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I hope you’re ready for the ESAD New Stampin’ Up! Catalogue Blog Hop! This could take a while as there are 25 blogs to check out so grab yourself a tea or coffee and sit back and enjoy the ride.

What is ESAD?

 ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand Demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!

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 just to put the cherry on the top so to speak, we are offering Blog Candy on this blog hop.

To qualify ….

* this is only open to customers (ie. demonstrators do not qualify)

* to qualify you must visit every blog and leave a comment on each one

* once you have commented on each blog you need to email Leonie Shroder at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com  and advise her you have done so

* Blog Candy winners will be announced on Tuesday 

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You will have arrived here from the wonderful Kim Conway’s blog, what fabulous projects.

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What I have to show you today are a couple of cards, a tag and a little tissue box using the fantastic new Newsprint Designer Series Paper (now available in the fantastic new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue). This paper has only two colours Basic Black and Very Vanilla and is great for the vintage look with a little tearing and distressing. I have also used the gorgeous new Artistic Etchings stamp set – yummy!

I love these tissue boxes, they are great as hostess gifts and very easy to make.  I have stamped the crown in Riding Hood red as a contrast.

For these cards I have created the backgrounds using a technique called double embossing. This is a great technique and very easy but it gives such fantastic results. Cut a piece of the Newsprint Designer Series Paper to size for the front of your card. Then take your Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (also available in the fantastic new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue) and run over the inside top of the folder with your brayer and Versamark ink. Place your paper in the embossing folder and run through your Big Shot (see the fantastic new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue). Open up your folder, carefully remove your paper and sprinkle with block embossing powder over the Versamark. Heat with your heat gun to melt the powder and voila!

For this card I have used the new Scallop Trim Border punch and the Two-Step Bird punch. I have finished off with a sentiment from the Vintage Vogue stamp set and some Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon.

This card uses the same background as before but this time I have stamped the Eiffel Tower image from the Artistic Etchings stamp set and layered it on a panel which has been edged using the Scallop Trim Border punch and matching Scallop Trim Corner punch.

And finally I have a tag for you using all the ideas I used before.

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I hope you enjoyed these projects. You are now on your way to Pauline Bennett’s blog – have fun!  Don’t forget to leave me a comment and let Leonie know when you have commented on everyone’s blog – you don’t want to miss out on Blog Candy!

Come back soon.

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If you have got lost or have missed a link, here is the complete list of blogs participating in this hop.

1. Leonie Schroder – http://www.stamp-a-latte.com
2. Keryn Campbell – http://kerynscards.blogspot.com
3. Vicki Were – http://www.stampinvickistyle.blogspot.com/
4. Aly Adcock – http://www.inkyaly.blogspot.com
5. Juliette Chapman – http://juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com
6. Kristine Thompson – http://www.inkspotcreations.typepad.com
7. Jo Weedon – http://www.scrapandstampin.blogspot.com
8. Jan McAnulty – http://cardcaperswithjan.wordpress.com/
9. Karen Southwell http://www.kareniescrafts.blogspot.com
10. Kim Conway – http://www.kimconwaycards.blogspot.com
11. Jane Norrish – http://janenorrish.com
12. Pauline Bennetts – http://www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede
13. Gemma Coumbe – http://www.gemmacoumbe.blogspot.com
14. Genelle Little – http://www.stampedecards.blogspot.com
15. Sharlene Meyer – http://www.magpiecreates.com
16. Susan Joyce – http://www.catsinkcorporated.blogspot.com
17. Rhonda Statham – http://rhondastatham.typepad.com/
18.  Monique Fielder - http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/
19.  Andrea Buckland - http://creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com/
20.  Bev Watt –  http://stampinovation.blogspot.com
21.  Lisa Ryder - sorry not this time
22.  Claire Mcilhatton http://www.crafty-cow.com/
23.  Mae Collins -  http://maecollins.blogspot.com/
24.  Charmaine Black – http://www.l-ink-edtopaper.blogspot.com/
25.  Lynn Powell – http://www.lynnpowell.com.au