Sale-a-bration Softly Sophisticated Bundle Night of Navy Cards

Sale-a-bration Softly Sophisticated Bundle Night of Navy Cards

Welcome to week thirty-five of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!

Our colour this week is Night of Navy, one of my favourite colours. This Neutral colour works with most other colours and tonight I’ve paired it with Bubble Bath, Basic White and Misty Moonlight, drawing colour inspiration from the colours in the the Delightfully Eclectic 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper.

My two sympathy cards use products from the brand new January–April 2024 Mini Catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogue: the Softly Sophisticated bundle (stamps and embossing folder) and the Everyday Details Dies.

The Softly Sophisticated bundle is a Sale-a-bration item that includes a stamp set and an embossing folder. You can earn it for FREE when you place any order over $180AUD.

I’ve CASED my cards from a fancy fold created by Susan Campfield, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator based in the USA. The fancy fold is called “The Marvelous Fun Fold Card”. You can watch her video on how to make the M fold here.

I’ve altered Susan’s measurements to create a slightly different metric template that allows two card bases to be cut from one sheet of A4 cardstock.

Cut the A4 cardstock in half lengthways at 10.5cm to create two card bases. For each card base, score along the long side of the card base at 6.5, 7, 14, 15, 22, 22.5 and then cut the excess off at 29 cm. Then you fold along these lines to form an M shape.

Decorate with Embossed cardstock panels and DSP panels before adhering a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive to the middle 1cm wide panel – this is to adhere the centre image and make the fancy fold mechanism work.

I’ve stamped the centre image in Misty Moonlight and Bubble Bath, using two stamps from the Softly Sophisticated bundle. The image is layered on circle dies from the new Everyday Details dies, as well as a middle circle cut from Night of Navy cardstock using the Stylish Shapes dies.

The sentiments on the inner side flaps are die cut using the Everyday Details dies, shortened where necessary.

The side flaps tuck in in behind this centre floral image to close the card. You can write your message on Basic White cardstock panels adhered to the back of the card.

For the second card, the embossed panels are placed inside the card, with the DSP on the front side flaps.

The centre image is stamped in Misty Moonlight and Bubble Bath, using two stamps from the Softly Sophisticated bundle, layered on rectangle dies from the new Everyday Details dies

This is such a cool fancy fold – here’s a short video to show how the card opens and closes.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan – I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Kate Morgan  

Rosa Leyden  

Tina Gillespie

Di Furniss  

Andrea Sargent  

Catherine Proctor  

We’ll be back showcasing Old Olive next Wednesday, 17th January. I hope you can join us then.



AWH Colour Creations Garden Green  Meandering Meadows Fancy Fold Cards

AWH Colour Creations Garden Green Meandering Meadows Fancy Fold Cards

Welcome to week twenty five of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!

This week we are showcasing Garden Green and I’ve made some cards using a stunning new online exclusive designer series paper called the Wandering Meadows DSP, which was hand drawn by one of the Stampin’ Up! artists using pastels. It will be available to order from 7 November.

My three cards are CASED on some gorgeous fancy folds that also use this new DSP, made by US demonstrator Patty Bennett.

I’ve altered Patty’s card dimensions to fit our A4 metric card base sizes and altered her designs to use another online exclusive product, the Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle.

Card one is a gatefold card that uses the Wandering Meadows DSP both on the outside and the inside of the card. The card base is half a sheet of Garden Green A4 cardstock, scored at 5.25 cm from each side and folded inwards.

The DSP panels on the front and the inside of the side flaps measure 14.4 x 4.9 cm and the white card insert measures 14.4 x 10 cm.

Card two is a side fold card that can be used vertically or horizontally depending on the orientation of the DSP. The card base is half a sheet of Garden Green A4 cardstock, scored and folded at 9cm. The DSP front panel is 8.7 x 14.4 cm and the DSP side panel is 2.7 x 14.4 cm.

The white card insert measures 9.5 x 14.4 cm.

Card three is a triptych card with a Highland Heather cardstock base. Half a sheet of A4 cardstock has been scored and folded at 10.5 cm and 15.7 cm. The three DSP panels and the inside white cardstock panel each measure 4.9 x 14.4 cm.

