Last Chance Examples

I have a handful of stamp sets that are on this year's retired list. Here are a few cards/projects I made using these sets.

Stamp Set: Heartfelt Thanks (Much Appreciated, which was retired previously)

Colors: Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Really Rust, Old Olive

Stamp Sets: Doodle This, Hugs and Wishes

Colors: Pacific Point, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, Riding Hood Red Button (Button Bouquet)

Stamp Sets: Zoofari, Hugs and Wishes

Colors: Basic Grey, Going Grey

Markers: Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue, Black, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Ribbon

The following project was hard to get a picture of. There are so many angles and distances that the camera had a hard time focusing. I took some up close pictures to help with the blurriness.

Stamp Sets: Big Deal Alphabet, Wild About You

Colors: Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Bashul Blue, Real Red

Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread

The tag for journaling is removable.

It's That Time of Year Again!!

The 2009-2010 catalog will be here on July 1st! To make room for all of the great new products, they have brought out their Last Chance list. To make it even better than previous year's discontinued lists, some of the accessories are being offered at a 25% and 50% discount!

To see the discontinued accessories, click here.

For a list of the retiring stamp sets, you can either email me, or leave a comment on this post with your email address (I moderate my comments, so it will not get published) and I will send you a PDF of the stamp sets.

Discontinued accessories always sell out quickly just before the end of the current catalog - if there's something you'd really like to get, I suggest you don't wait until the last minute.

Please let me know if you have any questions!!

Three Trees

I absolutely LOVE this card!! The layout is from a Stampin' Success magazine, I just switched up a few things to make it my own. It has a fresh springtime look that uses:

Certainly Celery

Garden Green

Apricot Appeal

Regal Rose

I don't have a green ribbon that coordinates with the colors I used, so I opted to use Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain instead. To attach the ribbon, tie a knot, THEN attach it using glue dots - it's a lot easier than trying to tie the ribbon around such a small piece of cardstock!

If you don't have any patterned paper, but want to add more visual interest without stamping, you can do what I did with the Certainly Celery rectangle. Use your paper scorer to score at different increments across your paper (I did mine at 1/2"). Flip your paper 90 degrees, and do the same thing. It didn't come thru the scan very well, but it's perfect for adding additional interest to the card without it being too busy.

Trendy Trees!

I've been playing around with my new stamp set Trendy Trees, and it's LOTS of fun! I especially like using it with the the color scheme from the catalog:

Rose Red
Pumpkin Pie
Summer Sun
Kiwi Kiss
Chocolate Chip
Pacific Point

The tree image is attached with Stampin' Dimensionals to the left flap of the card. The right flap measures 1". By changing the dimensions of the flaps, and the stamps used, you can really change the look of the card!

I'm really sorry the orientation is off-

blogger won't upload it correctly, and I can't figure out how to fix it!

This is a 6"x3" card, that opens like a typical card (or book).