Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Grape – Week 19 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 19 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Gorgeous Grape, a bright purple from the Brights colour collection. I made a card and I wasn't sure it worked. So I made another card and I still couldn't decide which one to post...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 14
Hello crafters! It's a long weekend here in Sydney, Australia and Saturday was World Cardmaking Day. Did you make a card? Normally, I love to host an open house on World Cardmaking Day, however, as we are still in lockdown I enjoyed a couple of online craft and chat...
Stampin’ Up! Garden Green – Week 18 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 17 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Garden Green, a mid green from the Regals colour collection. As SALE-a-bration ends tomorrow night I decided to bring together three of my favourite products from SALE-a-bration for...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 13
Hello crafters! It's the last week of SALE-a-bration so I decided to make a Christmas card that uses my favourite SALE-a-bration item. Yep, you guessed it, it's the Be Dazzling DSP! I'm also using a punch bundle that I initially overlooked in the July - December 2021...
Stampin’ Up! Flirty Flamingo – Week 17 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 17 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Flirty Flamingo, a vibrant pink from the Brights colour collection. The starting point for my card today was the beautiful Flirty Flamingo striped paper from the Pattern Party...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 12
Hello crafters! I had planned to make just one card this week, but a simple mistake and a desire not to waste my craft materials actually led to three cards instead. I think I'll claim that as a win instead of a loss! Originally, I intended to make a shaker card using...
Stampin’ Up! Hats Off Nippers Card
Hello Crafters, Today I'm sharing another card I made for the "G'day Fri'yay' Card Making Challenges" Facebook group, a fortnightly Card Making Challenge with Aussie Themes. The last few times I forgot to add the banner for this group, so here it is. The theme for...
Stampin’ Up! Early Espresso – Week 16 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 16 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Early Espresso, a rich, dark brown from the Neutrals colour collection. Our talented Art With Heart team leader, Claire Daly, recently shared some cards she made using a 6x6 One...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 11
Hello crafters! I've got two cards for you this week that use a great technique for crafting with scraps of DSP. I was inspired to revisit this "paper patchwork" technique after seeing a Sweet Symmetry DSP paper patchwork card made by Martin Stone, one of the very...
Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Delight – Week 15 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 15 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Daffodil Delight, a bold yellow from the Brights colour collection. I really wanted to make a daffodil card for our Daffodil Delight blog hop, however as we only use current...
Stampin’ Up! Forever Fern Wattle Card
Hello Crafters, Today I'm sharing another card I made for the "G'day Fri'yay' Card Making Challenges" Facebook group, a fortnightly Card Making Challenge with Aussie Themes. The theme for this challenge is "Spring" and for me nothing announces the start of spring in...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 10
Hello crafters! For my cards this week I'm using the Whimsy & Wonder DSP and the Seasonal Swirl dies again, this time pairing them with the Well Defined stamp set and matching embossing folders. I've also created my own matching embellishments using the leftover...
Stampin’ Up! Counting Sheep Floating Gatefold Card
I love sheep! Growing up in the country, we always had a pet poddy lamb in our backyard. Poddy lambs are what lambs are called if they have either been orphaned or rejected by their mother and the local farmers would give them to us to hand raise as pets. My brother...
Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry – Week 14 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 14 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Crushed Curry, a rich bold yellow from the Regals colour collection. Do you have any colours that you rarely use, but when you do, you wonder why you don't use them more often?...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 9
This week I was inspired by a beautiful card made by a Dutch Stampin' Up! demonstrator called Berdien Weideveld. I loved the way her square card featured the Whimsy & Wonder DSP. Berdien's card also used a variety of retired products as well as several products I...
Stampin’ Up! Surf’s Up! Penguin Playmates DSP Card
Hello to all my crafting friends! I'm back with another entry for the "G'day Fri'yay' Card Making Challenges" Facebook group, a fortnightly Card Making Challenge with Aussie Themes. The theme for this challenge is "Surf's UP!". My husband and my sons are all obsessive...
Stampin’ Up! Crumb Cake – Week 13 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 13 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Crumb Cake, a very useful colour from the Neutrals colour collection. Crumb Cake is my favourite Stampin' Up! colour because it is so incredibly versatile and it just works so well...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 8
When I was a child my mum had a box of vintage Christmas cards that I used to love looking at and tonight I've combined a few different stamp and die sets to try to recreate this vintage vibe. This style of card making is a lot of fun but also a little bit risky as I...
Stampin’ Up! Coastal Cabana – Week 12 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 12 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Coastal Cabana, a colour from the Brights family. Did I hear you say "step away from the Be Dazzling DSP, Catherine"? Well, sorry, not sorry, I just can't seem to stop using this...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 7
Do you use your Stampin' Up! catalogues for inspiration? I find them such a wonderful source of ideas and this week I've taken my inspiration from the 2019 Stampin' Up! Holiday catalogue. The 2019 Stampin' Up! Holiday catalogue had very clever instructions on how to...
