ESAD Blog hop follow-up

Hi Everyone,


Wow! What a response to the blog hop! Yesterday alone I had over 200 visitors to my blog!!! I've never ever had that many before!


And thank you to the numerous people that left comments (not 200 visitors but still quite a few!)


There was a couple of queries as to how I did the background for the panels on projects so here's the details:


Take your glossy white card stock and turn the pink pirouette ink pad upside down and as one of the visitors (Donna) guessed, the cirles are made by simply swirling the inkpad around.


Then I repeated this step with the Melon Mambo inkpad.


And finally loaded as many of the Teeny Tiny Sentiments as I could onto a large block. Inked the sentiment block with my brayer and the Rich Razzleberry inkpad and stamped my swirly cardstock






And that's it - a custom made background ready to go!!

I'll try take some photos over the weekend of each of the steps and add them to this post.





Thanks for looking,

Wedding Thank you's...

Hi Everyone,

Bet that caught your attention... No, sorry the thank you's aren't from me (my wedding was almost 5yrs ago).. Although we are still thankful to all the family and friends that helped to celebrate our special day with us.

This is the card I made for one of my friend's after her wedding last month... I ended up making 36 cards for her and her new hubby to send out to guests from the wedding.

Then these are the cards, all bundled up and ready to go (unfortunately, I didn't have a box big enough)

I'll have to photograph the other sample I made too, but I can't quite put my hands on it, my desk has once again disappeared! I know its somewhere under all my blog hop project leftovers... hehehe


Thanks for looking,

My first ever ESAD Blog-hop

Good Morning everyone!


This is my first ever blog hop so I truly hope I have done it all correctly and I hope you’re ready for it! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while! If you are in the middle of the hop, you will have come from Rachel Jackson's blog but don't worry, there's links to make a full circle if you are starting on mine.


What is ESAD you say?


ESAD stands for Extra Special Australian (and New Zealand) Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!


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.


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.


We are again offering Blog Candy for our Blog Hop. What you need to do is complete the blog hop until you get back to me. Once you've visited and commented on every blog then you will need to email Sharlene at stampwithsharlene@hotmail.com who will then put your name into the draw for the blog candy. There will be one winner from New Zealand and one winner from Australia. Please note, Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are not eligible to win the Blog Candy.






So without further suspense, here is my creation, a letter holder and matching card as a gift set:


This is the set together:

The letter holder from the front

On the inside

A close up of 1 of the inside panels

The matching card

And finally a close up of the bird

Project Recipe:
Cardstock & Inkpads: NEW COLOURS: Rich Razzleberry & Melon Mambo; In-colour: Pink Pirouette; Glossy White Card
NEW Rich Razzleberry Polka-dot Ribbon
NEW Extra-Large Two-Step Bird Punch (My favourite punch!)
Stamp Set: NEW Teeny Tiny Sentiments




Well, that's it from me today, please continue on the blog hop by going to visit Ros Davidson's blog and keep hopping until you come back to me!

Thanks for looking,

Just Add Ink Challenge #11 - 2nd Entry

I'm back....


This is my 2nd entry for the Just Add Ink Challenge And its almost a 1 layer card, the only thing that is an added piece of card is the flower I have stamped and then coloured with my Stampin' Write Markers and adhered it with a dimensional.

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Whisper White
Stampin' Write Markers: Regal Rose, Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Old Olive
Black Staz-on ink
Dimensionals
Stamp Set: "Scribble This" & "On your Birthday"


Thanks for looking,

Just Add Ink Challenge #11

Hi Everyone,

A super quick post tonight, I almost forgot to enter this week's Just Add Ink Challenge to:

Just Add ... Ink! Make anything you like, using anything you like!

Sounds simple hey? mmmmm where to start....

I thought I'd continue on my mission of using my stash of scraps and offcuts (I have 2 boxes full of them, and I'm kind of wishing I didn't collect them all up and put them all together! Nevermind, its making me see them and use them!)

Anyway, this is my 1st entry for the challenge:

The layout is cased from the recently retired Summer Mini Catty


Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Elegant Eggplant, Summer Sun
Stampin' Write Markers: Taken with Teal, Summer Sun, Barely Banana, Elegant Eggplant
Staz-on permanent inkpad
Whisper White Ribbon
Stamp Set: "Scribble this" & "Much Appreciated" (retired)


Thanks for looking,

Coming soon... My first ever ESAD Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Sorry about the lack of creations lately... I can't believe how quickly the last week of Term 1 went, and then our 4 day long weekend has simply flown by... Between making masses of sandwiches for the playgroup; then 48 mini cupcakes and another 48 honey joys for miss 3's kindy fancy dress party, (which turned into double batches on top of those already doubled batches so I could stock up our pantry); and Easter, I've not had much time in my stampin' room.

