Welcome to the first 2026 Around the World on Wednesday (AWOW) blog hop. January continues with our Caseing a Team Member theme and this month we are Caseing Jan Clothier who is from New Zealand. Jan has a technique that she shares in various ways on her cards called the Faux Torn Paper Mask background…
For Day 2 of The Stamping Lounge 12 Days of Christmas challenge, we are looking at Christmas through the eyes of a child. In particular, being inspired by a memory from childhood. My earliest childhood memories are centred on our family placing importance on the birth of Christ who is the Reason for the Season….
The start of November means the beginning of our 12 Days of Christmas Challenge at The Stamping Lounge. It’s an opportunity for you to be inspired and join in the creativity as you craft with us each day. What is The Stamping Lounge? We are 3 crafty friends – Kayla MacAulay, Maheswari Rajaguru and myself…
Today I’ve got a set of cards which I created for the Create It 3 Ways Instagram Hop which had a theme of Spooky/Autumn for this month. For this hop, we choose our own product/technique which we feature across all 3 cards. When I put my name down for this hop I knew I loved…
Many of you know that in my day job I work in a Secondary School and right now it’s coming to the exciting (and stressful) year end with exams and graduations. A handmade card is a lovely way to celebrate the achievements of a graduate and makes it that much more special. For my card,…
For this card in my Celebratory Sips Card Creations Series, I wanted to highlight some smaller images in the Cheers & Sips Bundle. I chose the strawberries and some of the leaves in the set to create the focal point on my card. Celebrating World Watercolouring Month, I watercoloured the strawberries with ink. As the…
For my Craft & Chat Live Class this week, I chose the Painterly Pears Suite to feature on my card. The Perfectly Pears Bundle includes a stamp set with images of delicate pear blossoms, luscious fruits, graceful leaves, and timeless sentiments. This is a two-step Distinktive stamp set which has a special texture that gives…
This week at our CASEing the Catty Challenge CTC499 we are Casseing a background featured in a catalogue. As I was flicking through the catalogue, looking for a project to CASE, it was no surprise at what I ended up choosing. On page 119 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue you will find this card…
Team Coastal or Team Traditional – what will I pick for this month’s Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop? I’m Team Christmas in whatever colour it comes in but for this challenge I had to go with coastal charm. The Around the World on Wednesday blog hop team are a group of Stampin’ Up!…