Top Note Card Box and Matching Quilt Cards

Aren’t these cards gorgeous!! The box opening is made with the Top Note Die and Big Shot. The cards also using the Top Note Die and Textured Embossing Folders. Instructions for making this set can be found here.

Big Shot Top Note Set of Drawers.

Aren’t these set of drawers really stunning!! Cased from here.

The first drawer opens from the top and the bottom 2 drawers pull out, you could fill it with all sorts of goodies.

Cards With Dimension

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At another recent class we made cards with Dimension.
The instructions for the Moving Circle Card can be found here on Jackie Topa's web page.
They were fun cards to do

Stampin’ Pastels! Chalk Techniques

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At a recent class I demonstrated different uses of Stampin’ Up!’s Stampin’ Pastels (Chalks)

We tried, Poppin’ Pastels (chalk with Versamark), Blackboard (Whisper White Craft ink with chalk, on dark background) and a few other techniques. The ladies were all given a 14 page handout with lots of other ways to used chalk.

AUTUMN/WINTER Mini Catalogue BLOG HOP

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian 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.

I hope that you enjoy what I have done with the new Tulips Embossing Folder and the stamp set “Thanks for Caring” from the latest Mini Catalogue.

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The first card in this set of sympathy cards is a CASE from the latest mini catalogue. In the next three cards I have embossed Vellum Cardstock using the Tulips Embossing Folder and the Bigshot Machine. The flower and butterfly are stamped using black Stazon ink and coloured in with Stampin’ Up! markers.

So now you can hop off and see what Clare Mcilhatton has been creating. It doesn't matter where you joined the hop click on the link above to Clare’s blog and then carry on through the blog hop until you get back to where you started.

If you get lost along the way, below is a list of fellow Blog Hoppers for your reference.

1. Sharlene Torres http://www.stampwithsharlene.com
2. Monique Fielder http://stamping-with-moni-.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa Bullock http://www.daffyscrapper.wordpress.com
4. Andrea Buckland http://www.creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com
5. Yvonne Walker
http://www.yvonnescreativecorner.blogspot.com
6. Sherylee Tutt
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog
7. Jacinta Argent
http://www.jacintascreations.blogspot.com
8. Clare Mcilhatton
http://www.crafty-cow.com
9. Leonie Schroder
http://www.stamp-a-latte.com
10. Kim Conway
http://www.kimconwaycards.blogspot.com
11. Richelle Fletcher
http://www.stampingwithrichelle.blogspot.com
12. Kayleigh Dowdeswell
http://www.theinkblot.weebly.com
13. Juliette Chapman
http://www.juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com
14. Teresa Leggo
http://www.teresascreativecards.blogspot.com/
15. Pauline Bennetts
http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stamepde
16. Sonia Garbutt http://www.stampinwithsonia.blogspot.com/

ESAD Secret Sister for Easter

For Easter this year I took part in a secret sister swap with ESAD (Extra Special Australia and New Zealand Demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!) I had to send my secret sister parcel over to Australia.  In return I received a rather large box from Vicky-Lee Mueller in Auckland. It was rather delightful to open the box and see all the wonderful items.

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There were lots of goodies inside including chocolate (which didn’t last till Easter lol), delightful punch are animals, gifts for the pet dog and cat and other members of my family. There was also a beautiful butterfly flip flop album, with a delightful butterfly belly band.

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CD Case Mini Album

It’s been a while since I made one of these CD Case Mini Albums.

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This album uses the georgeous Sunny Garden DSP from Stampin’ Up!, along with the matching Cottage Garden Stamp set (for the flowers and butterfluy) and the bird from the Punch Potpourri stamp set. The album holds six photos, and the front panel has a pouch to put in a gift card, a note or piece of memorabilia.