I really should have taken some pics of all the cupcakes iced and decorated with all their sprinkles and the lil' fairy dress I decorated for the fancy dress party (and of course, having 2 girls, I couldn't just make 1 outfit, it had to be 2 fairy dresses).

I have however been working on my first ever ESAD BlogHop projects, so come back on 7th April to see them.... All the projects contain products from the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue and they are so cute!

Thanks for looking,

Stampin' Up! News

Hi All,

Here's some good news for you if you missed out on some products from the Spring or Summer Mini Catalogues. The products below are still available! Yay!

Please contact me if you would like to order any of these products and don't forget the new mini catalogue is now online here.

Thanks for looking,

Autumn / Winter Mini Catalogue is online!!

Hi All,

Its officially started!!! The Autumn/ Winter Mini Catalogue is now on sale!!

Click HERE to view it online and please email me or leave a comment if you would like a hard copy posted to you.


Thanks for looking,

Just Add Ink Challenge #10

Hi Everyone,

I've been playing tonight with the Just Add Ink Challenge and whilst I missed the deadline for entering I thought I'd still post my cards for you to see... I ended up making 3 cards as I just couldn't decide what to do:

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

The sentiments on card #1 & 2 are a preview of the "Heard from the Heart" Stamp Set and the sentiment on card #3 says "Happy Anniversary", which is one of the new sentiments from the "Teeny Tiny Sentiments" stamp set. Both these stamp sets will be available from 1st April (yes that's tomorrow!)

Please email me if you are interested in any of the products/techniques used.

Thanks for looking,

Quick & Clean Thank you Card

Hi Everyone,

Just a post today of a quick and clean thank you card I made in less than 10 minutes. Don't you just love a card that comes together so quickly and easily!

Materials Used:

Stamp Set: Eastern Blooms & Much Appreciated (retired)

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Rich Razzleberry (sneak peek), So Saffron & Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry (sneak peek) & Versamark

Other: So Saffron ribbon (bonus ribbon from last year), Dimensionals, Scallop border punch

Thanks for looking,

Last days of Sale-a-bration and a sneak peek...

Hi All,

Straight off, I must apologise about the quality of these photos.. My camera charger has taken itself for a walk somewhere and so I've used my camera on my phone to take these pics so they aren't the best quality...


Anyway, this one is using the Happy Moments Sale-a-bration stamp set with a sneak peek of the new Rich Razzleberry cardstock & ribbon coming in April.

Materials Used:
Stamp Set: Happy Moments
Card: Kraft, Whisper White, Pink Pirrouette, Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Black Staz-on & Versamark
Other: Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Dimensionals, Scallop Punch, Snail Adhesive


And this card is using the soon to be released Pony Party & Teeny Tiny Stamp Sets and I've loosely cased the layout from the new catty.

Materials Used:
Stamp Set: Pony Party, Teeny Tiny Sentiments & Eastern Blooms
Card: Orchid Opulence, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White
Ink: Black Staz-on & Versamark
Other: Stampin' Write Markers, White Gel Pen, Slot punch; Word Window punch, Dimensionals, Purple ribbon from my stash


Well, hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some better photos and more sneak peeks :)



Thanks for looking,

I wonder....

Hi All,

I'm wondering who my secret sister is.... As part of a demonstrator group ESAD that I a part of, we are running a secret sister swap over the next 3months.

This is the 1st card I received (I've been a slack blogger over the last week and its taken me too long to post a pic for you all to see)

Isn't it a purdy birdy!! Its from the "Always" Stamp set on page 95 of the Idea book and catalogue.

Anyway, I'm checking my letterbox everyday to see when I'll get my next lil pressie! I love getting happy mail!

Thanks for looking,

Sneak Peak - New Bird Punch

Hi Everyone,

The new Autumn/Winter Mini catalogue isn't far away... So here's a quick sneak peek at the new Bird Punch that will be available from 1st April (and no its not an April Fool's Day joke!).

The photo doesn't show the rectangle layers have gone through my crimper, but in real life it does add a little extra to my card without distracting from the bird.

So the upcoming catalogue means that there is only 1 week left of Sale-a-bration and the Summer Mini catty as they finish at the end of this month. If you would like to order anything, please email or call me on 0407 262 452. Remember, I can post your order anywhere in Australia.

