CAS Blue Bird

I can't believe I sat down this afternoon with no mojo, and have since made two cards!  This one was a challenge for me as I struggle a bit with Clean And Simple card layouts, I have made it to enter into three challenges: Stamping 411 for the sketch, CASology with a bird theme, and Less Is More colour scheme of blue and green. 

Now that I have started brayering neutral DSP I am a bit hooked on it, it is a great way to get a good match when you don't have just the right paper around, here I have used Marina Mist.  I stamped the cute little bird from Language of Friendship in StazOn ink onto Watercolour paper and then coloured using a mix of Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  I have to say as much as I struggle with the concept of clean and simple cards they are fairly quick to make once the planning is done.

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Friendship Card

With the list of Stampin’ Up! retiring stamp sets released on 1^st August I have decided to get the most out of these sets before they go for good, so have used Vintage Vogue for this week’s entry into the Freshly Made Sketches and Dynamic Duo challenges.

I knew the combination of bright colours would be great for this set, the Wild Wasabi for the leaves and vines and the Pumpkin Pie for the flowers.  I did find that the Pumpkin Pie was just a bit to intense for the more vintage look I was after so did some stamping off to achieve a lighter shade.  I wanted to add ruffled seam binding in Crumb Cake to match the base card and finished it off with the Monogram sentiment also from the Vintage Vogue set.  I just love the vine stamp in the set for making backgrounds with and used it in Wild Wasabi for the side panel.  

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Going ... Going ...

Almost gone!  

Retirement List - Stamps

Retirement List - Accessories

It is just one month out from the release of the new Annual Catalogue for Stampin' Up! and that means that the Retirement List is out with all those items that won't make it into the next catalogue. It can be a bit sad to see some of our favourites on the retirement list, but I find this an exciting time because we can't fit new items in without making some room.

This year you will notice that the Classic Stampin' Pads are all on the retirement list, don't panic, this is because Stampin' Up! have designed a new ink pad with a number of great new features - but more on that closer to their release!

The important thing to note for the Retirement List

• All items are "while stocks last" - so if you love something order it asap
• Only select Stampin' Write Markers will be available individually (Stampin' Write Markers in Colour Collections will continue to be offered)
• 12" x 12" Textured Card Stock will NO LONGER be offered
• 12" x 12" Smooth Card Stock will only be available in select individual colours and colour collections

The links above will be updated by Stampin' Up! each week day to reflect what items are still available.

If you love something don't delay and risk being disappointed contact me to place an order.

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