tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:35:48 +0000Louise SharpStampin UpJust Add InkBirthday CardWatercolor CardHomemade Christmas CardINKspired Blog HopStampin Up CardRemembering Your BirthdayBright CardBright cardsColour ChallengeHandmade CardStampin MarkersStampin Up Grand VacationWatercoloringAllure of the SeasBlendabilitiesButterfly CardThank you CardBaby CardFlowerflotMasculine CardMojo MondayPapaya CollagePinkPool PartyPrettyRuffled TrimStrawberry SlushTea For TwoWedding Cardseam binding ribbonAn Open HeartBaby GirlBest ThoughtsBlue and WhiteBright and BeautifulButterflyCandlelight ChristmasCase Study ChallengeChevron FolderChristmas BaubleChristmas StarColour CombinationEaster CardEaster GiftFather's Day CardFramelitsFriendship CardFrom My HeartGorgeous GrungeHappy HourHardwoodHawaiiIndescribable GiftJust For YouKind & CozyLovely Lace Embossing FolderMade With LoveModern MedleyMother's DayNot Quite NavyOccasionsReally Good GreetingRev Up the FunSale-a-BrationsShabby Chic CardStampin Up AustraliaStampin Up Christmas CardStampin Up Grand VactionStampin Up PromotionStar CardStars FramelitsStippled BlossomsTea CardThank youValentine's Daysimply scored40th Birthday CardA Whole Lot Of LovelyAntique CardArray Of SunshineAustalian Survival KitBabushkaBaby BoyBack to BlackBaja BreezeBalck and White CardBalloon CardBanners FramelitsBarnyard BabiesBig NewsBig ShotBlack and Pink cardBlack and White CardBootiful OccasionsBrayer TechniqueBrian PillingBurlap RibbonButterfly BasicsButtons & Blossoms MoldCake CardCalypso CoralCaravan CardCaribbean CruiseCassette CardCatalogue Launch PartyCelebrate TodayCelebration Add onCelebration BasicsChalkChalkingChallenge BlogsCherish FriendshipCherry BlossomChristmasChristmas CakeChristmas DecorChristmas in JulyCircle ThinlitsCoastal CabanaConfetti Celebration. Louise SharpCotton RibbonCreating a BlueprintCrisp CantaloupeCrystal EffectsDeer CardDotty AnglesElegant Butterfly PunchElegant LinesElements of StyleElephant CardEmbellished Bag TutorialEmbellished OrnamentsEmbossingEndless WishesEngagement CardEnglish GardenEverybunnyEveryday AdventureFemale BirthdayFloral DistrictFloral WingsFlower PatchFor the New TwoFour FeathersFrench FoliageFriendly WishesGift BagsGift VoucherGingham GardenGiraffe CardGoldGold GlimmerGold SoireeGold ThreadGraceful GardenGuitar CardHandmade ChalkboardHawaiian CardHeart PunchHearts a FlutterHello DoilyHexagon CardHoliday HomeHomemade ChristmasHoop la laHostess CodeHouse CardHouse Warming CardI Love LaceIncentive Trip 2014Itty Bitty PunchJamJingle All the WayJust Add WaterJust BecauseKabrinaKeepsakes OrnamentKinda KoalaLarger than Life AlphabetLittle Boy CardLittle FriendsLittle Letters ThinlitsLove CardLove Heart CardLovely Inside and OutMake a CakeMale CardsMany Merry StarsMany Merry Stars KitMarina MistMarket FreshMason JarMelon MamboMemorable MomentsMerry Little ChristmasMerry MondayMidnight MuseMotorbike cardNartural Christmas CardOnline OrderingPainted PetalsPaper CakePaper StackPapillon PotpourriPatterned OccasionsPeaceful WreathPenrith PapercraftPetite Pocket DiePhotopolymerPig CardPink and Green CardPistachio PuddingPolka DotsPositively ChevronProduct SpotlightProject LifeReally Good GreetingsRetirement CardRetroRustic ChristmasSaleSale-a-Brations Launch PartySalt Lake CitySea StreetSecret GardenSequin TrimShabby ChicShaker CardShop OnlineShop Online AustraliaSimply Pressed ClaySix Sided SamplerSkating BySketch ChallengeSo SaffronSo Very GratefulSquare FramelitsStampin Up BirdhouseStampin Up Blog HopStampin Up Boys CardStampin Up Convention BrisbaneStampin Up Demonstrator AustraliaStampin Up Gift CertificateStampin Up North American Convention 2013Stampin Up ShowStampin Up UtahStampin Write MarkersStorytime DSPStrawberry CardStrawberry RecipeStylin GirlSwallowtailSwap CardSweater WeatherTGIFTaffeta RibbonTags Gift BoxTea PartyTea ShoppeTeacherTeeny Tiny SentimentsTeneale WilliamsThe Paper PlayersThinking of YouThinlits Card DieThis Little PiggyTo-Do BoardToday & EverydayTri FoldTwo-Tags DieTwo-Tone RibbonTypeset AlphabetUtah Incentive Trip 2013Valentine's CardWatercolor WinterWhite ChristmasWondrous WreathWork Of ArtYou Are LovedYou're My HeroYou're SublimeYou've Git ThisYour Perfect DayZoo Babiesscoredshabbythankswhite space cardIndependent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Australiahttp://www.louisesharp.com.au/noreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)Blogger415125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-9098553235322873612Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +00002023-07-26T19:00:00.149+10:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop for July! You may have hopped here from my fabulously talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post. The theme for this months hop is 'Summer'. In the Southern Hemisphere we are all rugged up in our Winter woollies enjoying camp fires and roasting marshmallows (no we http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2023/07/be-inspired-blog-hop-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-3734253204189335186Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:17:00 +00002023-06-26T18:39:43.315+10:00 #GDP400 - Hello friends! I am very excited to be playing along with the Global Design Project this week as the Challenge and Design Team celebrates the 400th challenge. Wow!! The Global Design Project was born back in 2015 when Kylie Bertucci and I decided to created a challenge that included Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world in an effort to showcase all the amazing http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2023/06/celebrating-global-design-project-400.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-647132860475913432Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +00002022-09-28T19:00:00.228+10:00 Another month has passed which means it must be time for the September Be Inspired Blog Hop! You may have hopped here from my fabulously talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post.The theme for this month is 'Stampin' Blends'. Stampin' Blends are alcohol markers filled with an alcohol-based solution which http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/09/be-inspired-blog-hop-stampin-blends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-2326725585676303447Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +00002022-08-31T19:43:25.346+10:00 Hi there! It's time for our August 2022 Be Inspired Blog Hop. You may have hopped here from my fabulously talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post.The theme for this month is 'Pick a Season'. Christmas is a Season right? Well, I'm running with it! And being the end of August already, it feels like Christmas is http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/08/be-inspired-blog-hop-pick-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-3308020902447656906Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +00002022-08-31T16:07:01.706+10:00 Welcome to the July 2022 Be Inspired Blog Hop. You may have hopped here from my fabulously talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post.The theme for this month is 'Sale-a-Bration'.  