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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning and welcome to the ESAD Sale•a•Bration Blog Hop What is ESAD? ESAD stands for &#8220;Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators&#8221; and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin&#8217; Up!® demonstrators. We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Good morning and welcome to the ESAD Sale•a•Bration Blog Hop</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/sabbloghop.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3474" title="sabbloghop" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/sabbloghop.jpg" alt="" width="548" height="148" /></a></p>
<p><strong><em>What is ESAD?</em></strong></p>
<p>ESAD stands for &#8220;Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators&#8221; and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin&#8217; Up!® demonstrators.</p>
<p>We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.</p>
<p>So if you are a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click <a title="ESAD Facebook group" href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/esadsu">here</a> to join our wonderful group.</p>
<p>You should have arrived here from <a title="Jacinta's Blog" href="http://jacintascreations.blogspot.com/2012/01/esad-sale-bration-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Jacinta&#8217;s Blog</a> but dont stress if you havent &#8211; just keep going till you get back to me!</p>
<p>Now onto my project &#8230;.</p>
<div id="attachment_3475" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 464px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3475" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum.jpg" alt="" width="454" height="506" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Enchanted Mini Album</p></div>
<p>I am a little bit excited about sharing this album today &#8211; not just because of the gorgeous Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper  and the Vintage Foliage Sale•a•bration sets, or that you can get both of those for free during Sale•a•bration but also cos this little mini album is the first one I&#8217;ve designed myself!</p>
<p>If you have a close look on the above picture you may see the little danglies I created with the ribbon &amp; brad pack which is also available through Sale•a•bration!  Here&#8217;s a close-up for you &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3476" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum2" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum2.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="352" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve just taken a brad and bent back the backs and tied the ribbon around the backs &#8211; cute hey?</p>
<p>Now lets open the album &#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3477" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum3" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum3.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="321" /></a></p>
<p>I love this paper!!  I love how the paper matches the Stamp set perfectly and how Stampin&#8217; Up! use their own colours to make it easy for us to match cardstock, inks and ribbons!  The sentiment on the right page is from the Summer Solstice stamp set.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3478" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum4" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum4.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="336" /></a></p>
<p>Here I&#8217;ve popped in a photo matt on the left and a couple tags on the right for journalling.  I&#8217;ve popped a simple slit in the centre of the right page to slot the tags into.  I&#8217;ve used the Vanilla Satin ribbon with a piece of the pool party ruffled ribbon on top and embellished that with a couple of the brads from the Sale•a•bration Ribbon &amp; Brad pack.</p>
<div id="attachment_3479" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum5.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3479" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum5" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum5.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="324" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Full view of tags</p></div>
<p>I can see how very versatile this stamp set is going to be &#8211; from main images like the one on the front cover to backgrounds and borders! I used the same stamp on the tabs of the tags!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum6.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3480" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum6" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum6.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Same stamp again on the matt and the sentiment on the right as is used in this sheet of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper. Sentiment on the right is from the Hostess Stamp set Faith in Nature which you earn for free just by holding a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstration.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum8.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3481" title="EnchantedMiniAlbum8" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2012/01/EnchantedMiniAlbum8.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="349" /></a></p>
<p>For the final pages I&#8217;ve just popped on two mats with coordinating ruffled ribbon.  You could used these for putting on a single photo, a collage of photo&#8217;s or some journaling &#8211; whatever you wish!</p>
<p>I do hope you like my little album and if you&#8217;d like to make this at a class please let me know as I&#8217;ll be scheduling them during February &amp; March.</p>
<p>Now to continue on the blog hop you need to hop over to <a title="Alisa's Blog" href="http://www.alisatilsner.com/blog/?p=2200" target="_blank">Alisa&#8217;s</a> lovely blog and see what gorgeousness she has creating for your view pleasure <img src='http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>In case there are some broken links along the way here is a complete list of all the lovely ESAD ladies involved in the blog hop &#8211; now dont forget to leave the girls some comment love as well.</p>
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<li><a title="Sherylee's Blog" href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog" target="_blank"><strong>Sherylee Tutt</strong></a></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Juliette Chapman" href="http://www.juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Juliette Chapman</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Alison's Blog" href="http://www.gothdovedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alison Barclay </a></strong></li>
<li> <a title="Corina's Blog" href="http://www.beyondinkstamper.com" target="_blank">Corina Beyer</a></li>
<li><a title="Christie Kunkel" href="http://www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong> Christie Kunkel</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Jane's Blog" href="http://www.janenorrish.com" target="_blank"><strong>Jane Norrish</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Nicole Derendorf" href="http://www.nicolederendorf.com" target="_blank"><strong>Nicole Derendorf</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Jacinta's Blog" href="http://www.jacintascreations.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Jacinta Argent</strong></a></li>
<li><strong></strong><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com" target="_blank"><strong>Leonie Schroder</strong></a> &#8211; you are here!!</li>