And if you would like a copy of the Autumn Mini, please let me know and I will happily email or post one to you.


Thanks for looking,

Just Add Ink Challenge #8

Hi Again,

Here's my entry for the Just Add Ink Challenge this week.

I've cased myself from my Stamp 'n' Stack March Class and have just changed the colours to Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip.

These little baskets are the perfect size for a handful of mini eggs or the traditional style choccie egg (the same size as a chook egg).

Thanks for looking,

Stamp 'n' Stack March - The results!

Hi Everyone,

Here's some photos of the Easter notecards and baskets we made at my Stamp 'n' Stack on Friday night. Should I warn you the projects feature the Chocolate Bunny Stamp again? hehehe   

The Regal Rose Set

The Apricot Appeal Set

The Garden Green Set

The Going Grey Set

The Brocade Blue Card (the basket had been misplaced - ooops!)

The design of the baskets has been cased from Dawn's Stamping Studio. The papers are all from the Level 1 Hostess Rewards Set and come as a 6" square with lots of different patterns.

I kept the projects fairly simple as I had everyone work through them at their own pace with a tutorial and a sample notecard/basket to work from. It's the first time I've done a class this way and I think (hope) everyone felt a great sense of accomplishment with their projects.

If you would like any details, please email me.

Thanks for looking,

Are YOU a maybe?

Hi there readers,

I'm popping in for a quick hello tonight and then its off to bed for an early night for me! Well, once I tidy up a few more things... Such is the life of a mum! lol..

I want to remind you that the Sale-a-bration and the Summer mini catty will finish at the end of this month. So if you are a 'maybe', why not use the Sale-a-bration to your advantage and host a workshop to receive FREE Stampin' Up! goodies. Please leave me a comment or email me to book your workshop. Don't forget there are extra FREEBIES during Sale-a-bration.

Mention this message and there will be a bonus for you!!!


I'll be back tomorrow with some pics of the projects from my Easter Class held on Friday night.



Thanks for looking,

Back with more bunnies!

Hi Everyone,

I don't think I could blame you if you are coming to the conclusion that I love chocolate bunnies! lol

But I'm being good and sticking with the non-chocolate sort and thus have made some more Easter themed cards with my Stampin' Up! Bunny! I made 2 of each of these cards towards the Easter raffle at the Playgroup we attend each week.

(The blotch in this photo from my camera -

I've no idea why! The card looks fine in real life)

Materials Used:
Stamp: Chocolate Bunny, "For You" sentiment from Vintage Labels (Free Sale-a-bration Set)
Card: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose & Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Sweet Always
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: Whisper White grosgrain ribbon, silver thread from my stash, Scallop square punch, Scallop edge punch, dimensionals



Thanks for looking,

JAI's 7th Challenge - Second Attempt

Hi All,

Now I'm sure you are all really falling off your seats because here's my 3rd post for the day! Its my 2nd entry for the Just Add Ink Challenge. I've used my Chocolate Bunny again but in a different way because I actually used my BRAYER!!! OMG!! How many of you have a brayer in your cupboard gathering dust?? My mission this month is to actually get some ink on it and create some projects!

Right, so here's the photos:

The pint sized hand grabbing the card is my youngest daughter - aka the card thief!! She promptly stole this card and gave it a hug! Then decided to sit nicely looking at it, wait for me to try and take a photo and rip the bow off the card!! AAARRRGGGH! That particular bow took me ages to get right as I wasn't pulling it very tight!

Anyway, here's a close up of the bunny but it doesn't include the new bow:

Now the trick with this one is to ink up your brayer with your chosen colours (in this case - pink passion, tempting turquoise and green galore (although you can't actually see any green on the bunny, but that's a good thing right considering he's the Easter bunny and we don't want mouldy choccies!)

I then spritzed the entire brayer with some water and rolled onto some glossy white cardstock. When it was dry (which didn't take very long), I stamped the bunny in black Staz-on ink and cut him out. The bunny is then layered on some pink passion card (from my scrap stash!) and trimmed with a little border this time. Then its just a matter of layering all the other card & ribbon pieces together and adhering your "hyper-colour" bunny on with some dimensionals.

Materials Used:

Stamps: "Chocolate Bunny" & "One of a kind"

Cardstock: Green  Galore, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron & Pink Passion

Ink: Black Staz-on, Versamark

Other: Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Write Marker, Dimensionals, So Saffron ribbon (2009 bonus), Piercing Tool and Mat Pack

Thanks for looking,