Stampin’ Up! Birthday Caravan Card with Sweet Stockings Christmas DSP.
Hello to all my crafting friends! Have you ever tried to use Christmas paper to make a birthday card? Today I'm sharing a custom birthday card I made using Stampin' Up!'s new Christmas Designer Series Paper called Sweet Stockings. It might seem strange at first to use...
Stampin’ Up! Cinnamon Cider – Week 11 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 11 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Cinnamon Cider, one of 2020-22 In Colours. I've gone a bit berserk with the "Feels Like Home" stamp set today, making not one but four different cards. This stamp set is a free...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 6
This week I've used a sentiment stamp set from the new July-December 2021 Mini Catalogue that could be easily overlooked, but I was lucky enough to win from my upline Claire, the Well Defined stamp set. I'm not sure why I hadn't used this stamp set before as I love...
Stampin’ Up! Punch and Die Art Koala Card
Hello to all my crafting friends! Do you enjoy being challenged with your crafting? I certainly do! Today I'm sharing my entry for the inaugural "G'day Fri'yay' Card Making Challenges" group, who are hosting fortnightly Card Making Challenge with Aussie Themes. The...
Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler – Week 10 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 10 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Cherry Cobbler, from the regals collection. I normally use Cherry Cobbler to make Christmas cards, however, as I'm already making a Christmas card every Monday for our Heart of...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 5
The new July-December 2021 Mini Catalogue and SALE-a-bration catalogues go live tomorrow so I'm sharing another card that uses some of these beautiful Christmas products. I'm not really a sparkly girly girl at all but I just can't stop using this FREE Be Dazzling...
Stampin’ Up! Calypso Coral – Week 9 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 9 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! We are showcasing Calypso Coral, from the subtles collection. My Calypso Coral card showcases a FREE product from the upcoming SALE-a-bration catalogue, available from 3rd August. The Summer Shadow dies are...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 4
I'm loving the challenge of creating a Christmas card each week and I hope you're being inspired to create some too. If you enjoy colouring techniques the Happy Holly-Days stamp set from the forthcoming July-December 2021 mini catalogue is a must! Both this bird stamp...
Stampin’ Up! Cajun Craze – Week 8 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 8 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! We are showcasing Cajun Craze, from the regals colection. Cajun Craze is not a colour I reach for very often but the stunning In Bloom Suite and Welcoming Window bundle made it super easy to create with this...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 3
Are you ready for some more Christmas inspiration? It's pretty cold here in Sydney at the moment so I've made a very wintery card for you today using a new bundle from the forthcoming July-December Mini catalogue. I have to confess this card wasn't meant to be this...
Stampin’ Up! Bumblebee – Week 7 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 7 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! We are showcasing Bumblebee, a 2020-22 InColour. Have you ever made a one sheet wonder? I've never made one before but as Stampin' Up! has nine different packs of DSP on sale at the moment I thought it was a...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 2
With our Art with Heart Team Christmas blog hop providing Christmas card inspiration for you every Monday night I should have all my Christmas cards made by December - I just need to remember to send them in time! My pre-order of Christmas products from the...
Stampin’ Up! Blushing Bride – Week 6 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 6 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! We are showcasing Blushing Bride, a pale pink colour from our subtles family. This week I was inspired by the colour combination the lovely Vicki Boucher used for our Basic Gray blog hop. Vicki paired Basic...
Stampin’ Up! AWH Heart of Christmas Week 1
I know it's only July, but in this house it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!!! Why, you may ask? Well firstly, it's Week One of our Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2021, yeah! And secondly, as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I've already got my hands on the brand...
Stampin’ Up! Blackberry Bliss – Week 5 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 5 of our 2020-21Colour Creations blog hop! We are showcasing Blackberry Bliss, a rich, deep colour from our regal family. One of the most beautiful suites in the new Stampin' Up! Annual catalogue is the Pansy Petals suite. I love this suite so much...
Stampin’ Up! Bermuda Bay – Week 4 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to the week 4 of our Colour Creations blog hop format for 2020-21. This week we're showcasing the bright and beautiful Bermuda Bay. Because I'm away this week I needed a quick, easy and portable crafting solution and the You Are Amazing Stampin' Up! kit came...
Stampin’ Up! Basic Gray – Week 3 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to week 3 of our Colour Creations blog hop format for 2020-21! Today we are showcasing a very dark neutral - Basic Gray - and I've teamed it with other neutrals to make an all-purpose masculine slimline card. I've deliberately left the inside blank so I can...
Stampin’ Up! Balmy Blue – Week 2 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
This week we're showcasing Balmy Blue for week two of our Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop 2020-21. Balmy Blue is a lovely soft and powdery blue and part of the subtles family. It is available in the following products. Classic Stampin' PadBlue Adhesive-backed...