As well as the sentiment stamped inside the card, I’ve also staped a sentiment directly onto the DSP on the front panel. I love the subtle effect of stamping on DSP.

The card is secured shut with some Garden Green twine from the Three Twine Combo Pack – this is a retired product but currently available in the clearance rack.

I hope my fancy folds have helped to showcase the beauty of this DSP – you really don’t have to do much to these amazing scenes. Do you have a favourite card?

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Christine Blain – I can’t wait to see what Christine has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Christine Blain  

Andrea Sargent

Kate Morgan  

Di Furniss

Theresa Gerrard

Rachel Palmieri

Tina Gillespie  

Catherine Proctor – you are here!

Next Wednesday, 25th October, we’ll be back showcasing Gorgeous Grape or you can join us on Monday night for some Christmas inspiration.

I hope you can join us then.



AWH Colour Creations Flirty Flamingo Card

AWH Colour Creations Flirty Flamingo Card

Welcome to week twenty three of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Flirty Flamingo, a bright pink colour from the brights family.

I’ve taken my colour combination inspiration this week from this gorgeous sheet of Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper. The colours in this sheet of DSP are Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Night of Navy and Basic White.

A fancy fold is often a wonderful way to use Designer Series Paper so I’ve created an Interlocking Accordion Card, following a template created by Lisa Curico from the USA.

You can find the instructions on how to make this card on Lisa’s YouTube channel and she also has a template with all the measurements here. I’ve used Lisa’s measurements, but made a totally different looking card by using a different DSP, different colours, different dies and not having any stamping on my card.

Here’s a short video to show you how this fancy fold opens up – for some reason the video is upside down and it won’t flip around for me tonight no matter how hard I try, however as there is no stamping on this card it’s not really a big deal.

This card also stands up for display really well – here’s what it looks like opened up for display.

Apart from adding a couple of leftover Paper Florist die cuts, I’ve left the first and last inside panels blank to allow room to stamp a sentiment on the first one and write a message to the recipient on the last panel.

Here’s what it looks like from above so you can see the way the inner card folds into and interlocks with the outer card.

The Countryside Corners dies were used to decorate the front of the card as well as to cut out the holes in the outside card so that the smaller inside card can thread through.

To match the colours in the DSP, I’ve used both the Countryside Corners Dies and the Paper Florist dies to die cut Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo and Night of Navy cardstock and decorate the front of the card.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Tina Gillespie – I can’t wait to see what Tina has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Tina Gillespie

Kate Morgan  

Andrea Sargent  

Rachel Palmieri  

Christine Blain

Rachel Woollard  

Di Furniss  

Sharon Davern  

Catherine Proctor  

– you are here!

Next Wednesday, 11th October, we’ll be back showcasing Fresh Freesia or you can join us on Monday night for some Christmas inspiration.

I hope you can join us then.



AWH Heart of Christmas Radiant Light Fancy Fold Christmas Card

AWH Heart of Christmas Radiant Light Fancy Fold Christmas Card

Your Christmas countdown continues – it’s exactly three months or 13 weeks today until Christmas Day!

This week’s Christmas card is a fancy fold card – I’m not 100% sure of the name, however think it could be called a peek a boo flap card? Here’s a short video to show you how it works.

As you probably know, I love monochromatic cards. I’ve taken the colour scheme for my card from the stunning gold and Very Vanilla Shining Brightly 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper I’ve used on the front of the card and also inside it too.

The gorgeous candle image and both sentiments are all from the Radiant Light stampset.

The gold heat embossed candle image and the gold glimmer circle layer behind it are both die cut using the new Decked Circle Dies.

The Silver & Gold 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Adhesive-backed Glimmer Paper is self adhesive and it is a brand new online only release.

Here’s what the card looks like partially opened…

Here’s what the card looks like fully opened…

The Adhesive-Backed Star Trinkets on the front tag sentiment pick up the stars in the DSP – the perfect embellishment!

It’s so hard to photograph the glorious sparkly gold elements in my card so I also took a photograph outside in my garden.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Caroline Manwaring. I can’t wait to see what Caroline has made this week.

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants on Sharon’s blog.

