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Sale•a•Bration Blog Hop

24 January, 2012 37 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ESAD Sale•a•Bration Blog Hop

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators.

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’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

You should have arrived here from Jacinta’s Blog but dont stress if you havent – just keep going till you get back to me!

Now onto my project ….

Enchanted Mini Album

I am a little bit excited about sharing this album today – 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’ve designed myself!

If you have a close look on the above picture you may see the little danglies I created with the ribbon & brad pack which is also available through Sale•a•bration!  Here’s a close-up for you …

I’ve just taken a brad and bent back the backs and tied the ribbon around the backs – cute hey?

Now lets open the album ….

I love this paper!!  I love how the paper matches the Stamp set perfectly and how Stampin’ 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.

Here I’ve popped in a photo matt on the left and a couple tags on the right for journalling.  I’ve popped a simple slit in the centre of the right page to slot the tags into.  I’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 & Brad pack.

Full view of tags

I can see how very versatile this stamp set is going to be – 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!

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’ Up! demonstration.

For the final pages I’ve just popped on two mats with coordinating ruffled ribbon.  You could used these for putting on a single photo, a collage of photo’s or some journaling – whatever you wish!

I do hope you like my little album and if you’d like to make this at a class please let me know as I’ll be scheduling them during February & March.

Now to continue on the blog hop you need to hop over to Alisa’s lovely blog and see what gorgeousness she has creating for your view pleasure :)

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 – now dont forget to leave the girls some comment love as well.

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 – as a special bonus for all ‘hoppers’ I am offering free postage on all orders of $100 or more from today to 31st January, 2012.

 

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Just two more sleeps!!

30 August, 2011 4 Comments

When it comes to the start of a new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue we just turn into little kids do we not? counting down the ‘sleeps’ like little kids do before Christmas or their Birthdays cos its just so exciting for all the new things that will come!

Now with the new Idea Book & Catalogue starting on Thursday this means you only have today and tomorrow to get your orders in for anything on the Retired Items list – you can view the list by clicking on the button in my sidebar over on the right or click here to download the file.

Here are a couple of cards using some retired stamps just to reminisce a little ….

I love these two sets and will be sad especially to see Always retire – be sure to check that list to ensure you dont miss out on anything you need to have.  I will have my used Retired Sets for sale on thursday so be sure to pop back then! I am still offering Free Shipping on orders with retired items till 6pm tomorrow – payment will need to be by credit card so I can get your order in on time.

Now would you like a little sneak peek of whats to come??

Here’s a little card I made last week …

I’ve been finding it hard to back into creating after Mum’s passing but this card has a little bit of sentiment attached to it.  Years ago, when I was much younger I loved to look through Mum’s jewelry box and she had this most gorgeous Cameo necklace and it came to mind as I opened the new Designer Frames Embossing folders. The silhouettes are in a new stamp set called Forever Young which I had won at Convention and this was just a match made in heaven!

I’m thinking it needs a little something but not sure – I dont want to add too much and overdo it – maybe a bow and an antique brad? What do you think?

I’ve also used some new Designer Series Paper and a lovely leafy swirl stamp from Creative Elements (yup another new set!) which was one of the sets we received in our Convention bags.

I cant wait to share the new catalogue with you and if you dont have your copy yet contact me to arrange one today!

 

 

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Remember When ….

8 February, 2011 4 Comments

The cool change came through Sunday afternoon and wow what a relief its been … I am just about feeling normal again – if there is such a thing!

Please keep the people of Queensland in your prayers after the horrific flooding and Cyclone Yasi and I also ask for you to add to your prayer list the fires in Western Australia and more flooding in Victoria. Seems Australia has been copping it from all sides of late. I thank you for your prayers :)

Today I want to share with you a card I made just after the Christmas break which I used a sketch from Mojo Monday’s blog …

I just love the Mojo Monday sketches and love how they get those Mojo juices flowing!

Here is my card …


Recipe:
Stamps: All a Flutter, Word Play
Paper: Concord Crush, Lap of Luxury, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride
Inks: Concord Crush, Jet Black Stazon, Pretty in Pink,
Accessories: 3/16″ Corner Small Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 5/8″ Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon (retired), Stampin Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

I thought it was about time I used the Word Play set as it was the set I got for free for presenting at Stampin’ Up! Regional Training in November.

Here’s a close up of the butterfly piece …

I just wanted to try and show you the dimension of this piece as it stands up on the card – its a bit hard to get a good photo with my camera but I think you can see the depth a little.

Now I think its time to grab a coffee and get stuck into more things on my to-do list for today.  This post was one of them so thats one I can mark off :)

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Filed Under: All a Flutter, birthday, Blogging, cardmaking, Challenges, Classes, Creativity, Demonstrations, Friends n Family, Occasions, promotions, Punches, RAKs, Saleabration, Scalloped Circle, Small Corner, specials, Stamp Club, Stamp Sets, stamp-a-stack, Stampin' Up!®, stamping, Techniques, Word Play Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Scalloped Treat Bags

5 August, 2010 4 Comments

Sorry for my absence – I’ve had the lovely Tanya Kitto visit me for a few days so we spent alot of time chatting, laughing and creating.  It was wonderful to finally meet in person and to spend some stamping time with her. Thanks to Robby and the kids for letting her come all this way for a few days.

Just before Tanya arrived I came across these gorgeous little bags using the Scalloped Envelope Die and the booful Big Shot.

chocbags

I found a video tutorial on Chic n Scratch and just followed that … they are so super easy to make.  They are going to make an awesome make n take for my Open House on 17th September – so mark that date in your diary!

With Tanya visiting we had a couple of friends come along for a ‘play date’ as they knew Tanya as well and wanted to meet her in person. So I showed them how to make these delightful bags and this is the one we made.

chocbags2 Here is a close up of a couple of the bags showing the greeting – oh look its a set from a previous Mini thats going to be in the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue (which my copy arrived today and its just delishamon!)

Arent these bags just the cutest little things??  They are even better when they come with a Mint Pattie or Golden Rough inside and they happen to fit perfectly!  You can also fit in two Freddo Frogs or several little Chocolate Eclairs – yummo!

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Easy As … Punch

20 July, 2010 5 Comments

Today I had a workshop for a group of ladies who are new customers and I wanted to make their ‘make n take’ simple but elegant and the hostess had told me they wanted to see the Extra Large 2 Step Bird punch in action.

So this is what the girls made today as their make n take …

birdnotecardset

How sweet are these cards?

They are so so quick and easy to make. Its also a great way to use up some of that Designer Series Paper that you have in your stash. Actually the ones we made today used the 6×6 paper sheets from the Patterns Pack II Level 1 Hostess Gift. I also used the awesome Stampin Up! Notecards that come 20 to a pack with envelopes for just $9.50!  What a bargain!

These pads of paper are so versatile and great for card making or 6×6 layouts or matting.  In each 6×6 Patterns Pack you get and assortment of 5 colours in 60 sheets of double sided paper – and all for free – just by hosting a Workshop and qualifying for the Level 1 Hostess Benefits.

My cards above were inspired by a sweet card I received from the lovely Genelle Little which is here for your viewing pleasure ….

I met Genelle through the ESAD online forum I run for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from New Zealand and Australia.  Its a great group for inspiration and getting ideas from other demonstrators so if youre a demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand click on the link and join today!

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