INKspired Blog Hop

Welcome to our team INKspired Blog Hop. 

You may have just hoped here from my beautiful and talented friend Lissa. 

Our upline Teneale Williams creates our sketch challenges and I found this weeks a bit tricky, as I just don't cope with things not centred! I did actually have it centred, however I managed to stay true to the sketch as much as I could and moved the main image to the right. I was quite proud of myself! 

Today is Mother's Day and I am so blessed to have such an awesome, inspiring and beautiful Mum.

 My Mum enjoys many crafts, however her true passion is quilting and patchwork. I wanted to create a card that represented her love of patchwork and used The Six Sided Sampler.

I was also inspired by a quilt Mum is currently working on, where she hand sews these adorable hexagon appliquéd flowers.

Next on the hop is my lovely team member Marlene, using another favourite stamp set, Butterfly Basics. 

 Happy Mother's Day Mum, I love you to the moon and back. 

Thanks for hopping by,

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Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation Hawaii Blog Hop

Aloha! Welcome to our Grand Vacation Hawaii Achievers Blog Hop. 

You may have just hopped here from my beautiful, talented, American friend Brian King, who I simply adore. 

I first met Brian a couple of years ago at the 2013 Stampin Up Convention, where I wooed him with Tim Tams for a personal photo and he stole my heart with his love and bear hugs. 

This hop was created to celebrate our achievement for earning the Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation to Hawaii. The theme for this hop is Hawaiian and I'm sure you will be so inspired, you will be looking for flower leis and grass skirts!

Be sure to check out all our blogs between the 12th - 17th May to see all our Stampin' Up! Hawaiian adventures.

I LOVE shaker cards! I wanted to use the 'Hello Vacation' card from the latest Project Life Let's Get Away Kit in the Occasions Catalogue as I thought the sentiment and the colours represented our trip. The flowery frame is also from the Let's Get Away Project Life Kit and they complimented each other well.

Next stop is my gorgeous, amazing friend Kylie Bertucci.

                                             

A bit more about this hop.....
It's no secret that Kylie Bertucci and I are very close friends. A friendship that firstly blossomed over adventures on our very first incentive trip to Utah and since then we have formed an even closer bond. Kylie was going through a tough time she was not feeling as inspired and pumped as she usually does.

I had a 'light bulb' moment! I thought why not create a blog hop and join forces with other top demonstrators to celebrate our achievement of earning the Grand Vacation in Hawaii. The goal was  get everyone creating and showcase the amazing talents of some of Stampin' Up!'s elite.

This not only got Kylie excited, but me too! Be sure to check out all the beautiful creations and we all love comments too. Thank you so much dropping in.

A hui hou,
(until we meet again)

Blog Hop List

1. Brian King  

2. Louise Sharp

3. Kylie Bertucci

4. Janet Wakeland 

 5. Shannean Moncrieff

6. BJ Peters

 7. Selene Kempton 

8. Georgia Giguere 

9. Linda Higgins 

10. Simone Bartrum 

11. Dawn Griffith 

 12. Marelle Taylor 

13. Dena Rekow 

14. Connie Stewart 

15. Alisa Tilsner  

16. Tami White 

17. Renee Kohnke 

18. Bec Ross 

19. Ann Craig 

20. Vanessa Webb 

21. Sandi MacIver 

22. Sharon Armstrong 

23. Barb Mullikin 

24. Connie Babbert 

25. Alison Solven 

 26. Betty Button 

27. Lisa Curcio 

28. Krista Frattin 

29. Kim Gavarra 

30. Jacque Williams

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Stamp Out Autism Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp Out Autism Blog Hop. 

You may have just hopped here from my talented friend and fellow stamper Alisa Tilsner.

This hop was created by Lee Conrey to showcase our projects and also raise awareness and funds for those affected with Autism. Thank you Lee, this is a cause close to my own heart.

There is no theme, other than to use the colour blue, which represents Autism Awareness. For me though, I wanted to use balloons, because when our son, James was younger (among many, many other things) he was petrified of balloons. Thankfully he is over that now!

Stampers across the US have already raised over $23,500 with nationwide charity events and other blog hops.

Together with Alisa, we are raising funds for Autism Australia. We would love it if you could even donate a small amount to help us raise $1000.

We are also donating our 20% commission on all our online sales until the 25th April.

Next on the hop is Rachel Tessman. Be sure to hop all the way around to see all the amazing creations!

  

Thanks for 'hopping' by,

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INKspired Blog Hop - Sea Street

Welcome to our INKspired Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from my beautiful friend Lissa and her gorgeous creation using the Flower Shop set.  

Man alive...this sketch had me in a tizz! My upline Teneale Williams designs the sketches and I love them because they generally get me out of my comfort zone. Ok, first I despise them and then I end up loving them!  Hahaha

Here's this weeks sketch:

I turned the sketch to go landscape:

I really love nautical cards and have used the Sea Street stamp set before and loved it. The little images lend themselves to being cut into circles and I think they look like little portholes on a ship. I also really like the little school of fishies swimming in the background.

Next stop on the blog hop is my gorgeous friend and team member Marlene.

Thanks for 'hopping by

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Just Add Ink - Sketch Challenge

The challenge at Just Add Ink this week is a sketch challenge created by design team member, Tina.

I wanted to create a soft, pink and elegant birthday card for my beautiful friend, cousin and Stampin Up sister Marlene. We share a love of papercraft and she blows me away with her talent!

For the background stripes I used the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper from the 

Sale-a-Brations brochure and coloured it with the Pink Pirouette Stamp Pad and a dauber. 

Other stamp sets I used were:
For the New Two
Sophisticated Serifs
Remembering Your Birthday

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