Welcome to the Around the World Stampin' Up! Blog Hop, featuring projects from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue. Around the World Stampin' Up! Blog Hop

I am very happy to announce that one week from today I will begin a 12 Weeks of Christmas email campaign! From 5 October, every week you will receive a holiday project idea with all the instructions on how to recreate it. Weeks 1-5 projects are Christmas cards, weeks 6-9 are creative gifts and weeks 10-12 will have fun gift wrapping ideas. Here's the catch... the only people who will receive these 12 amazing project ideas are those on my email list, so make sure you're subscribed! Fill in your details at the top right of this page.

Over the last two weeks I have been teaching this cute spinner card at the September Creative Stamping Workshops. These cards feature the beautiful Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper and honey bees from the Shooting Star stamp set...

In New Zealand we rarely celebrate Halloween, and our family doesn't observe this holiday. However, when I saw the Sweet Home stamp set and coordinating Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies in the Holiday Catalogue, I knew a spooky Halloween house we definitely on the creation-todo-list. I've seen a few of these cute little houses and have taken small ideas from each one to create mine...

For this month's Thank You cards, I have chosen products from the Blooms & Bliss Suite. This suite of products is known for it's soft colours and whimsical floral designs...

On Friday I held my annual Holiday Catalogue Launch Party to kick of the start of the festive season. It was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed seeing and having hands-on exploration of new 2016 Holiday Catalogue products, participating in games, winning spot prizes, prize draws and more!

Fathers Day Cable Knit Chocolate Box

2016 Holiday Catalogue