“What is ESAD?
ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and is a facebook group just for Australian and New Zealand Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.
We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends and blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship and we’re always there to help and support each other.
So if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I’ll contact you with information on how to join our group.”
If you have just started the Bloghop, welcome or maybe you have come from Kathryn Ruddick, please work your way around all the blogs and please leave a message, we love comments.
This is the card I am showcasing for you today. Enjoy
I am in love with the Vintage Leaves and the Leaflets Frames and wanted to use them for my card, I do hope you like them.
To make this card I used Black Cardstock for my base and the main card. Using Versamark stamped randomly over my base, then applied clear embossing powder to embosse, this gave it the lovely shinny effect. I then used a thin strip of the Corrugated Paper to add to the front of the card. You can use this in place of ribbon, I for one cannot do bows so tend to steer away from ribbons.
I then used 3 different stamps and inked each one up with different greens. In this card I used Old Olive, Wild Wasabi and Always Artichoke, after stamping them, I cut with out using the thinltts. Don’t you just love that Stampin’ Up! have bought out lots of thinlits that allow you to quickly cut out your images. I then sponged around the leaf to take away that white line and make them appear more real. These were tired together with a piece of twine and attached to the front of the card.
I then used a piece of Craft Cardstock to cut out the greeting from the Greeting Thinlits. What do you think? looks good doesn’t it and such a petite greeting, this was attached using Glue Dots, I just love these dots.
I do hope enjoy this blog hop of the new catalogue and find some inspiration. Please drop back again as I have more cards using this fabulous set of stamps and dies, that might just give you an inspiration to make some yourself.
Now your off to see what Cherie has in store for us.
Here is the list of all participants and the link that will take you to their blog.
Barbara Williams {That’s me}
Barbara Williams, Sydney Australia 
Such an elegant card, thanks for sharing
Such a gorgeous a card Barbara. Absolutely love those leaves.
I definitely like your vintage leaves Barbara, the background stamping looks great with just the right number of leaves cut wit the dies!
Oh I love this card Barbara. Embossing the leaves as the background is so effective. My wish list keeps growing!
Love the colour combination in your card Barbara. Gorgeous!
Beautiful work Barbara and thanks so much for participating in this Blog hop and sharing your talent with us
Love this Barbara! The clear embossing of the leave on the black cardstock looks awesome! Love the strip of the Corrugated Paper. I’ve just got some of that and can’t wait to use it! Thanks for Sharing! Rochelle xo
Thanks for sharing this lovey card, the background looks great
I ADORE this card, I am lucky enough to see it in real life and it is even more beautiful. You have inspired me to play with this stamp set. Love you xxx
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Love how effective the clear embossing on Basic Black cardstock is 🙂
Beautiful card. I love the detail of the embossed background. Yet another set that wasn’t on my radar but now is!
Gorgeous card Barbara – I love the texture & technique you’ve displayed in one card. Thanks for sharing. Kelly x
nice card Barb … I’ve just got those leaves and need to find time to play!
Fabulous card Barb, love the embossed black background, and how good do those leaves look!
Beautiful card
Such a beautifully elegant card, Barbara. Love your colour choices & cluster of leaves. The embossed background really makes it special too. Thanks for sharing it.
Di 🙂
Your black embossed background is inspiring and a great idea to sponge the edge of the leaves
Beautiful card Barbara. So elegant. I love the layered leaves. I might just have to add this set to my wishlist now.
Barbara I LOVE your card! So elegant, and so wonderful for any occasion 🙂