Hello & welcome to another ESAD blog hop. This one features 24 awesome designers sharing with you their creations using products from the Holiday Catalogue. If you’ve just come via Barbara’s blog, then keep travelling until you get back there for lots more inspiration along the way.
The 2015 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue has been in circulation for a couple of weeks now and there’s some great ideas on Pinterest. Given it’s the ‘holiday’ catalogue, lots of the projects are Christmas, Halloween or Thanksgiving themed. I’m intending on sharing lots more seasonal craft with you between now & Christmas, but for me, sometimes the ideas that spring out of the pages of the catalogue are a little ‘outside the box’.
This was one of them…
When I first saw the Acorn Punch, all I could think of how it would be perfect to make Gumnut Babies.
Snugglepot & Cuddlepie are Australian literary icons that most Aussies will recognise from their childhood. The author of the Snugglepot & Cuddlepie books, May Gibbs, spent part of her childhood in a town called Harvey which is close to where I live.
So, as much fun as all the Christmas products have been, I wanted to share my super cute gumnut babies with you.
I’ve also made a picture tutorial in case you want to make your own “bush babies”. They use a few of our wonderful builder punches. The builder punches are awesome for punch art because of their versatile shapes.
If you’ve spent some time flicking through the holiday catalogue, you might also recognise some other new catalogue goodies in my cards … Lighthearted Leaves stamp set (clear catalogue favourite for me!), Into the Woods DSP & 1/8″ Garden Green Striped Ribbon.
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There’s so much to fall in love with. My holiday catalogue wishlist continues to grow as I see how clever people around the world have used their new products. This blog hop is no exception!!!
Next stop on the inspiration trail is Jenny Hayward & her lovely holiday creations.
Please leave comments for the designers on your way around – we love to hear from you!
After seeing our work, are you wondering where we all came from? We are all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from Australia or New Zealand who spend time on Facebook sharing our love of all things Stampin’ Up!. Here’s some more info…
Thanks for visiting us on another ESAD blog hop. One of the fun parts of creating is sharing the joy with others. Happy holidays! Kelly x
Full list of ESAD Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop Participants:
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 – YOU ARE HERE!
24. Jenny Hayward
Oh my goodness you have blown me away, your project is simply amazing.
Thanks Barbara. I love punch art so it was a nice chance to play!
Oh this is just SUPER Cute, i love an Australian twist on an American image. Thankyou so much for sharing your amazing creativity.
Thanks Liz. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
So clever as usual. Such cute cards.
Thanks Lou – it was a high standard of blog hop!
Awwwww!! There are so many products to see, than just Christmas ones… I love this, thanks for taking me back to my childhood!!
Thanks Jo. So glad you remember them (I had a momentary freak out that I might have been a bit out of touch!).
Wow Kelly, what a clever idea. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Narelle.
l love your little gum nut babies Kelly. So clever. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks Jenny.
SO clever Kelly! I marvel at how you manage to see so many different things in punch and die shapes! Thanks for sharing your talents!
Thanks Jess. Who knows how the strange creative part of my brain works. I’d be the first to say I’m not artistic! I think the punch art side of things resonates better with my ‘geometric’ brain.
So so so cute Kelly! Great imagination.
Thanks Liv!
Your punch art ideas are very inspirational. Thanks Kelly
Thanks Carly!
Oh so cute. I love your punch art – brings back many memories of these wonderful books. Great projects. Thanks so much for being part of the ESAD Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop.
Thanks Libby.
This is so cute! This hop makes me wish I lived in Australia!!
Thanks Christina! Australia is a wonderfully creative place and this hop was amazing!
I was waiting for someone to come up with this concept Kelly! Super cute and you are so creative!
So it wasn’t just me Delys? Thanks so much for your lovely comment.
Wow Kelly you are so clever.
Thanks Keryn!
Kelly, your punch art is adorable and this is no exception. I don’t know how your brain comes up with such clever concepts, but I’m glad it does. Thanks for the tutorial on how to create these cute little gum nut babies I think I will have to give them a try!
Thanks Emma. Punch art is always such fun – but so much easier when someone else does the breakdown hehe.
This is so cute – well done and very creative. TFS
Thanks Paula!
Fantastic creations Kelly! I love how you come up with all these punch art ideas! Remember Snuggle Pot & Cuddle Pie very well from my childhood! Super cute! Thanks for sharing! Rochelle xo
Thanks Rochelle. I wonder what our children will remember from their childhoods? Peppa Pig & Elsa probably!
So so cute Kelly, I love them all!
Thanks Ria!
How cute are your gum nut babies!! What a great idea for using the acorn punch.
Thanks Rebecca!
I was not familiar with Gumnut babies – but absolutely adore your creations – gorjus !!
Thanks Bernice. I remember them from my childhood – they are still around but not as popular anymore.
Kelly I love your cards the gum nut babies are so cute.
Thanks Sally
The punch art queen strikes again! Love this card Kel x 🙂
Thanks Rach – I’ve been neglecting it a bit, so it was good to get back to my first love. Kelly x