ESAD Mother's Day Blog Hop

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Mother's Day 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.

You may have come here from Kari Hughes Blog or maybe this is your first stop. Anyway I hope you enjoy seeing all the creations we have for you today.

Here is my first card - I love the look of the two step stamping of these flowers from the new stamp set Cottage Garden.  The button I have made by gluing together six layers of cardstock buttons.

Materials

Stamps: Cottage Garden (in the new clear mounts stamps), Occasional Greetings (Mother's Day stamp)
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Bigshot: Top Note Die, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder, Sizzlits Dies Buttons #5.
Other:  Tombow Multi adhesive, 1/2" Polka-Dot Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, dimensionals.
Because I'm indecisive I had to make another Mother's Day card so here is another version (do you get the feeling you are seeing a lot of the new Rich Razzleberry my new favourite colour?):

Materials

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Occasional Greetings (Mother's Day stamp)
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Bigshot: Stampin' Up! Sweetest Stem
Other:  Tombow Multi adhesive, dimensionals, sponge dauber, Clear Rhinestone brad.

..........and I've saved my favourite for last.............. this is very simple but looks nice.

Materials

Stamps: None used
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Cottage Wall DSP

Punches: Scallop circle punch

Bigshot: Top Note Die
Other:  Tombow Multi adhesive, 1/2" Polka-Dot Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon, mini glue dots,  Clear Rhinestone brad, Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Velcro dots.

The flower is very easy to do you just crumple up the seven scallop circle punches and then put the Rhinestone brad through the middle to hold it all together - you may need to adjust them a bit once they are held together with the brad to make it a bit puffier. 

I hope you are enjoying hopping along with us leave a comment before you leave to be in the draw for some awesome blog candy! Don’t forget to e-mail Sharlene and tell her you’ve left a trail of comments.  Blog candy not available for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.

It doesn't matter where you joined the hop click on the link to go to Clare Macilhatton and then carry on through the blog hop until you get back to where you started.



Happy hopping
Vicki

Anniversary Card

A friend's husband asked me to make him a Wedding Anniversary card.  I ended up making two and this is the one he chose......... it's using lots of new products from the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

Materials

Stamps: Best Yet (Hostess set)
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Bashful Blue Old Olive
Punches: Extra-Large Two Step Bird, Heart to Heart

Bigshot: Top Note Die, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder.
Other:  Tombow Multi adhesive, 1/2" Polka-Dot Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon, dimensionals, sponges, Two way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds