ESAD - Sale-A-Bration

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the ESAD Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop. Today the talented Blog Hop participants will be sharing inspirational ideas with products from the 2019 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogues.

What is Sale-A-Bration? Only the best crafty sale ever!!! During Sale-A-Bration, get FREE products when you Shop, Host or Join.

SHOP

HOST

Starting 3 January, hosts with qualifying orders can receive additional Stampin’ Rewards. Below are the markets, qualifying amounts and additional Stampin’ Rewards.

JOIN

Starting 3 January, recruits who join Stampin’ Up! as an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration can choose from two offers. These offers are IN ADDITION to the regular Starter Kit offering.

I have a few cards to share with you today all of which feature a combination of products from the Occasions Catalogue and the current Sale-a-bration promotions. One of my favourite items from this years Sale-a-bration offerings is the Painted Seasons bundle and coordinating framelits.

The floral images in the card below are from the Painted Seasons Stamp set and have been teamed with the foliage image from the Needle & Thread Stamp Set (Occasions Catalogue Page 39) with the Classic Garage DSP (Occasions Catalogue Page 43).

The second card again features stamped images using Painted Seasons. I'll be honest, I wasn't a huge fan of the pine cones until I stamped them. They, like the other stamps in this set are the new type of Disinktive Cling stamps which offer super fine detail while sticking to your blocks.

A doily has been added behind the sentiment which has been created using the fabulously adorable Dear Doily Bundle. The Butterfly is another Sale-a-bration item that has been super popular - the Butterfly Botanical DSP Pack.  A smidge of colour has been added to the fussy cut butterfly with Stampin' Blends.

The next card features a sentiment from one of the Sale-a-bration exclusive stamp sets called More Than Words. I have combined it with the Story Label Punch (also a Sale-a-bration item) and some fussy cut cupcakes from the How Sweet It Is DSP (Occasions Catalogue Page 15).

For the next two cards I have used the buffalo print DSP sheet which is part of the Botanical Butterfly DSP available FREE with a qualifying Sale-a-bration purchase.

The card above has had a water colour wash applied before stamping the image from All That You Are Stamp Set (Occasions Catalogue Page 2). Watercolour pencils and a blended pen were then used to apply colour to the stamped image.

My final card has combined the same black and white DSP, this time with a funky stamp set called Flowering Desert (Occasions Catalogue Page 29). Before adhering the stamped panel to the card front I thought why not use the new Lace Dynamic TI Embossing Folder (Occasions Catalogue Page 11).

Be sure to follow the ESAD Blog Hop all the way through for even more inspirational ideas using the stunning Colour Your Season Bundle. A participant list has been provided below to help you along your journey. Up next in the hop is super talented Sharon Dalton with her amazing project. Enjoy x

Blog hop participant list:

1. Kelly Kent

2. Nicole Wilson

3. Lou Kitzelman

4. Denise Buetler

5. Siobhan Fitzsimmons

6. Peta Stephen

7. Monique Fielder

8. Lisa Whitehead

9. Libby Dyson

10. Lauren Meiklejohn

11. Jackie Aitken - You Are Here

12. Sharon Dalton

13. Maree McIntosh

14. Cheryl Algie

15. Rochelle Blok

16. Rebecca Scurr

17. Delys Cram

18. Jessie Holton

Gingham Gala - Soft Sea Foam Trio

Hello Hello Crafty Friends

How was your weekend? Mine was filled with crafty fun and amazing friends. I have been holding a set of workshops with 23 of my fellow demonstrators, where we have been creating a Techniques Binder with 60 techniques and samples.

I love gathering with my crafty friends - its the highlight of my month and totally worth the long commute times. I look forward to every month and will be sad when February's class is done as this is the last of six workshops.

I shared the splattered technique used in one of today's cards with the ladies at the workshop and they loved it.

My set of cards today were inspired by the three coloured Blends you see at the bottom of the photo - Highland Heather, Smoky Slate and Soft Sea Foam and the little trick I shared with my fellow Stampin' sisters at the workshop - adding flicks of colour with markers.

The first card was inspired by Stampin' Up! Artisan Susan Wong. I just adore Susan's style and find it so hard to get that kind of card to work well for me. The card front has been completely screwed up with the edges torn and corners rolled and turned - I love how Susan rolls the edges for something different, I think it gives the cards a feeling of "loved" and cherished.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Smoky Slate, Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White & Black Card Stock, Botanical Butterfly DSP, Tea Together Stamp Set. 

