Rolling Waves for Around the World on Wednesday

 

Welcome to the second hop of the year for Around the World on Wednesday. I hope you're all feeling rested, re-energised and ready to create!

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

This month, we're doing something a little different. It's five years since Around the World on Wednesday started up, so we're doing some close-up looks at the team. Our mission was to both CAS(E) something from the catalogue and to CAS(E) something from team member (and ex-Artisan) Teri West using one of her reimaginings of a Paper Pumpkin kit. 

Going through the new January-April Mini Catalogue, I found this little card which I love the layout of. So often in my cards, I use a texture-embossed card front with the rest of the design taking up about 1/3 of the space. I was quite surprised to discover that, in the end, my CAS(E) of this did not include a texture embossed front! 

For the second part of the challenge, I used a card of Teri's (see it here) that had a similar-ish layout but used colours that I liked: Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Bumblebee (replaced by Daffodil Delight) and Petal Pink.

Sitting on my desk was a new bundle, part of my pre-order for the March Online Exclusive drop, called Rolling Waves.

Instead of the strip of cardstock in the catalogue, I used a stamp to create a width of sand. Then I used one of the wave dies to create a waveline to run across the sand. I think the stamp is really meant to create water for a wave but I liked it as sand. 

Then I used some of the other dies in the set to create an overhead view of a beach brolly and some seashells and starfish. I do love a beach-themed set!

Just as the words are so cleverly placed partly over the disco ball in the original, I've placed my sentiment (also from Rolling Waves) partly over the umbrella. 

Next up on the hop is the wonderful Leonie Stuart in Australia. Let's see what she's CAS(E)d from the catalogue and from Teri. 

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can stamp with me, and shop with me, from anywhere in New Zealand. Click here.

Here's a blog roll in case you get lost or want to revisit someone:

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Marga Bultena - DE

Kim Fee - UK

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Bree Renwick - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Nature's Symphony for Around The World on Wednesday

 

Welcome to the first hop of the year for Around the World on Wednesday. I hope you're all feeling rested, re-energised and ready to create!

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

This month, we're doing something a little different. It's five years since Around the World on Wednesday started up, so we're doing some close-up looks at the team. I was surprised to discover that this month, the team is going to CASE me! And since one of things I like to do is to blend inks and tear paper, Angie has also set the theme of Paper Tearing. 

One of my favourite paper tearing techniques is the Faux Torn Paper technique. I've made a lot of cards using this, like this one or this or this. So, here I am, casing myself!

I'm particularly enjoying the Nature's Symphony bundle, out of the January-April 2026 Mini Catalogue. With the foliage stamps, along with texture stamps, it's perfect for this technique. 

The starting point was to tear a piece of photocopy paper to make the mask. I attached the card front to my grid paper with a post-it note to hold it in place, then used others to hold the mask in place while I blended the inks: Lemon-Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green and a touch of Shaded Spruce at the outer edges. Blending Brushes make the job easy but it is very important the mask does not move, so hold it with your hand for extra support while you're blending at the torn paper edge,

With the mask still in place, I stamped in some foliage in Shaded Spruce and some wood texture in Granny Apple Green. I was keeping things simple, so left it at that. After removing the mask, I attached the card front to the Early Espresso card base.

I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso and cut it with one of the Textured Notes dies. To accent it, I cut some foliage from Nature's Symphony in Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce and tucked them uncer the popped up sentiment. The finishing touch was a trio of Faux Brass Pentagons. 

This is such a lovely technique and not at all difficult, so I hope you'll give it a go sometime. 

Next up on the hop is the lovely Leonie Stuart. 

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can stamp with me, and shop with me, from anywhere in New Zealand. Click here.

Here's a blog roll in case you get lost or want to revisit someone:

Jan Clothier - NZ - You are here

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Danielle Kassing - NL

Marga Bultena - DE

Annette Ball - CA

Kelly Taranto - US

Bree Renwick - US

Teri West - US

This or That for Around the World on Wednesday

 

Welcome to Around the World on Wednesday's November hop.

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

This month, we're doing something a little different. It's five years since Around the World on Wednesday started up, so we're doing some close-up looks at the team. This month, we're going to CASE team member Sharon Hashimoto Burkert but also using the theme of this or that, focussing on gratitude ...

To start of with, I browsed through Sharon's Facebook page to find something I'd like to CASE. I liked this card a lot, so chose it as my starting point.

Of course, Sharon had me with the embossing as I love to add texture. The torn edge of DSP appealed to me, as did the general layout. So I got to work on card 1 - my THIS.

For this card, I went with a vintage feel.

I'm not much of a ribbon user so did not add a strip of ribbon although I did add a shadow underlay to the sentiment. 

For this card, I used:

•  a Secret Sea card base and Basic Beige card front
• Painterly Pears DSP
• Joined Together embossing folder
• A sentiment from Perfectly Pears
• Stylish Shapes die for the sentiment with Secret Sea ink
• Sparkle Dots for embellishment

Then it was on to Card 2 - my THAT.

