Blog Candy « Nicole Stalker

Time for some Blog Candy.

It’s been ages since I’ve offered any Blog Candy on my blog so I thought it was about time to do so.

What’s on offer??

Your own Artistic Etchings stamp set in clear mount. Silly me has ended up with 2 sets of this set so I’m offering the spare to one lucky reader.

What do you have to do to have a chance at winning this set?

Become a follower on my blog (Scroll down to Networked Blogs in the right hand sidebar and click ‘Follow This Blog’)
Leave a comment on this post letting me know you have become a follower and that you would like to enter to win.
Must complete 1. & 2. by 8pm Sunday 13th February (Sydney time). Winner will be randomly selected using Random.org.

Good luck.

Edited to add: I have used Random Integer Generator to select the winner.

Here are the results:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2011-02-13 09:20:53 UTC

Which means the lucky winner is

Heather.

Congratulations Heather. I’ll get the stamp set in the mail to you tomorrow.

Till next time….

ESAD Blog Hop

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!

What is ESAD you say?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australian (and New Zealand) Demonstrators and it is an online 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 its needed.

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

Now on with the show……

You may have arrived here from Nikki Sadler’s blog, but if you are starting here, don’t worry…..you can make the complete circuit just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 25 stops along the way, so that’s plenty of inspiration for you. We are also offering blog candy again which you can read more about how to enter at the end of this post.

I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to share with you today. I love the Cottage Garden stamp set and coordinating Cottage Wall DSP. And who doesn’t like the Vintage Vogue stamp set?? But these were already being showcased by many others participating in the ESAD Blog Hop and I’d already used the Cottage Garden stamp set and Cottage Wall DSP in my team blog hop anyway.

So what did I decide to showcase?

After looking through the list of what the other Blog Hop participants were using I noticed one set seemed to be missing altogether and that was the Pendant Park stamp set.

Over the Easter weekend I was playing around with this stamp set using some different techniques and by the time I had 3 cards done I knew this was what I was going to use. My colour scheme came from the lovely Autumn Traditions DSP which I have used some in my 4th card to complete my set along with a quick bag to present them in. I hope you like them.

The first card I made I used the Emerging Colour technique. I haven’t played with this technique since we lost the Fabulous Flowers stamp set last main IB&C. I love how the other colours peek out through the tree.

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Sanded, Pendant Park, Autumn Days
Card: Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, More Mustard, Whisper White
Inks: Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, More Mustard
Accessories: Brayer, Clear Embossing Powder, Word Window Punch, Heat Gun, Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Seeing I already had my brayer out I decided to play around with a scenery.

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Pendant Park
Card: Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Inks: Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Photo Corner, Small & Large Oval Punches, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Brayer, Sponges.

This time I decided to brighten the tree up by using the ‘Thumping’ technique. I love this multicolour tree and I’ve placed it in a pot plant made using the wide oval punch and I’ve stamped it using the lovely border image from the Pendant Park stamp set (initially the reason I wanted this stamp set…hahaha).

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Pendant Park, Thank You Kindly
Card: Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Ruby Red inkpads, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke & Elegant Eggplant Stampin’ Write Markers.
Accessories: Word Window & Wide Oval punches, Earth Element brads.

My final card uses the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ technique. I’ve Rock ‘n’ Rolled the stamp through 4 colours starting with More Mustard, then Ruby Red, Always Artichoke and finally Elegant Eggplant.

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Pendant Park, Occasional Greetings
Card: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Ruby Red, Whisper White, Autumn Traditions DSP
Ink: More Mustard, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant inkpads, Always Artichoke & Elegant Eggplant Stampin’ Write Markers
Accessories: Always Artichoke 1/4” grosgrain ribbon, Small & Large Oval punches, Paper piercing template & tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Of course when you make a set of coordinating cards you need something to present them in. I decided upon a quick 12” x 12” bag using the Autumn Traditions DSP.

To finish off the bag I’ve added some of the gorgeous Soft Suede Polka Dot ribbon and then I’ve punched out 4 coloured word window punches along with one in Whisper White which I’d stamped ‘just for you’ on first.