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

I’ll be back on Wednesday with the AWH Colour Creations blog where we will be showcasing Early Espresso – I’ve made another Christmas card for Wednesday night’s blog!

Cath xx



Stampin’ Up June 2023 Offers and New Products

Stampin’ Up June 2023 Offers and New Products

Happy first day of winter! Is it chilly where you are? I’m away in Yamba this week, 7 hours drive north of Sydney and it’s a bit cool at night but lovely and sunny and warm during the days. Perfect weather for crafting!

Instead of sending out a newsletter, I’ve decided to share all the exciting Stampin’ Up June 2023 Offers and New Products here. If you subscribe to my blog you’ll receive this as an email anyway.

SAVE 15% ON SELECT DESIGNER SERIES PAPERS

During 1–30 June, you can save 15% discount on a wide range of Designer Series Papers from the 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 save on gorgeous paper so you have artistic and versatile paper designs on hand for your next projects!

Here is the full list of papers on sale. To purchase any of these designer series papers simply click on the images below.

NEW SELECTION OF ONLINE EXCLUSIVES COMING SOON

From July 6, Stampin’ Up! will be releasing a new selection of online exclusives. You can order and see the current online exclusives here.

This flyer gives you a glimpse of what’s to come in July.

GET $169 OF STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS FOR FREE WITH THE STARTER KIT!

Been thinking about becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator?

June is a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! because you’ll get even more FREE products in your customisable Starter Kit.

Between 1–30 June, you’ll get $283 AUD worth of products for only $169 AUD + free business supplies + free shipping + all the fun being a part of Stampin’ Up!

That’s an additional $48 worth of free product on top of the normal joining offer!

As a demonstrator you get a 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, including stamp sets, paper, and accessories. It’s a great way to support your love of stamping and paper crafting… and there’s no pressure to sell to anyone else if you’d just like to join for the discount.

You can find out more about joining Stampin’ Up! here.

I’ll be back next Wednesday, June 7, when the Art With Heart Colour Creations team will be showcasing a brand new colour, Azure Afternoon.

I hope you can join me then! Until then, stay safe and keep crafting!



Crafting With You & Countryside Corners Trifold Shutter Mothers Day Card

Crafting With You & Countryside Corners Trifold Shutter Mothers Day Card

I hope you had a happy Mother’s Day!

My mum is an amazing paper quiller, knitter and paper crafter so the new Crafting With You bundle was just perfect for making her Mother’s Day card this year.

There are so many cute crafting elements in this stamp and die set. I wanted to include them all on the card so I made a Trifold Shutter Card.

Here’s what it looks like closed.

And here’s what it looks like inside the card!

If you’ve never made a Trifold Shutter Card before, here’s a template I’ve created using metric measurements and A4 cardstock.

Trifold Shutter Card Template

  • Cut a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock (this is the outside card base) 24.5 cm wide x 18.5 cm high.
  • Score the outer card base at 12.25 cm along the 24.5 cm side and then fold in half along this score line.
  • Cut a Basic White inner card base (for the fancy fold) 24 cm wide x 18 cm high.
  • Score the inner card base at 12.25 cm and then fold in half along the score line.
  • Measure and draw with a pencil the cutting lines as per the template diagram below then carefully cut along these cutting lines.
  • Now measure and score all of the fold lines and then rub out any pencil marks.
  • Decorate each panel as desired.

Here’s what the Trifold Shutter Card looks like from above so you can see the direction to fold the score lines.

After decorating the inside of your trifold shutter card, adhere it to the Misty Moonlight card base. Make sure you only adhere the left and right sections of your fancy fold to the inside of your card base so the middle section of your trifold shutter card can open and close.

If you love crafting or miniatures you’re going to love the Crafting With You bundle. It includes stamps and/or dies for a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, a Paper Trimmer, a pair of scissors, embroidery hoop, ruler, spools of thread, knitting wool and needles, buttons, a sewing machine, paint brushes, baskets and more!

The colours in my card are the assorted blues used in the stunning Countryside Inn DSP, as well as Crumb Cake and silver foil. These are some of Mum’s favourite colours.