<li><a title="Alisa's Blog" href="http://www.alisatilsner.com" target="_blank"><strong>Alisa Tilsner</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Keryn Campbell" href="http://www.kerynscards.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Keryn Campbell</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Sharlene Meyer" href="http://www.magpiecreates.com" target="_blank"><strong>Sharlene Meyer</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Madonna's Blog" href="http://www.madonnadunn.com.au" target="_blank"><strong>Madonna Dunn</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Joanne's Blog" href="http://www.Joannekechagias.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Joanne Kechagias</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Pauline's Blog" href="http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede" target="_blank"><strong>Pauline Bennetts</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Monique Fielder" href="http://www.stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Monique Fielder</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Bron's Blog" href="http://www.bronheslop.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><strong>Bron Heslop</strong></a></li>
<li><strong></strong><a title="Felicity's Blog" href="http://www.stampinwithflick.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Felicity Fernandez</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a title="Michelle Grech" href="http://www.gothdovedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Grech </a> </strong></li>
<li><a title="Kelly Nelson" href="http://www.kellysstampinspot.wordpress.com " target="_blank"><strong>Kelly Nelson</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Louise's Blog" href=" http://www.inkyloulou.com" target="_blank"><strong>Louise Layton</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Yvonne's Blog" href="http://www.yvonnescreativecorner.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Yvonne Walker</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Kathryn's Blog" href="http://www.katlodesigns.com" target="_blank"><strong>Kathryn Ruddick</strong></a></li>
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<p>Hope you enjoy all the lovely goodies you see through the blog hop and if you wish to book your own demonstration or place an order please dont hesitate to contact me &#8211; as a special bonus for all &#8216;hoppers&#8217; I am offering free postage on all orders of $100 or more from today to 31st January, 2012.</p>
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Thanks for stoppin by <br><br>
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		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow what a day!! Not only do we have the awesome December Frenzy starting today we also have a gorgeous new Mini Catalogue to celebrate! Please feel free to contact me if you&#8217;d like your own copy to be posted to you and I&#8217;ll include a special offer just for you! Now if you&#8217;d like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Wow what a day!!</p>
<p>Not only do we have the awesome December Frenzy starting today we also have a gorgeous new Mini Catalogue to celebrate!</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 185px"><a href="http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/flash/en-AU/20111101_w5708e_SummerMini/index.html"><img title="2011 Summer Mini Catalogue" src="http://www3.stampinup.com/au/images/20111201_SummerMini_en-AU.jpg" alt="click to view the Catalogue online" width="175" height="267" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">2011 Summer Mini Catalogue</p></div>
<p>Please feel free to contact me if you&#8217;d like your own copy to be posted to you and I&#8217;ll include a special offer just for you!</p>
<p>Now if you&#8217;d like some ideas for using all the gorgeous new products in the Summer Mini Catalogue we arranged an ESAD Summer Mini Catalogue Blog hop to inspire and motivate you &#8211; just click on the button below to start you on your motivational hop!</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 330px"><a href="http://www.magpiecreates.com/2011/12/summer-mini-catalogue-blog-hop-time.html"><img title="ESAD Blog Hop" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPAYiHD34Nc/Ts1yJ-_jYOI/AAAAAAAAAwc/M-SM3E_ZcQQ/s320/376157_297865523570086_100000399232049_951303_1912958188_n.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="151" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">click here to start hopping!</p></div>
<p>Contact me to place your order and if you mention you did the Blog Hop you&#8217;ll get free postage on your order!</p>
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		<title>ESAD &#8220;New Catalogue&#8221; Blog Hop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long has it been since I&#8217;ve done one of these?? The girls at ESAD are so excited for today&#8217;s Blog Hop as we are featuring our new Idea Book &#38; Catalogue and not only is it a wonderful catalogue full of lots of new products and stamp sets but its a great Idea book [...]]]></description>
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<p>The girls at ESAD are so excited for today&#8217;s Blog Hop as we are featuring our new Idea Book &amp; Catalogue and not only is it a wonderful catalogue full of lots of new products and stamp sets but its a great Idea book as well with over 300 samples and ideas and now you will have 20 or so more demonstrators giving you yet more ideas through this Blog Hop.  Its an awesome purchase at just $12.95!  Now if you dont have your new Idea Book &amp; Catalogue yet then please make sure you contact your Demonstrator today or feel free to contact me to organise your copy.</p>
<p>Now I know youre wondering &#8230;. What is ESAD?</p>
<p><em><strong>ESAD</strong></em> stands for <em><strong>&#8220;Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators&#8221;</strong></em> and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin&#8217; Up!® Demonstrators.</p>
<p>We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed. So if you are a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please fee free to <a title="Email me!!" href="mailto:leonie@stamp-a-latte.com" target="_blank">contact me</a> to join our wonderful group on Facebook.</p>
<p>Now my first project today is a Scrapbook Layout &#8230; and yes you read that right!!  I know I dont do many of them but I&#8217;m hoping to do more in the future as I want to make some more pages to put in the Album I made for Mum &amp; Dad&#8217;s 50th Wedding Anniversary for Dad to reminisce over.</p>
<div id="attachment_3210" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/VintageMum2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3210" title="VintageMum2" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/VintageMum2-300x283.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="283" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Vintage Beau Chateau - Mum, Aged 2 1/2</p></div>
<p>This photo of Mum has been one of my favourites for many years and she gave it to me quite a while back. It was taken in 1935 and I&#8217;ve kept the original and had copies made for this project.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/thoughtsTag.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3211 alignleft" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;" title="thoughtsTag" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/thoughtsTag-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="179" /></a>Here is a close up of the tag up the top. I wanted to show you the detail and the ribbons and antique brad &#8211; they are just divine together!</p>
<p>You can also see the background paper which is simply a sheet of Very Vanilla with the leafy motif stamp from Creative Elements stamped randomly in Pink Pirouette and then to give it a vintage feel I&#8217;ve just sponged in Soft Suede.</p>
