So Long Old Favourites ESAD Blog Hop

Welcome to yet another wonderful ESAD blog hop!

I am so lucky to be in this group of talented demonstrators (friends) and I hope that you enjoy all our projects using items retiring from the Annual and Occasions catalogues .

Welcome from Shannon's page

hmmm which set to choose that is retiring??? There are so so many......

Well I remembered I made this gorgeous card for a custom order at the end of last year and I haven't blogged it so here it is!

This is the gorgeous Hostess Set Hand Delivered and although the set looks a bit girly I transformed it to make a male card for a student graduating primary school from his family.

If you look closely his name is also made with a retiring letter set that I use all the time and love called Labeler Alphabet! I'm sad but excited for new goodies to play with.

The stamparatus definitely came into effect here!

I stamped and fussy cut all of the books to adhere to the main card.

• Stamps: Hand Delivered & Labeler Alphabet
• Ink:  Granny Apple Green, Blueberry Bushel and Memento Black 
• Card: Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green and some of the Botanical Butterfly DSP (from saleabration)
• Tools: Layering Oval Framelits with the bigshot and Stampin Blends in pretty much all colours
• Embellishments: - Dimensionals 

While I am here I actually did make another that I haven't blogged yet either and these sets are also retiring. (one from the Occasions Catalogue and one from the Annual)

When my neighbour passed away last November I got to know his daughter who lives over East. She was having a big birthday when she was going home so I made this special card for her.

Jar of Love is most definitely going to be another set that I will miss (but not part with)

• Stamps: Jar of Love and Bloom by Bloom
• Ink:  Stayzon, Pineapple Punch, Lovely Lipstick, Night of Navy and Grapefruit Grove
• Card: Whisper White, Lovely Lipstick, vellum, Grapefruit Grove and Happiness Blooms DSP
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits, Bouquet Bunch Framelits & Layering Ovals with the Bigshot
• Embellishments: - Dimensional, Grapefruit Grove Ribbon and Clear Rhinestones

Hop on over to check out what set Delys is sad to be parting with. 

Blog hop participant list:

1. Bronwyn Eastley

2. Libby Dyson

3. Katrina Duffell

4. Lou Kitzelman

5. Shannon Kissane

6. Nicole Wilson - You are Here!

7. Delys Cram

8. Lauren Meiklejohn

9. Cathy Pinchbeck

10. Sandra Mastello

11. Richelle Fletcher

12. Rose Packer

13. Siobhan Fitzsimmons

14. Jo Weedon

15. Peta Stephen

16. Lisa Whitehead

17. Rochelle Laird-Smith

18. Rebecca Scurr

19. Mandy Depiazzi

20. Denise Buetler

21. Monique Fielder

22. Kelly Kent

23. Sharon Dalton

24. Rebekah Crisp

25. Maree McIntosh

Colour INKspiration 54 #CI54

What is Colour INKspiraton? – a Facebook based bi-monthly colour challenge.

Anyone with Facebook can join in.  You don’t need a blog and you don’t need to be a demonstrator.

I have joined in these challenges and love them as Colour challenges for me are actually a real challenge.

 Click here to join the Facebook page which now has over 1900 members and see what it’s all about.

Here’s some of the basic details about the challenge –

The Colour INKspiration Crew! consists of a team of talented Aussie and NZ Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators that create projects based on Pinterest inspired colour swatches.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm (AEDT), a new colour swatch will be uploaded to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group and the Colour INKspiration Crew will get the ball rolling by providing inspiration for each challenge with a blog hop.

Then you have a 12 day period to upload your own creations using the colours provided.

If you have a blog, feel free to link back to it, but all entries will be via Facebook.  The design team will select 5 projects to be ‘design team picks’ and then the Facebook group will select an overall winner from this shortlist.

Welcome from gorgeous Nikki's page

This is my colour swatch this fortnight. I saw it and thought ohhhh this would be lovely with one more colour added to it. We should get a variety of cards with this challenge.

So you can see my basic card has a "pop" of Cherry Cobbler on it.
I love that adding some colour to black and white just brings it all together.
I fussy cut the roses on this card.

• Stamps: Petal Palette
• Ink: Memento
• Card: Whisper White & Basic Black
• Tools: Stitched Rectangles Framelits & Petals and More Thinlits Dies with the Bigshot and Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends
• Embellishments: Dimensionals

Now off to check out Cathy's pop of colour combo

What Will You Stamp 216? #WWYS216

What Will you Stamp Challenge number 216.

I hope that you like what I can come up with for these awesome challenges.

I hope more of you join in with these great stampset challenges as they are fun!

I made this card with my card and coffee ladies a few weeks ago.

The other sentiment that we used was the Happy Mothers Day one. 

Mothers day in Australia is coming next month.

The Teapot was stamped onto Watercolour Paper and I used an aqua painter to move the lines so it looked a little watercoloured. The flowers were also coloured with the aqua painter and ink squished into the top of the inkpad.

• Stamps: Tea Together
• Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Grapefruit Grove and Stayzon
• Card: Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Watercolour and Gingham Gala DSP stack
• Tools: TeaTime Framelits and Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies with the Bigshot
• Embellishments: Dimensionals & Organdy Ribbon (from Saleabration)

To See the other cards in these challenges or to enter in this challenge head on over to

What Will You Stamp?

Colour INKspiration 53 #CI53

What is Colour INKspiraton? – a Facebook based bi-monthly colour challenge.

Anyone with Facebook can join in.  You don’t need a blog and you don’t need to be a demonstrator.

I have joined in these challenges and love them as Colour challenges for me are actually a real challenge.

 Click here to join the Facebook page which now has over 1900 members and see what it’s all about.

Here’s some of the basic details about the challenge –

The Colour INKspiration Crew! consists of a team of talented Aussie and NZ Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators that create projects based on Pinterest inspired colour swatches.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm (AEDT), a new colour swatch will be uploaded to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group and the Colour INKspiration Crew will get the ball rolling by providing inspiration for each challenge with a blog hop.

Then you have a 12 day period to upload your own creations using the colours provided.

If you have a blog, feel free to link back to it, but all entries will be via Facebook.  The design team will select 5 projects to be ‘design team picks’ and then the Facebook group will select an overall winner from this shortlist.

Welcome from Kim's Page

Beautiful inspiration picture chosen by Kelly this fortnight

This gorgeous bundle has been jumping out at me for months in the Occasions Catalogue and I finally caved and bought it!

I had some sad news on Monday which prompted me to make this card.

I did originally flick a bit of versamark over the blue background and silver embossed the splatters but I couldn't get the card to look the way that I wanted so I covered it up with the Mint Macaron cut panel and went from there. My splash of Silver is in the embossing of the flowers.

• Stamps: Wonderful Romance
• Ink: Versamark & Night of Navy
• Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Mint Macaron, Vellum from Floral Romance Specialty DSP
• Tools: Wonderful Floral Framelits with the bigshot, Silver Embossing Powder and Petal Pink, Bermuda Bay and Mint Macaron Light and Dark Stampin' Blends
• Embellishments: Dimensionals and Rhinestones

Now off to the beginning of the hop to the lovely Leonie's page