Sunday, 3 September 2017

ESAD Australasian Stampin' Up! Demonstrators Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop

How exciting a new Holiday Catalogue to play in - with so many Christmas card and gift ideas to fall in love with! This hop is huge with 32 participants - I'm not surprised its a great, amazing and inspiring 56 pages!


I love the Stampin' Up Kits - they make creating quick and easy with a guaranteed great result - this Christmas is no exception! If you popped by a few weeks ago you would have seen the Be Merry Rosette Ornament kit - NO?  well you can see them HERE.
 

The Watercolor Christmas Project Kit



The cards in this kit take only minutes to assemble, thanks to preprinted elements that look like you watercoloured them by hand. Coordinates with the Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set (sold separately).

Creating Tips - Stamp everything first before you pull the pieces apart to make it easier. I also used my Stamp-A-M-Jig for perfect placement.



 























Kit includes:
* 20 card bases, 5 each of 4 designs, folded card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm)
* Envelopes with gold foil liners
* Cardstock
*Printed die-cut accents and backgrounds
* Gold Mini Sequin Trim


 





















The Coordinating colours: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy, Pool Party, Real Red


This is a great kit to get together with friends to make. Or ask you Demonstrator to run it as a class project. Additional items you will need are the Watercolor Christmas Stamp set, Black ink (I like Memento), Fast Fuse, Dimensionals and the Fine Tip Glue pen.

Want to Join us? You need to be an Australian or New Zealand Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, you can join Stampin' Up! and message any of us to get the details of how to join. We are an inclusive bunch from all over Australia and New Zealand that love to share what we love. I'm on the beautiful NSW Central Coast near Gosford.


 
Thank you for joining me on this visit - I love to read your comments so please pop one in the section below before hopping on over to WA to visit Kelly's Blog to see what she has to share.

https://mypapercraftjourney.com/2017/09/03/esad-blog-hop-2017-holiday-catalogue/

Blog Hop Participant List

2. Megan Lenske
3. Amity Knight
4. Courtenay Heuston
5. Kelly Kent
6. Josie Dean
7. Cheryl Algie
8. Maree McIntosh
9. Kristel Rimmer
10. Chloe Evans
11. Sharon Dalton
12. Carly Middleton
13. Nicole Wilson
14. Peta Stephen
15. Angela Meiritz-Reid
16. Rachael Lewsley
17. Kim Oliver
18. Monique Fielder
19. Sandra Mastello
20. Cathy Pinchbeck
21. Rose Packer
22. Barbara Williams
23. Jessie Holton
24. Rosalie Desmond
25. Liv Ingle
26. Ellen Woodbridge
27. Rebecca Scurr
28. Mandy Depiazzi
29. Samantha White
30. Libby Dyson
31. Lisa Gibson
32. Delys Cram


Courtenay

Do you live in Australia and would you like to become a Demonstrator, earn discounts, great rewards and get to craft with Stampin' Up! products before their release? If so click here to join my team - more information here.

Saturday, 2 September 2017

Global Stamping Friends - Colour Challenge Blog Hop


 
Well we meet aging with this our 13th hop together and the projects just keep getting better - this months hop is a challenge and boy has it been a challenge for me as my favourite colours are Autumn (Fall) warm tones so although my table is covered in bits and bobs now of discarded for this project pieces - here is my greeting card. I will be getting back to those 'spare extra' bits later as some are just divine.
The Colours; Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Pool Party, Night of Navy.
Did you see the card I shared the day HERE it was the same technique and Dawns video is linked to that post with instructions.
 

So what do you think? I added the ribbon but gathered it as I went for a bit of extra texture. The sentiment is from Ribbon of Courage it is coloured with coordinating markers and I added some of the thin silver thread for another textural element.
 
Thank you for joining me today - please come back regularly - this week alone is a busy blog week with a wonderful new catalogue to share and Christmas just months away. Please pop over - or should I write hop over to visit Stephanie in the US to see what she came up with using this colour combo.
 

 
Participant List in case one of the next buttons is mucking up.
 
1. Courtenay Heuston
2. Stephanie Nash
3. Anita Wifladt
4. Tricia Butts
5. Sharleen Luciano
6. Kimberley Anne Morris
7. June Olsen
8. Jan Musselman
9. Anastasia Radloff
10. Rachel Macleod
11. Ellen Woodbridge
12. Karie Beglau
13. Lisa Ann Bernard
14. Marieke Bart
15,. Christina Walker
16. Angelique Stempelkeuken
17. Sarah McDermott
18. Amanda Bates
19. Jenn Curtis Charles


 You will need these items to recreate this card - plus adhesive, trimmer, Big Shot, Markers of your choice, cotton balls and Rubbing Alcohol


Courtenay

Do you live in Australia and would you like to become a Demonstrator, earn discounts, great rewards and get to craft with Stampin' Up! products before their release? If so click here to join my team - more information here.

Friday, 1 September 2017

Inksomniacs 2017 Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop - Watercolor Christmas

Welcome to the first Inksomniacs Team Blog Hop. We are part of an Australian Stampin' Up! Team and decided to get together to show you some goodies from the new Seasonal Catalogue released today. Being in Australia you get to purchase these goodies first because of our time zones - yay!

If you have joined me for other hops you know I know that you may be starting here or somewhere else in the hop so please continue to have a look at what the other ladies have to share.

I am a big fan of the Stampin' Up! kits - they make it very easy to have great results when creating. The Watercolor Christmas Project Kit is featured on page 33 of the Australian Seasonal Catalogue, I am yet to play with the kit but I have used the coordinating stamp set to create these goodies to show you.

 

I have teamed it up with the great Be Merry DSP from the Annual Catalogue and used the colours Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green as per the DSP.
I used versamark and Clear Emboss with the sentiment to make it shiny. If you would like to see how I did this you can pop over to THIS POST.

 

I was on a bit of a roll so thought these would make a lovely gift for a teacher or friend. We have Acetate gift boxes in the Seasonal Catalogue as well - they hold 5 cards and envelopes. so I made a set of 5 others - I left the Rhinestones off those but they still look smick - popped them into one of the acetate gift boxes and tied with a ribbon. There is even a matching Tag I made to go on it.

I got all 6 cards out of one piece of DSP making that very economical.



Thank you for joining me this time - I would love it if you pop on over to see what Melinda has to share with us.





Hop Participants in case a 'Next' button gets stuck!

Maria Kandylas
Courtenay Heuston You are here
MelindaWhittington
Nerida Carter
Linda Dalke
Renee Kroeger



 Along with your Trimmer, Big Shot and adhesive of choice you will need these goodies to recreate these cards.

Courtenay

Do you live in Australia and would you like to become a Demonstrator, earn discounts, great rewards and get to craft with Stampin' Up! products before their release? If so click here to join my team - more information here.