<p>The two tags on the layout were made using pieces from the On Board Merry Medley Chipboard pack.  How neatly does the decorative label punch fit in the top one?  I simply used the tags as a template and traced around them in pencil onto the Beau Chateau DSP cut it out and stuck it on the chipboard and then just sanded around the edges to get off all the bits that went over the edge &#8211; mind you by the end of this procedure I could have done with a mini Dust Buster to clean up my desk!</p>
<p>I am sorry for the darkness of these photo&#8217;s as I find it really hard to get a good photo with the rainy day we had yesterday &#8230; I will try and get a better photo later today when its sunny. If anyone has tips on how to take a good photo of a scrapbook layout please feel free to contact me &#8230; as long as it doesnt involve spending a gazillion dollars on a new camera!</p>
<p>My Second Project for today is one I&#8217;ve been wanting to do for some time and now that I finally have that Milk Carton Die its become so much easier!!  Thanks to Stampin&#8217; Up! for the birthday bonus they now give to Demonstrators as I managed to get this die at an extra 15% off!</p>
<div id="attachment_3212" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 208px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/BirdHouse.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3212 " title="BirdHouse" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/BirdHouse.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="319" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">BirdHouse</p></div>
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<p>How sweet is this little Birdhouse??  Its just way too cute &#8211; well it must be as it got a &#8216;High Squeal Factor&#8217; rating from Caitie!</p>
<p>I love this little Milk Carton Die and I am sure you are going to see many many more projects made using this!</p>
<p>Hey did you notice in the New Idea Book &amp; Catalogue that we&#8217;ve had a price reduction on the Big Shot and many of its Dies &amp; Folders??  Now thats also something to squeal about!</p>
<p>The Stamp set I used to decorate the box is called Best of Everything and it is seriously one very cute stamp set! I&#8217;ve been making samples this week for my Launch and I&#8217;m lovin everything I make with it &#8211; that little bird is just way too cute!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/BirdHouse2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3213" title="BirdHouse2" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/09/BirdHouse2.jpg" alt="" width="283" height="364" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a side view of the Birdhouse which shows the flowers growing all around it!</p>
<p>Did you notice the colours I&#8217;ve used?? They are all the new In Colours!! The Birdhouse itself is done in Pool Party, the flowers are in Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder and Island Indigo, the Tree on the front is in Lucky Limeade. Its all held together with a couple of strips of Sticky Strip and the little Library Clip at the top so the recipient can check the contents on the little birdhouse without have to rip it apart.</p>
<p>I was going to share a couple of the cards I&#8217;ve made this week but dont want to spoil the surprise for my Launch next Saturday however I might throw through a couple of spoilers during the week &#8230; so stay tuned!</p>
<p>Now you should have arrived here from the Blog of <a title="Debbie Lamb's Blog" href="http://debstampinstyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Debbie Lamb</a> however if you didnt thats OK you can just keep going until you get to Debbie&#8217;s blog.</p>
<p>As a special thank you for all our beautiful visitors we have Blog Candy!!  We will have two prizes &#8211; one for a New Zealand visitor and one for an Australian visitor.  What you need to do to be eligible to win is to visit and comment on every blog in the hop &#8211; yes all 23 of them. Then you need to email Sharlene and advise her that you&#8217;ve completed the Blog Hop and give her your name, email and location.</p>
<p>Now the next blog you need to hop over to is none other than the very talented<a title="Tanya's Blog" href="http://www.stampingt.com.au/" target="_blank"> Tanya Bell</a> &#8230; Tanya is such a lovely lady and uber-creative and I was blessed to sit with her at the Awards Night Dinner at Convention in May.</p>
<p>Now if you happen to get lost along the way or one of the links doesnt work here&#8217;s a list of all 23 Participants &#8230;</p>
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<li> <a title="Keryn Campbell" href="http://www.kerynscards.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Keryn Campbell</strong></a></li>
<li> <a title="Michelle Halling" href="http://www.michellehcreations.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Michelle Halling</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a title="Richelle Fletcher" href="http://www.stampingwithrichelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank"> Richelle Fletcher</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a title="Sharlene Meyer" href="http://www.magpiecreates.com" target="_blank"> Sharlene Meyer</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Carole Stedman" href="http://www.carolestamping.com" target="_blank">Carole Stedman</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Monique Fielder" href="http://www.stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Monique Fielder</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a title="Juliette Chapman" href="http://www.juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com" target="_blank"> Juliette Chapman</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Debbie Lamb's Blog" href="http://debstampinstyle.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Debbie Lamb</a></strong></li>
<li> <a title="Leonie's Blog" href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com" target="_blank"><strong>Leonie Schroder</strong></a> &lt;&#8211;&gt; You are here!!</li>
<li><strong> <a title="Tanya's Blog" href="http://www.stampingt.com.au" target="_blank">Tanya Bell</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Kelly Nelson" href="http://www.kellysstampinspot.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Kelly Nelson</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Kari Hughes" href="http://www.karigail.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Kari Hughes </a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Christie Kunkel" href="http://www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Christie Kunkel</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Ann Gerlach" href="http://www.discover-ink.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ann Gerlach</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Sharlene Torres" href="http://www.stampwithsharlene.com" target="_blank">Sharlene Torres</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Mel Sharp" href="http://www.astampaddiction.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Mel Sharp</a></strong></li>
