Petite Petals in Denim and Wisteria

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   It's that time of year again when I'm kinda sad and kinda glad.  I'm sad when some of my favorite stamp sets are retiring. And I'm glad because there's new stamp sets right around the corner when the catalog comes out on June 1st! Of course, as a demonstrator, I've already pre-ordered some stamp sets, the new In Colors, and some fabulous accessories, but I want to play with some of my old favorites one last time.

The "Petite Petals" stamp set and matching Petite Petals Punch are two of my favorite products. I love the little flowers.  They're so sweet and so pretty on a card. I've made two cards with this retiring set and some retiring accessories as well. I'll be sharing the other card tomorrow--so come back!

Remember: the retiring stamp sets are going to be manufactured up until May 22, 2017, and then Stampin' Up will stop production and the retiring sets will only be available while supplies last. The accessories are already only available while supplies last, so if you see something you want, get it while it's still available. Also, some retiring products are on sale--I've marked them in the thumbnails below.

I stamped the outline leaves from the also retiring "Grateful Bunch" stamp set in Wild Wasabi onto a 3-3/4" by 5" Whisper White Card Stock Panel. I also stamped a sentiment from the retiring "Tin of Cards" stamp set in Dapper Denim. I adhered this to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" Dapper Denim mat and then wrapped a length of Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon around the bottom before adhering it to a Thick Whisper White Card Stock card base, cut lengthwise.

Next, I stamped three flowers in Dapper Denim Ink and three in Wisteria Wonder Ink and punched them out with the Petite Petals Punch.  I curled the petals a bit with my Bone Folder before adhering them to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.  For a finishing touch, I added a Basic Pearl Embellishment to each flower. (Right now the Basic Pearl Embellishments are sold out--but never fear, there will be a similar set of pearl embellishments in the new catalog!)

tams# 13212

Product List

Petite Petals Wood Stamp Set [133152] $16.00	Petite Petals Punch [133322]      was $13.00     now $9.10	Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set [140691] $21.00	Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set [138946] $17.00
Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] $6.50	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985] $6.50	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959] $6.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141414] $8.00	Dapper Denim 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141424]       was $8.00       now $5.60	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] SOLD OUT
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00

Grateful Flowers

#stampinup   One of my favorite things about attending Stampin' Up events is seeing the variety of card created by other stampers. We all spend hours taking pictures of cards on the display boards. I saw one at the April OnStage event that was so pretty, I just had to CASE (copy and share everything) it!!


This card uses one of my favorite sets from the Occasions catalog. I was so happy to see it--and its matching punch--carried over to the current catalog.


I started with a Wild Wasabi card base and added layers of Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder. The stamping is done on a Whisper White panel. I stamped the leaf outlines from the "Grateful Bunch" stamp set in Wild Wasabi. Next, I stamped the group of three flowers a couple of times in Basic Black Archival Ink onto Whisper White scraps. I colored these flowers in Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder using a Blender Pen. I adhered the flowers to the card with Glue Dots.


The sentiment from the "Tin of Cards" stamp set--also carried over into the new catalog--is stamped in Wild Wasabi Ink. Each flower has a Basic Pearl in the center.


This card reminds me of a daisy chain and I really love these colors together. They're wonderful for a spring or summer happy hello!

Peach Soup

#stampinup   One of the beautiful new In Colors for 2016-17 is Peekaboo Peach. I've heard talk on the interwebz that some stampers are finding it hard to use this color. I think I'll be just fine--once I my Stampin' Up order gets here! I only have a few stamp sets and designer series papers and ribbons from the pre-order. I feel like I'm on a stamp "diet!" And I don't like it. Anyway, I tried my hand at using Peekaboo Peach with my limited supplies as I play along in this week's Global Design Project challenge.



When I saw the theme, I immediately thought about using the "Get Well Soup" stamp. I love this big, bold stamp and my favorite way to use it is to paper piece the bowl. I stamped the image onto a Whisper White panel in Basic Black Archival Ink. I stamped the bowl on one of the polka dotty sheets of the Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack. I fussy cut the bowl and adhered it to the stamped image. I didn't like the black heart in the middle of the bowl and the Sweetheart Punch was a little too big to cover it, so I used the larger flower from the trio of flowers from the "Grateful Bunch" stamp set, which I colored in Sweet Sugarplum using a Blender Pen. I adhered the flower to the bowl with a couple of glue dots.

I adhered the main panel to a Basic Black mat and I am kicking myself because I didn't order Peekaboo Peach Rushed Ribbon so I added a length of Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon to the assembly before adhering it to a Peekaboo Peach card base.

I'll admit that I need to play a little more with Peekaboo Peach, but I think I'm going to fall in love with it--just like I've fallen in love with all the 2016-17 In Colors!

tams# 7490

Product List

Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00	Blender Pens [102845] $10.00	Blossom Bunch Punch [140612] $18.00
Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141428] $8.00	Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack [141657] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.00
Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141417] $8.00	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] $6.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00	Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Bundle [140801] $33.00
Get Well Soup Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138768] $13.00

A Week of Excuses...and Projects!

#stampinup   I used to work with a woman who was simply delightful...and always late to meetings. Instead of quietly sneaking into the back of the room and taking a seat, she'd breeze in and breathless describe in glorious detail why she was late. It was charming and frustrating all at the same time.