The front of the card features the Countryside Inn DSP, and the Countryside Corners bundle (stamps and dies). I used the art easel from the Crafting With You bundle to display my sentiment.

Don’t forget to use the stamp sets that come in kits on your other cards too. This “Happy Mothers Day” stamp is from the stamp set included in the Sentimental Rose All-Inclusive Card Kit.

As I was giving the card to my mum in person and it is so big, instead of making an envelope I simply tied a bow of the Night of Navy 3/8″ (1 cm) Bordered Ribbon around the card. This ribbon also helps to keep the card closed.

Using Post It notes to mask off sections of my stamps as I inked them up (you then remove the Post It note before stamping), allowed me to stamp some of the sentiments inside the card in a mix of blues.

It also allowed me to fit the “life is better when you’re crafting” sentiment onto one of the flaps of the fancy fold.

I’m so grateful for so many things about my mum, but especially for free rein she gave me from a very young age to pursue all my creative endeavours – cooking, sewing and any type of crafting!

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

I’ll be back on Wednesday night with our weekly AWH Colour Creations blog. This week we are showcasing one of the new 2023-25 In Colours – Moody Mauve.

I hope you can join us then.



Copper Clay Earthen Elegance Suite Collection Fancy Fold Card

Copper Clay Earthen Elegance Suite Collection Fancy Fold Card

Welcome to week two of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!

This week we are showcasing another brand new 2023-25 In Colour: Copper Clay. Copper Clay is a rich copper brown, similar to the 2020-2022 In Color, Cinnamon Cider.

Here’s how Copper Clay compares to the current Stampin’ Up! browns, oranges and other neutral colours. It has red and pink undertones, which is why I’ve included Cajun Craze and Calypso Coral in this chart.

For my Copper Clay card today I couldn’t resist using products from an exciting new suite called the Earthen Elegance Suite Collection.

Copper Clay is an earthy terracotta colour and its complimentary colour on the colour wheel is teal, which is why Pretty Peacock works so well with Copper Clay. I’ve also added a touch of Gray Granite (in the DSP pattern) to my card and it has a Basic White card base.

My overlapping fancy fold card really is one of the simplest fancy fold cards you can make. It’s basically two single fold cards of different sizes with their bases adhered together and their spines facing in opposite directions, making the front flaps overlap.

You can make this type of fancy fold in so many different sizes and shapes – here’s the template I’ve created for the card base I’ve used today. Add as many layers as you want – simply subtract 5 mm from the top and side measurements of each additional layer.

The front of my card has a layer of Earthen Elegance DSP (9.5 x 9.5 cm), decorated with a trio of vases and pots.

  • The tallest pot on left was embossed and die cut using dies from the Earthen Textures dies
  • The middle pot is die cut from the same Earthen Elegance DSP pattern I’ve used on the card base and left flap
  • The right pot is stamped in Copper Clay ink on Basic White card stock and die cut using a pot die – both stamps and dies from the Earthen Textures bundle

In the photo below, you can see two of the Earthen Textures dies in greater detail.

The die on the left embosses the card stock, but does not cut it – I used this die to add texture to the tallest vase. The die on the right cuts and scores fold lines in a palm (not sure if this is a Chinese fan palm or a sun cut palm leaf?) – you fold along these scored lines with your fingers to add dimension.

Here’s the card photographed from different angles so you can see how the fancy fold opens up. When laid flat and closed…

Right front flap opened…

Fully opened up…

I’ve used the Copper Clay 2023–2025 In Color Jute Trim inside the card – I simply cut this jute to length, unraveled it and tied one strand into a bow.

The sentiment on the front of the card is from the Earthen Textures stamp set, stamped in Pretty Peacock onto the same Earthen Elegance DSP design that is on the front of the card.

Did you also notice the copper sequin embellishments on the front of my card? These are from the new Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, especially useful for cards using neutral colours.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Andrea Sargent 

Kate Morgan  

Christina Barnes

Tina Gillespie 

Rachel Palmieri 

Christine Blain 

Theresa Gerrard

Kathryn Ruddick

Rachel Woollard 

Di Furniss 

Vicki Boucher

Sharon Davern 

Catherine Proctor – you are here!

