Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Easter Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects with an Easter theme. 
Don’t forget, sale-a-bration ends on March 31st! There is still time to earn free product with purchase or even join our Stampin’ Up! team. Ask any of the girls on the hop for more details.

You may have come to my blog from Kate Morgan. Blog hops are full circles, so start blog hopping here and at the end of my post (and everyone else's) there is a link to the next post. 

One of my cheeky nephews doesn't like chocolate (definitely unusual in my family!!!) so I always think outside the box what to gift him for Easter. He loves red lollies and BBQ shapes and that is what he is getting a stash of this year when the other nephews and my niece get chocolate! Of course he has to get his stash all decked out Easter like though to make it look extra special.



The gift bag punch board came to the rescue in making a bag with the botanical butterfly designer series paper from sale-a-bration (the gingham check is the reverse side of the large butterflies).  
I decorated the front of the gift bag using framelits to mimic punch art to create my "bunny". Hopefully Mitchell likes his unconventional Easter present (now I just have to go and do the rest of my Easter shopping!)

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Kathryn Mangelsdorf.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below: 

Catherine Proctor
Caroline Manwaring 
Sue Madex
Kate Morgan
Ros Davidson <-- you are here
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Rachel Palmieri
Rebecca Jacovou
Judy May
Rachel Woollard 
Christina Barnes
Tina Gillespie 
Vicki Boucher 

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.75	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $14.75
Powder Pink A4 Cardstock [144251] $14.75	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147147] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper [149622] $0.00
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828] $57.00	Gift Bag Punch Board [135862] $32.00
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912] $13.00	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $5.25	Journaling Pens [145480] $8.75

Stampin' Up! Easter Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative Easter creations.
Don’t forget, sale-a-bration has just over a week left to earn free product with purchase or it is also a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! Ask any of the girls on the hop for more details.

You may have come to my blog from Tina Gillespie. Blog hops are full circles, so start blog hopping here and and the end of my post (and everyone else's) there is a link to the next post. 

I mentioned sale-a-bration earlier in my post and I have used the amazing sparkly FREE (with purchase of $90+) springtime foils designer series paper in my off the page project. It comes as a white cardstock (with foil design) and I used my brayer and pool party inkpad to recolour the cardstock, hence the blue/silver strip pattern. I added a bunch of punched shapes to create a punched art bunny jar perfect for my nephews Easter gift.

Of course no bunny should be without a tail, so I added a pom pom. 

To complete the Easter egg jar, I made a gift tag featuring the mini bunny from "Pick a Pattern" designer series paper. As I don't own any Easter themed stamps or sentiments, using "Happy" from one of my many birthday sentiments filled half the bill along with the labeler alphabet completing the sentiment.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Rachel Woollard.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:
Monika O'Neill 
Sharon Davern 
Caroline Manwaring
Tina Gillespie
Ros Davidson <-- you are here
Rachel Woollard
Rebecca Jacovou
Catherine Proctor
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Fiona Ryan
Judy May 

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Happy birthday gorgeous, labeler alphabet
Inkpads: Smokey slate, marina mist, pool party, flirty flamingo, pink pirouette 
Cardstock: Smoky slate, marina mist, flirty flamingo, pink pirouette, whisper white
Accessories: Big shot, stitched shapes framelits, layering ovals framelits, springtime foils speciality designer series paper, pick a pattern designer series paper, silver metallic thread, soft sky stampin' write maker, white bakers twine
Punches: 1 3/8" circle, 1" circle, 3/4" circle, scallop tag
Other: Pom pom, raffia, glass jar

Stampin' Up! Easter goodie bags featuring celebrate today and suite sentiment stamp sets

I made my little nephews carrot goodie bags for Easter this year. I finished each bag with a gift tag stamped "Happy Easter" using wild wasabi and pumpkin pie inkpads to echo the colours of the carrot.

The "happy" is from the retiring stamp set Celebrate Today which is reduced to $38.25 (and also has coordinating framelit dies called Balloon Framelits.)

The "Easter" wording is also from another retiring stamp set called Suite Sentiments available in both wood mount and clear mount (with clear mount being discounted to $29.75.) 


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If you order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
FAQ regarding hostess code

Live in Australia? Click on the Stampin' Up! products below to purchase them today!