<li><strong></strong> <a title="Dani Fender" href="http://wwwdanifender.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><strong><a>Dani Fender</a> </strong></a></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Nicole Derendorf" href="http://www.stampingdownunder.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Nicole VanSteelandt Derendorf </a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Libby Dyson" href="http://www.libbystampz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Dyson</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Andrea Buckland" href="http://www.creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Andrea Buckland</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Michelle Grech" href="http://www.stampmeshell.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Michelle Grech</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Narelle Hodges" href="http://www.stampwithnarelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Narelle Hodges</a></strong></li>
<li><strong> <a title="Sally Williams" href="http://www.sallystampingdelights.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Sally Williams</a></strong><a title="Sally Williams" href="http://www.sallystampingdelights.blogspot.com" target="_blank"> </a></li>
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<p>I hope you enjoy viewing all the gorgeous creations and if you have any questions or would like to book a workshop with me please feel free to contact me!</p>
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		<title>Nature Walk</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a busy week its been and its only going to get busier! What do you think of the new blog look? Like it? I do &#8230; I have been looking for that right theme forever &#8211; well it seems like it anyways. Then when I was browsing the Studio Press site by Brian Gardner [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>What a busy week its been and its only going to get busier!</p>
<p>What do you think of the new blog look? Like it? I do &#8230; I have been looking for that right theme forever &#8211; well it seems like it anyways. Then when I was browsing the<a title="Studio Press by Brian Gardner" href="http://www.studiopress.com"> Studio Press</a> site by Brian Gardner the other night I came across this <a title="Pretty Young Thing theme" href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/pretty">Pretty Young Thing</a> them and it was &#8216;oh yeah&#8217; and I just edited the graphics and took the hearts off and inserted the coffee cups!!</p>
<p>This Wednesday I fly down to Melbourne for the 2011 Stampin&#8217; Up! Convention &#8211; its for 3 days of total Stampin&#8217; Up! awesomeness and I cant wait!  This year I have the pleasure of sharing it with my gorgeous friend and downline <a title="Libby's Blog" href="http://libbystampz.blogspot.com/">Libby Dyson</a> and being Thursday is Libby&#8217;s birthday it will be extra special!</p>
<p>So as you can imagine its only going to be busier this upcoming week. Convention finishes on Saturday night with the Awards dinner and then Sunday I&#8217;m hiring a car and driving over to see my mum, dad and sister in Cobden &#8211; just a little 3 hour drive!  Now I think I might have to stop in Geelong for a cuppa! I fly home again the following Tuesday &#8211; lets hope the family survives that long and the house isnt a total warzone when I get back!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a card I made a little while ago for a swap on ESAD &#8211; sadly my swap cards still seem to be travelling as they never arrived &#8211; obviously the Postie decided they liked them enough to keep them himself.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/05/NatureCollage.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3056" title="NatureCollage" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/05/NatureCollage-300x217.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="217" /></a></p>
<p>I really enjoyed making this card. I just love collage stamping and putting all the elements together and then sitting back and looking at the end product.</p>
<p>There seems to be lots of stamps on this card however its just the Nature Walk Stamp Set (Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue), Teeny Tiny Sentiments and the En Francais background stamp. I&#8217;ve also added a piece of the Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper and how cute are those little Library Clips??</p>
<p>I hope you like this card as much as I enjoyed making it &#8230; now I must duck up to the shops to grab some socks and a couple of scarves as it appears as hundreds of Stampin&#8217; Up! Demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand descend on Melbourne so is a cold front! Talk about timing!!</p>
<p>Dont forget the great<em><strong> &#8216;Deals of the Week&#8217;</strong></em> happening this week &#8211; just click the image in the sidebar or <a title="Stampin' Up! Deals of the Week" href="http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/8290.asp">here</a> to view them and dont forget they change each Wednesday so be sure to check back.</p>
<p>Now since I&#8217;ll be away you&#8217;ll need to email me your orders and from now until 20th May I am offering <strong><em>free postage</em></strong> on all orders so email or text me today with your order!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well good morning to you! How is it that when Autumn hits the weather immediately drops in temperatures?? Dont get me wrong &#8211; I love Autumn and all the colours it brings &#8211; actually I&#8217;m driving down to Robertson today for a Workshop so I&#8217;ll have to leave a little early and take my camera [...]]]></description>
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<p>How is it that when Autumn hits the weather immediately drops in temperatures?? Dont get me wrong &#8211; I love Autumn and all the colours it brings &#8211; actually I&#8217;m driving down to Robertson today for a Workshop so I&#8217;ll have to leave a little early and take my camera to show you just how beautiful the Aussie colours of Autumn are :0)</p>
<p>Welcome to the ESAD Autumn/Winter Mini Blog hop!  Now this will be a long post so if you dont already have one go make yourself a cuppa and grab some tim tams to keep your energy levels up!</p>
<p>You should have come from the blog of the very talented and lovely <a title="Clare's Blog" href="http://www.crafty-cow.com">Clare McIlhatton</a> &#8211; she does the most amazing things with punches &#8211; she&#8217;s such a crafty cow!! If you have started here then dont stress just keep going till you get back here.  Now dont forget to leave comments on each of the posts cos we all love comments</p>
<p>So just what is ESAD?<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></p>
<p>ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an  online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for  Stampin’ Up!®</p>
<p>We just love what we do and not only do we love to  share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we  share our love for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run  swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we  are always there to help and support each other when its needed.</p>
<p>So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click <a title="ESAD Forum" href="http://www.esad-su.ning.com/">here</a> to join our wonderful group. We have all sorts of things happening from online discussions to swaps, challenges, cyberstamps and real time chat!</p>
<p>Now onto my project &#8230;.</p>
<p>When I opened the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue I just about fell inlove with everything inside and then it dawned on me &#8211; mmm this is going to be expensive!!</p>
<p>I just love the Nature Walk Stamp Set and Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper and since I&#8217;ve been watching the old series of Jamie Oliver&#8217;s shows and I just love the garden journal he features in one of them that I thought these products would be awesome to make my own Garden Journal.</p>
