Thursday, April 1, 2010

ESAD Autumn Winter Mini Catalog Blog Hop


Good Morning everyone!


I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!


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.



Ok so now on to my creation.  To date I have completed a total of 5 scrapbooking pages, I really find them challenging, but there I was playing around with my new toys and there was a recent pic taken of my daughter  (who'd just been dancing in the rain) which seemed to go well with the gorgeous new Cottage Wall DSP.

Blog hop layout
 

So I jumped in and took the plunge, and whilst I took a lot of time deciding where everything should go, it ended up being a really simple Layout.  There's heaps of new goodies used too.  

I've used some ink, cardstock & ribbon in one of the gorgeous New In-Colors - Rich Razzleberry (The other two, Soft Suede & Melon Mambo are wonderful too!)

The long awaited Top Note Die's been cut out using my Big Shot in Kraft Cardstock and only part peeks out below the photo to provide a space for journalling.

Below this is a strip of Whispher White that has been punched with the Scallop Edge Punch & run through the "Polka Dots" Embossing Folder.  This together with the strip of Orchid Opulence popped through the crimper add the texture without overpowering the layout. 

The Flower &  "Love Life" quote comes from the stamp set - Cottage Garden.  This quote has been stamped on a piece of Whispher White that has been cut out with a Sizzlet from the set of Lots of Tags.  Behind this is a piece of Orchid Opulence that was cut from the Curly Label punch, then cut in half and stuck on so it just peeks out bend the quote.

Finally the Two Step Bird Punch!  Love it - as you can see the branch part of this punch is so versatile.

Here's a close up:

Esad blog hop close up
 



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. 

So start hoppin by going to the next blog being Danielle Daws, I really do love her style & am looking forward to hopping over there myself - I do happen to know that she's using the magnificent Medallion Background Stamp.


Happy Blog Hopping,


Corinna



Saturday, February 6, 2010

Thankyou & Something a little different

Hi there!


Thanks to all who stopped by my blog & left comments during the Blog Hop.  Each and every comment is very much appreciated. Thankyou!


I myself am planning to Hop around it again - there was so much inspiration; and now my daughter's back at school I might even be able to schedule in a little more time to get my stamps inked up.  The Blog Hop Candy Winners have been announced and will be receiving their candy in the mail over the coming week/s.


These days I generally I play mainly with SU only products.  This is because the color co-ordination makes it soooo easy and I love the quality.  Occasionally though I'll be asked to create a few samples for my Local Stamp Shop, and I take these opportunities to use my pre-SU stash.  Here's what I came up with this time. . .


First a cute shopping Anya



 Lilac Shopping Anya copy
 




then a pretty vintage card for this anya carrying flowers


Vintage Anya with Flowers copy
 


I had made a larger handmade flower then decided a smaller one would look better on the card so of course I then I had to make a matching gift box to put the big flower on.


Vintage Gift Box copy
 

I really enjoyed making those in the vintage style & plan to break out a few SU sets over the coming days to create more.  Friends 24-7 & the Friends wheel are just screaming at me, and after seeing some creations using the SAB Birdcage stamp (yes the same one I used in the Blog Hop) this is gonna be working hard too.


My daughter encouraged me to get these stamps - she convinced me we needed both Anya (Bella) and Ian (Edward), butI think she had her own interests at heart LOL.  As soon as we got home we got to work creating these pencil cases.  We're a bit late jumping onto the Twilight bandwagon, but she's certainly making up for it! 

Steph's Twilight Pencil Cases copy
 


OK now off to do some more stamping & hopefully have more to show soon.


Love Corinna



Monday, January 25, 2010

ESAD Sale - A - Bration Blog Hop!

Thanks for stopping by - if you've stumbled accross this post then look forward to some wonderful surprises & inspiration.  This is just one of the many wonderful stops along the ESAD SAB Blog Hop!


if you called past last time for the Summer Mini Blog Hop then you know how wonderful these Blog Hops are & I thank you for your Blog Comments!  I'm thankful for each and every comment that you leave.


