Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Elephant Parade

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including the USA, United Kingdom and Australia are participating. We have a wide array of fun projects and design styles to share with you! Our theme this month is Winter Holidays. As it is so close to Christmas, I decided that I would focus my thoughts a bit further and do a new year card. However, I couldn’t find a happy new year greeting, so I had to think out of the box! This is what I came up with:

I used the Elephant Parade bundle and Days To Remember stamp set Once I had made this card, I did find a happy new year stamp – it is in the Brightest Glow stamp set. In my defense, I didn’t have this stamp set when I was making my card!

Below is a video that I did last year. It isn’t this card, but does show you how to position the days to get the month that you want aligned.

Be sure to complete the hop to see all the wonderful ideas that we have to share with you. The next stop is Julia Mazur – I can’t wait to see what she has created this month!

If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:
Shirley Merker
Sue Boerner
Annette McMillan
Julia Quinn
Tracy Held <== YOU ARE HERE
Julia Mazur
Terri Stewart
Traci Gardner

Product List

Days To Remember Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155026] $30.00	Elephant Parade Bundle (English) [158697] $74.50	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $53.00	Texture Chic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [158808] $27.00
Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $16.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.75	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.75
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $15.75	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $15.75	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $15.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $14.00

You can purchase all the products to make this card at my online store by clicking here. This link will add everything to your cart. If you already own some of them, you can easily remove them.

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Cascading Panels” card. I have made a one sided version of this card this card before, but I love the double sided one! – Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! The current joining offer is as follows: You pay $169.00 and receive $235 in products. This is $66 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. You also get to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
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Any orders placed by the 17th September will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month: