ESAD 2018 Retirement List Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to another ESAD (Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators) blog hop. We are giving some much loved retiring Stampin' Up! products a last hoorah! Whether you are starting with me or have hopped over from Jessie's blog - you'll find lots of reasons to snap up some retiring goodies.

Before I get stuck into using new products from the 2018/19 Annual Catalogue due for release on June 1, I wanted to use up some Designer Series Paper, ribbon and embellishments - rather than hoarding them!. So I designed a class to help me out with that. I've just made some simple gate fold cards where the DSP does all of the work for me. Then I added in retiring stamp sets, ribbons and embellishments to finish them off.

My first pair are just made using a simple gate fold. The sentiment panels are only adhered to one side of the card front.

Birthday Wit (retiring sob sob!) has fun sentiments like this one that are fairly large and perfect for this type of fold. It helps enhance the lovely details on the Delightful Daisy DSP.

Then you can step it up a notch and fold back the edges of the DSP to take advantage of the double-sidedness. I have simply scored and folded the edges back to create a band. I stuck each folded edge down to give depth.... and well it looked better. The Sweet Soiree DSP is perfect for this. One side has a detailed pattern and the other is more muted.

Teamed with the Big on Birthday stamp set and Petal Passion embellishments, it makes for quick and easy cards.

The card inside has some simple decoration using other elements from each stamp set.

Then why not take it up a further notch? You can also fold back each edge a different amount to vary the band size. I made these using the Bundle of Love DSP. They are not my normal style - a bit too tizzy - so I am not in love with them but they were made for an older lady who will love them. Here I've given several retiring products one last hoorah - Flower Shop and Celebration Time stamp sets, pansy punch, Celebration thinlits, Tassels, Glitter dots, Hearts and Stars wooden elements, doilies and some gold ribbon.

I have all of the instructions and measurements for cutting and scoring in a PDF if you would like to make these yourself. Click here to download it.

Next up is my superstar friend Kelly Kent. You'll love her clever card using lots of retiring goodies!

Blog Hop Participant List

1. Lou Kitzelman - That's me!

2. Kelly Kent

3. Bronwyn Eastley

4. Jackie Aitken

5. Jo Stubbings

6. Peta Stephen

7. Sharon Dalton

8. Lauren Meiklejohn

9. Courtenay Heuston

10. Nicole Wilson

11. Jo Weeden

12. Libby Dyson

13. Cheryl Algie

14. Megan Lenske

15. Beryl Crisp

16. Fi Cobbin

17. Rose Packer

18. Cathy Pinchbeck

19. Carolina Evans

20. Renee Lynch  

21. Sandra Mastello

22. Katrina Duffell

23. Rachael Lewsley

24. Leonie Schroder

25. Emily Campbell

26. Monique Fielder

27. Michelle Strazds 

28. Jessie Holton

Product List

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137] $19.25	Birthday Wit Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145753] $33.00	Night Of Navy 3/8" (1 Cm) Corduroy Ribbon [145597] $14.00	Pool Party Solid Baker’S Twine [144353] $5.25	Sweet Soirée Specialty Designer Series Paper [145564] $21.00	Big On Birthdays Photopolymer Stamp Set [142877] $47.00	Petal Passion Embellishments [145591] $14.00
Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Organza Ribbon [145590] $10.00	Bundle Of Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [144143] $21.00	Flower Shop Clear Stamp Set [130942] $34.00	Pansy Punch [130698] $28.00	Celebration Time Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143790] $38.00	Celebration Thinlits Dies [143703] $50.00	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292] $14.00
Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956] $11.50	Mini Tassels Assortment [144154] $13.00	Hearts & Stars Elements [144215] $10.50	Glitter Enamel Dots [144200] $12.25	Gold 1/8" Ribbon [134583] $8.75