ESAD December 2018 Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop

Hello everyone!! How exciting is it to be apart of another amazing Blog Hop? It doesn't matter if you are a participant or a voyeur of all the great ideas for such a gorgeous Holiday Catalogue , (these products are available until 2 January, 2019!!), so you still have time to purchase them & create something for yourself!

So you will have come from Monique's stunning page, don't you just love how she has used the Sincerely Santa Project Kit in her creations? Thinking out of the (kit) box is fantastic!! (I've learnt a lot from her over the years of our friendship :)

Did you leave Mon a lovely comment about her work? Go on, make her smile...

And now you are here... On with the show, hey? I havent been active with my Blog, so Im happy to be apart of this one, in particular!!

Here is the first of 2 creations of my own...

Here, I've teamed up the Joyous Noel Designer Series Paper, (DSP) with the So Santa stamp set.  I just love that SU! have listened to us Aussies & have included products that represent our hot summer!!

Using Whisper White, Tranquil Tide & Sahara Sand cardstock, I was simply guided by matching  the DSP to our cardstock & markers - SU! make is so easy to co-ordinate!!

I also used Tranquil Tide, Powder Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Sky, (watercoloured), Daffodil Delight & So Saffron markers to colour in our pasty Santa - hopefully that sun isn't too hot, right!!

Using the Mini Sequin Silver ribbon & our Rhinestones, it gives this card just enough bling!!

I then used a mat of Tranquil Tide with a base of Sahara Sand to finish off this project.

This new item is a card that Ive been looking at for a while now, but thought, "I couldn't possibly make that!!" It's called an Impossible Card & it's certainly not as frightening as I thought!! (Why do we make things to be bigger than they actually are?) Just use google to find a tutorial that you are happy to follow, to learn how to make it :)

I have always loved how the products from SU! have many different ways to be used! This DSP comes in the same packet as the Christmas papers from my first item & yet, this can be used for a completely different theme!!  How different are they?

I've used a base of Merry Merlot, Tranquil Tide & Very Vanilla cardstock, the Dandelion Wishes & Love What You Do stamp sets & of course, Rhinestones!! I sponged the Vanilla, as it was too stark by itself, so it needed to be softened a little. I also stamped off the flower image, so that it wasnt so strong.

I used the same layout on the back so that I have somewhere to write a message of love & support.

Once you work out the way to make this card, it's surprising how easy it is to put together - but it punches the WOW factor when you give it someone special!!

I know I will be making more of these!!

To keep the excitement going of this Blog Hop, you will be going onto Denise's blog to see her creations... Just click on the big green arrow to make your way there...

If this doesnt work, for some weird internet reason, or you have lost your way, follow the links here...

1. Leonie Schroder
2. Lou Kitzelman
3. Delys Cram
4. Nicole Wilson
5. Shannon Kissane
6. Rebecca Scurr
7. Sharni Haines
8. Lauren Meiklejohn
9. Jenna Watkins
10. Cheryl Algie
11. Sharon Dalton
12. Siobhan Fitzsimmons
13. Cathy Pinchbeck
14. Peta Stephen
15. Monique Fielder
16. Me!! You are here!!
17. Denise Buetler
18. Katrina Duffell
19. Narelle Fasulo

20. Fi Cobbin

Enjoy them all, dont forget to leave a comment & thanks for stopping by... x

Happy 70th Uncle Allan!!

My aunty sat with me at my brother's 30th earlier in the year. She saw my tropical themed card that I'd made for Cameron, using the Bird Banter stamp set, you know the one with all the tropical birds?

Her eyes lit up and she asked if I would make Uncle Allan a similar card for his 70th in August. And yes, of course I would!!

This is the front of his card, using The Back Nine stamp set & the simple sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday & some glimmer paper, of course!! I think the card front works, without all the other pages also, don't you?

I gave the mat of the card some texture with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, I guess trying to emulate a gold ball, right?

I used a couple of different stamps sets, (thanks Susan for a lend of them), these included: The Back Nine, Sprinkle of Life, Amazing Birthday, (these are retired), Picture Perfect Birthday & Waterfront, (these are current).

As you can see, I used Waterfront upside down & the correct way up, to try to make it look like a golf course with bunkers & dips etc... This was a fun part of the card to be creative with! I then stamped the golf bag image onto the green & yellow with the black ink.

I stamp with Always Artichoke & Soft Sky that are retired & Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Daffodil Delights & Basic Black, all that are still current ink colours.

After stamping onto the Windsor Knot DSP, using Archival Black Ink, I cut out 70 of the wonderful golf bags!! Thank goodness the footy was on, that way I thought cutting them out was super exciting!!

