Country Woods Suite Mother’s Day Card
The Country Woods Suite is hands down my favourite suite in the new catalogue so it was a no brainer to use it to make a Mother's Day card for my mum. However, as Mum reads my blog I couldn't post this card until after we had our Mother's Day get together at my place...
2024-26 In Colors – Petunia Pop Card
Welcome to week two of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop! Today we're featuring another of the new 2024-26 In Colors: Petunia Pop. I've created this graphic to show how Petunia Pop compares to the current pink/purple colours in the Stampin Up!...
2024-26 In Colors – Peach Pie – Country Birdhouse & Country Flowers Card
Welcome to week one of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop! Today the new 2024-25 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue goes live and we're kicking off our 2024-25 blog hop with the five new 2024-26 In Colors: Peach Pie, Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink, Shy...
AWH Colour Creations Tahitian Tide Birds Eye View Cards
Welcome to week fifty of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop, the last one for the year before we start again next Wednesday night with our 2024-25 blog hop! Tahitian Tide, one of the 2022-24 InColors is retiring on 31st April. I've paired it with...
AWH Colour Creations Enduring Beauty Birthday Card
Welcome to week forty-nine of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop - only one more week to go before we start again with our 2024-25 blog hop! Our colour this week is Sweet Sorbet and. I've used the gorgeous Enduring Beauty Bundle to make a birthday...
AWH Colour Creations Ray of Light Sea Turtle Card
Welcome to week forty-eight of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop - only two weeks to go! Our colour this week is Starry Sky, one of the 2022-24 In Colors that is about to retire. I've paired it with another retiring 2022-24 In Color, Orchid Oasis to...
AWH Colour Creations Easter Bunny Stamp Baby Cards
Welcome to week forty-seven of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Soft Sea Foam, a very soft green from the subtles family. I had so much fun playing with the Easter Bunny Stamp set last week I've used again to make some baby...
AWH Colour Creations Easter Bunny Smoky Slate Card
Welcome to week forty-six of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Only four more weeks to go until we start a brand new year of blog hopping with 5 new InColors and and brand new neutral to add to our range as well! Our colour this week is Smoky...
AWH Colour Creations Let’s Chat Shaded Spruce Card
Welcome to week forty-five of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Shaded Spruce, a rich deep blue green from the Regals family. As the Last Chance Products lists for both the The January–April 2024 Mini Catalogue and the...
AWH Colour Creations Classic Letters Real Red Retro Slimline Card
Welcome to week forty-four of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Real Red, a true red from the brights colour family colour. I'm using the Classic Letters stamp set for my quick and easy card this week. The Classic Letters...
AWH Colour Creations Flowering Zinnias Pumpkin Pie Card
Welcome to week forty-three of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Pumpkin Pie, a bright orange colour. I'm using some brand new online exclusive products that are available to order from today - the Flowering Zinnia Suite....
AWH Colour Creations Pretty Peacock Card
Welcome to week forty-two of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Pretty Peacock, a deep teal colour that is an absolute favourite of mine. As there's only one day left of Sale-a-bration, I'm sharing a card I've made using the...
Poppy Parade Trusty Toolbox DSP Birthday Card
Welcome to week forty-one of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Poppy Parade, a lovely bright red that certainly packs a punch! As there's only just over a week left of Sale-a-bration, I'm sharing a birthday card I made in...
Pool Party Sunny Days DSP envelope counting book
Welcome to week forty of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Pool Party, a pale/green colour that is wonderful for skies and water. This is such a pretty and versatile colour! I have a very special project to share with you...
Petal Pink Cradled In Love Double Z Fold Card
Welcome to week thirty-nine of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Petal Pink, a soft and slightly orangey pink from the subtles family. As I needed to make a new baby girl card for a friend of mine, it was the perfect...
Parakeet Party Planted Paradise Card
Welcome to week thirty-eight of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Parakeet Party, an 2023–2025 In Color. This vibrant green sits somewhere between Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist and really adds a pop when placed...
Everyday Details Orchid Oasis Cards
Welcome to week thirty-seven of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Orchid Oasis, an 2022–2024 In Color. Whether this is a blue or a purple shade really depends on what colour you put it against. Either way, I think this is a...
Sale-a-bration Watercolour Watermelon & Heartfelt Hello Old Olive Cards
Welcome to week thirty-six of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week is Old Olive, from the Regals family. I always think of Old Olive as more of a neutral – it is my most used green as it really works well with so many other...
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...
AWH Colour Creations Mossy Meadow Card
Welcome to 2024 and to week thirty-four of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Tomorrow the January–April 2024 Mini Catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogue both go live and I've used three new products from both catalogues in my card tonight: the...
