Nicole Wilson Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator: February 2015

Monday, 23 February 2015

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 21

You have come over from extremely talented Alisons page

Colours and gorgeous ones too!

Out came my Bootiful Occasions stampset.
I love the gumboot in this set and I thought it was perfect to use on the card I had in my mind.

I really like the simple layering of this card and love how the word bubbles framelits can double up as fluffy white clouds.

· Stamps: Bootiful Occasions

· Ink: Memento Black

· Card: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Old Olive Basic Grey (gray), Park Lane DSP, Adventure Bound DSP

· Tools: Bigshot with square framelits and word bubbles framelits, Fringe Scissors, Large Oval and Scallop Oval punches
. Embellishments: White bakers Twine. Dimensionals

All these products can be purchased online through my store

Pop over to Annettes page to see what she has made this week.

Monday, 16 February 2015

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 20

You have come over from Alisas page

A sketch challenge this week!

I left this to the last minute this week as a few things have cropped up so it is a simple card using From the Herd.

And silly me forgot to colour in the grass oh well!!! I will be more organized next week.

· Stamps: From The Herd and Hardwood

· Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Memento, Pink Pirouette

· Card: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

· Tools: Bigshot with stars framelits, Circle framelits, Blendabilities - Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate and Pink Pirouette

All these products can be purchased online through my store

Pop over to Annettes page to see what she has made this week.

Sunday, 15 February 2015

ESAD Occasions/ Saleabration 2015 Blog Hop

ESAD Blog Hop

“What is ESAD?
ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and is a facebook group just for Australian and New Zealand Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators.
We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends and blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship and we're always there to help and support each other.
So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I'll contact you with information on how to join our group.

Thanks for visiting from Moniques page. She always does beautiful work and gives lovely hugs!

I am using the "Painted Petals" stampset as it is my first play with it.
Here is the Card that I came up with.

This set is really beautiful and I found a sketch on pinterest that I used to make the base of the card.

I really love layering and texture as it makes a card look really lovely.

Stamps: Painted Petals

Ink: Memento Black, Rose Red and Wild Wasabi

Card: Painted Blooms DSP, Blackberry Bliss, Pacific Point, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White

Tools: 2 3/8" Scallop circle punch, 2" Circle punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch and Spring Flowers Textured Impressions embossing folder with the big shot

Embellishments: Painted Blooms Cotton Twine (white) and dimensionals

Here is the link to the next blog which is Keryn Campbell

http://kerynscards.com/2015/02/esad-occasions

Here are all the bloggers and their links

Nicole Wilson - You are here!

Tricia Raineri
Nerida Carter
Mel Pagano
Rachael Lewsley
Amity Knight

Kelly Kent
Norelle Targato

Monday, 9 February 2015

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 19

You have come over from the very very talented Alisas page
Alisa sets these great challenges each week.

A colour challenge and the emphasis is on the challenge I have had to really think about this one!
I pulled out the "You Brighten My Day" saleabration stampset and come up with this.

A pretty simple housewarming card but I think it turned out good.

· Stamps: You Brighten My Day

· Ink: Basic Grey and Memento Black

· Card: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Basic Grey, So Saffron and Smoky Slate

· Tools: Banner punch and Whats Up punch

· Embellishments: Dimensionals and toothpick

All these products can be purchased online through my store

Pop over to Annettes page to see what she has made this week.

Here are all the bloggers this week and their links.

Alisa Tilsner

Nicole Wilson (You are Here)

Monday, 2 February 2015

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 18

Thanks for visiting from the lovely Alisons page

A sketch again this week

I have just received Sheltering Tree in the mail and I thought it was a perfect opportunity to ink it up.

I thought I would incorporate the circle behind the main square on the sketch together. I am really liking the Painted Blooms DSP as it is just gorgeous.

Stamps: Sheltering Tree
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Mossy Meadow, Rose Red, Early Espresso, Baked Brown Sugar, memento, White staz on
Card: Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP
Tools: Spring Flowers Textured Impressions Embossing Folder with Big Shot Machine
Embellishments: Painted Blooms Cotton Twine, Window Sheet and Dimensionals