The next card has been silver heat embossed with the smaller of the two Butterfly images from the Butterfly Gala directly onto the dotty DSP. The black floral frame panel behind the striped DSP has been created with the Lovely Flowers Edgelit Dies. A few Soft Sea Foam die cut leaves have been added under the panel and the sentiment. To finish the card I added a punched Butterfly that was lightly coloured with Soft Sea Foam Blends.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Silver Emboss Powder, Lovely Flowers Edgelit Dies,  Botanical Butterfly DSP, Black, Soft Sea Foam, Smoky Slate, Whisper White Card Stock, 

The final card was inspired by an elaborate scrapbook layout I spotted on Pinterest. I just love the splatters which is odd as I am normally attracted to clean and simple cards with loads of white space and structural lines.

You possibly cant see it, but under all those splatters is the starting point of this cards creation - the Air Mail Background stamp.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Airmail Stamp Set, Botanical Butterfly DSP, Tea Together Stamp Set, Smoky Slate, Whisper White & Soft Sea Foam Card Stock, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends, Black Stampin' Write Marker, Foam Strips.

The splatters are achieved using a Black Stampin' Write Marker, taking the brush end and flicking it against the Marker lid.  The butterfly images from the Botanical Butterfly DSP,  have been fussy cut, lightly coloured using Highland Heather Stampin' Blends both dark and light. The stamped flowers are from the Tea Together stamp set. Each flower has a raised fussy cut inner that has been raised on the bottom with Foam Strips.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time, stay crafty and stay awesome

Butterfly Gala Blog Hop with Talented Friends

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Today I am hopping with fellow South Pacific Artisan Design Team Members Rochelle Blok, Narelle Farrugia, Tanya Rees and Angela Meiritz-Reid.  What is the Artisan Design Team? We are a group of talented and creative Stampin'Up! Demonstrators from around the world selected by Stampin'Up! to blog about projects we create. We participate in monthly Artisan Blog Hops, share Instagram Tips and design for Stampin'Up! Corporate Blog Posts. 

The South Pacific Artisan Design Team members - Rochelle, Narelle, Tanya and myself representing Australia, and Angela being the sole Artisan from New Zealand, have decided to collaborate for this special blog hop to share projects made with the Gingham Gala Suite and coordinating Sale-a-bration products.

Some items from the current Occasions and Sale-a-Bration Catalogues have been so popular they are hitting low stock levels. The Butterfly Duet Punch is one of these items!! It is currently still able to be ordered in the South Pacific market (sold out in the U.S.) so if you are crushing on this bundle, get in quick before they disappear.  If you do miss out, I am happy to advise that the punch will be back in stock in a few months time.

Onto my projects.....I have two creations to share with you today - a little bird cage with matching card.

Both the card and bird cage feature the Butterfly Botanical DSP which is a free product item that can be earned during Sale-a-Bration. What's Sale-a-Bration you ask? Only the best sale promo ever!!!

Heres a quick "how to" earn freebies during Sale-a-Promotion. (Australian market)

1. SHOP - Your choice of free product from the Sale-a-Bration brochure for every AUD$90 order.
2. HOST - Additional AUD$40 in Stampin' Rewards when your party totals are over AUD$450
3. JOIN  -  Option A. Join for AUD$169 and get AUD$315 in product.
                   Option B. Join for AUD$210 and get AUD$315 in product PLUS exclusive Craft &                           Carry Tote valued at AUD$87

My card measures 5" x 5" and has a predominately black and white colour theme, inspired by the Botanical Butterfly DSP, with a few hints of gold foil and embossing with some blushing bride.

The little bird cage was made by creating two "box lids" from Thick Whisper White Card Stock.  These measured 3" x 3" when glued together. 1/2" Strips of card stock were adhered to the inside of the bottom "lid", left to dry overnight and then this process was repeated for the other end/top.

Another box lid was created for the bottom stand, this time a little longer in length so that I was able to use the Darling Label Punch to create the legs of the bird cage stand. The top portion of the cage was then adhered to the "stand" with Tombow Multi Purpose Glue. Another 1/2" strip of Whisper White card was used to make the circle handle which has been adhered to the top of the bird cage with strong double sided adhesive so it can be hung with ribbon.

All the Butterflies have been created with the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set and Duet Punch. Gold Heat embossed onto Shimmery White card, water coloured using an Aqua Painter and then punched.

Gold Metallic Thread has been used to suspend the Butterflies from the ceiling of the bird cage. The wooden Butterfly embellishments used are also a Sale-a-Bration item - the outside of the external Butterfly and the foliage for the flowers. I used Tombow to secure them in place as the Glue Dots in the Perth summer heat tend to not be strong enough.

All the flowers were creating by using a tutorial normally used to make Giant Flowers - the kind used for backdrops of photos etc. These are all over the internet, all you need to do is adjust the concept to a mini version. The sentiments used on both the card and bird cage are also from the Butterfly Gala stamp set, white heat embossed on Black card stock.