What is ESAD?   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 the regular cyberstamp happens to thanks to the loverly Tanya!


So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click on the button below to join our wonderful group.



Click to join ESAD-SU


Click to join ESAD-SU


This particular Blog Hop is devoted to the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue that is now available.  Now is the time for you to receive FREE stamp sets!  Best of all this Blog Hop will provide incredible inspiration on how you can put these stamps to use.


Today I'm showing you a card where I've used some stamps from the Happy Moments SAB Set.   I've also used the flourish from Friends 24-7 to create my own patterned paper. 


Crystal Effects has been used to enhance the Bird Cage & the Love Hearts. 


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I've used the following Stampin Up Product:


Stamp Sets - Happy Moments, Friends 24-7


Cardstock - Basic Black, Whispher white & Pink Passion 


Ink - Basic Black, Pink Passion


Tools - Small Tag Punch, Tag Punch, Crimper, Word Window Punch, Eyelet Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Pink Passion Marker, Stamp A Ma Jig.


Other - Black Gingham Ribbon, Black Brads, Crystal Effects, adneshive, glue dots


Now don't forget to give some comment love to ALL stops along the blog hop!


Simply leaving a comment at each blog along the hop and then notify Leonie Schroder via email at 




leonie@stamp-a-latte.com
advising her that you have visited all blogs & left comments for everyone along the way then you'll be in the draw for some amazing Stampin' Up! Blog Candy!


The next stop on the blog hop is to visit Danielle Daws - she has the most wonderful blog & you'll find lots more wonderful inspiration.


Thanks for stopping by. . . . . .happy Stampin! - And Blog Hoppin!


Love Corinna


 Here's a complete list (& links) to all of the Blog Hop Stops
































































































































Alana


http://www.alanagalagher.com


Amy


http://www.becreativewithamy.wordpress.com


Andrea B


http://www.creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com


Andrea E


http://www.aedesigns.com.au



Ann


http://goss-musings.blogspot.com


Bronwyn


http://addinktivedesigns.blogspot.com


Cathy


http://www.cathyclark.com.au



Chantell


http://www.inkeverywhere.wordpress.com


Charmaine


http://www.L-INK-edtopaper.blogspot.com



Chris P


http://www.dotdotstamping.com



Christie


http://www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com.au



Corinna


http://pinkflowersandbling.typepad.com



Danielle


http://danielledaws.blogspot.com



Debbie


http://www.debsstampincreations.blogspot.com



Felicity


http://www.stampinwithflick.blogspot.com



Gardenia


http://alittlelessuseless.wordpress.com



Jenny


http://www.astampingjourney.wordpress.com



Julie


http://www.blog.stampwithjulie.com.au



Julz


http://julzstamp.blogspot.com



Karen


http://www.cardsbeautifulcards.blogspot.com



Kerri


http://sovereignstampers.com



Kris


http://www.stampingwithkris.wordpress.com



Kym


http://www.kymbyrne.com



Leonie


http://www.stamp-a-latte.com



Linda


http://www.craventime2stamp.com



Louise


http://handmadebylou.blogspot.com



Lyanna


http://lyannageorge.wordpress.com


Lynn


http://www.lynnpowell.com.au



Madonna


http://www.madonnadunn.com.au



Mae


http://maecollins.blogspot.com



Michelle


http://stampinground.wordpress.com


Narelle


http://stampwithnarelle.blogspot.com



Nicole


http://www.stampingdownunder.wordpress.com



Nikki


http://www.inkyart.com.au



Pauline


http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede



Rebecca


http://www.stampinwithrebecca.wordpress.com



Ros


http://www.rosdavidson.typepad.com



Sarah


http://www.scrapink.wordpress.com



Sharlene


http://www.stampwithsharlene.blogspot.com



Sonia


http://www.stampinwithsonia.blogspot.com



Tanya


http://www.stampnchat.com