Hi there Sometimes inspiration appears when you least expect it. This card is a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) of a fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, who in turn was inspired by another creator. I love how ideas evolve as they’re shared within our crafting community, with each person adding their own twist. When this design… Read More: Gears & Textures Geometric CASE »
Hi there One of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! products is how easy they are to adapt to suit your own ideas. Today’s project is a perfect example. This fun gift packaging is a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) of the sample on page 48 of the May–August Catalogue, created using the Playful… Read More: CASEing the catalogue – Playful Packaging »
Hi there Today’s cards is the fourth in my CASE (Copy And Share Everything) series and is from page 68 of the May–August Catalogue. I love the clean, simple layouts in the catalogue, so I’ve kept the same design elements but have added my own twist by changing the background papers. Notecards & Envelopes are… Read More: CASEing the catalogue – Mix & Match Ephemera Pack »
Hi there I hope you’re enjoying my series on CASEing (Copy And Share Everything) the catalogue. In this post I’ll be CASEing the Gears & Texture Bundle sample from page 39 of the current catalogue. While I’ve kept the overall layout the same, I’ve changed the colour paletter to give the design a completely different… Read More: CASEing the catalogue – Gears & Textures Bundle »
Exciting news – Stampin’ Up! have added a new product line. Introducing one of the hottest items in crafting—the new Stampin’ Hot Foil System. This product is available for purchase from Friday 10 July. Add some shimmer to every project with the Stampin’ Hot Foil System. With this system and the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (sold… Read More: New Product Release – Stampin’ Hot Foil System »
I’ve decided to keep CASEing (Copy And Share Everything) the Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalogue, this time inspired by the card on page 38 featuring the Scalloped Blooms Bundle. I stayed fairly true to the original design but changed the background to one of the prints from the Paper Medley Designer Series Paper Pack. I often… Read More: CASEing the catalogue – Scalloped Blooms Bundle »
Hi there One of my favourite places to look for inspiration is the Stampin’ Up! catalogue. The samples are created by incredibly talented designers and are full of ideas that can easily be adapted using your own colours and supplies. For a recent Facebook Live, I CASE’d (Copy And Share Everything, or Copy And Selectively… Read More: CASEing the catalogue – Exciting Times Bundle »
Hi there Today’s card is a variation of a layout I recently shared, this time featuring the beautiful foliage dies from the Fern & Flora bundle. The three die-cut panels showcase ferns (very Kiwi) cut from Old Olive cardstock, with ink blending added to create depth and dimension. The card is built on a Mossy… Read More: Fern and Flora Triple Panel Card »
Hi there The Moonlit Flora Suite is one of my favourites from the May-August catalogue. For this project I’ve used the rich, dramatic patterns of the Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper to provide a beautiful backdrop for the coordinating blooms from the Fern & Flora Stamp Set and Dies. For the focal point, I stamped… Read More: Moonlit Flora card with Vellum »
Hi there Yesterday was a very special day in our house as Phil and I both celebrated our birthdays. Milestone birthdays deserve something extra meaningful, so I created this personalised card especially for Phil, combining one of his hobbies — photography — with some favourite memories we’ve shared together. Phil loves capturing special moments, beautiful… Read More: Capturing Smiles – special 70th birthday card »
There’s something satisfying about taking a beautiful black-and-white design and bringing it to life with colour — and that’s exactly what we did with the gorgeous Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper for our Make & Takes at OnStage Sydney in March. These cards reminder us that Designer Series Paper can be so much more… Read More: Artisan Sketched Gardens DSP »
The new 2026-2028 In Colors have now arrived – Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Golden Glow, Peaceful Pine and Hydrangea Hue. They are a softer palette of colours this year. Along with the new In Colors we have a new catalogue. This year, Stampin’ Up! is refreshing the way it shares products in print, with a… Read More: 2026-2028 In Colors and new catalogue »
Hi there One of my favourite Suites in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue is Florals in Bloom (pg 40-47). It highlights all the new 2025-2027 In Colours – Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling, Cloud Cover and Secret Sea. Our catalogues are full of inspiration and the 2024-2025 catalogue included a new feature – 22 sketch… Read More: Florals in Bloom »
Hi there The Happiest Day stamp set on page 99 of the Annual Catalogue is a stand alone set meaning there are no coordinating dies or punches. Thankfully the images are easy to fussy cut to give the same effect. It has a mix of images and sentiments to create fun projects. My favourite image… Read More: Happiest Day »
Hi there When needing masculine cards – whatever the ocassion – my ‘go to’ ideas are either fun folds or using DSP. So when I needed two masculine ‘Thank You’ cards I reached for some DSP. The Full of Life DSP has so many colours and is nice and bright so that jumped onto my… Read More: Full of Life Thank You Cards »