ESAD 2019 Occasions and Sale-a-Bration Blog Hop

Hi guys! I hope you've had a joyous start to 2019, I am super excited to be taking part in this year's ESAD Occasions Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration blog hop.

The new products I have used are the Botanical Butterfly DSP and Part of My Story stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue along with the stamp set Vibrant Vases from the Occasions catalogue. 

For my first project I kept it simple using the Vibrant Vases stamp set. 

I used the outline stamp from the flowers to create a tone on tone background for the card in Grapefruit Grove. Then I used some washi tape to mask off some of the sentiment before inking it, then removed the tape before stamping to get just the word Celebrate, which I then cut out using the Stitched Shapes framelits from the Annual Catalogue. I stamped the floral image onto Whisper White cardstock and fussy cut it out before attaching it with dimensionals. I also used the small flower and repeat stamped it rotating it to create a boarder strip to help balance the sentiment cluster. Inside I again stamped the floral image to add interest to the bottom of the insert and used a stamp from the Sale-A-Bration set Part of My Story for the greeting.

The colours used are Grapefruit Grove, Crumb Cake and Whisper White.

For my second card I used the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly DSP and Part of My Story stamp set form the Sale-A-Bration catalogue and teamed them with the stamp set Seize the Day from the Annual catalogue to create this fun double Z fold card. 

The greetings from the two different stamp sets read "of life's innumerable miracles, you are the most precious" and "the world needs more people like you" and I feel they went together so well you'd be forgiven for thinking they were from one set. And they went so well with the butterflies, I'm so happy with how this turned out. Colours used were Basic Black, Whisper White and Lemon Lime Twist. The beautiful butterfly was fussy cut from the piece of cardstock and only one piece was used in this as the black and white stripes are the back of the butterfly piece. 

I'm loving this DSP, if it's not on your Sale-A-Bration wish list it really should be.

For my last project I combined the Botanical Butterfly DSP with the Vibrant Vases stamp set and added the Beautiful Promenade Bundle and Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes from the Annual catalogue to create this cute bookmark and pocket card set.

Additional items used were Night of Navy, Whisper White and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock, Night of Navy Medium Baker's Twine, Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and a tag from the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit.

Again, this DSP is so versatile, I love how this one turned out.

So that's it from me, I had hoped to do a scrapbook layout but got carried away having fun making these that it didn't happen. That shall be my next post. 

I hope you are enjoying this blog hop and are inspired by all the talented demos' creations. I'm blown away to be here in between two demos who have inspired me so much over the years. If you started the hop here with me make sure you follow it all the way through to the gorgeous Rachael Lewsley's post, you won't be disappointed, and if you came here from her blog make sure you hop on over to the beautiful Kelly Kent's page and see what she has created. Simply click on the arrow below or use the participant list.

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping,

Cheers,

Ange

Blog hop participants:

1. Lou Kitzelman

2. Leonie Schroder

3. Shannon Kissane

4. Nicole Wilson

5. Narelle Fasulo

6. Rachael Lewsley

7. Angela Harders   -You are here

8. Kelly Kent

9. Cheryl Algie

10. Jenna Watkins

11. Libby Dyson

12. Sharon Dalton

13. Rose Packer

14. Sharni Haines

15. Denise Buetler

16. Peta Stephen

17. Kim Oliver

18. Monique Fielder

19. Lauren Meiklejohn

20. Siobhan Fitzsimmons

21. Katrina Duffell

22. Cathy Pinchbeck

Merry Christmas!!!

Hi guys, hope you are all enjoying the holiday season and are celebrating how ever you choose! I'm hoping all our cards got to friends and family in time, I didn't get them into the post until the 10th of Decemeber this year, as I hadn't made all the cards or taken Elsie's photo until a couple of days before that. This is the photo that accompanied our Christmas cards this year

My how she has grown, she'll be four in a couple of weeks. So from my little family to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!!! And I look forward to sharing more of what I love with you in 2019.

Until then, happy crafting everyone,

Cheers,
Ange

International Scrapbooking Day 2

Hi guys! I'm here today with a follow up to my post back on the 4th of March titled International Scrapbooking Day 1. I said then that as I'd come across two dates that I would celebrate both, so I'm back today with some more layouts to share. I've found today promoted as National Scrapbook Day in America and I've even joined Big Picture Classes "10K" layouts on instagram movement, so I'll let you know how that goes and if the tally reaches the mark. If you want to join along simply click on the badge on the left of this page to go their site.

The first layout I've got for you today I started playing with last night and finished off this morning.

I was pretty happy with this one, I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the time on the clock as five instead of the three position the arms are actually in.

Products used on this layout are Crumb Cake 12x12 Card Stock, Whisper White A4 Card Stock, I Am Me Designer Series Paper, Clockworks Stamp Set, ABC-123 Outline Alphabet & Numbers Stamp Set, Quite The Pair Stamp Set, Celebration Basics Kit, Mini Memories Simply Created Album Kit, Hip Notes Stamp Set, Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad,  Pumpkin Classic Stampin' Pad, Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad, Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad, Crumb Cake Stampin' Marker, Brights Stampin' Write Markers, Essentials Wooden Elements, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Stampin' Trimmer and Adhesives.

Then this morning I created the following layout of my mum and niece.

I really like this one and can't wait to show it to my mum, I think she'll like it. I'm also proud of the fact that I used my own hand writing as part of the title and am happy with how the journalling looks on this one. Like a lot of people I'm not a huge fan of my own writing, but it's something I've been wanting to include on my layouts more and when better to throw my hat in the ring than on National Scrapbook Day.

Products used are Whisper White A4 Card Stock, I Am Me Designer Series Paper, Watercolour Wonder Designer Series Paper, Notable Alphabet Stamp Set, Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set, Basic Grey Classic Stampin' Pad, Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin' Pad, Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers, 2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers, Mini Memories Simply Created Kit, Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape, Watercolour Wonder Designer Washi Tape, Ovals Collection Framelits, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Stampin' Trimmer and Adhesives. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've enjoyed NSD. Feel free to leave a comment, I love hearing from you guys. Until next time, happy crafting everyone!

Cheers,

Ange