INKspired Sketch Blog hop 82 -

Welcome to another INKspired hop this sunday night. You may have hopped across from Narelle so welcome and please continue to hop around and see all the cards that have been  made.

Teneale gives us a sketch each fortnight that we all work with. 

Now I love this sketch, looked at it and then went and made my card and realised I had forgotten to add something - must keep the pic close next time!
The stamped flowers and cut out leaves come from a new stampset and framelits that will be available in August for you to purchase.

 I teamed it with the new Highland Heather and Old Olive for the leaves. 

 The lovely framelit shape on which the flower is stamped comes from the set called Stitched Seasons (available in August)

The stampset is called Blended Seasons. Thank you for stopping by.

Now it is onto Allison and I always love what she makes

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

ESAD Designer Series Paper buy 3, get 1 free promotion blog hop -

Hi and welcome to another amazing ESAD blog hop. This one is featuring the Designer Series paper where you can buy 3 and get one free - only for the month of July. Click here to see the ones that are available for this promotion.

Now you are thinking what is ESAD? It stands for Extra Special Australiasian Demonstrators and at the end of my blog is a more detailed explanation - please take the time to have a read.

Now you may have popped across from my friend Barb and I can't wait to see what she has made.

It was such a hard decision on what paper to use but I went with one that you can get for free  when you buy 3 called
Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper 146338



Just a close up of the papers with leaves on them.

Love the patterns and the colours in the DSP and that the colours used are on the back - how good is that!

I love using the Curtain fold so my first card used that with the lovely Mint Macaron as the base card with the birthday wishes stamped in Cajun Craze. 
To stop the fold being through the complete piece of dsp. I scored at 3" and then placed the top edge at 1 1/2" mark and then tilted the bottom till it was at the 3" score mark and cut the bottom piece off.

Then continued on with my score marks at 4",6",7",9"and 10". My original piece was 4" by 11 1/2 " as I wanted some Mint Macaron showing on each edge of the fold.  

Used the lovely framelit from the Stitched Labels on page 220 - wanted a small Birthday Wishes so it didn't cover the folds.


Then I used the piece I had cut off and placed across the Cajun Craze and cut the extra off. The leaves from the Nature's Roots framelits -page 218 were just what I needed to balance the pearlized Doily (I sponged the edge in Cajun Craze - hard to see in the photos).

 
Just a close up of the leaves from the Rooted in Nature Bundle - page 143.

 Now it is onto Libby and I can't wait to see her creation and then seeing what everyone has made. If you get lost in the blog hop just click on the participant list below which will get you back on track.

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

Blog hop participant list:

1. Lou Kitzelman

2. Kelly Kent

3. Rochelle Blok

4. Fi Cobbin

5. Delys Cram

6. Sharon Dalton

7. Kim Oliver

8. Siobhan Fitzsimmons

9. Nicole Wilson

10. Peta Stephen

11. Jackie Aitken

12. Rebecca Scurr

13. Narelle Fasulo

14. Barbara Williams

15. Maree McIntosh

16. Libby Dyson

17. Cheryll Miller

18. Denise Butler

19. Mandy Depiazzi

Select Designer Series Paper Sale - Buy 3, Get 1 Free

Hi everyone

Stampin' Up! has done it again by having the wonderful sale of Designer Series Paper where you buy 3 and get 1 free.

Now there are select ones only so just click on the picture above and it will take you straight to my online store where you can see and order them.

Don't forget to use the Hostess code when ordering online 
Hostess Code for July is Y7NKH6ZF

Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper 14690

Best Route Designer Series Paper  146897

Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper 146289

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper 146338

Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper  146913

Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper  146331

Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper  146916

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper  146284

Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper  146921

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack  144177

They are all so lovely but one of my favourites is the 

Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper 146289

If you don't wish to order online then just send me a message to my mobile -0400 883 897

and I will organise for you.

Thank you  for stopping by

Maree