I then lined up all the bags, so that I could try to have different colours next to each other & have a bit of spacing throughout the pages, so that it didn't look too cramped. I used a 2 way-glue stick to adhere them to the cardstock.

12 panels later & Im pretty happy with how it all came together!! 

 So now is the time to have made that card & send it off for Aunty Nola to give to Uncle Allan on his actual day. I can't wait to hear how he received it! It wasn't a challenge at all to make a card for him, my single face cards can take a lot longer than this one took to make, work that out, hey?? :)

Thanks for keeping up with this long post, I appreciate it, truly!! Jo.

Forgive me, it has been a looooong time between posts...

I am so excited at the moment!!

I have finally got a computer in my stamp room - this means that I can sit and work on my blog, (that has been sooo neglected!!), I can look up techniques & use them immediately & I can even watch something that I want to, while I stamp!!

And it's Mine, Mine, Mine!!

So hopefully, I will be able to be more organised & active on various platforms because I pulled the cupboards from the wall & found the internet port... YIPPEE

And while it looks all messy & disorganised, I havent been this happy to have a computer set up for a very long time!

Good times are ahead!!

Thanks for staying with me,J Jo.

ESAD 2018 Annual Catalogue Launch Blog Hop

Wahooooo!! Here we are at another Blog Hop!! This time for ESAD..

                                       

What a way to celebrate the newest and most exciting catalogue!! I immediately loved how bright and cheery it was, when I saw it at OnStage!! And now that the catalogue is live, you can purchase anything from it, by following this link.

Seeing Bronwyn's items makes me just want more items, is that the same for you?

I guess it's time to look at what Ive created, right?

Well in between deciding what to make and actually producing something, I had a little help...
I've deliberately placed this basket on my table because Tiger likes to sit & observe what I'm  doing & he doesn't always sit in the best place - hence the basket!!





















Except this time he wanted to play with my scraps of paper - clearly he is excited by the new products too!!

And this is what the scraps came from... Using one of the peices from the Stained Glass Die Set, I cut out the peices & attached them together for a fence. As soon as I saw this peice I knew it reminded me of a picket fence running along a property, just like I use to walk past in my Nanna's country town of Goorambat, near Benalla... Needless to say, my idea worked!

This is nothing like what the original card idea was, in my mind, but I am super happy with it, either way!

The fence is up on Dimensionals so that the piggies are flat against the card. I do just love their happiness in being together, dont you?

 Ive used 4 separate stamp sets for this card, (Sea of Textures, This Little Piggy, Enjoy Life & Animal Outing), 2 Die sets, (Bottles & Bubbles and Stained Glass) & 1 Punch, Cookie Cutter)

 The card stock is Pear Pizzazz, Early Expresso, Very Vanilla & our new In-Colour, Powder Pink.

 And wasn't it a challenge to cut the Dimensionals so that they raised up the love hearts - they are so tiny!!

Next was to use a stamp set that I won for attending OnStage in Sydney back in April. This stamp set, named In Every Season is certainly not one that I would usually even glance at, so the challenge was on to make good use of it...

 All of the images are small, so I wanted to showcase one of them & making my own DSP, (Designer Series Paper) seemed to be the perfect was to show it off!!

I used Versamark and stamped it numerous times, then applied Black Embossing Powder and heated the images. And this is the result :)

And this Painted Glass sentiment is just the perfect one for this card!! Adding a few Rhinestones throughout the card and then on the sentiment is all that was needed to finish it off!!

I have a close friends' son who has recently asked his girlfriend to marry him, so Im thinking this card will be for them...

Thanks for stopping by to see my creations. I'd love for you to leave me a comment about my cards and then continue with the Blog Hop... Be sure to visit them all, you will be truly amazed by everyone's creativity!!

Click on the image below to follow the links....

                                         

Alternatively, you can follow the links this way....

1. Kelly Kent

2. Leonie Schroder

3. Joanne Stubbings

4. Libby Dyson

5. Courtenay Heuston

6. Fi Cobbin

7. Carolina Evans

8. Peta Stephen

9. Sharon Dalton

10. Jackie Aitken

11. Rochelle Blok

12. Nicole Wilson

13. Emily Campbell

14. Denise Buetler

15. Katrina Duffell

16. Delys Cram

17. Kathryn Mangelsdorf

18. Megan Lenske

19. Mandy Depiazzi

20. Bronwyn Eastley

21. Jo Weedon            (You are here)

22. Siobhan Fitzsimmons

23. Melissa Gifford

24. Cathy Pinchbeck

25. Jessie Holton

26. Jenny Bowman

27. Rose Packer