It's new Catalogue Day – woohoo! One of my favourite days on the crafting calendar, and I'm so thrilled to welcome the September–December 2026 Mini Catalogue into my crafting space.

I think I used (almost) everything in my crafting space that's gold or gold-toned to create this stunning birthday card. It has layers upon layers with Gold Foil corners and cute flowers, Peaceful Pine Shimmer Brush laid over the Sweet Foliage background stamp, then finished with hot-foiled words.

When is a card not a card? When it's two cards! This fabulous Father's Day card combines two complementary fun-fold designs to create serious wow-factor.

The international Creativity Abounds Design Team are sharing again – and this month brings back a firm favourite: Fun Folds! It's the third time we've tackled this theme since I joined the team just over a year ago, and I don't think that novelty will ever wear off for me – there's something so satisfying about a card that does more than just open and close.

I'm giving you a little sneak peek of some new products coming in September – and oh my, this one's a beauty! This stunning 6" x 8" scrapbooking layout was created and gifted to me by my good friend Jackie, and it features three soon-to-be-released products: an embossing folder, a Designer Series Paper pack, and a fun stamp-and-die bundle, finished with a touch of foiling!

I have seen a few cards with this design because it is quick, simple, and so elegant! I used the absolutely stunning Inked Floret stamp set as the perfect background…

I loved creating the Valley In Bloom Pop-Up Card, so I recreated this fun fold design using some of the fabulous products in the Violet Dreams Suite. How stunning is that intense floral patterned paper?! The Secret Sea background beautifully offsets the pink and purple Violets.

Over the weekend, I had the privilege of heading to Christchurch to join other New Zealand demonstrators for a fabulous time of networking, learning, and crafting together. Four of my wonderful team members also joined me there, and I made each of them a small gift...