ESAD Blog Hops

Hello and welcome to my Blog.  It’s a busy night as I’m participating in two Blog Hop’s tonight.  The first Hop is with ESAD.  What is ESAD I hear you ask?

I’m joined by 19 lovely Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand and we’re going to bring you some quick and easy Christmas inspiration using products from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue.  You may have hopped over from the lovely Cathy Pinchbeck, thanks for continuing on with me.  Make sure you complete the full Hop, there’s a Participant List at the end of my post just in case you get lost along the way.

This Christmas will be the first Christmas in 35 years that I haven’t worked in Retail.  Wow, I’m feeling less stressed than I normally do this time of year.  I’ve even got all my Christmas cards made, the tree is up and I’m feeling organised.  If you’re not that organised I’m sure you’ll find plenty of inspiration in this Blog Hop.  Don’t forget there’s only 22 days until Christmas!!!

I’ve made two quick and easy cards using my favourite DSP in the 2018 Holiday Catalogue.  Joyous Noel Specialty DSP is so stunning with the Copper Foil accents.  I will be sad to see this DSP go.

I’ve used a Thick Whisper White card base then adhered some DSP.  I’ve added a couple of borders to the DSP, one card has Tranquil Tide and the other Grey Granite.  There’s also a Copper Foil border on both cards.

I’ve added some Suite Season Specialty Washi Tape to some card stock then used the Merry Christmas To All Thinlits Dies to die cut my words.  This is a quick and easy way to add a little bit more copper shine to my cards.  Adding some Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet to the back of the card stock makes adhering the words super easy.

These cards look so shiny and Coppery (is that a real word) in real life.  My photos don’t do them justice.  I’ve tried to capture their shine in the next couple of photos.

The sentiments have been embossed with Copper Embossing Powder and are from the Merry Christmas To All stamp set.  I’ve used the Classic Label punch to punch them out.

I asked my assistant, Marvi, to pose for a photo and this is what I got.  We might get a better pose next time.  I think he really just wanted a tummy rub lol.

Next on tonight’s hop is Monique Fielder, you’re going to love her creation.  Just click on the “Next” arrow to hop on over.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you like my quick and easy Christmas cards.  Feel free to leave me a comment, I love reading them.

Blog Hop Participant List:

1.Leonie Schroder

2.Lou Kitzelman

3.Delys Cram

4.Nicole Wilson

5.Shannon Kissane

6.Rebecca Scurr

7.Sharni Haines

8.Lauren Meiklejohn

9.Jenna Watkins

10.Cheryl Algie

11.Sharon Dalton

12.Siobhan Fitzsimmons

13.Cathy Pinchbeck

14.Peta Stephen

15.Monique Fielder

16.Jo Weedon

17.Denise Buetler

18.Katrina Duffell

19.Narelle Fasulo

20.Fi Cobbin

Hello and welcome to my Blog.  It’s a busy night as I’m participating in two Blog Hop’s tonight.  The first Hop is with ESAD.  What is ESAD I hear you ask?

I’m joined by 25 lovely Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand and we’re going to bring you some Christmas inspiration using new products from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue.  You may have hopped over from the lovely Katrina Duffell, thanks for continuing on with me.  Make sure you complete the full Hop, there’s a Participant List at the end of my post just in case you get lost along the way.

The 2018 Holiday Catalogue starts on the 5th of September and runs until the 2nd of January 2019.  The first thing on my wish list was the Dashing Deer Bundle and the Shimmer Paint so I thought I’d combine these two items for my project today.

I’ve made four cards as there’s four colours of Shimmer Paint.

Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint

Bright Copper Shimmer Paint

I’ve inked up the antlers with my Black Ink Pad then I’ve painted the Shimmer Paint directly onto my stamp with a small paint brush then stamped it onto my card stock.  I’ve used Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Gold Foil and Copper Foil.

Frost White Shimmer Paint

Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

I’ve painted the whole stamp with Shimmer Paint for these two cards.  I’ve used Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Silver Foil and Champagne Foil.  The little bows on the reindeer’s necks are die cut from the Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper and the sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings.

