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 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 »
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 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 »
Hi there Do you ever find a card design and then make multiples of that design? We’ll that’s what I’ve been doing this week. I saw a simple design by Sue’s Paper Creation’s that is so versatile and it uses those small pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) we all have. The card is called… Read More: Five-Three-One Card Design »
Hi there Can you believe it – I almost didn’t buy this suite. What – you’re saying but it’s Yellow. I know – but I was going to purchase the bundle. Sometimes when I see Designer Series Paper (DSP) I think – will I actually use this? Do I like all the patterns? Can I… Read More: Floral Delight Suite »
Hi there I don’t know about you but sometimes I struggle to come up with a layout design for a project. That is where challenges are great. There are a couple of types of challenges that I use – a colour combo challenge – where you’re given two or three colours to use or a… Read More: TGIF Challenge – Layout Design »
Hi there Back in September I participated in a 14 day Social Media challenge on Facebook and since then I’ve been trying to build up my presence on my business Facebook page. I’d love to have you join and follow me there. I am now going to try and incorporate posting here again too as… Read More: Masculine cards in Blue »
Hi there As promised here is the second project we made at my recent workshop. This project features the Circle Sayings Bundle and the Bright & Beautiful 6″x6″ DSP. I’m loving this paper pack and have almost gone through a whole pack since the beginning of May. Don’t forget you have until 30 June to… Read More: Circle Sayings Cupcake Card »
Hi there Last weekend I held a workshop with my group of ladies and we created two projects – one using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy and one using the Circle Sayings Bundle along with the DSP from the Bright & Beautiful Suite. We had a great afternoon crafting together. The Countryside Inn… Read More: Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Notecards »
We all love beautiful Designer Series Paper, so from now until the 30th June, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Papers from our new 2023–2024 Annual Catalogue and Online Exclusives. Whether you’re a scrapbooker, a card maker or simply a paper lover, this is a great time to stock up and… Read More: Designer Series Paper Sale – 1st to 30th June »
Hi there Today’s fun fold is a card design I first made way back in 2014 and have CASEd it a number of times since for Christmas cards – check out my 2019 version here. For this years design I’ve used the Tidings of Christmas Suite from page 88-89 of the Annual Catalogue. This suite… Read More: Friday Fun Fold – Split Panel Card »