Welcome to another ESAD Blog Hop. These are always so much fun and contain lots of inspiration. There’s 20 crafty ladies in total. You can hop in which ever direction you like (or at random if that takes your fancy!). You might be starting here or have come from Carly’s cute projects. Next stop after this one is Sally – just click on the ‘next blog’ button below. If you get lost (or want to try the random approach), there’s a full list of participants at the bottom of this post.
I’m putting it out there, this seasonal catalogue is one of the best ones I’ve ever seen! I {don’t} have one of everything, but it’s been very hard to draw the line on what I *need*, what I {want} and what I absolutely can’t craft without.
My top 3 catalogue buys are:
- Wink of Stella in Clear – I have been putting this on almost every card I’ve made since it arrived. It really is magic! Can you guess which card from my blog hop projects got the Stella treatment (hint: the answer might surprise you!)
- Large Numbers / Number of Years bundle – the size, style & shape of these numbers is perfect to make them a centrepiece on any project and the matching stamp set is just adorable!
- Birthday Bouquet DSP (and all the other DSP in the catalogue!) – totally beautiful, do I need to say more?
For today’s blog hop I wanted to show you some ideas I have been stirring up using the Cups & Kettle Framelits dies. For me, framelit sets are worth buying when I can see the potential in them. Either as heavy use for what they are made for (like the Large Numbers) or as great builder shapes to be able to make something other than the obvious.
The Cups & Kettle set falls into the second category for me. As well as the obvious creations you can craft from the suite (paper, ribbon, stamps, trinkets… who doesn’t love a coordinating product range), these cute little framelits offer more than their initial impression.
Have A Cuppa Product Suite
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Here’s a traditional card using the cup framelit…
But then it gets a bit fancier, because the cup can also make a frosty beer mug…
And this is my favourite…
If you turn the kettle upside down and cut half a circle from the bottom using your 1″ punch, you end up with an elephant. Finish the shaping by rounding the top corners and cutting part of the handle away. So much potential in one little set!!!
As well as the great products you can purchase from the Occasions catalogue, there are some fabulous products available for free from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. Two of my favourites are the Hello stamp set and Perfectly Artistic DSP. These products are limited edition and only available until 16th Feb 2016. After this time, they will be retired and Stampin’ Up! will release more limited edition products for you to redeem with any qualifying order.
Limited Edition Sale-A-Bration Products
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How do you qualify for a free Sale-A-Bration product? In Australia, you can earn one with every $90 you spend on Stampin’ Up! products.
Thanks for joining me on the blog hop. If you are a demonstrator and would like to join our ESAD Facebook page, please contact me.
Next blog is Sally Williams. Click through to see the amazing creations she’s made to share with us. If you have a moment to leave some comments as you visit, the creators would appreciate hearing from you! I know I love reading your favourite parts of each project. Thanks so much! Kelly x
FULL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
4. Paula Reid
6. Amity Knight
8. Chloe Evans
10. Kelly Kent – this is me!
11. Sally Williams
12. Barbara Williams
13. Andrea Buckland
14. Narelle Fasulo
15. Libby Dyson
16. Lou Kitzelman
17. Nicole Wilson
18. Mel Pagano
Love your cards Kelly. Very clever elephant 🙂 Thanks so much for organising the blog hop and playing along
My pleasure Libby! Thanks for joining me x
Clever, clever girl. That elephant is adorable! Love all of your cards. Thanks for organising a great blog hop.
Thanks for playing too – I loved your projects sooooo much!
Wow, Kelly, you never cease to amaze me with your creativity! Love how you’ve made a mug of beer with the Framelits – truly shows the versatility of the bundle! 🙂 x
Thanks Rachael. Originally the elephant was my favourite, but now I’m not sure…. what man wouldn’t love a beer card!
How clever you are Kelly ! I’ve been lamenting the fact I don’t have a beer mug stamp set ! Now I don’t need one ! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome projects with us . Is there no end to your creativity ?
Thanks Cheryl – so glad I was able to help with the beer crisis. I sure hope there’s no end to my creativity. What would I spend all my money on if I didn’t have Stampin’ Up! 🙂
Eeeeekkkkk the elephant ADORABLE!!! Gorgeous work as usual xx
Thanks Nic – it’s always fun to make something that’s not what it appears!
Kelly, I so love your cards especially the elephant. So cute.
Thanks Andrea. He was my starting inspiration and it snowballed from there!
Love your cards Kelly. Your ideas are fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Narelle!
Such great ideas Kelly, thank you for the inspiration.
Thanks Carly and thank you so much for your lovely introduction!
I love the beer mug.
Thanks Amity. Do you think it could make it’s way to one of your gorgeous scrapbooking pages? Maybe Fathers Day? 🙂
Wow Kelly. Those cards are brilliant! Love the beer mug idea. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks Mel! Mr Papercraft loves his beer, so it was an obvious choice for me to try it out hehe!
Super cute, cool versatile cards, love your perfect lines!
Thanks Carolina! Thanks for hopping round the blog and leaving so many lovely comments.
great cards Kelly, love them.
Thanks Barbara!
Great cards Kelly the elephant is so clever
Thanks Helen! I love elephants on baby cards 🙂
Love all your creations but I think the elephant wins – he’s so cute. TFS
Thanks Paula – he inspired the whole set!
I love all 3 cards Kelly but especially the Elephant. Thanks for sharing