<div id="attachment_3019" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJcover.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3019" title="GJcover" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJcover-300x276.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="276" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Journal Cover</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;ve used the 5&#215;5 Art Journal and just covered it with the Botanical Gazette Designer Series paper. I&#8217;ve used the Timeless Type Alphabet Junior dies with the Big Shot for the title on the cover and inside. The two leaves are from the French Foliage Stamp Set which is also available from the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJinsidefront.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3020" title="GJinsidefront" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJinsidefront-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a></p>
<p>Inside the front cover we have a page for an index and then my title page again using the Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Dies and the Big Shot and also using the French Foliage Stamp Set. If you want a closer look at the images just click on them to enlarge them &#8211; you can even watch a slideshow of the images. I love this French Foliage set!</p>
<div id="attachment_3022" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJjanuary.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3022" title="GJjanuary" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJjanuary-300x165.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">January</p></div>
<p>I have used a double page spread for each month. On the left page it has details of the things that you should be doing in the garden each month whether it be pruning, fertilizing, planting or whatever.</p>
<div id="attachment_3021" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJfebruary.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3021" title="GJfebruary" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJfebruary-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">February</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;ve just stamped down the edge of the right page and have purposely  left them blank for now as I plan to take photo&#8217;s as my garden  progresses over the next 12 months.</p>
<div id="attachment_3023" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJmarch.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3023" title="GJmarch" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJmarch-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">March</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3024" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJapril.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3024" title="GJapril" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJapril-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">April</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3029" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJmay.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3029" title="GJmay" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJmay-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">May</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3028" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJjune.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3028" title="GJjune" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJjune-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">June</p></div>
<p style="text-align: center;">One day I will learn to write straight!</p>
<div id="attachment_3027" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJjuly.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3027" title="GJjuly" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJjuly-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">July</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3025" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJaugust.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3025" title="GJaugust" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJaugust-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">August</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3032" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJseptember.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3032" title="GJseptember" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJseptember-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">September</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3031" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJoctober.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3031" title="GJoctober" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJoctober-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">October</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3030" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJnovember.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3030" title="GJnovember" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJnovember-300x165.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">November</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3026" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJdecember.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3026" title="GJdecember" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJdecember-300x165.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">December</p></div>
<p>After doing each month I&#8217;ve then allowed some pages for my own notes and ideas &#8230;.</p>
<div id="attachment_3033" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJnotes.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3033" title="GJnotes" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJnotes-300x165.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Notes</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3034" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJnotes2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3034" title="GJnotes2" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/04/GJnotes2-300x165.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Notes</p></div>
<p>I do hope you like what I&#8217;ve done &#8211; when the original idea came to me I really didnt realise just how involved it would turn out to be! However, in saying that, I&#8217;m very pleased with the end result.</p>
<p>Since this mini catalogue goes until the end of July we have plenty of  time to spread out our purchases and share projects and ideas at  workshops so if after today&#8217;s hop you&#8217;d like to see more of the products  in action please dont hesitate to give me a call and book in your  workshop.</p>
<p>Now its time for you to pop along to the next blog in this ESAD Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue which is the very lovely <a title="Kim Conway's blog" href="http://kimconwaycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/autumn-mini-catalogue-blog-hop-is-here.html">Kim Conway</a> from Victoria.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a list of all those involved in the ESAD Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue just incase a link isnt working &#8230;</p>