The inside of bird cage has been lined with the same dotted DSP used on the left hand side of the card. To finish the card a few little gold sequins have been added.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. If you have just arrived at my blog or have missed some of the amazing projects shared by fellow South Pacific Artisan Design Team members , you can start at the beginning with Rochelle Blok, by clicking on the image below.

You can find all the products used to create today's Card and Bird Cage projects in the list below:

Product List

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580] $37.00	Butterfly Duet Punch [148523] $31.00
Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper [149622] $0.00	Butterfly Elements [149711] $0.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.75
Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $14.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $7.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $15.75	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.75
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.75	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00
Gold Metallic Thread [138401] $6.00

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Gingham Gala Card Collection

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you have had a great week. I have a few cards to share with you today. They all feature products from the Gingham Gala Suite - the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Punch and the Gingham Gala 6" x 6" DSP Pack.

The Gingham Gala DSP comes is five beautiful colours - Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Lemon Lime Twist.

I made three sets of cards - I am on a mission to make and send loads of cards this year and to do so I need a huge stash ready and waiting for when things pop up.

The first set of cards also uses the diagonal striped DSP from the FREE Botanical Butterfly DSP Pack which is part of the Sale-A-Bration promotion. I have stamped the right hand side of the card front with the little butterfly stamps. I just adore the Rectangle Stitched Framelits, actually, I adore anything with stitching lol This card design uses these Framelits to cut the DSP, White White panels as well as the sentiment.

The butterflies for all today's cards have been punched from shimmery white card stock that had splashes of coordinating ink which was then stamped with the butterfly images in black ink.

For the next set of cards I have omitted the rectangles and replaced them with die cut circles. The Gingham DSP orientation has been flipped and the card front and white white circle die cut have been splattered with black ink.

The final two cards have had the DSP cut on a diagonal for something a little bit different from the other collection of cards. I intended on making this collection in more than two colours but realised I didn't have the matching clips so stopped at just the two.

The stitched label framelits were used for the die cut which holds the sentiment. And a FYI, this stamp set has been designed to coordinate with a punch and has two images - a large and small butterfly which is so handy. I did cut mine apart - every so gently as I wanted the option of stamping one image at a time.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate the time you have spent in visiting my blog. Wishing you a fabulous day. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Gingham Gala Suite - New Year - New Catalogue

Good Day Crafty Friends

Happy New Year. I hope you have had a fabulous festive season. If you were lucky you got to spend it with all your loved ones. We had absolutely brilliant summer weather over Christmas and New Years here in Perth, which was perfect for BBQs by the pool.

I am so excited for the coming year, the 2019 Artisan Design Team officially start today - yipeeeee!!  I am still pinching myself to wake up from this unbelievable dream! This year is the first Onstage Live in New Zealand, and even though I suffer from chronic travel sickness, I have committed to attending this amazing three day event. April cannot rock around fast enough!! I get to visit my hometown and all my family and friends - it’s been seven years so this aspect alone is going to be a highlight.

With the arrival of the New Year sees the arrival of the new Occasions Catalogue along with the Sale-a-Bration promotion.

And on top of all that, if you join Stampin' Up! during Sale-a-Bration you have the option to add this fabulous EXCLUSIVE Craft & Carry Tote.

If you would like to know more about any of the current Stampin' Up! promotions or would like a copy of the latest catalogues, please feel free to drop me a message and I will add you to my V.I.P. program which ensures you stay updated with the latest catalogues and promotional details.

I do love that a lot of the Sale-a-Bration items coordinate with so many products from the Occasions catalogue. One example is the Butterfly Gala Bundle which includes the Stamp set and duet punch. The DSP used in the card below is one of the coordinating products from Sale-a-Bration catalogue - page 9. There is also coordinating wooden butterfly embellishments. How cool is that, buy the Gingham Gala Bundle with the DSP and Ribbon and you qualify for one of the FREEBIES mentioned above. 

The second card has been created by adding splashes of ink to Watercolour Paper, allowing to dry overnight and then stamping the butterfly images in black ink before using the Butterfly Duet Punch. I have also used my favourite framelits - the Rectangle Stitched Framelits!! These are so cool, they leave stitching on both the negative and die cuts.

The Gingham Gala Suite is so easy to create with, the stamped images stamp a large and small butterfly in one go, with the punch doing the same - punching both images in one punch! Plus the Botanical Butterfly DSP that is part of Sale-a-Bration has so many butterfly images that the punch also cuts - how brilliant is that for coordination!!!

Product List

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle [150599] $61.00	Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper [149622] $0.00	Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148554] $19.25	Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins [148561] $13.00
Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty