Back in November 2025 we started the fifth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process.
Cheryl's Card
This chain started with this fun fold card from Cheryl, if you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card and track its transition along the chain.
I was sixth in the chain and surprisingly the card hasn't changed all that much from the original. I have gone with softer cards than either Cheryl or Ros chose. I love how the Lovely & Beautiful DSP and coordinating dies look with this fun fold.
Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?
My latest free form (not associated with a design team) card, I loved the dramatic colours of the Garden Poetry Suite as soon as I saw it in the Online Exclusive offering. This card features the front and back of a single sheet of DSP with the main image stamped using the coordinating stamp set. To create the variegated look on the leaves I added Berry Burst and Blackberry Bliss ink to my stamp using Blending Brushes, adding the lighter colour first and the darker only over parts of the image. I love this technique and it goes so well with this gorgeous paper.
With the ink left on the Blending Brush I added some colour just to the edge of the base layer of DSP to give it more dimension.
My second card playing with this suite uses the same sheet of DSP but only has the horizontal strip of DSP added as I wanted more of the background DSP to show. I used the same technique for the stamped image and finished both cards with a Happy Birthday sentiment from Banner Sayings.
Let me know in the comments which card you prefer, or if you are like me and can't choose between the two!
Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where utilise the projects within the current Stampin' Up! catalogue to inspire our own projects each week. We also invite you to join with us in the challenge each week by using this inspiration in your own creations and uploading a photo to our Facebook page.
This week we are taking inspiration from projects made with our favourite DSP from either catalogue. So many projects to choose from with an so many beautiful DSP patterns in the Stampin' Up! offering at the moment!
There is one DSP that I really love at the moment and that is the Nature Walk DSP so I was immediately drawn to pages 38 to 41 of the catalogue. It was this somewhat simple card that caught my eye, I think my favourite pattern in this DSP pack is the one with the cursive font so it was easy to see why this card stood out, it is from page 38. While I love the Nature Walk DSP I did want to stretch myself a little and use one of my other favourite DSP packs from the Online Exclusives, Floral Charm. While the stamps and dies from this suite have been retired, the DSP is still available.
When I cut into a new piece of DSP I will cut off a 4" strip, then cut that in half at 6", giving me two pieces that I can easily cut down to layer onto a card front. That is what I did with the Country Wood DSP which I thought would make a nice neutral background, so when I couldn't decide between two of the patterns in the Floral Charm DSP pack I just decided to make two cards instead of one. This first one features Pecan Pie with pink flowers (I think Petunia Pop), as the solid colour is from the back side of the floral pattern it is hard to be sure. I was going to match the large leaf with the card base, but decided it looked better with the large leave in Mossy Meadow, and the smaller leaves in Pecan Pie.
My second card has a Mossy Meadow base paired with a DSP strip featuring Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock and Cajun Craze. The reverse side of the DSP featured Pretty Peacock and I love the subtle leaf pattern on this side of the DSP. I used the opposite coloured leaves to my first card, making the two of them really quick and easy to produce. Let me know in the comments which colour combo you prefer.
I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use one of the projects featuring a DSP to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.
Time to hop on over and see what the lovely and talented Rebecca has created this week.
Back in November 2025 we started the fifth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process.
This chain started with this pretty Christmas themed card from Julia, it is nice to see someone else was in holiday mode when making their card! If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.
I was fifth in this chain, so right in the middle! You can see the fancy fold of the original card has made its way through the intervening iterations, with the sentiment remaining on the focal panel on the front. I realise now that I should have added some embellishments to my card before sending it off on its journey, I wonder if the next person has added some to their version.
Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?
Back in November 2025 we started the fifth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process.
This chain started with this pretty floral card from Nancy who chose the same image as my starting card but changed up the colours so it isn't a Christmas themed card at all. I love how just changing the colours can change the whole occasion!! If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.
My card was eighth in the series for this chain and you can certainly see how things diverged over time with this design. I love this Lovely Florals DSP and coordinating die set and am sad that it has now retired, although I am looking forward to some of the new floral papers coming in the new catalogue next month!
Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?
Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where utilise the projects within the current Stampin' Up! catalogue to inspire our own projects each week. We also invite you to join with us in the challenge each week by using this inspiration in your own creations and uploading a photo to our Facebook page.