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<li><a title="Stamp with Sharlene" href="http://www.stampwithsharlene.com "><strong>Sharlene Torres</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Stamping with Monique" href="http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/"><strong>Monique Fielder</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Lisa Bullock's Blog" href="http://www.daffyscrapper.wordpress.com"><strong>Lisa Bullock</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Creating with Andrea" href="http://www.creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com"><strong>Andrea Buckland</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Yvonne Walker's Blog" href="http://www.yvonnescreativecorner.blogspot.com "><strong>Yvonne Walker</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Sherylee's Blog" href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog"><strong>Sherylee Tutt</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Jacinta's Creations" href="http://www.jacintascreations.blogspot.com"><strong>Jacinta Argent</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Clare the Crafty Cow" href="http://www.crafty-cow.com"><strong>Clare Mcilhatton</strong></a></li>
<li><strong>Leonie Schroder</strong> &#8211; you are here!</li>
<li><a title="Kim's Cards" href="http://www.kimconwaycards.blogspot.com"><strong>Kim Conway</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Stamping with Richelle" href="http://www.stampingwithrichelle.blogspot.com"><strong>Richelle Fletcher</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Kayleigh's Ink Blot" href="http://www.theinkblot.weebly.com"><strong>Kayleigh Dowdeswell</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Jules Krafts" href="http://www.juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com"><strong>Juliette Chapman</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="Teresa's Cards" href="http://www.teresascreativecards.blogspot.com/"><strong>Teresa Leggo</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a title="Pauline's Stampede" href="http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede">Pauline Bennetts</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a title="Stampin with Sonia" href="http://www.stampinwithsonia.blogspot.com/">Sonia Garbutt</a> </strong></li>
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<p>Enjoy the ESAD Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue Blog Hop and dont forget to leave some comment lurrrv!</p>
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		<title>Love my Job</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a regular visitor to my blog then you will know just how much I love being a Stampin&#8217; Up! Demonstrator. This past week has been busy again with getting in those last orders for February and being able to pre-order new stamps and accessories from the upcoming Mini Catalogue as well as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>If you are a regular visitor to my blog then you will know just how much I love being a Stampin&#8217; Up! Demonstrator. This past week has been busy again with getting in those last orders for February and being able to pre-order new stamps and accessories from the upcoming Mini Catalogue as well as the normal housewife &amp; mother duties I have. My new stamps arrived yesterday afternoon so I get to play with them later today!</p>
<p>I feel pretty blessed to be a Stampin&#8217; Up! Demonstrator as its meant I can be home for the kids before and after school and keep the house in some form of order &#8211; now all these things I couldnt do if I was working in the workforce.  Not only do I have these blessings but I also get my stamps at a regular discount of 20% (sometimes more) and being paid to share what I love to do is just a bonus!</p>
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<p>I always hear people say &#8220;I&#8217;d love a job like yours&#8221; well &#8230; guess what &#8230;. you can!  Stampin&#8217; Up! always welcome new demonstrators and I&#8217;d love for you to be a part of my team.  During Sale•A•Bration you get an even better welcome as you can choose a bonus stamp set to the value of $79.95 &#8211; how nice is that?</p>
<p>But thats not all &#8211; if you join my team not only do you have access to the Stampin Up! Demonstrator website but you will have access to a variety of other forums including my private forum which is just for my team. You will also have me to help and guide you when needed. If you join with me you will also receive a bonus welcome gift just from me as a little thank you to for joining my Stamp A Latte team.</p>
<p>One of the forums you will have access to is the ESAD (Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators) group.  This group is great as we all share and encourage each other and with over 600 members there&#8217;s so much wealth of knowledge and experience there. We run cyberstamps, challenges and swaps and of course the odd blog hop.  Just recently we had a Summer Mini Catalogue swap and here is the card I made for that swap.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/03/DCB-BittyFlowers.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2936 alignleft" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;" title="DCB-BittyFlowers" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2011/03/DCB-BittyFlowers-231x300.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="270" /></a>I do love how this card turned out and I might even do it as a Convention Swap! I used the colours from the <a title="Diva Coffee Break Colour Challenge 216" href="http://divacoffeebreakdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/diva-coffee-break-designs-color_23.html">Diva Coffee Break Colour Challenge #216</a> being Early Espresso, Rose Red and Blushing Bride.</p>
<p><strong><em>Recipe:</em></strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Stamps: </strong>Thoughts &amp; Prayers, Well Scripted</em><br />
<em><strong> Paper: </strong>Early Espresso, Rose Red, Blushing Bride and Very Vanilla</em><br />
<em><strong> Ink</strong>: Early Espresso</em><br />
<em><strong> Accessories:</strong> Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Pinking Hearts Border punch, Basic Pearls Jewels and Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon</em></p>
<p>This card will be one of the cards for the Stamp A Stack on 12th March &#8211; it really is very easy to do.</p>
<p>If you like the idea of always getting your stamps and accessories at a discount but dont want to do all the party stuff then that is ok too &#8211; the beauty of Stampin&#8217; Up! is that you can do as little or as much as you like. You can even pick the stamps you want in the kit as long as they are the same or lesser value than those suggested on the Demonstrator Kit Order form. Plus there is no annual fee to  remain a demonstrator like some other companies have.</p>
<p>If you join now you could even come to the Stampin&#8217; Up! Convention in May with me!  Signing up is quick and easy as its all done online so no pesky forms to fill out &#8211; you just need to answer the questions online.</p>
<p>If you have any questions or would like more information about all the benefits of becoming a Stampin&#8217; Up! Demonstrator then please contact me for a free no obligation Information Pack and so I can answer your questions.  <em></em></p>
<p><em>Oh and dont forget to ask about my special gift to you for joining my team.<br />
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		<title>Friends Gift Set</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going back through some photo&#8217;s I had taken today and came across a set I&#8217;d made for the Secret Sister program on ESAD. This set was made using the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper and the Friends never Fade stamp set. This set consists of a Card, Gift box of Gift Cards and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I was going back through some photo&#8217;s I had taken today and came across a set I&#8217;d made for the Secret Sister program on ESAD.</p>
<p>This set was made using the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper and the Friends never Fade stamp set.</p>

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<p>This set consists of a Card, Gift box of Gift Cards and a box for some chocolates, toffees or other goodies.</p>
