Another favorite Hostess Set of mine and many of my hostesses this year was "Happiest Birthday Wishes", which will be going away forever on May 31st.
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Once again, it has been paired with "Bright Blossoms" and "Summer Smooches" DSP, with the additon of the retiring "Finial Press" Textured Impressions Folder on the card base front.
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Good morning! How are you all this fine spring day? I'm back today with more samples from the "Spring Into Stamping" sample boards. Today I have a couple of samples using the retiring Hostess set, "Perfect Words" from page 12 of the current catalog, along with the soon-to-be-available again New Catalog set, "Bright Blossoms" and "Summer Smooches" Designer Paper!
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I apologize for the shine on these samples. They were on a display board, so of course I could not remove them from the Clear Envelope to take a shine-free picture. I did turn off my flash to reduce the shine!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
It's still not too late to hostess your own party before May 31 or get together a quick book party, so contact me today. Otherwise, contact me to order other non-hotess retiring products or go online to my DBWS and order direct!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Good morning! How are you all this fine spring day? I'm back today with more samples from the "Spring Into Stamping" sample boards. Today I have a couple of samples using the retiring Hostess set, "Perfect Words" from page 12 of the current catalog, along with the soon-to-be-available again New Catalog set, "Bright Blossoms" and "Summer Smooches" Designer Paper!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
I apologize for the shine on these samples. They were on a display board, so of course I could not remove them from the Clear Envelope to take a shine-free picture. I did turn off my flash to reduce the shine!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
It's still not too late to hostess your own party before May 31 or get together a quick book party, so contact me today. Otherwise, contact me to order other non-hotess retiring products or go online to my DBWS and order direct!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Today is the last day to order from the Occasions Mini AND the last day for the Summer Smooches Sneak Peek! Here's a swap from the Spring Into Stamping Event I attended this month using the "Bright Blossoms" stamp set and the "Summer Smooches" Designer Paper and Fabric! I've had these on my camera for more than a week and today was the first chance I've had to download them!
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I love this swap, but wasn't able to bring the real thing home with me so I don't know who the creator was! The "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" greeting is also from a set that will be unavailable after today, "Loved Ones"!
I have a BUNCH of great stamping idea pictures from this event which I will be sharing a few over the next week or so. Here's a full card that someone made for the "Spring Into Stamping" leader Kim Peck. Kim is moving from Central Illinois to California, so everyone was signing this "we will miss you, friend" card:
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This was a large 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card using an entire 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock base folded in half. No envelope was needed as this was hand-delivered to Kim at the end of this event. The creator used the "My Friend" and "Perfectly Penned" stamp sets, which are not retiring, but also used the "Mixed Bunch" stamp set to create the lacy butterfly, which will be unavailable after today!
I have one last order going in for this month tonight at 10 p.m. CST, so if there are some Occasions Mini or Summer Smooches items you need to order, just contact me by phone or email and I will get them ordered for you!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
Today is the last day to order from the Occasions Mini AND the last day for the Summer Smooches Sneak Peek! Here's a swap from the Spring Into Stamping Event I attended this month using the "Bright Blossoms" stamp set and the "Summer Smooches" Designer Paper and Fabric! I've had these on my camera for more than a week and today was the first chance I've had to download them!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
I love this swap, but wasn't able to bring the real thing home with me so I don't know who the creator was! The "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" greeting is also from a set that will be unavailable after today, "Loved Ones"!
I have a BUNCH of great stamping idea pictures from this event which I will be sharing a few over the next week or so. Here's a full card that someone made for the "Spring Into Stamping" leader Kim Peck. Kim is moving from Central Illinois to California, so everyone was signing this "we will miss you, friend" card:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
This was a large 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card using an entire 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock base folded in half. No envelope was needed as this was hand-delivered to Kim at the end of this event. The creator used the "My Friend" and "Perfectly Penned" stamp sets, which are not retiring, but also used the "Mixed Bunch" stamp set to create the lacy butterfly, which will be unavailable after today!
I have one last order going in for this month tonight at 10 p.m. CST, so if there are some Occasions Mini or Summer Smooches items you need to order, just contact me by phone or email and I will get them ordered for you!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!
Now that you have had a chance to view all of the retiring lists, how about a few cards?
These cards are the result of my stamping for my "Spring Into Stamping" presetation last Saturday. These cards are all made with the Summer Smooches DSP, Blossom Party Die, Scallop Square Duo Die, and the Occasions Mini set, "Loved Ones"!
