Hey there. Yesterday was one of those rare days when I had no blog post. I started today's the night before last, but our internet went out before I finished, so I went on to bed. Yesterday morning I didn't have time to finish it before we had to leave to attend the funeral of one of my husband's dearest friends. He & Tim had been friends since childhood, and we had spent many happy times with Tim and his wife, Kathy, over the years, especially when our oldest three children were little. Tim passed away unexpectedly last Saturday. His funeral today was truly a celebration of his life, which was well-spent serving our Lord. Although we are shocked and saddened, and will miss him terribly, we know he is in heaven and we will see him again.

One of the things I thought of when I started playing with the Eastern Beauty stamps and Eastern Medallions Thinlets was sunflowers. I used Fresh Fig, Very Vanilla, Tranquil Tide, and Crushed Curry for my color palette. The greeting and the open circles center are both from Pieces & Patterns and stamped with Fresh Fig.

I stamped the Very Vanilla and Tranquil Tide background layers with an Eastern Beauty image and Tranquil Tide, I love all of the different pieces you can cut with the 14 dies in the Eastern Medallions Thinlets. I topped off the smallest sunflower with a  new Gold Faceted Gem.

Inside I stamped more with Tranquil Tide and used another phrase from Pieces & Patterns. I even created a smaller sunflower with more of the Eastern Beauty Thinlets.

There will be two different bundles containing the Eastern Beauty and Eastern Medallion Thinlets available to order on May 1st!

Until then, shop in my online store for Retiring products AND newly-added Clearance Rack items! http://bit.ly/shopwithCarolPayneStamps

Remember while shopping:

All online orders receive a Thank You card.

Every $25 online order (before tax & shipping) using the April Host Code: XVSTEFNS   will receive pre-cut card kits, one each of these That’s the Tag cards:

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

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