Good Morning Fellow Stampers -
Happy Thursday! Well, can you believe it! They're threatening snow starting this evening at 6:00 pm, and off and on through the entire weekend. Ughhhhhhhh . . . . It is about to be May, right?? LOL Sigh -- Unfortunately, I do live in Colorado; and believe it or not, it can snow all the way to June here. Hasn't happened much; it has happened!
It's time for a little Thursday fun. This is the day I just play and do whatever I want. I'm trying to showcase soon retiring items to you right now; some of my favorites and things I hope you haven't missed in the past couple years. Today's feature is a stamp set and punch that I loved from the very beginning! It pairs well with our Pansy flower and Petite flower stamp sets and punches; but is just as lovely on its own.
I'm also featuring our soon retiring In Color collection today and some of the accessories that go with that; as well as the Word Window Punch which will be retiring and leaving us the end of May. All of these products are just fabulous! They are well worth having in your repertoire. Let's take a look . . .
So which of the soon retiring In Colors was your favorite? Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist? I have to say that I think Blackberry Bliss was always my all time favorite, with Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow running a close second right behind.
Today's card design was actually inspired by the incredible Rachel Tessman ~ just one of the most talented and sweet demonstrators.
I took a simple idea she did the other day, and dressed it up into what I call a "Wendy" card -- LOL
The beautiful flower stamp set is just so much fun; and the coordinated punch makes it easy peasy to make flowers to your heart's content!
I created a design that I duplicated in each of the 5 In Colors.
I created a matted border for each card using the featured In Color; the Whisper White background is stamped with the floral image(s) from the stamp set with Smoky Slate, stamped off once first for the larger flower; and full strength for the smaller "burst" floral center. The the other floral image is stamped in the feature color, and punched out, and adhered with dimensionals.
The layers are wrapped with the featured In Color's coordinated striped cotton ribbon. It's a lovely casual look that just is so easy to achieve.
I used the Crazy About You stamp set (carrying forward), for my greetings on these card designs. They fit perfectly in the Word Window Punch and just have a nice clean font which works well here.
Here is an example of what I did inside the Blackberry Bliss card. The front sentiment says "Just Sayin'"
On the inside, I stamped the flowers in Smoky Slate again (stamped off once first), and then the "Hello" sentiment in Blackberry Bliss.
Simple but fun!
This is such a fun and simple way to make a fabulous set of cards ~~ a great stash builder for those moments when you need a great card really quick!
I hope you have enjoyed these cards today. Don't miss out on these retiring items. Be sure to check out the Retiring List, and keep track of what is selling out. Get your "must haves" before they're gone!!
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Until Next Time . . .
