Stampin' Up! Punch Art Bird Cards
September 13, 2015
A Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop with ESAD
Today I am celebrating the Stampin' Up! 2015 Holiday Catalogue with some of my ESAD friends and we welcome you whether you are starting here at my blog, or have come to me by following the blog hop links, with the last stop being Rochelle Blok.
If you started right at the start of the blog hop, you are about half way thru already. If you'd like to join in and see what other demonstrators have created, there is a next button at the bottom of each post to take you to the next lot of creative projects.
You've probably seen a LOT of Christmas projects by now, so I thought I would do something different today.
About a month before a new catalogue comes out, demonstrators are able to purchase items from it on pre-order so we can make samples etc to show you prior to the catalogue going live for customers. One of the things that many teams do is product shares, so that we can get lots of samples of things like the new papers/ribbons/embellishments without having to win tattslotto to pay for it.
I love participating in these product shares as it's a great way to get just enough of all the papers and ribbons to have a bit of a play with them and see which ones you just need to have full packs of. However, this year we had a funny bit of a conversation about what on earth are we going to do with that really ugly Into The Woods Designer Series Paper, apart from file it in the round filing basket.
Because I can never bear to throw anything out, I decided to challenge my team on our team forum to create something really cute with it just so that we are using it up instead of keeping it in our stash for that rainy day that never eventuates.
My team girls came up with some really cute projects and made the most of this difficult paper and so when I was planning for this blog hop, I decided to focus on the paper too - along with our other difficult to use paper Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper which has gorgeous Tangelo Twist and Basic Black colour scheme, but Halloween patterns which we really don't do a lot of.
So what did I create?
Lately I have been making stacks of cute little bird cards - and since the cards are Note size, they go beautifully in these gorgeous bags which were inspired by Caroline Hallett in the UK - here's the link for her video for these bags.
There's four cards and envelopes in each bag - one set is done with Whisper White to link with the patterned paper, the other set is done in Very Vanilla.
Another new product I have used here which has been very popular is the Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I have brayered the inside of the folder with Perfect Plum ink to get the shadow between the trees.
On the second lot of cards, I brayered the inside of the same folder with Sahara Sand. It's so soft on the Very Vanilla card base.
Here's a close up of each bag.
Aren't they just the cutest things!
But that's enough from me - I should send you on your way to visit the other ESAD girls. And in case you have just joined us here and are wondering 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.
The next blog on the blog hop belongs to Monique Fielder. Click on the next button to go there.
Don't forget to leave a comment below, and if you do get lost, here are all the links in the blog hop so you can come back and try to find your way.
1. Libby Dyson
2. Paula Reid
8. Emma Palonek
9. Jo Weedon
10. Rebecca Scurr
11. Andrea Buckland
12. Rochelle Blok
13. Kathryn Ruddick
14. Monique Fielder
15. Bernie Collins
16. Liv Ingle
17. Sally Williams
18. Ria Kaire
19. Delys Cram
20. Jessica Williams
21. Lou Kitzelman
22. Barbara Williams
23. Kelly Kent
24. Jenny Hayward
Wow Kathryn.Amazing projects. So nice to see something other than Christmas. I love the cute little birds, so very clever. Thanks so much for sharing.
Posted by: Narelle Fasulo | September 13, 2015 at 07:20 PM
Kathryn, I would never have thought to put the Embossing Folder on its side, to make the branches on their side!! Love that idea!!
I also love the fun of your cards, they made me smile!!
Posted by: Jo Weedon | September 13, 2015 at 07:22 PM
How cute are these!!!! Those birds are just adorable. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Lou | September 13, 2015 at 07:31 PM
Great project. thanks for sharing
Posted by: Barbara Williams | September 13, 2015 at 07:32 PM
Oh my, those birds are SO cute. I feel a CASE coming on!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas :)
Posted by: Jess Williams | September 13, 2015 at 08:06 PM
Love the bag Kathryn and those cards are so cute. Very clever way of using the paper.
Posted by: Jenny Hayward | September 13, 2015 at 08:08 PM
Your birds are such a fabulous idea. Thanks so much for sharing.
Posted by: Keryn Campbell | September 13, 2015 at 08:11 PM
Cute projects Kathryn! Great way to think outside the box using the festive products
Posted by: Liv | September 13, 2015 at 08:14 PM
Your little birds are very cute. I love the idea of brayering the embossing folder. It's a great effect!
Posted by: Rebecca S | September 13, 2015 at 08:16 PM
I love these Kathryn - so cute!! I agree about that woods paper too - not the easiest to work with ;)
Posted by: Ria | September 13, 2015 at 10:10 PM