Welcome to the ESAD New Catalogue Blog Hop! 25 Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over New Zealand and Australia have come together to showcase all of the great NEW products from the 2011/2012 Idea Book & Catalogue!! If you have been following the hop from the beginning, WELCOME! You will have just seen the fabulous work from Richelle Fletcher. If you have just popped in, don't worry, you can follow the links from here and enjoy the full hop circle!
What is ESAD?
ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.
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 it is needed.
So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please fee free to click here to join our wonderful group
Today I am going to share a couple of Christmas cards using NON-Christmas stamps sets. I always like stamp sets that are versatile for many different occasions - sometimes you just have to think out of the square a little!
First up is the Delicate Doilies set to create this stunning Christmas Snowflake card:
I absolutely adore this card - the colour scheme, the overall look, everything! But I think my favorite part of it is the gorgeous shimmer that I achieved by mixing some Frost White Shimmer Paint with some Isopropyl Alcohol in a little spritzer -YUM!
Materials
Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Snow Swirled, Tiny Tags
Cardstock: Real Red, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party, Real Red
Other: Corner Rounder Punch, Circle Punches, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Isopropyl Alcohol
The second card I created is this Christmas Bauble card, using the My Friend Stamp Set.
I'm not entirely happy with the layout of this card, but LOVE the baubles! It's a little hard to see in the photos, but the red baubles have been coated with Crystal Effects so they have a glorious bauble shine! The green baubles have been coated with green Supernova glitter.
Materials
Stamps: My Friend, Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark, Real Red & Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Markers
Other: Heat Tool, Black Embossing Powder, Supernova Glitter, Crystal Effects, White Gel Pen, Corner Rounder Punch
To celebrate our blog hop, we are offering some Blog Candy. To be in to win, visit & leave a comment on each blog in the hop. Once you are finished, email your name & location to Sharlene T. Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are not eligible to win the blog candy.
I hope you have enjoyed today's projects! Now it's time to continue the hop by going to visit the talented Carole Stedman. Have a great weekend everyone!!
25 comments:
I so love the dew drop looking card. Great concept for a chrissy card. The doilies fill such space...hmmm...cogs clunkin'. Great cards Sharlene.
Love the use of the Delicate Doilies stamp. STUNNING...
I love what you have done with 'dew drop'. Just ordered this set so I feel a CASE coming on.
Great cards, Lucky Limeade looks fantastic with the Real Red, gives that card a real 'zing'!
Two lovely cards using 'non Christmas' stamp sets. Love how the doily looks like snowflakes especially with the glitter.
Mary
Wow! You have done a fantastic job with these cards! So glad you thought outside the box.....off to case your cards now :) tfs xxx
Gorgeous projects Sharlene :)
Sharlene, I got the Hello Friend set which I planned on using the baubles to make Christmas cards - using gold or silver embossing powder. Love the glitter and the chrystal effects you used with it - that will be another technique I can use to give me another option with that set!!! Thanks :)
Brilliant cards...will be looking at all my stamps with a mind towards Christmas cards now...great idea!
These cards are amazing! I love how you've used 'non-christmas' stamp sets. You've inspired me to look at my stash and think outside of the box! Thanks for sharing.
Lovely cards Sharlene, great ideas with the baubles and doilies!
Cute cards - thanks for sharing your ideas
Can't make up my mind which I like the best - they're both gorgeous. Once again I'm being tempted with that doilies stamp!
Love your colour choice for the Delicate Doilies card.
I do not ned that doily set, I do NOT need that doily set.....oh man...who am I kidding??? Love both cards Sharlene!
Oh I love them ... love the doilies and love the christmas card using the my friend set ... <3 it
Sharlene the doilies look amazing with that pop of colour in the centre of them! And I love your addition of the glitter on the other card, glitter makes everything better!!!
Fabulous cards Sharlene, Delicate doilies is one of my favourites
lovely cards! thanks for the inspiration!
The Real Red and Limeade look great together I love the My Friend set.
love your cards - the christmas ornaments look fab.
Very cool. Think I'll start the Xmas projects early this year!!
Love all the finer detail of the glitter.great cards
G'day Sharlene, I bookmarked Sally Williams blog purely based on her beautiful Delicate Doilies cards she made for this blog hop now I will have to do yours too. I would never thought of using that stamp set for Christmas cards. It is now one of my must gets.
Know I know what I will be doing for my Christmas cards, thanks for the suggestions.
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