Well, I've got a week full of excuses...but I hope you'll find something charming in the projects I'm sharing. I was away for 3 weeks--one week in Salt Lake City for the OnStage event (awesome) and two weeks on business in Denver. When I got home and turned on my laptop, I got a message that the hard drive couldn't be found. What? It's right in there! If I had a screwdriver I could get to it. Ugh. My hubby--and local technical support--couldn't fix it and after a while, we realized that we'd have to get the experts to take care of it. I was able to get my Creation Station blog posted...but it took far longer than usual because the old laptop kept freezing and I had to keep rebooting it and at about 12:45 AM I finally got the post up. (Am I charming you yet?)

The repair was quick--we dropped off the laptop at 3:30 Sunday afternoon and it was ready by 7:30. I can't complain about that. But then we had to load the operating system and that took all night and then the backup files had to be restored from the cloud and that took forever. I was afraid to touch the computer while all this was going on. And I sat on my bum for a week catching upon on all the shows on my DVR and not creating a dang thing. (Oh the horror!)

Saturday arrived and I figured I'd have some time to play with my toys in the stamping room, but first I knew I needed to load the software that I used to edit photos for the blog....but I couldn't find the dang disc. After some frustration, I did find it--on my bedside table. Don't ask me why it was there, because I couldn't begin to tell you.

I took the disc to my computer in the stamping room, opened the lid, pressed the "on" button and...nothing. Oh. My. Gosh. Really?! It took about 15 minutes to get the thing started. I'm pretty sure it was due to "user error" but...Then the software wouldn't load and it took hours for me to troubleshoot it and get it going. 

So there's my gloriously detailed the-dog-ate-my-laptop story of why my blog has been dark for a week.

Fortunately, I was able to attend a Silver Celebration hosted by my Stampin' Up upline leader, Connie Heisey. She and her team feted all their team members who have achieved silver status for Stampin' Up. We made some beautiful projects using the "Birthday Blooms" stamp set and Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper (retiring). We also had a great time fellowshipping with each other and having a wonderful meal of soup and salad and awesome sugar cookies.  Here are the projects.

We started with a Blushing Bride card base and stamped the large rose from the "Birthday Blooms" set in Blushing Bride ink over the background. We added a strip of Birthday Bouquet DSP, a second piece of the DSP cut with one of the Lots of Labels framelits and trimmed with a Tea Lace Paper Doily (retiring).

We stamped the flower in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a piece of Shimmery White card stock and used blender pens to color it in Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron. When it was dry, we added some Clear Wink of Stella. We fussy cut the flower and adhered it to a Whisper White Circle punched with the 2-1/2" Circle Punch. For a final touch we added a Whisper White Baker's Twine bow.

The second card also starts with a Blushing Bride card base. This time we added a sheet of floral DSP from the Birthday Bouquet DSP. We adhered a piece of the same DSP to a Blushing Bride strip and adhered this to the bottom of the card. Next, we stamped the large flower from the "Birthday Blooms" stamp set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a piece of Shimmery White Card Stock. We colored this in Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron, using Blender pens. When it was dry, we added some Clear Wink of Stella to the flower. We fussy cut the flower and adhered it to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. We stamped the sentiment from the "Birthday Blooms" set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock punched with the 1-1/2" Circle punch. We also added some smaller flowers to this piece. The finishing touch is a bow of Whisper White Baker's Twine.

Again, we started with a Blushing Bride card base and a piece of Birthday Bouquet DSP. We stamped the large flower image in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a piece of Shimmery White Card Stock and colored it in Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron using Blender Pens. Again, when the image was dry, we added some Clear Wink of Stella. This piece was adhered directly to a Mint Macaron mat and then to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the "And Many More" set (retiring). I added some flowers from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (retiring) and a Mint Macaron Enamel Dot from the It's My Party collection (retiring) to the centers of the flowers.
 

The last card starts with a Blushing Bride card base and a Birthday Bouquet DSP mat. We added another piece of the DSP to a Blushing Bride strip and adhered this to the card vertically. We stamped the sentiment and some of the flowers from the "Birthday Blooms" set in Basic Black Archival ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock cut with one of the Lots of Labels framelits. We colored the flowers with Blushing Bride ink, using Blender Pens. The finishing touch is another Whisper White Baker's Twine Bow.

Our last project was this super cute clipboard! We adhered a large sheet of the Birthday Bouquet DSP directly onto a clipboard using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. We made an accordion file from Blushing Bride Card Stock and adhered that to the board with Tear and Tape Adhesive. We built a flower using a variety of punches. So cute!! We stamped the sentiment from the "Grateful Bunch" stamp set in Basic Black Archival ink on to a Whisper White strip and flagged the end. We added a bow of Whisper White Organza Ribbon.

tams# 7037

Product List

It's My Party Enamel Dots [140554] $4.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] $17.00	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $27.00	Tea Lace Paper Doilies [129399] $3.00
Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon [114319] $6.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00
Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $3.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Blender Pens [102845] $10.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $6.50
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $6.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00	2-1/2" Circle Punch [120906] $18.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299] $16.00
Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper [140557] $11.00	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $7.00
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $7.00	Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set [140691] $21.00	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273] $37.00	Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] $19.00