ESAD 2017 Retirement List Blog Hop

Welcome to another ESAD (Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators) blog hop. We are featuring
Stampin' Up! products that are retiring. You will get to see lots of creative projects from 22 ESAD members - that means 22 reasons to snap up bargains on retiring products before the end of  May. Whether you are starting with me or have hopped over from visiting Cathy, you are in for a real treat.

As well as using some much loved retiring stamp sets and dies, I am determined to use up as much of my retiring Designer Series Paper (DSP), ribbon, washi tape and other embellishments before I fall in love with all of the new goodies in the Annual Catalogue and they all get banished to the lower drawers. Plus if I use them all up I will have more room for new goodies......win-win!

Perpetual Birthday Calendars are the perfect way to use up all of my supplies as well as solve the problem of what to make for Mother's Day.

These are really easy to make. Grab an empty CD case, cut 6 pieces of DSP to 12 cm x 14 cm, add a month panel to each and decorate. Good to go!

I have kept the decoration quite simple as you need to be able to shut the CD case so can't have too much bulk. I really love the Botanical Blooms stamp set and coordinating Botanical Builder Framelits. I think they teamed really nicely with the Urban Underground DSP and washi tape and the Pop of Pink washi tape.

I added an information panel for the the back as well.

Closed up and secured with some retiring baker's twine.

Now....on with the rest of the hop. Make sure you hop around to see all of the great projects. You will get lots of great ideas and reasons to snap up some great bargains on retiring products. If you get lost you can get back on track with the participant list at the end of each post. Next up is my super talented and creative friend Kelly Kent. You will love her cards.

Lou

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Lou Kitzelman - You are here!

2. Kelly Kent

3. Rachael Lewsley

4. Courtenay Heuston

5. Narelle Fasulo

6. Kirrkie Terri

7. Nicole Wilson

8. Carly Middleton

9. Libby Dyson

10. Rebecca Jacovou

11. Rosalie Desmond

12. Megan Lenske

13. Leonie Schroder

14. Kristel Rimmer

15. Tanya Bell

16. Richelle Fletcher

17. Pauline Bennetts

18. Mandy Depiazzi

19. Ellen Woodbridge

20. Monique Fielder

21. Maree McIntosh

22. Cathy Pinchbeck

Product List

Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [140757] $30.00	Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625] $56.00	Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper [142783] $22.75	Urban Underground Designer Washi Tape [142787] $8.75	Pop Of Pink Designer Washi Tape [141649] $14.00	Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine [141689] $6.25
Basic Black Solid Baker's Twine [141682] $5.25	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] $14.00	Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock [138345] $14.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $11.50	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $14.00	Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock [116203] $14.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75