
Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including the USA, United Kingdom and Australia are participating. We have a wide array of fun projects and design styles to share with you! Our theme this month is “Fall”. Once again, I am in the reverse season, as we are supposedly in Spring (although someone forgot to tell the weather and it still feels like winter in Melbourne!)
You may be starting here, or you could have hopped over from Shirley Merker’s blog and seen her fantastic project.

I have taken a bit of poetic license with the theme today. One of my colleagues has just lost here brother, so I needed a sympathy card. I decided to use fall colours to make my card.
I used my blending brushes to make the background using Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler. I then stuck the Meadow Dies cut outs onto the background and cut it out with the Stitched So Sweetly dies. Although these are my least favourite cards to make, they do help to bring comfort to people who are grieving.

Be sure to complete the hop to see all the wonderful ideas that we have to share with you. The next stop is Annette. I can’t wait to see what she has created this month!
If you get lost along the way, here is the complete hop list:
Shirley Merker
Tracy Held
Annette McMillan
Julia Quinn
Sue Boerner
Terri Stewart
Maureen Rauchfuss
Joy Nelson
Krissi Hannahs
If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.
If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.
Any orders placed by the 18th November 2021 will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. This month’s bundle features a variety of Christmas projects from the annual and August – December mini catalogue, and contains 13 different (and stunning) designs by 13 international demonstrators. This will give you some great ideas to get started on your Christmas cards. Below is a sneak peak of the projects included in the bundle.

Beautiful card Tracy and very fitting for the occasion. I love these silhouette diecut.
Your card is lovely. I’m sure the recipient will appreciate your thoughtfulness and be touched by your caring. Thanks for sharing.
Love the background stamping behind the panel!! And your soft colouring is perfect.
That is lovely – the grays and Cajun go so well together. Nice!
Very appropriate design for a sympathy. Beautiful colors
Beautiful card Tracy. I know that your card will bring comfort.
Tracy, the color combination is amazing! I love everything about your card.
I love your color combination Tracy. Lovely card, thanks for sharing.
The blender brush background with the gray silhouettes looks stunning! You put non-traditional colors together really well.