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Based in Cranbourne North, Victoria and serving stampers Australia-wide! Being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is so much more than I thought it would or could be.

I signed up to justify the time I wanted to spend being creative but couldn’t fit in around my busy life. And what I found is an endless array of people to meet and share my passion with. My solitary hobby is now the means of getting equal pleasure from learning, teaching and sharing the world of stamping. And the rewards go far beyond allowing myself to indulge my passion. I get to share it with others and watch as they grow and develop in their skills. There’s nothing better than seeing someone get such joy from creations they didn’t know they were capable of. Add to that the friendships I’ve formed with customers and fellow demonstrators, the skills I’ve learnt, the cards, scrapbook pages, gift and keepsakes I’ve created and there simply is no looking back. I’m hooked for life! Read more about my Stampin' Up! story here: http://thestampersmess.com/genna-gifford/

03/11/2026

𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙥 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣
𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘱 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.

In this chain my card was No. 4, featuring the Relaxing Waterside bundle and the Waterside Retreat papers. I kept the peekaboo frame in patterned paper and the feature inside it but I couldn't make the ribbon/twine work with my design so I left it out.

To see all the cards in the chain, head over to the latest post in my Card Swap Chain Event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1dQt62HaN5/

02/11/2026

Create & Chat Quick Card Class is this week. Cranbourne North. 8pm Tuesday or 10am Wednesday. 1 card. $9.00. All welcome, just let me know you're coming.
We'll be making this Aussie Christmas card. There'll be stamping, die-cutting, colouring with alcohol markers and tiny bit of fussy cutting.
Head over to my event page for more details:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1EE2CBeq5e/

28/10/2026

Last Days!!! Join Stampin' Up! before the end of October and you'll get an EXTRA $95 as Stampin' Rewards that you can spend on any product you like.
With the $240 voucher you get when you join, that's $335 in product value for just $175.
Eighteen years later I don't regret my decision to join one bit.
Comment Join$335 to get started.
Or message me to find out more.

https://bit.ly/JoinGennasTeam

27/10/2026

𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙥 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣
𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘱 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.

In this chain my card was No. 8, featuring the Waterside Retreat papers - I even fussy cut the feature elements from the paper.
This time round it's much easier to see the transitions from start to finish. Even though each card is different, the grid layout has stayed mostly the same throughout.

To see all the cards in the chain, head over to the latest post in my Card Swap Chain Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1593607018900112/1593607035566777?post_id=1614018880192259&view=permalink

25/10/2026

I had the best time yesterday in Bendigo with a roomful of fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators for a day of connecting, crafting and sharing. We had instructional presentations, crafting presentations, games, prizes, creative challenges, crafting time, displays and a whole lot of laughs and smiles.
Thanks to the lovely Tracy for being my travel and creative buddy!

22/10/2026

CARD BUFFET ENCORE next Tuesday!
Did you miss your chance to make these cards? They were the most popular and least chosen options at my recent Card Buffet?

Well I'm running an Encore session on Tuesday at 10am in Cranbourne North and you'd be most welcome.
It's the same buffet, same cards, same deal - use the link below for all the details.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1KhC7dELg8/

21/10/2026

Cutting Dies & Hot Foil Dies! This Flash Sale includes some of both.
But only until midnight on Friday or while stocks last.
Check it all out here:
https://www.stampinup.com.au/?demoid=4001951

NOTE: It the die set you like is part of a bundle and you want the stamps as well, it may not be cheaper to get the dies in the sale and pay full price for the stamps later.
But - if there's an individual die set (like any of the layering dies) this is a great deal!

20/10/2026

𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙥 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣
𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘱 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.

In this chain my card was No. 5, featuring the gorgeous (but sadly now retired) Splash of Sparkles papers along with the Swirls of Magic Embossing folder.
This design stayed pretty similar almost to the end - but the final card that went back home to the creator would have caused quite a bit of confusion.

To see all the cards in the chain, head over to the latest post in my Card Swap Chain Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1593607018900112/1593607032233444?post_id=1606723897588424&view=permalink

20/10/2026

This card is doing double duty today!
It's the card we're making in this week's Create & Chat Quick Card Class (tonight at 8pm or tomorrow at 10am) AND because it's showcasing the October Product of the Month - the Shining Stars Dies - I'm also taking part in a blog hop with fellow demonstrators sharing ideas about what you can do with it.
Either way, head over to my event page for more details and to get the links for the hop: https://www.facebook.com/events/1454202449939508/1454202459939507?post_id=1472357811457305&view=permalink

For those who don't know, the class is in Cranbourne North. 1 card. $9.00. All welcome, just make sure to let me know you're coming.

19/10/2026

Have you seen the October Product of the Month? It's the Shining Star dies - that's 23 dies for only $9.00 when you place an order over $125 this month.
And guess what we'll be using in our Create & Chat class this week!

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