the blog hop. This month’s challenge is a Mystery Challenge which was created by Tracy Held and is shown below:
Although the Layering Leaves Stamp Set and the Bough Punch have been around a while, I only recently purchased them and I wanted to use them, as well as the new Leaf Collection Background stamp. I found a technique for using the Leaf Collection stamp on Heather Forgen’s website here and I just had to give it a try. I used Blending Brushes to apply colour to the a Very Vanilla card front, then spritzed the stamp with water and used it to stamp on the card front over the colours. The colours bleed as the ink dries and creates what I think is a lovely effect. For my strips, I cut the three strips of Very Vanilla and adhered them to the Pecan Pie cardbase. I cut the nesting pieces of card from Pecan Pie and Very Vanilla and stamped and heat embossed the greeting.
The boughs were also heat embossed in gold and overstamped with colour then punched out.
Here is a close shot:
And here are shots of the whole of the front and the inside:
I hope you are inspired by my card. I’d love to know what you think. Make sure you hop all the way around and see the inspiration that everyone has shared, and don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love to get comments on our projects.
Thanks for hopping by,
Bye for Now
Till next time,
Netty xx
Shop my ONLINE STORE – please use my current host code and receive a small gift from me unless, your order is over $250, in which case you will receive host rewards yourself
Welcome to this month’s Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring the theme Flowers Galore. I am excited to share another project with you today. Fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the globe are participating, so we have lots of fun projects to share with you. I hope you get loads of creative inspiration from them. You may have started here, or arrived from the talented Tracy Held’s blog. Wasn’t her project amazing? Either way, you’re in the right place!
I chose to use Layers of Beauty Bundle which includes the Stamp Set, Decorative Masks and Dies Set. It is the first time I have used this bundle and I was very happy with how my card turned out. I cut out the floral rose images and popped them up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered the remaining pieces flat.
SUPPLIES
Stamps: – Layers of Beauty stamp set, Sentimental Park stamp set
Tools: – Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks, Layers of Beauty Dies Stamp Set, Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder
Embellishments: – Glossy Dots Assortment, White Embossing Powder
Thanks for hopping by.
Til next time,
Netty xx
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Welcome to this month’s Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring Online Exclusive products. Fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the globe are participating, so we have lots of fun projects to share with you. I hope you get loads of creative inspiration from them. You may have started here, or arrived from the talented Tracy Held’s blog. Wasn’t her project amazing? Either way, you’re in the right place!
Online Exclusives are a line of SU products which are only available online and do not appear in any catalogue. I chose to use the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set and Dies, mainly because I have not purchased very many Online Exclusive products and, although these particular products have been around for a while, I thought I would give them a fresh look by using colours different to those in the coordinating DSP.
Supplies
Stamps: – Irresistible Blooms (Online Exclusive)
Inks: – Petunia Pop, Shy Shamrock, Versamark
Card: – Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Pretty In Pink, Summer Splash, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Specialty Paper
Tools: – Irresistible Blooms Dies (Online Exclusive), Basics 3D Embossing Folders (Online Exclusive), Small Blending Brushes
Embellishments: Basics Stampin’ Emboss Powder
I hope you are inspired by my card. I’d love to know what you think. Make sure you hop all the way around and see the inspiration that everyone has shared, and don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love to get comments on our projects.
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My name is Annette McMillan. I love to make cards and other papercraft projects and this is my place to share my creations and other information. I have been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Canberra, Australia for over 17 years and papercrafting for 25 years or so. I run card making classes for all skill levels and can offer in-home demonstrations for you and your friends. I also sell cards which can be stock or on commission. see more HERE.
