Lattice Bigz Die – A Stamping Journey

Have you checked out the Occasions Catalogue yet??? There are some fantastic products in there! Today you can join in on a Blog Hop and check out the fantastic projects that some Demonstrators have been creating. This Blog Hop you are joining in with today is the ESAD Demonstrator group. Hopefully the projects will inspire you!!!

Firstly though, What is ESAD?

ESAD –

stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.

We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful 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.

Now onto the Blog Hop. You may have come from Angela’s blog or starting here. Either way, Grab your coffee and settle in for the ride.

Today I have chosen to use the ‘Petite Petals’ Bundle. This is a cute little stamp set AND matching punch. You can see these on page 33 of the Occasions Catalogue. Not only is it a cute set but it co-ordinates so well with many other stamps and accessories you probably have already. I have shown you some projects here and here already with this set but I have created some other projects just for you today.

Firstly – a card.

I have layered some of the gorgeous Watercolor Wonder DSP behind the lattice Diecut. One of the flowers from Petite Petals were stamped 5 times in Tangerine Tango and punched out with the matching petal punch. No cutting out these little flowers!! I added some Gumball Green leaves punched with the 2 way Bird punch and a little Dazzling Diamonds to the centre of the flowers for some dazzle. The greeting is from Label Love and punched with the Label Punch. A second label was punched in Island Indigo and cut and layered behind the label. I tied some Linen Thread around the card too. Now this card turned out differently to what I had planned. I think it is kind of tropical though, don’t you???

I have another project for you too. This is a cute little gift box and matching card.

For these projects I have used the paper from the free Sale-A-Bration ‘Sweet Sorbet’ DSP. The instructions for this cute little box can be found on Sam’s blog here. Now if you scroll down in that post you will see the measurements. I followed the metric measurements. I didn’t bother trimming off the 4 or 5 mm that Sam suggested. It is not really necessary. It is just the cutest box and way easy, so go and make yourself some! The circles layered with the flowers are punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle and 1 3/8″ circle. The greeting is from ‘Simply Sketched’ and I just finished the card and box off with some Crisp Canteloupe ruffled ribbon and some pearls.

Now you can head to your next stop. Go and see the wonderful creations that Libby has in store for you here.

On Saturday I went to the Stampin’ Up! Regional Event in Sydney. These days are always full of inspiration and awesome creativity. I wanted to show you some of the happenings. Silly me though was so busy chatting and checking out all the different demonstrations I didn’t take any photos of the overall displays!!!!!!! Still somehow I managed to take over 500 photos. Seriously how can one person take that many photos of paper and card!!! I think I have a problem! There was so much to take in and my head is buzzing with all the new ideas. I can’t wait to try them out. There were so many fantastic presentations by some very clever people. I want to be clever like them when I grow up!

I will show you some of the ideas I saw.

Check this wreath out! This was created by Sophie, one of the team from Stampin’ Up! This is created with various different flowers and then with buttons and bit added and all attached to a foam ring. It looked even more spectacular in real life!

Aren’t these stars gorgeous? They were created by Tania Willis. She will have a tutorial on her blog in the next few days on how to create them.

Look at these awesome ideas on using the Lattice Bigz die. These are fantastic. They were created by the very talented Teresa Dabrowski. (Sorry I couldn’t find a blog for Teresa).

Here is a close-up of one of them. This is cut from the silver Shimmer paper.

I think I will be making some of these this Christmas. How clever are they?? Little chocolates wrapped in the Lattice Bigz Die made to look like little puddings.

Apart from all the creativity, these events are fantastic for meeting up with stamping buddies. One special person I FINALLY managed to meet was my very loyal blog friend Lynda. Lynda has faithfully commented on my blog for over 3 years and we have swapped many a late night emails.