It’s hard to photograph the Shimmer on the cards.  They look much better in real life than in my pictures.

My assistant, Marvi, not only helps out when I’m photographing my cards, he’s quite helpful when I’m typing my Blog too.  If there’s any spelling errors I blame him lol.

Next on tonight’s hop is Cathy Pinchbeck, you’re going to love her creation.  Just click on the Next arrow to Hop on over.

Thanks for stopping by.  Feel free to leave me a comment, I love reading them.

Blog hop participant list:

1.Lou Kitzelman

2.Kim Oliver

3.Nicole Wilson

4.Delys Cram

5.Katrina Duffell

6.Peta Stephen

7.Cathy Pinchbeck

8.Barbara Williams

9.Libby Dyson

10.Jo Stubbings

11.Fi Cobbin

12.Rebekah Crisp

13.Jenna Watkins

14.Rachael Lewsley

15.Jenny Hayward

16.Rochelle Blok

17.Lauren Meiklejohn

18.Rose Packer

19.Monique Fielder

20.Maree McIntosh

21.Sandra Mastello

22.Amity Knight

23.Sharon Dalton

24.Narelle Fasulo

25.Sharni Haines

26.Rebecca Scurr

Hello and welcome to my blog.  It’s a busy Sunday evening this week as I’m taking part in two Blog Hops tonight.  For the first hop I’m hopping with 18 other talented ESAD members from Australia and New Zealand, showcasing Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper.  You may have hopped over from the very talented Nicole Wilson, thanks for continuing on with me.  There’s a Participant List at the end of my post just in case you get lost along the way.

For the month of July Stampin’ Up! has a promotion on their DSP, Buy 3 and get 1 FREE!!!   You have a choice of 10 fabulous new DSP’s from the current Annual Catalogue.  Included in the promo is Nature’s Poem, Twinkle Twinkle, Under the Mistletoe, Animal Expedition, Best Route, Petal Promenade, Tranquil Textures, Garden Impressions, Tropical Escape and my favourite, Wood Textures.

I’ve used two of my favourite DSP’s, Animal Expedition and Wood Textures to create this double easel card.

My inspiration comes from Patty Bennett and her Tropical Chic card.  I’ve changed her measurements to suit Australian A4 card stock.  If you’d like the measurements please send me a message and I’ll email them to you.

 I’ve layered Animal Expedition DSP over Shaded Spruce card stock.  My card base is Grey Granite.  One of the many wonderful things about SU products is the co-ordination.  Did you know the Animal Friends Thinlits co-ordinate with some of the animals on the DSP?  That’s right, you can just die cut them straight from the DSP!!!

I’ve used the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies on some Wood Textures DSP then stamped the “Happy Birthday” from the Detailed With Love stamp set on some Whisper White card stock.  I’ve cut around my sentiment then adhered it to the back of a Wooden Frames Element.  The leaves are die cut from Animal Friends Thinlits in Shaded Spruce and Lemon Lime Twist.

Don’t you just love those cute little frogs sitting on a tree branch?  I’ve been making a few cards with animals on them lately and Marvi, my assistant, has been keen to help.   My poor Kangaroo and leaves didn’t stand a chance lol.

Next on tonight’s hop is the lovely Jackie Aitkin, I’m sure you’re going to love her creation.  Just click on the next button to hop on over.

Thanks for stopping by.  Feel free to leave me a comment, I love reading them all.

Blog hop participant list:

1.Lou Kitzelman

2.Kelly Kent

3.Rochelle Blok

4.Fi Cobbin

5.Delys Cram

6.Sharon Dalton

7.Kim Oliver

8.Siobhan Fitzsimmons

9.Nicole Wilson

10.Peta Stephen

11.Jackie Aitken

12.Rebecca Scurr

13.Narelle Fasulo

14.Barbara Williams

15.Maree McIntosh

16.Libby Dyson

17.Cheryll Miller

18.Denise Buetler

19.Mandy Depiazzi