We’ll be back next Wednesday, May 17, with another new 2023-24 In Colour, Moody Mauve!

I hope you can join us then.



Boho Blue Countryside Inn DSP Never Ending Card

Boho Blue Countryside Inn DSP Never Ending Card

Welcome to week one of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!

We have a brand new blog hop header and next blog button – thank you to my friend Sharon Davern for creating these for our AWH Colour Creations 2023-24 blog hop!

This week we are showcasing a brand new 2023-25 In Colour: Boho Blue. Boho Blue is such a beautiful soft blue – I know I will use this one a lot. Here’s a chart I created to show you how Boho Blue compares to the other current Stampin’ Up! blues.

One of the products Stampin’ Up! demonstrators were able to order early from the 2023-24 catalogue was this stunning Countryside Inn DSP. It pairs Boho Blue with Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy.

When you place Boho Blue beside Balmy Blue, it really makes Balmy Blue look a lot like Pool Party!

Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper

I decided an octagonal never ending card would be a wonderful way to showcase Boho Blue and as much of this DSP as possible.

This short video shows how this magical card works – never ending cards really have the ultimate wow factor!

A video I found on Pinterest from a cardmaker called Els Ham showed me the mechanics of making this style of never ending card, however I’ve changed the size of my card to make it a lot bigger than Els’ original card.

This template shows you how to cut and fold your 20 x 20 cm cardstock base. Start by scoring 5 cm in from all four sides. Once you’ve followed the template below to cut, score and fold your card, you can then decorate all the panels.

Always decorate the front of the card first before you decorate the reverse sides. Fold the card as you decorate the reverse sides to make sure you get any sentiments the right way up.

Here’s the card photographed from all the different angles. Front view…

Left and right middle flaps reversed…

Bottom and top flaps reversed…

Middle flaps reversed again…

Top and bottom flaps reversed to return to the front view of the card…

I’ve used various stamps and dies from the Petal Park stamp set, Sentimental Park stamp set, Sentimental Park dies, Petal Park Builder punch and the Stylish Shapes dies to embellish this Boho Blue never ending card.

Every product from the Countryside Inn Suite collection was also used: the Countryside Corners bundle (Countryside Corners stamp set and Countryside Corners dies), the Countryside Blossoms Embossing folder and the Countryside Inn DSP

One really cool feature of this suite is the Countryside Blossoms Embossing folder – it actually embosses the Countryside Inn DSP!

Here’s a close up of the embossing of the DSP. The gorgeous Boho Blue embellishments you can also see in this image are from the 2023-2025 In Colour Dots.

This is a very large card, measuring 20x20cm, so to make an envelope for it I used a C4 business envelope, trimming 10 cm off the base of the envelope before folding and gluing the base up to reseal the bottom of the envelope.

I then decorated the front and back of the envelope with the Countryside Inn DSP and a Boho Blue address label, die cut using the Sentimental Park dies.

I love Boho Blue so much I’ve already ordered another pack of the cardstock!

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely  Kate Morgan – I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Kate Morgan  

Rachel Palmieri  

Andrea Sargent

Christine Blain

Christina Barnes  

Di Furniss  

Theresa Gerrard

Tina Gillespie

Rachel Woollard

Rosa Leyden

Sharon Davern  

Vicki Boucher

Kathryn Ruddick

Catherine Proctor – you are here!

This year we’re starting the Stampin’ Up! Colour creations with our five new In colours, so we’ll be back next Wednesday, May 10, with another new 2023-24 In Colour, Copper Clay!

I hope you can join us then.



Stampin’ Up! Thanks a Bunch Pale Papaya Card – Week 35 AWH Colour Creations

Stampin’ Up! Thanks a Bunch Pale Papaya Card – Week 35 AWH Colour Creations

Welcome to week thirty five of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop. This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Pale Papaya from the 2021-23 In Colours.

The new January-April Mini Catalogue and SALE-a-bration Catalogue launched last week and one of the free SALE-a-bration items you can redeem for a $90 spend is the Thanks A Bunch stamp set.

Pale Papaya is a great colour to use for carrots and I’ve used it both at full strength and stamped off once for the front of my split front, tri-fold fold card. Other colours used include Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow and Parakeet Party.