<p>The card &#8230;</p>

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<p>I just love this card. The pear pizzazz layer is done using the flower decal from the Friends never Fade set and stamped in a diagonal pattern so it looks just like patterned paper &#8211; so easy to do <img src='http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For the main image I coloured the flower with my Stampin Write markers and then stamped off on a scrap piece first and then onto the Vanilla piece. I then stamped the greeting from Occasional Greetings over the top of the flower in Early Espresso.</p>
<p>I adhered a single piece of white organza ribbon around the pear pizzazz layer and then used one of the &#8216;no tie&#8217; bows which I attached using Glue Dots.</p>
<p>Gift Box  &#8230;</p>

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<p>This sweet little box was made using the Scalloped Enveloped die and the Big Shot.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve just wrapped a piece of Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper around the outside and used the Large Oval Punch to create the handles.</p>
<p>Then you just pop in chocolates, toffees or whatever and tie it up &#8211; easy!</p>
<p>The Box of Gift Cards &#8230;</p>

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<p>The little box is created exactly the same way as the box for the chocolates &#8211; you just simply stick the flaps down.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve then placed a punched out flower &#8211; remember when I made the card I stamped off first?  You punch out this image for this box &#8211; see no wastage <img src='http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  How frugal am I??</p>
<p>Then I just made up four little gift cards &#8211; and used the papers from the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Papers and Images from Friends Never Fade and Occasional Quotes for the cards.</p>

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<p>Hope you like this little gift set and if you&#8217;d like to purchase the items you need to recreate this and the instructions please feel free to email or ring me.</p>
<p>Dont forget all the awesome specials for the December Frenzy &#8211; just click on the image in my sidebar for more details.</p>
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		<title>Play Date</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I shared a couple of awards I received and today I&#8217;m sharing more about how nice it is to be part of such a wonderful company like Stampin&#8217; Up! and how blessed I&#8217;ve been with friendships with other demonstrators. The ESAD group that I talk so much about now has over 620 members!  Within [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Yesterday I shared a couple of awards I received and today I&#8217;m sharing more about how nice it is to be part of such a wonderful company like Stampin&#8217; Up! and how blessed I&#8217;ve been with friendships with other demonstrators.</p>
<p>The ESAD group that I talk so much about now has over 620 members!  Within that group we have a few regular networkers &#8211; well OK we chat online but thats really networking right?  One of those ladies sent me a lovely little RAK and I just had to share it with you.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s a RAK?  the abbreviation RAK stands for Random Act of Kindness and this is what I received from the lovely <a title="Shirley's Blog" href="http://stampingelephants.wordpress.com/">Shirley McAvoy</a> &#8230;</p>
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<p>How sweet is this little gift?</p>
<p>Shirley has taken a Post It Note and then created a cover for it so it resembles a little book.  Great idea as with post it notes in my bag they soon become post it curls or scrunches! So the book cover will keep it nice and neat. She&#8217;s also covered two of the Fold Back Clips in the same Playdate DSP and made a matching envelope using the scalloped envelope die.</p>
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<p>The little note card is just way too cute! I didnt think I needed that Cute by the Inch Hostess set but now I think i&#8217;ll have to have a demonstration to get it for free!</p>
<p>So as you can see you can decorate a number of things and give them as gifts or make your own personalised goodies to keep and show off to your friends.</p>
<p>Thanks so much Shirley for this lovely little gift.</p>
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		<title>ESAD Christmas Blog Hop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well can you believe its just 9 weeks till Christmas &#8211; yes thats just 63 days! Oh dear &#8211; I think I better do me some organising and lists!! Now to help you with some gift ideas and gift wrapping and such a few of the girls from ESAD (Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators) have got [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Well can you believe its just 9 weeks till Christmas &#8211; yes thats just 63 days! Oh dear &#8211; I think I better do me some organising and lists!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/ESADSUXmas10BlogHop.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2660" title="ESADSUXmas10BlogHop" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/ESADSUXmas10BlogHop.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></p>
<p>Now to help you with some gift ideas and gift wrapping and such a few of the girls from <a title="ESAD Online Forum for Australasian Stampin' Up! Demonstrators" href="http://www.esad-su.ning.com">ESAD</a> (Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators) have got together to showcase some ideas for you &#8211; how nice are we??</p>
<p><span style="color: #bf0c1a;">What is ESAD?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><em>ESAD </em></strong>stands for <em><strong>Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators</strong></em> and it is an online  group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’  Up!®</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">We  so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our  customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love  for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps,  challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we are  always there to help and support each other when its needed.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click <a href="http://www.esad-su.ning.com/">here</a> to join our wonderful group.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Now it doesnt matter where you start the blog hop &#8211; you just keep going until you&#8217;ve visited all 15 blogs &#8211; if you&#8217;ve started here with me then just keep going until you get back to me!  I can assure you that you wont be disappointed as the girls are so talented and come up with the bestest ideas!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">The first project I wanted to share with you today is this awesome organiser &#8211; now didnt I say earlier I needed to get some organising done? Its just as well I now have one of these! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/ChristmasCanvasOrganiser.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2657" title="ChristmasCanvasOrganiser" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/ChristmasCanvasOrganiser.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="328" /></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">How neat is this?? </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">How cute is that Santa jacket??<br />
