ESAD RETIRIEMENT ITEMS 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.”

I am so excited to be taking part in this blog hop for the first time even though I've been a member of ESAD for about three years !

I have to admit that the stamp I used for this first card I had hardly used but always was wanting to use it to try out the zen tangle technique . I guess I was nervous to try this and afraid of making a huge mess of it ! I'm so thrilled with how , this , my very first attempt turnerd out . It's really quite easy all you'd do is doodle in all of the separate sections of the flower . When I was done doodling Imounted my   flower that I had cut out with my paper snips onto a Basic Black circle cut using the Circle Framlits this was mounted on a piece of Go Wild DSP which was then mounted on a Basic Black card base . I stamped the greeting  on Whisper White and mounted it into a Basic Black piece.

Supplies used 

Stamps

Sassy Salutations , retiring 

Blended Bloom , retiring 

Ink

Basic Black ink pad and marker 

Paper 

Basic Black Cardstock

Whisper White Cardsstock 

Go Wild DSP stack , retiring .

Tools

Circle framelits 

 Isn't t  this  flower just gorgeous ? I stamped the flower  , the butterfly and the sentiment onto Night Of Navy cardstock using Versamark and heat embossed them in white .   I then took a few drops of White craft re inker and washed over  rhe flower image with my Aqua painter . I dried this off using my heat tool  and added back some blue using a drop of Bremuda Bay re inker and again my Aqua painter . A few rhinestones completed my card . This technique is called  Whitewashing .

Supplies used

Stamp set 

Best Thoughts

Ink 

Versamark 

Bermuda Bay

Whisper White 

Cardstock  

Whisper White

Night if Navy

Other 

White Embossing powder 

Rhinestones

 For my last card I used the Cups and Kettles framelits and marching stamp set . I was inspired by a set of mugs I use for my class ladies . First , I cut the cups and the kettle out with the framelits  and then stamped using Tip Top Taupe onto Very Vanilla to create the patterns on the cups . The background was created m using the Softly Falling textured embossing folder which is thankfully not retiring ! 

 Products used

Stamp sets

Chalk Lines , retiring

Enjoy the Little Things , retiring

A Nice Cuppa , retiring 

Inks

 Tip Top Taupe

Tools

Circle punches 

Softly Falling TEF

Cups and Kettles framelits , retiring 

Now be sure to hop along and see what the amazing Carolina Evans has for you today .

http://studioevans.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/bye-bye-retiring-favourites-esad-2016.html

BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS:

1. Richelle Fletcher (http://stampingwithrichelle.blogspot.com.au/...)
2. Amity Knight (https://stampinamity.com.au/)
3. Nicole Wilson (http://nicolejuliewilson.blogspot.com.au/...)
4. Monique Fielder (http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com.au/...)
5. Lou Kitzelman (http://withabowontopbylou.blogspot.com.au/.../esad-2016...)
6. Rebecca Jacovou (http://becsstampinup.blogspot.com.au/...)
7. Cheryl Algie (http://chezzakayewandellagal.blogspot.com.au/...)
8. Carolina Evans (http://studioevans.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/bye-bye-retiring-favourites-esad-2016.html)
9. Kelly Kent (https://mypapercraftjourney.com/)
10. Cathy Pinchbeck (https://cathypinchbeck.wordpress.com/...)