That’s my projects for the hop.

To be eligible to win the blog candy you need to do the following.

Leave a comment on every blog along the way.
Once you have left all your comments you then email Sharlene Torres and let her know you have done so. Please mention whether you reside in Australia or New Zealand as there will be one winner from each country.

** Residents outside Australia & New Zealand, along with Stampin’ Up! demonstrators are not eligible to enter but please still leave a comment if you like what you see.

So now you are off to see the wonderful creations Philippa Petty has to share with you. Thanks for stopping by.

Till next time…..

STAMPERS ANONYMOUS AUTUMN/WINTER MINI BLOG HOP BLOG CANDY WINNERS!

Many thanks to all of you who took the time to leave comments on our blogs and let us know you liked the projects we created for you using products from the new mini catalogue. We hope we inspired you and showed you that creative opportunities are endless!

Two winners of the blog candy have been drawn and they are:

PAULA FULLER and LISA MARTIN

Congratulations Paula and Lisa! Would you ladies please email Kerry Bunting to notify her of your contact details so she can get your candy in the mail.

Autumn/Winter Mini Blog Hop + Blog Candy!!

Welcome to our Stampers Anonymous SU Autumn/Winter Mini blog tour! There are some fantastic new products released in this catalogue tomorrow (April 1^st) and we’re going to share some of them with you in our creations.

You may have just come from Chary Belfield’s blog, but if you are starting here, don’t worry … you can make the complete circuit just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way, including one guest stamper, and we hope you will visit each one to see the wonderful creations we have to show you!

At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour.

We are offering 2 lucky visitors the opportunity to win some ‘Blog Candy’ this time around. There are a few things you must do to be eligible and they are:

You must leave a comment on every blog in the tour. Please also leave your full name with the comment.
After leaving your comments, you need to email Kerry and inform her you have done so and would like to be in the running for the blog candy.

Entry is open till midnight April 5^th. Demonstrators are welcome to participate.

**Blog candy is available to residents in Australia only.

So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy the tour.

I love the colours in the new Cottage Wall DSP and of course the coordinating stamp set Cottage Garden (available in Clear Mount or Wood Mount), so I had to use them in my creations I’m sharing with you today. Rich Razzleberry is just gorgeous in real life so you will definitely need to order some cardstock, inkpad and ribbon asap and hopefully I’ll entice you on the Cottage Wall DSP and Cottage Garden stamp set too.

My creations were inspired by one of Andrea Walford’s Demo to Demo planners from back in September 2008 using Upsy Daisy. You may have seen this one before.

I only said the inspiration came from this. I love the box for the cards so I altered it to fit Australian sized cards (ours are a little narrower and a little taller) and created 4 cards to go along with it and came up with this.

Aren’t the colours just gorgeous. The more I look at this the more I like it.

I hope that’s what you think too.

Here’s a close up of the box.

I’ve made the main part of the box using Orchid Opulence cardstock and my alterations mean I can get this out of an A4 sheet. For the lid I’ve used some Old Olive textured cardstock. A strip of the new Cottage Wall DSP, some images stamped and cut out from the Cottage Garden stamp set and the verse (also from Cottage Garden) has been punched out using the Wide Oval punch and then I’ve layered it onto one of the lovely new ‘Lots of Tags’ dies.

Now for a closer look at the cards.

If you’d like to make your own set of these I’ll be running this as a Project Class on Thursday April 29th at my house in Lalor Park NSW with both a morning and evening session available. Email me for further details or to book your spot. I’m happy to bring the class to you if you have a group of 6 or more.

Supplies:
Stamp sets: Cottage Garden, Occasional Greetings, Short & Sweet, On Your Birthday
Card: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Old Olive 5/8” Grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge, Wide, Large & Small Oval Punches, Lots of Tags dies, Paper Piercing template & tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Well, that’s all from me. I hope you left your comment to be in with a chance at the ‘Blog Candy’. Now you’re off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Sharon Wilson. Thanks for stopping by!

If you happen to lose your way here’s a list of all participants.