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<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">As soon as I saw this on Becky Roberts blog I had to make me one!  There&#8217;s a note pad there to make those lists we all need to make and the ribbon is latticed on the left side so you can slide in notes, photo&#8221;s,  gift cards and reminders. I&#8217;ve blinged the ribbon lattice with our new self adhesive diamontes. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">The three images across the top are actually attached to magnets and I&#8217;ve covered a metal ruler with the red and white polka dot dsp so the magnets will stay on. I couldnt help myself &#8211; I had to add the Penguin!  They are my favouritest animal and I do have a small collection of them and yes one of my favourite places to visit is Phillip Island in Australia.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Here is a close up of the magnets &#8230;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/christmascanvasmagnetsclose.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2658" title="christmascanvasmagnetsclose" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/christmascanvasmagnetsclose.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="96" /></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">they are just too cute &#8211; and how wonderful is that new Extra Large Ornament Punch??  The one here has one of our new self adhesive diamontes in the centre.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Now not only do you need to get yourself organised for Christmas but you also need somehting to put all your lovely little gifts in so here is a selection of bags and boxes to give you a few ideas.  I will be scheduling a Boxes, Bags n Tags class next month so stay tuned for details on that. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/2010BagsnBoxesChristms.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2659" title="2010BagsnBoxesChristms" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/2010BagsnBoxesChristms.jpg" alt="" width="238" height="318" /></a></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Here we have &#8230;..</span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><em>A Large Gift Bag </em></strong>which could be used for books, dvd&#8217;s, clear mount stamp sets,wood mount stamp sets, video games and lots of chocolates</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><em>Box in a Bag</em></strong> which could be used for ribbons, brads, embellishments, watch, jewellry, cup, candles and lots of chocolates</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><em>tall gift box</em></strong> (centre) could be used for pens, markers, smooch spritz, small punches, ribbons, brads, jewellry, pandora beads, pandora bracelet and lots of chocolates</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><strong>Triangle Boxes</strong></em> <em>(shown here in 3 sizes</em>) can be used for jewellry, watches, gift cards, gift voucher, a la carte stamp, beads, pandora, locket, diamond ring and lots of chocolates</span></span></li>
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<p>I hope that I have given you a few ideas for getting organised for Christmas and something to pop your pressies in. I&#8217;ve had a wonderful time creating these lovelies  to inspire and motivate you!</p>
<p>Now if you&#8217;d like to see one or two of these items demonstrated please dont hesitate to email or ring me to book your demonstration in.</p>
<p>Now its time to hop along to the next blog in the ESAD Christmas Blog Hop which is by the lovely and super talented <a title="Pauline Bennetts Blog" href="http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede">Pauline Bennetts</a>.</p>
<p>Now if you happen to get lost along the way here is a list of all the ESAD Christmas Blog Hoppers today &#8230;.</p>
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<li> <a title="Sharlene's Blog" href="http://www.stampwithsharlene.com">Sharlene Torres</a></li>
<li><a title="Kim's Blog" href="http://www.kimconwaycards.blogspot.com">Kim Conway</a></li>
<li><a title="Andrea Lowcock's Blog" href="http://www.andrealowcock.wordpress.com">Andrea Lowcock</a></li>
<li><a title="Jo's Blog" href="http://www.scrapandstampin.blogspot.com/">Jo Weedon</a></li>
<li><a title="Narelle's Blog" href="http://www.stampwithnarelle.blogspot.com">Narelle Hodges</a></li>
<li>Leonie Schroder (that&#8217;s me!)</li>
<li><a title="Pauline Bennetts Blog" href="http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede">Pauline Bennetts</a></li>
<li><a title="Aly's Blog" href="http://www.inkyaly.blogspot.com">Aly Adcock</a> (its also Aly&#8217;s Birthday so wish her a happy birthday while youre there!)</li>
<li><a title="Tanya Bell's Blog" href="http://www.stampingt.wordpress.com">Tanya Bell</a></li>
<li><a title="Monique's Blog" href="http://www.stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com">Monique Fielder</a></li>
<li><a title="Julie's Blog" href="http://www.blog.stampwithjulie.com.au/">Julie Fettes</a></li>
<li><a title="Jane's lovely blog " href="http://janenorrish.com">Jane Norrish</a></li>
<li><a title="Keryn's Blog" href="http://kerynscards.blogspot.com">Keryn Campbell</a></li>
<li><a title="Bev Watt's Blog" href="http://stampinovation.blogspot.com/">Bev Watt</a></li>
<li><a title="Jan's Blog" href="http://cardcaperswithjan.wordpress.com/">Jan McAnulty</a></li>
</ol>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s for a cuppa?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I could use one right now however its 6.37am and everyone is in bed and the coffee machine makes such a noise I&#8217;d wake them all up and I dont want to do that!  I&#8217;ve been up since 4am and awake since 2.40am &#8211; I think hubby really needs to see someone about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I know I could use one right now however its 6.37am and everyone is in bed and the coffee machine makes such a noise I&#8217;d wake them all up and I dont want to do that!  I&#8217;ve been up since 4am and awake since 2.40am &#8211; I think hubby really needs to see someone about his snoring!</p>
<p>As you know I run a Demonstrator only group for Stampin&#8217; Up! Demonstrators in Australia and New Zealand and we run a quarterly secret sister program through the group. Its a great way to get new ideas and be a little spoilt along the way &#8211; and who doesnt like handmade cards and little gifts in the mail? I know I love them and this is the gift I got yesterday for September &#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/SeptTeaCupPot.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2591" title="SeptTeaCupPot" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/SeptTeaCupPot.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="264" /></a></p>
<p>How divine is this?? You&#8217;d think my Secret Sister knows me quite well &#8230; she did put a note in saying that the pot is for coffee only!</p>
<p>I am going to have to go searching for the template for these &#8211; they are just so darned cute!</p>
<p>Now the tea cup has a slit in the top and thats so you can slot the &#8216;tea bag&#8217; message/sentiment in like here &#8230;.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/SeptTeaCup.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2592" title="SeptTeaCup" src="http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-content/photos/2010/10/SeptTeaCup-300x258.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="206" /></a></p>
<p>Its just too cute for words!</p>
<p>So if you are my secret sister and happen to be visiting my blog I say thank you for this gorgeous little gift <img src='http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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