This week we are taking inspiration from the projects associated with the bundles in the mini catalogue. There are quite a range of styles in this section so I am sure there will be something for everyone.
I was inspired by the card on the left from page 56 of the mini catalogue, I love how they have used the washi tape to create a background panel, and knew I wanted to give that a go.
For my card I swapped out the Greenery Lane for the Extraordinary Flora washi to give it more of a floral vibe. I cut out some of the individual floral images to add to the sentiment panel and added some linen thread and embellishments from my stash. I love how this turned out, it really shows how versatile the Stampin' Up! products are.
I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the Bundles section of the mini catalogue to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.
Time to hop on over and see what Julia has created this week.
Back in November 2025 we started the fifth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process.
This chain started with this fun card from Carolina, I love how she has stamped lots of overlapping images on the background of her card. If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.
I was ninth in this chain and it is great to see how the use of negative space, stamped images and blended colour has made it all the way through. There are some obvious differences between our cards but you can definitely see the relation between the two. I like the black silhouette and colour choices in my card, though I do love the little piece of ribbon that Carolina's original card had.
Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?
Welcome to the monthly Let's Craft Together Blog Hop, thanks for joining us. We are a group of multi-cultural Stampin' Up! Demonstrators in Australia who have developed a strong friendship through our love of stamping and our admiration of each other's style of crafting.
The challenge this month it was my turn to choose the theme for the challenge and I thought it would be fun to create a project using distressing techniques. I used to do this style of card all the time, but not so much recently.
I chose the gorgeous Delicate Dreams DSP as the starting point of my card, then added a number of different distressing techniques. Firstly I spritzed the smaller piece of DSP and then crumpled it up in a ball, flattened it out and kept doing this until it was well and truly distressed some of the edges tore a bit more than I had planned but it was a trust the process moment! I let it dry well and then added Crumb Cake ink to the edges and across the centre using a Blending Brush, accentuating the crumpled look. I also added Crumb Cake to the blue floral layer after running the blade of my scissors along the edge to give it an aged look. Another technique I used was to splatter Crumb Cake ink across the blue floral DSP to make it look stained.
Finally I created a faux suede look for the sentiment banner by running the banner over my bone folder to really break down the fibres so that the cardstock splits and can be torn in half, leaving the slightly fuzzy side showing which creates the suede look. Again I further distressed the edges with Crumb Cake ink and stamped my sentiment directly onto the banner, this gave a slightly blurred look which was perfect for the distressed feel of the card. I finished the card off with some Pressed Flower Motifs embellishments, with their aged look they were perfect for this card.
I hope you enjoy hoping around the other design team members to see which distressing techniques they have used on their projects this month. If you can think of any others that I haven't used please let me know in the comments below.
Back in November 2025 we started the fifth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process.
This chain started with this zen card created by Tracy, I love her use of the fractured DSP pattern on the left panel it really goes with the theme of the card. If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.
My card was forth in the chain so there are many similarities between mine and Tracy's cards. I kept the fancy fold however used the same DSP for the side and front panels to allow the gorgeous gold floral image to take centre stage. I used a pre-printed sentiment on this card which pops against the DSP. This is such a fun fold, and easy to create.
Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?
Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where utilise the projects within the current Stampin' Up! catalogue to inspire our own projects each week. We also invite you to join with us in the challenge each week by using this inspiration in your own creations and uploading a photo to our Facebook page.
This week we are taking inspiration from the projects featured in the Easter Joy Suite in the January to April mini catalogue. There are some really cute projects, but don't think you have to do an Easter project, just use the catalogue projects to inspire your own creation.
I chose these two cute little cards, when I spotted them I realised I would be able to use a sneak peek from the new catalogue being released in May. At the recent OnStage event for demonstrators I got the gorgeous Scenic Coast DSP which has beautiful sunset over water images on one side, and mottled coloured backgrounds on the other.
I used one of the sheets of DSP that made me think of those beautiful mornings where the sun makes the whole sky glow, and it made me think back to growing up and Easter morning my parents would say "Happy Easter, He is Risen". I used a very old sentiment stamp for this card as I don't have any current Easter sentiments, and some current embellishments. So overall this is a bit of a past, present and future project!
I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the Easter Joy Suite to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.
Time to hop on over and see what Rochelle has created this week.
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