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I liked the colors and the layout, but something was just not quite right, so I changed the greeting colors to this with Not Quite Navy, Real Red, and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Markers:
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And I loved it! It's amazing how just changing the color scheme of the greeting "Mom" made all the difference between o.k. and WOW!
As a tie-in for my presentation with the Big Shot Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets (which are NOT on the Retiring Accessories List! YAY!), I did another card identical except for adding the Adhesive Sheets on the cardstock before going through the Big Shot with the Blossom Party Die, then adding Dazzling Diamonds:
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A completely different look, adding the glitter! It mutes the bright colors, but is truly "dazzling"!
"Loved Ones" will only be available for 5 more days, when the Occasions Mini expires. And unfortunately, the Summer Smooches Fabric Brads are no longer available, as the supply was just for this month and has now been exhausted. The Flower Brads are on the Retiring Accessories List but currently still available, so you need to check out those lists and get your orders in early! I've already had a few Online Orders take advantage of my "BlueSox" Online Stampin' Rewards Program, so join in today!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Now that you have had a chance to view all of the retiring lists, how about a few cards?
These cards are the result of my stamping for my "Spring Into Stamping" presetation last Saturday. These cards are all made with the Summer Smooches DSP, Blossom Party Die, Scallop Square Duo Die, and the Occasions Mini set, "Loved Ones"!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
I liked the colors and the layout, but something was just not quite right, so I changed the greeting colors to this with Not Quite Navy, Real Red, and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Markers:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
And I loved it! It's amazing how just changing the color scheme of the greeting "Mom" made all the difference between o.k. and WOW!
As a tie-in for my presentation with the Big Shot Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets (which are NOT on the Retiring Accessories List! YAY!), I did another card identical except for adding the Adhesive Sheets on the cardstock before going through the Big Shot with the Blossom Party Die, then adding Dazzling Diamonds:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
A completely different look, adding the glitter! It mutes the bright colors, but is truly "dazzling"!
"Loved Ones" will only be available for 5 more days, when the Occasions Mini expires. And unfortunately, the Summer Smooches Fabric Brads are no longer available, as the supply was just for this month and has now been exhausted. The Flower Brads are on the Retiring Accessories List but currently still available, so you need to check out those lists and get your orders in early! I've already had a few Online Orders take advantage of my "BlueSox" Online Stampin' Rewards Program, so join in today!
Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Here's another sample I created for my presentation on Saturday. It's hard to see in this photo, but I used the Dazzling Diamond Dust technique with the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets on the middle Blossom flower again:
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I'm really digging the bold, bright colors in the Summer Smooches Suite! The "grandma" word is from "Loved Ones" in the soon-to-be-expired Occasions Mini, and "you're the BEST!" is from the "Perfect Words" Hostess set!
That's all for tonight. Until tomorrow have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Here's another sample I created for my presentation on Saturday. It's hard to see in this photo, but I used the Dazzling Diamond Dust technique with the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets on the middle Blossom flower again:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012
I'm really digging the bold, bright colors in the Summer Smooches Suite! The "grandma" word is from "Loved Ones" in the soon-to-be-expired Occasions Mini, and "you're the BEST!" is from the "Perfect Words" Hostess set!
That's all for tonight. Until tomorrow have a "Stampingrox!" Day!
Today was a day I set completely aside to just play with Summer Smooches and the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets in preparation for my presentation on Saturday, and hooo-boy, did I have fun! Lookie:
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Aren't these little gals just the cutest things? Of course, since they are made with the Petite Purse Die and the Big Shot, they won't hold much, just important things like 3-4 Hershey's nuggets, but who cares when it's chocolate????
I cut my cardstock the regular size, then attached a piece of the Big Shot Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheet. After removing the second protective layer to completely expose the adhesive on the cardstock I added a final layer of Summer Smooches Fabric to the cardstock before running it all through the Big Shot. Voila! A Summer Smooches Fabric Purse to match the purse I made a few days ago, just pint-sized! I LOVE them!
I used the Flower Fusion Sizzlet Die to cut the flowers. These were a little bit more challenging as the cutting surface of a Sizzlet is so shallow, but I just put an extra shim under my die, cranked it through, then used my Paper Snips to cut the threads that didn't cut completely through. Not too bad!
After assembling with Sticky Strip, I finished them off with Real Red Flower Brads from the Brights collection, and the Whisper White brads from the 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo Brads. Absolutely adorable!
Well, I'd better toddle off to bed soon, we have a 3 1/2 hour drive to Rolla, MO, tomorrow for Logan's college visit!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!