Celebrate Today Photopolymer Stamp Set [137138] $45.00	Suite Sentiments Wood-Mount Stamp Set [142968] $49.00	Suite Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142971] $35.00	Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock [138343] $14.00
Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325] $11.50	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959] $11.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75
Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $5.25	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00

Easter blog hop

Tonight I am participating in a blog hop along with the super talented ladies in the Art With Heart Team. We thought it would be fun to share some Easter projects, seeing as Easter is only about 3 weeks away! Sale-a-bration is a great time to join or place a $90 order to get extra free items – ask me how!

Blog Hops are full circles, so you can start hopping here and then at the end of each post is a link to the next one. There is also a list of participants at the end in case of any broken links. Now let’s get started!

I've reached into the archives and found these photos of my youngest daughter making a punch art Easter bunny for my scrapbook layout. 

I've used the faux embossing technique on the crumb cake background and have inked the bunnies so they stand out a little. The bunny above the word "making" is hidden and when you pull on the pull tab it reveals the journaling.

Journaling reads: Bella loved crafting, just like Mum. She had a great time trying punch art. Age: almost 3 years old. April 1st, 2010.

Click here to visit Rebecca Jacovou and continue on with the blog hop

Other ladies participating in the blog hop today (in case you find a broken link)
1. Judy May
2. Catherine Proctor
3. Ros Davidson
4. Rebecca Jacovou
5. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
6. Claire Daly
7. Kate Morgan
8. Monika O'Neill
9. Tina Gillespie
10. Rachel Woollard

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Cardstock: Early espresso, crumb cake, so saffron, very vanilla
Inkpads: Early espresso, sahara sand, bermuda bay, sweet sugarplum, calypso coral, so saffron
Punches: Owl, word window (retired), itty bitty shapes punch pack (retired), jewellery tag (retired)
Accessories: Cupcakes and carousels designer series paper stack
Other: Silhouette

Try it Thursday #5

For this Try It Thursday today I made a bag using my gift bag punch board. Previously, I had only used the gift bag punch board to create a cute as box. With Easter just around the corner I made a little gift bag for my nephews Easter gift. Usually, I buy my niece and nephews chocolate but this particular nephew isn't even 2 months old so a sweet little gift was ideal.

It's a little hard to see in the photo but I used the horizontal score line on the top of the bag also to create a folded edge at the top of the gift bag (much like the gift bags you purchase in stores). I used this video for the inspiration on the folded edge.

Stampin' Up! materials used:

Gift Bag Punch Board

[135862]

$32.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$12.25

Marina Mist A4 Card Stock

[121682]

$12.25

Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

[126962]

$11.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

[131172]

$11.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.00

Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack

[140548]

$14.00

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

[133787]

$30.00

Large Oval Punch

[119855]

$28.00

Extra-Large Oval Punch

[119859]

$31.00

Project Life Journaling Pens

[135304]

$8.75

Easter blog hop

I'm blog hopping again today with friends and fellow demonstrators in the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team today. We are focusing Easter creations. You may have found me by blog hoping and if so, you came to my blog from Kathryn Ruddick (or if not, click on the heart in each blog post to complete the blog hop circle and see all the creations).

Did you know that sale-a-bration is still on? I used one of the fabulous free sale-a-bration stamps to make my Easter project shown below. There are lots of fabulous freebies to choose from including 4 NEW products (ask me for a brochure and an occasions catalogue). If you place an order with me during sale-a-bration, you can choose a free item with every $90 you spend. The sale-a-bration promotion runs until 31st March.

Or, better yet, become part of our awesome fun, friendly and supportive team. We have a very active team forum, in person stamp days, challenges, card and product swaps and more. When you join during sale-a-bration, you get to choose whatever product you like from our catalogues but only pay $169 for $235 worth of product but you also get to choose between two free product options. It's quick and easy to join online too. Ask me how.

Lets see something you can make for Easter.

To continue on this blog hop, click on the heart image to be taken to Angela Lorenz's blog.  

Thanks for dropping by today, don't forget to e-mail me to grab a copy of the occasions catalogue, sale-a-bration brochure or to enquire about joining the Art with Heart team. 

List of all participants in today's blog hop:
Nikki Sadler
Claire Daly
Rachel Woollard
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Genna Gifford
Kathryn Ruddick
Ros Davidson <-- Me
Angela Lorenz
Tamie Holt
Kate Morgan
Sue Wdowik

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Best day ever (sale-a-bration 2015)
Inkpads: Versamark, blushing bride, smoky slate
Cardstock: Blushing bride, smoky slate, whisper white, basic black
Punches: Wide oval, large oval, 3/4" circle, owl, heart (from itty bitty accents punch pack)
Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals, big shot, circles collection framelits, fringe scissors, simply scored scoring tool, white gel pen, ovals collection framelits