Grand Vacation Blog Hop - Mediterranean Highlights!

Hello - Hola!

Welcome to the Mediterranean Achievers Blog Hop. The blog hop was created to celebrate those who had earned a Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation this year, to showcase our creations and share our love of Stampin' Up!

The theme for this blog hop is Mediterranean Highlights. Please be sure you 'hop' to next person after me - Louise Sharp - on the link list and enjoy all our European travels!

I am going to share a very quick snippet of our trip. There were so many highlights, it was hard to cut it back. I will be back to share a selfie reel of all my favourite demos from the trip. I want to make sure you get through everyone and see all our adventures.

The view of Barcelona from the cable car.

We spent the first few days in Barcelona hanging out with the beautiful Theresa Brown and her daughter Louise. So fun. We did have gelato every day!

If you look closely you will spot Daniel in front of the ship!

Winning prizes at General Session with my gorgeous Stampin' BFF Shannean Moncrieff.

My other Stampin' bestie Kylie Bertucci, from Melbourne, VIC - spinning the prize wheel in the Hospitality Room.

I won an apron - covered in Pasta!

Left on our bed each night is a Pillow Gift. We seriously get so spoilt.

These are just some of them!

A huge highlight for me was getting to go to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 

Just thought I would catch up with a few friends in Italy! LOL

 Shannean Moncrieff, Monica Gale, Phyllis Shepherd and Pam Jorgensen.

Selfies with THE Sara Douglass - new CEO of Stampin' Up!

We finally ran into Shelli and Sterling Gardiner in France.

I know it has taken many hands to build and shape Stampin' Up!, however if it won't for Shelli and her dedication, hard work and resilience, we wouldn't be here. so thank you Shelli.

I feel so incredibly blessed to be part of this amazing, generous company. I loved more than anything seeing all the demonstrators and making new friendships from around the world.

Now be sure to click the person on the list and have fun checking out their Mediterranean Highlights. Enjoy! 

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Weather Together - Global Design Project

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It's Monday again, which means another challenge for the Global Design Project. This week is a sketch challenge and I'm using another new and fun stamp set called Weather Together. The umbrella is perfect for today here in Kiama as it's a bit bleak, wet and cold. However, I wanted to make my thank you card bright and happy for a very special some who gives me so much love.

Weather Together Bundle

Now head on over to the Global Design Project and be inspired by our amazing Design Team. Every week they blow me away with their talent!

I am also playing along to my good friend Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlight. The theme is #frommetoyouwhenyourefeelingblu and this card was actually made for Kylie, to thank her for helping me through a bit of a tough time I had myself. Go and check it out and vote for your favourite! 

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016 – 2017 Blog Hop Week 4

Welcome to the Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016-2017 Blog Hop! You’ll be hopping around 11 amazing Stampin’ Up!® Independent Demonstrators blogs, each with an inspirational project, featuring new catalogue products.

Currently you’re visiting Louise Sharp from Australia, Hello there! You can continue hopping my using the previous and next buttons at the end of this post. Now, let’s scroll down to see what I’ve been making.

Last week we celebrated one of my friends 40th birthday. She's a bit of a 'Foxy Forty', so I wanted to use the new Foxy Friends set to make her a card.

Foxy Friends Bundle

The next stop is the talented Tracy May from the UK. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

1. Sarah Berry

2. Mikaela Titheridge

3. Louise Sharp <--- you are here

4. Tracy May 5. Dena Rekow 6. Caroline van der Straaten

7. Kerry Timms 8. Anja Luft 9. Julie Kettlewell 10. Kylie Bertucci

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Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016 – 2017 Blog Hop Week 3

Welcome to the Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016-2017 Blog Hop! You’ll be hopping around 10 amazing Stampin’ Up!® Independent Demonstrators blogs, each with an inspirational project, featuring new catalogue products.

Currently you’re visiting Louise Sharp from Australia, Hello there! You can continue hopping my using the previous and next buttons at the end of this post. Now, let’s scroll down to see what I’ve been making.

Wreaths are so on trend at the moment. Last week I did a wreath card, a very quick and simple one using the Hello Lovely Project Life Card Kit. This week I create one using the leaves, stems and flowers from the new Jar of Love set - and I'm quite happy with the result.

This wreath may look a little difficult, however with the matching Everyday Jar framelits it came together quite quickly. I punched a 2.5'' white circle and glued all the leaf elements around the circle, leaving the flowers until last. I raised the circle up on dimensionals and used my Melon Mambo Marker to add a few dots around the outside to finish it off.

Jar of Love Bundle

The next stop is the talented and ever so lovely, Rhoda Macpherson. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

1. Sarah Berry
2. Constanze Wirtz
3. Caroline Hallett
4. Louise Sharp <---- you are here
5. Rhoda Macpherson
6. Jerim Dickins
7. Teneale Williams
8. Tracy May
9. Dena Rekow
10. Caroline van der Straaten

Thanks for hopping by!

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CASEing Shawn de Oliveira - Global Design Project

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A very short and sweet post from me today, I'm about to run out the door as we speak to spend some times with the kids. I've missed them while we have been away and last weekend the weather was crazy we spent the weekend indoors, so I'm doing my 'Motherly' duties and heading to the skatepark!

This week we have 'CASE the Designer' and we being inspired by our amazingly talented Design Team Member, Shawn de Oliveira.

I love Shawn's clean look and blue base and took my inspiration from his card layout and chose to turn it on its side, with ribbon along the bottom. 

I am totally IN LOVE with the new Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper! You will see me use it again soon and may even use it for some decor items - stay tuned! The pineapple is from the new stamp set Pop of Paradise and the sentiment is from Floral Phrases. 

Pop of Paradise

Floral Phases

Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper

Now head on over to the Global Design Project and see how each of us interpreted Shawn's card this week. Even Shawn himself has to CASE his own card - and it's another beauty! 

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016 – 2017 Blog Hop Week 2

Welcome to the Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016-2017 Blog Hop! You’ll be hopping around 10 amazing Stampin’ Up!® Independent Demonstrators blogs, each with an inspirational project, featuring new catalogue products.
Currently you’re visiting Louise Sharp from Australia, Hello there! You can continue hopping my using the previous and next buttons at the end of this post. Now, let’s scroll down to see what I’ve been making.

This card was so quick and simple to make because I used the new and super gorgeous

Project Life Hello Lovely Card Collection - it's really the shining star of this project!

I finished it off with the 'birthday' banner from one of the new Hostess sets, Time of Year.

Thanks for visiting today. The next stop is the talented Caroline van der Straaten . There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

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