The Hive embossing folder was used to emboss Early Espresso cardstock to create soil for the front flap. As the split front, tri-fold fold card opens the layers of carrots are revealed.

The middle flap shows carrots above and below the ground. One of the carrot shading stamps works really well to create grass once it is turned on its side.

Split front, tri-fold fold card instructions

  • Cut a sheet of A4 Crumb Cake cardstock at 10.5cm down the middle to divide into two long halves that each measure 21cm wide x 10.5 cm high.
  • Score both pieces at 14.8cm and fold in half along the score line to make two cards.
  • One of these cards will become the card base and the left split front panel, while the other card will be used for the right panel.
  • To create the left split front panel measure and cut off the top 5cm across the top of the left panel of one of the cards.
  • To create the right panel with the other card, measure 2 cm parallel to the middle score line and cut all the way down the card. You will now have a right panel with a 2cm wide flap which you use to adhere to the back of the right hand side of the card base.
  • Fold the right flap over the card base and then fold the left split front panel over the right panel – I’ve adhered the embossed Early Espresso cardstock, the “Thanks” greeting and the bunch of tied carrots to the left split front panel.
  • Stamp and decorate the cardstock layers for your right card flap and card base BEFORE adhering to your split front, tri-fold fold card base.

All of the sentiments in this card are from the Thanks a Bunch stamp set, stamped in Early Espresso.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Tina Gillespie – I can’t wait to see what Tina has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Tina Gillespie 

Kate Morgan  

Andrea Sargent  

Rachel Palmieri

Di Furniss

Amie McIllroy  

Rosa Leyden

Catherine Proctor – you are here!  

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store once they are available to purchase tomorrow morning.

We’ll be back next Wednesday January 18 with projects showcasing one of the Subtles, Pear Pizzazz.

I hope you can join us then.



Stampin’ Up! By The Bay Double Easel Night of Navy Scene Card – Week 32 AWH Colour Creations

Stampin’ Up! By The Bay Double Easel Night of Navy Scene Card – Week 32 AWH Colour Creations

Welcome to week thirty two of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop!

This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Night of Navy from the neutrals family.

This is a special card I made for my sister-in-law’s birthday last week. My present to her is a girl’s night out together at the Open Air cinema, a new tradition we started last year.

I highly recommend this experience to anyone who is visiting Sydney, as you get to enjoy a drink and a meal, before watching a movie on a giant outdoor screen that rises up from our iconic Sydney Harbour!

photography – andrewmaccoll.com

To recreate the Open Air Cinema experience I decided to make a double easel card, using the Stitched Rectangle Dies to create the actual cinema screen in the harbour.

Here’s what the card looks like when it’s closed.

Opened up…

Laid out flat…

Folded into an easel…

We always drink champagne together to start the night so I stamped one of the images from the “In The Moment” stamp set twice and fussy cut it out to show us both enjoying a drink and looking at the view before the movie starts.

Hang on a sec! What is the Designer Series Paper you’ve used for the front of the card and the inside harbour scene, I hear you ask?

By The Bay is a gorgeous 6×6 DSP from the January–April 2023 Mini Catalogue, which will be available from January 5. It’s part of the By The Bay suite and one side of all of the DSP designs is pearlised – so stunning!

I’ve used one of the pearlised patterns for the front of my double easel card. To tie it flat I’ve used another new product from the catalogue: Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge and birds in the sky are created using the Waterfall dies, currently on sale in the clearance rack and reduced to $26.

Other products used in the card include the Biggest Wish stamp set for the birthday sentiment, the Breaking News Stamp set for the clinking champagne glasses and heart, and the Floral Gallery Dies for the sentiment on the front of the card.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Fiona Ryan – I can’t wait to see what Fiona has made this week!

If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.

Andrea Sargent    

Tina Gillespie

Kate Morgan  

Rachel Palmieiri

Di Furniss

Theresa Gerrard

Catherine Proctor  – you are here!

Fiona Ryan

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

Next Wednesday will be our last blog hop for 2022 and we will be showcasing one of the Regals, Old Olive.

We’ll then return after a two week Christmas break on January 4 with Pacific Point.

I hope you can join us then.



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