Sale-a-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s twice-annual sales event where you can earn free and exclusive products for every $90AUD and $http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/07/be-inspired-blog-hop-sale-bration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-6025199894030234927Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +00002022-06-30T22:45:05.458+10:00 Hello and welcome to the June 2022 Be Inspired Blog Hop. You may have hopped here from my fabulously talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post.The theme for this months hop is 'Case The Catalogue'. The latest/new 2022-2023 Catalogue is bursting with gorgeous new stamps and lovely products, however at the time ofhttp://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/06/be-inspired-blog-hop-case-catalogue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-6262655352167141110Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +00002022-03-30T22:00:30.675+11:00 It's hard to believe it's time again for another Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop because the month of March seems to have flown by! You may have hopped here from my lovely and talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post.The theme for this months hop is 'Stepping into Spring'. Spring? Oh boy, doesn't that http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/03/be-inspired-blog-hop-stepping-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-8440970073811819555Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +00002022-02-23T21:00:00.202+11:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop for February. You may have hopped here from my lovely and talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post. The theme for this months hop is 'Mini Catalogue Project', with the team highlighting new products from the latest Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue. I http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/02/be-inspired-blog-hop-mini-catalogue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-1729337934673207939Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:10:00 +00002022-02-16T13:56:35.273+11:00It has been a long time since I created for the Global Design Project and in fact the last time I played I was a Design Team Member. But I passed on the baton when we moved back in 2019 and my crafting and Stampin' Up! life took a back seat, so today I play along as a guest. But the best part of the challenge this week is I get to CASE the Designer, who is my brilliant, amazing friend Janneke http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/02/blessings-of-home-global-design-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-6374010699235740197Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +00002022-01-26T21:00:00.199+11:00 Hello and welcome to the first Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop for 2022. I'm excited to be playing along! You may have hopped here from my lovely and talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. Please hop around by clicking the next button at the bottom of this post. The theme for this months hop is 'Sale-a-Bration', with the team highlighting new products from the http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2022/01/sale-brations-2022-be-inspired-blog-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-2400275409565202474Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +00002021-06-30T19:20:45.320+10:00 Hello, it really is me! First let's get the formalities out of the way....Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop, you may have just arrived here from my lovely and talented friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from New Zealand. If you are starting here please make sure you 'hop' around by clicking the next button - but only after reading my blog first of course! 😉The theme for this http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2021/06/sending-hugs-for-be-inspired-blog-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-7149477133077444041Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:00:00 +00002019-09-25T19:00:02.095+10:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from the lovely and amazingly talented Stesha Bloodhart from the USA. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around.  The theme for this hop is 'CASE the Catalogue'. The definition of CASE: Copy And Share Everything or http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/09/be-inspired-design-team-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-9002990856019039610Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +00002019-08-28T19:00:20.210+10:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from the lovely and amazingly talented Stesha Bloodhart from the USA. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around.  The theme for this hop is 'Embossing'. There's a few different ways to add embossing to your project whichhttp://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/08/be-inspired-design-team-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-8288966265800579888Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +00002019-08-19T21:00:08.435+10:00 "I see the moon and the moon sees me, down by the shade of the old oak tree. Please let the light that shines on me, shine on the one I love." This is a song that was sung to me as a child and I also sing to my kids. I remind them that wherever they are in the world we all look at the same moon. We all sleep under the same stars and we all feel the warm from the same sun. The theme at the http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/08/global-design-project-challenge-203.