WELCOME TO THE ESAD NEW

2011-2012 CATALOGUE BLOG HOP

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please fee free to click here to join our wonderful group.

With all the fabulous new products in the 2011-12 Idea Book and Catalogue I found it extremely difficult to decide what to feature in today’s “hop”.  Eventually I decided I would focus on a theme using a number of products rather than a particular stamp set or accessory.

Is it  too early for Halloween?  Never!  I know we don’t generally celebrate Halloween here in Australia but I love it and particularly enjoy making lots of  spooky treats.  I have a few different projects to show you today so let’s get on with it.

All the projects today use the new Frightful Sight Designer Series paper which co-ordinates beautifully with my green and black jelly beans don’t you think.  It has lots of gorgeous designs with ghosts, bats, spiders and cats plus some more contemporary designs for those not so “halloweeny” projects.

The first project I’m calling my “BOO” card.  The banner has been cut using the new Petite Pennants Builder punch and letters cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and my Big Shot.  You may also notice the new designer brads in Lucky Limeade, one of this year’s new In-Colours.

  The second project is this cute treat pouch which you can use for lots of different things…I decided to go with a “spooky spider” skinny treat with those matching jelly beans.

The punch-art spider is super easy.  Just punch 7 shapes from the Ornament punch for the body and the legs are made from the Large Heart Punch…add googly eyes and your done!

My final project is a “Choccie ” holder.  I made lots of these last year at Christmas and put all sorts of different things in the pouches.  Gifts cards or money work well.  The pouch is just a piece of the “Frightful Sight’ DSP, cut to 15 cm and folded up 5cm to create your pouch.  Then you fold your whole piece in half and in half again to give you the four pockets.  Sandwich the whole thing between two Top Note die shapes on the front and back and close with ribbon.  The “Happy Halloween” greeting is from the “Occasional Greetings” set, it’s not a new one this year but is a great set if you’re looking for greetings for many different occasions.

Ihope you’ve enjoyed my projects today and that I’ve inspired you to have some fun with Halloween.

Next stop on the hop is Narelle Hodges. Pay her a visit to see her fabulous creations.

Love blog candy then go grab yourself a cuppa, sit down and visit all the blogs on the hop.  Leave some comment love then when your done email Sharlene torresfamily8@hotmail.com your contact details to go into the draw.

Here’s a full list of everyone participating just in case you miss a link.

Happy Stamping

Michelle