Stampin’ Up! 2021-23 In Colors – Week 1 AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop
Welcome to the very first week of our new Colour Creations blog hop format for 2020-21! From today we are reverting to a traditional blog hop format, starting with a showcase of ALL FIVE 2021-23 InColours, followed by the rest of our beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in...
Stampin’ Up! Soft Suede – Week 50 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our 50th week of Colour Creations Showcase for 2020-21! Today we are showcasing Soft Suede, and it is our final week in this present Colour Creations Showcase format. But don't worry - we'll still be sharing weekly colour inspiration with you, going...
Stampin’ Up! Soft Sea Foam – Week 49 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Soft Sea Foam, the palest green in the Stampin' Up! colour range. I'd love to claim credit for the idea for...
Stampin’ Up! Mountain Air Masculine birthday card
Hello to all my crafting friends! Today I'm sharing my entry for the CASEing the Catty Challenge #CTC317 - Say Hello to the New Catalogue. Just in case you haven't heard the term before, to CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit. This...
Welcome 2021-2022 Catalogue AWH Creative Showcase
Welcome to the Monthly Art With Heart Creative Showcase. Tonight we're sharing projects that use new products from the 2021-22 Stampin' Up1 Annual Catalogue. If you haven't seen the new catalogue yet, this 50 second video shows you some of the stunning products...
Stampin’ Up! So Saffron – Week 48 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing So Saffron, a creamy pale yellow from the subtles family. I'm excited to be sharing another new stamp set...
Stampin’ Up! Smoky Slate – Week 47 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Yippee! The new 2021-22 Stampin' Up! annual catalogue is live. Have you placed an order and seen the exciting new items in it yet? I've used some new products in my card today and I'm sure the other AWH team member will too as we showcase Smoky Slate, one of our...
Stampin’ Up! Shaded Spruce – Week 46 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Shaded Spruce, a dark green colour from our Regals Family. This is our last Colour Creations Showcase before...
Stampin’ Up! Seaside Spray – Week 45 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Seaside Spray, a soon to be retired 2019-21 In colour that I'm really going to miss! This week I'm also...
Stampin’ Up! Sahara Sand – Week 44 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Sahara Sand, the lightest neutral in the Stampin' Up! colour range. Recognise the colours on my card this...
Stampin’ Up! Alphabet Sampler
Hello to all my crafting friends! Today I'm sharing a very special project that was a real labour of love - a hand made alphabet sampler for my niece who is about to turn three. This was such a fun project to make and yes it did involve a lot of my stamp sets. If...
Mothers Day AWH Creative Showcase
Welcome to the Monthly Art With Heart Creative Showcase. Tonight we're sharing Mother's Day projects. I had a beautiful card prepared for you that used the new Butterfly Brilliance bundle and the Butterfly Bijou paper, but because this paper has now sold out...
Stampin’ Up! Terracotta Tile – Week 43 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours. We're jumping out of our alpha order this week to showcase Terracotta Tile before it retires. The Ornate Garden DSP is retiring soon and on sale now,...
New Stampin’ Up! 2021-23 In Colours
Hello to all my crafting friends! Today I'm sharing a sneak peek of the new Stampin' Up! InColours for 2021-23. As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I get to see the new annual catalogue early and also get to place an order of selected new products. I can't show you the...
Stampin’ Up! Rococo Rose – Week 42 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Rococo Rose, a a soon to be retired 2019-21 In colour. I guess you could call my card this week "an ode to...
Stampin’ Up! Rich Razzleberry- Week 41 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Rich Razzleberry, a lovely mauve/plum shade from our regals family. Tonight I've made two floating element...
Stampin’ Up! Real Red – Week 40 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Real Red, a vibrant red from our regals family. If you have a person in your life who loves playing chess,...
Sketch Challenge AWH Creative Showcase
Welcome to the Monthly Art With Heart Creative Showcase. Tonight we're sharing some ideas for projects inspired by a card sketch. I've never actually participated in a card sketch challenge before but wow, I had so much fun making my card. I love how easy it is to...
Stampin’ Up! Purple Posy – Week 39 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Purple Posy, a soon to be retired pale purple from Stampin' Up's 2019-21 InColour collection. Purple Posy is...
Stampin’ Up! Pumpkin Pie – Week 38 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Pumpkin Pie, a rich orange from our regals family. I wanted to make a thank you card for my amazing designer...
Stampin’ Up! Pretty Peacock – Week 37 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Pretty Peacock, a deep teal/turquoise blue/green which is one of the soon to be retired 2019-21 InColours. I...
Stampin’ Up! Poppy Parade – Week 36 AWH Colour Creations Showcase
Welcome back to our Colour Creations Showcase as we continue our showcase of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alpha order. This week we are showcasing Poppy Parade, a very bright and happy red! If you've got a "thing" for black and white paper like I do,...