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-8991381331312441827Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +00002021-06-30T19:21:10.935+10:00 Happy Monday! This past weekend I held my third Stamping by the Sea Retreat in Kiama. It was amazing and epic and fun and loud and colourful and filled with love and laughter and friendship and all.the.things that make my heart sing! I will blog all about it in another post soon. For now here's a photo of all who attended: There's a sketch challenge over at the Global Design Project and http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/08/global-design-project-sketch-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-6046465450739432439Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +00002019-07-31T19:19:25.388+10:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from the lovely and amazingly talented Stesha Bloodhart from the USA. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around. The theme for this hop is '2019-2021 In-Colors'. To keep up with current trends and colours Stampin' Up! http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/07/be-inspired-design-team-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-7068427876068831876Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +00002019-07-29T21:00:01.222+10:00 It's been a while since I have played along with the Global Design Project Design Team and I have to admit I am really enjoying finding my mojo again (who knows where it went?!) and my love of all things papercraft! We are getting our inspiration from one of our talented Design Team Members, Janneke de Jong from the Netherlands. I honestly completely adore Janneke, she brings so much light http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/07/global-design-project-caseing-janneke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-2294908122879239130Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +00002019-06-26T19:13:55.030+10:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from the lovely and amazingly talented Stesha Bloodhart from the USA. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around.  The theme for this hop is 'Happy Mail / Just Because', which always seems like such a nice http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/06/be-inspired-design-team-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-1836576124249202174Wed, 22 May 2019 02:42:00 +00002019-05-22T12:50:00.589+10:00 GET READY FOR A FIESTA! As you may know, for the past two years I have run a Stamp Retreat in beautiful Kiama (on the NSW South Coast) and we have the best fun - I promise I'm not trying to sell it to you - we literally have SO.MUCH.FUN!! Dates: Friday 9th - Sunday 11th August 2019 Location: Easts Beach Holiday Park, 30 Ocean Street, Kiama NSW Price: $420.00AU - includes all http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/05/stamping-by-sea-2019.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-6702467384595914405Sun, 19 May 2019 10:00:00 +00002019-05-19T20:00:07.665+10:00 Welcome to the Everything is Rosy Blog Hop featuring demonstrators from the INKspired Team in Australia and the Pinkies Team in the UK. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around.  Don't fall over....I haven't blogged in a really long time! *Sigh - unfortunately life has taken over a bit with thingshttp://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/05/everything-is-rosy-blog-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-7433444048511944643Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +00002019-02-07T22:16:38.682+11:00 I was asked a few months ago if I would like to be a Guest Designer on the Creating Kindness Blog Hop and of course I said yes - what an honor and great opportunity to craft! I'm so inspired by all the talented people on this design team and figured I had plenty of time to get creating. At the time February was so far away and I knew I would have time to create something by then...Ha...http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2019/02/creating-kindness-blog-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-8198669484672539665Mon, 12 Nov 2018 11:00:00 +00002018-11-12T22:00:10.055+11:00 As I write this it's 8.54pm on Friday night, the 2nd November and I am completely packed ready to leave in the morning and head to the airport bound for the Stampin' Up! Onstage 30th Anniversary celebrations in Orlando Florida. I am so excited! Because this post is scheduled to go live on the 12th November, if all goes well I should be currently with my best-friend Mehgan in Phoenix and http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2018/11/global-design-project-caseing-designer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-7498401775102268193Fri, 02 Nov 2018 23:00:00 +00002018-11-03T10:00:01.800+11:00 Hello! Back in August (which I know seems an eternity ago!) I hosted my second Stamping By The Sea Retreat, in beautiful seaside Kiama on the NSW South Coast. The theme this year was blue and white nautical and everyone who attended loved being part of the weekend which was jam-packed full of crafting and laughs - thank goodness because I made a promise and felt the pressure to deliver! lol http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2018/11/stamping-by-sea-retreat-2018.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-2563711942823327348Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +00002018-10-31T20:34:56.024+11:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from my lovely friend Carolynn Sander from the Canada. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around.  The theme for this hop is 'Kids Theme Card or Project'. As you know I love to watercolour and when I saw these http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2018/10/be-inspired-design-team-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467936104261382321.post-8436638327906584402Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:00:00 +00002018-09-26T19:00:15.616+10:00 Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You may have just arrived here from my amazing friend Brian King from the US. If you are starting here please make sure you hit the next button at the bottom of this post and hop all the way around.  The theme for this hop is 'Sympathy/Get Well' - and if you know me at all you will know I very rarely share sympathy or get http://www.louisesharp.com.au/2018/09/be-inspired-design-team-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Louise Sharp)6