AWH Colour Creations Misty Moonlight Cards
Welcome to week thirty-three of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Our colour this week, Misty Moonlight, is a beautiful blue that previously was an In Colour but has now joined the Neutrals family as a core colour. It's one of my favourite all time...
Melon Mambo Custom Gift Box and Birthday Card
Welcome to week thirty-two of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Melon Mambo, a vibrant pink. I gifted an 'experience' rather than a physical gift to my sister-in-law for her birthday so I printed out a voucher for the...
Lost Lagoon Handcrafted Elements Dies Christmas Card
Welcome to week thirty-one of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Lost Lagoon, a beautiful soft green that previously was an In Colour but has now joined the Subtles family as a core colour. These is a stunning specialty...
AWH Heart of Christmas Night Divine Christmas Card
I've been missing in action the past month, but I was determined to join in the hop this week as it is the very last Heart of Christmas hop for the year. Sharon has done an amazing job hosting our Christmas blog. Thank you Sharon! After attempting to make a fancy fold...
Lemon Lime Twist Sweet Citrus Thank You Card
Welcome to week thirty of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Lemon Lime Twist, a vibrant yellow green. I couldn't resist using the Sweet Citrus bundle to showcase this colour in all its fluro glory! I've combined Lemon...
The Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Products Sale Is On Now!
The September–December 2023 Mini Catalogue is retiring soon! From now until 3 January 2024, you can stock up on your favourite seasonal products and save up to 60% on essential craft supplies. But remember, these Last Chance Products will only be available while...
Highland Heather Around the Bend Thank You Card
Welcome to week twenty nine of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Highland Heather, a lovely soft purple colour from the subtles family. Can you guess the other colours I've paired it with on my thank you card? There are...
The Stampin’ Up! Three Day Seasonal Sale Starts Today
Have you had your eye on any basics from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue such as cardstock, ink pads, ink refills, paper, cards and envelopes and markers? Well you won't want to miss the Stampin' Up! Three Day Seasonal Sale! It starts today and finishes midnight...
Grey Granite Twist & Pop 60th Birthday Card
Welcome to week twenty eight of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Grey Granite, a brownish grey that is part of the neutrals family. Gray Granite is a wonderful colour for masculine cards or nature scenes and today I've...
30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 8 Christmas Letters
The challenge for Day 8 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is called 'Christmas Letters'. I've used the gorgeous letter box from the Stamped with Love Stamp Set, stamped in versmark onto Real Red card stock and heat embossed with gold emboss powder. The Joy of...
30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 5 Sketch Challenge
The challenge for Day 5 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is the following sketch. I've used the Deckled Circles dies and the Handcrafted Elements Dies to create three Christmas ornaments. The background of this card has been created using a blending brush and...
30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 4 Night of Navy, Pool Party & Lemon Lolly
The challenge for Day 4 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is the following colour combination: Night of Navy, Pool Party and Lemon Lolly. Night of Navy is such a great neutral for making other colours pop, so I've used it for my card base and created a...
30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 3 Rockin’ Around
The challenge for Day 3 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is 'Rockin' Around'. The Rocking Horse Bundle is such an obvious choice for the theme, 'Rockin' Around'. I actually bought this bundle to use for new baby cards, however it is a Christmas bundle....
30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 2 Frosty Air
The challenge for Day 2 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is 'Frosty Air'. Can you get any more frosty than a family of polar bears relaxing on an ice shelf with snowflakes falling? This simple, no stamping card uses the Stargazing Designer Series Paper for...
Granny Apple Green Thank You Card
Welcome to week twenty seven of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Granny Apple Green, a vibrant clear green colour that sits somewhere between Old Olive and Parakeet Party in depth of colour saturation. I've used the...
30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 1 Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper
The #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is a global challenge hosted by UK Artisan Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Martin Stone, and the challenge for Day 1 is “Shining Bright”. I’ve taken today’s challenge very literally, creating a Night of Navy and Gold card that uses...
Gorgeous Grape Forever Forest Watercoloured Christmas Card
Welcome to week twenty six of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Gorgeous Grape, a vibrant purple colour that is now in the regals family, however I still consider it to be a bright! I've made a watercolour Christmas card...
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...
AWH Heart of Christmas Beary Christmas Memories & More Christmas Cards
Your Christmas countdown continues - it's exactly 10 weeks today until Christmas Day! I've been missing in action the past few weeks, so I'm super excited to be back this week with a couple of super quick and easy 'no stamping' cards that use the Beary Christmas...
AWH Colour Creations Fresh Freesia Cards
Welcome to week twenty four of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Fresh Freesia, one of my favourite Stampin' Up! colours. Fresh Freesia was originally an In Colour, however this year it was added to the subtles family in...