For this card, I went with a modern, fresh feel.

This time, I went with some White and Gold Baker's twine to create a strong horizontal behind the sentiment.

For this card I used:

• A Strawberry Slush card base and Basic White card front
• 2025-2027 In Color 6x6 DSP stack
• Dotted Circles Embossing folder
• A sentiment from Textured Notes
• Stylish Shapes die for the sentiment stamped in Strawberry Slush
• Strawberry Slush gems for embellishment.

So, what's the final verdict? This - or That?

Next up on the hop is the wonderful Leonie Stuart. Let's see which of Sharon's creations she's CASEd for us!

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand here.

Here's a blog roll for you, in case you get lost or want to revisit someone.

Jan Clothier - NZ
Leonie Stuart - AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU
Cheryll Miller - AU
Danielle Kassing - NL
Marga Bultena - NL
Aurélie Fabre - FR
Kelly Taranto - US
Sharon Hashimoto Burkert
Chris Smith - US
Teri West - US

Gallery Blooms for Around the World on Wednesday

Welcome to Around the World on Wednesday's July hop.

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

This month, we're doing something a little different. It's five years since Around the World on Wednesday started up, so we're doing some close-up looks at the team. Aurelie Fabre was a founding member of the team so this month we're all going to CASE one of her projects. 

But our team leader, Angie McKenzie likes to keep us on our toes, so in addition to CASEing Aurelie, we're also using a Tic-Tac-Toe board.

After browsing through Aurelie's blog, I found this card to CASE. So pretty, isn't it?

So armed with this gorgeous design and the centre column of the Tic Tac Toe board (Circle-line-repeat), this is what I came up with....

I used the very pretty floral spray image from Gallery Blooms. I repeat stamped this using Gray Granite ink then coloured each repeat using Fresh Freesia, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends. I die cut them out.

 

Aurelie's original card had a soft splatter of colour behind her repeated daffodils. I added in some soft splatter in Daffodil Delight but also some lines of text. Both the splatter and lines of text come from a set that I'm finding indispensable: Elements of Text.

After completing the background stamping on the card front, I arranged the die cut blooms over it, then trimmed off any overhang before attaching the card front to the Gray Granite card base.

I replaced Aurelie's sentiment label with a stitched circle from Stylish Shapes. The sentiment, stamped in Gray Granite, is from Beautiful Motifs - a sentiment only companion set to Gallery Blooms.

As beautiful as the Brushed Brass Butterflies from Aurelie's original are, I replaced them with some Antique Pearls for a more vintage feel. 

Keep on hopping to see how the rest of the team have CASEd Aurelie.  Next up is the wonderful Leonie Stuart from Australia. I'm sure she has a treat to share with us!

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand here.

Here's a blog roll of participants in case you get lost or want to revisit someone.

Jan Clothier - NZ
Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU
Cheryll Miller - AU
Marga Bultena - NL
Ximena Morales - DE
Aurélie Fabre - FR
Chris Smith - US
Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US
Lori Willcox - CA
Teri West - US
Cheryl Hamilton - US

Gallery Blooms for Around the World on Wednesday

 

Welcome to Around the World on Wednesday's April hop.

On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀

This month, we're doing something a little different. It's five years since Around the World on Wednesday started up, so we're doing some close-up looks at the team. Anne Marie Hile was instrumental in helping our founder, Angie McKenzie, get the hop up and running so this month we're all going to CASE one of her projects. 

I decided to hunt the archive and went right back to Anne Marie's first ever post for Around the World on Wednesday. This is her card from 2020.

And here's my 2025 CASE of it, using some pre-order products from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue.

As you see, I took Anne Marie's layout literally. I substituted some of the gorgeous Beautiful Gallery DSP for her original embossed panel. Let me tell you that went against the grain for me as I almost always go for texture over pattern! But it was just too beautiful to leave out. 

I replaced her flowers with some from Gallery Blooms and I coloured them with Stampin' Blends in Lost Lagoon, Peach Pie and Calypso Coral. I stamped the flowers and sentiment in the same colour as the card base, Secret Sea - one of the 2025-2027 In Colors.

CASEing Anne Marie also got me using some of the Basic Beige ribbon from the Beautiful Gallery suite - even though I'm not usually a user of ribbon either! The embellishments are Pressed Flower Motifs, also part of the suite, all of which will be available from 6 May.

Keep on hopping to see how the rest of the team have CASEd Anne Marie.  Next up is the wonderful Leonie Stuart from Australia. I'm sure she has a treat to share with us!

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand here.

Here's a blog roll in case you get lost or want to re-visit someone along the way.

Jan Clothier - NZ - You are here
Leonie Stuart - AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU
Cheryll Miller - AU
Danielle Kassing - NL
Marga Bultena - DE
Aurélie Fabre - FR
Kim Fee - UK
Annette Ball - CA
Kelly Taranto - US
Chris Smith - US
Theresa McEntee - US
Bree Renwick - US
Teri West - US
Cheryl Hamilton - US