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...
Early Espresso Perched in a Tree Christmas Card
Welcome to week twenty two of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Early Espresso, a a rich dark brown from the neutrals family. Early Espresso is a wonderful neutral that really makes other colours pop. It's also fabulous...
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...
Daffodil Delight Construction Zone Birthday Slider Card
Welcome to week twenty one of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Daffodil Delight, a sunny yellow from the Brights family. Have you seen any of the cards that use the Construction Zone stamp set, creating a "high vis"...
Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks Crushed Curry Card
Welcome to week twenty of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Crushed Curry is such a rich golden yellow, the ideal shade of yellow to use for sunflowers! I bought a bunch of glorious sunflowers this morning to give to my friend Rachel for her...
AWH Heart of Christmas Week 6
Your Christmas countdown continues - it's 15 weeks today until Christmas Day! This week's Christmas card couldn't be simpler. I've used the new Fragrant Forest stamp - a background stamp that's quite frankly just too gorgeous to cover up! I've stamped this stamp in...
Forever Forest Crumb Cake Father’s Day Card
Welcome to week nineteen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are using one of my most used and absolute favourite colours: Crumb Cake! Unfortunately, I just didn't have the time to really do this colour justice. I had so many ideas in...
AWH Heart of Christmas Week 5
Your Christmas countdown continues - it's 16 weeks today until Christmas Day! And in even more exciting news, it's only two days until the Stampin' Up! September December Mini Catalogue goes live and you can purchase the Merry & Bright bundle. Sometimes the dies...
Art With Heart Colour Creations Coastal Cabana Card
Welcome to week eighteen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! It's Father's day this coming Sunday and as my husband loves to surf (am I allowed to say "lives" to surf?) I was super excited to see that the new Trucking Along stamp set includes a...
Cherry Cobbler Curved Occasions Card
Welcome to week seventeen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week I'm using another new product from the forthcoming September - December mini catalogue, the Curved Occasions bundle. This is such a versatile bundle for all year round and...
Stampin’ Up! Joy Of Noel Christmas Card
The Christmas countdown continues - it's 18 weeks today until Christmas Day! Have you started making Christmas cards yet? This week I was short of time so I'm following the example of my friend, Tina Gillespie, by creating a 20 minute card. It was this beautiful One...
Stampin’ Up! Christmas Kits
The Christmas countdown continues - it's 19 weeks today until Christmas Day! Have you started making Christmas cards yet? Tonight I'm sharing some ideas on ways to use some of the Stampin' Up! Christmas kits as they are all discounted for the month of August, so now's...
Cajun Craze Let’s Go Shopping Watercolour Card
Welcome to week fifteen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Cajun Craze is our colour for this week and as it's a colour that always makes me think of terracotta pots or brick walls I decided to use the Let's Go Shopping stamp set to make a...
Stampin’ Up! Merry & Bright Christmas Card
Are you ready for 17 weeks of Christmas inspiration? Yes, I know it's still 20 weeks today until Christmas, however time does fly and it's also less than a month until the Stampin' Up! 2023 September-December Mini Catalogue (AKA the Christmas Catty) goes live on 6...
Blueberry Bushel Bluey Birthday Card
Welcome to week fourteen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week's Blueberry Bushel card was made for my niece's birthday - she adores Bluey! I originally got the idea to make a Bluey punch art/die art card from a card I saw by a USA...
Blackberry Bliss “It’s a Science” Pinwheel Tower Birthday Card
Welcome to week thirteen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Last week was my dad's birthday and as I gave him some science books for his birthday it only seemed appropriate to make a science-themed card using the "It's a Science" stamp set. I...
Berry Burst Just My Type Paper Florist Card, Gift Box and Tag
Welcome to week twelve of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Last weekend our Art With Heart team combined with Michelle Grech's team and were lucky enough to be the only Australian teams to be one of the 35 for 35 events, celebrating 35 years of...
Basic Gray Stamped With Love Card
Welcome to week eleven of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Basic Gray, which is a colour I rarely use, so it was a bit of a challenge! The darker gray is a good colour for natural elements such as stone or animal...
Balmy Blue Nested Friends Bird Card
Welcome to week ten of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Balmy Blue, which is a really lovely soft blue. My card is a CASE (copy and selectively edit) of these gorgeous Nested Friends cards, created by an amazing Dutch...
Les Shoppes Pecan Pie Birthday Card
Welcome to week nine of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing another new core colour, Pecan Pie. It's a soft mid brown, very similar to the recently retired Soft Suede. As the Designer Series Paper sale sends this Friday...