We’re already up to day eight of my farewell to retiring products and today we’re saying goodbye to the Verdant Garden stamp set.
I’ve made a series of cards with this stamp set that feature four of the 2019-20 in colours: Seaside Spray, Terracotta Tile, Rococo Rose and Pretty Peacock.
First cab off the rank? Seaside Spray. I’ve used the two bottom stamps in this set – they are designed to be used together to create this lovely tile effect.
Next is Terracotta Tile and Crumb Cake. Each of these cards features the same stamped design and this lovely scalloped linen ribbon in each of the In Colours.
Rococo Rose is such a soft and gentle pink – this card might be my favourite!
Pretty Peacock is last but not least and it also looks fantastic with Crumb Cake.
Here’s a closer look at all four cards. I’ve just found out that these beautiful ribbons will be carrying over to the new 2020-21 annual catalogue, which is great, but sadly the Verdant Garden stamp set will be retiring very soon.
Tomorrow I will be featuring another stamp set that is retiring from the 2019 Annual Catalogue and the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue, but in the meantime you can view all the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like me your very own Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
Wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
Day seven of my “Marie Condo” farewell to retiring products brings me to an inspiration stamp set that is especially great for men or for anyone who likes to cycle or watch the Tour de France…the Enjoy Life stamp set.
I love the silhouette images in this set and the sentiments are wonderful too.
I’ve made two cards today that use the cyclist image. For the first card I created a simple sponged background in Balmy Blue and Soft Sea Spray, which is all you need to create a scene, along with the grass stamp stamped at the base of the card in Old Olive.
I love this sentiment – it is just such a lovely reminder of the things we can always be grateful for, even during the strange times we are living in right now.
My second card also farewells five other retiring products, the bold and beautiful 2018-20 In Colours: Blueberry Bushel, Call Me Clover, Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove and Lovely Lipstick.
Don’t they look lovely all stamped side by side on this card?
Every day I will be featuring a stamp set that is retiring from the 2019 Annual Catalogue and the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue and thank it for its service by showcasing a card (or two) that I’ve made with the stamp set.
You can view all the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like me to send you your very own Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another card or two to farewell another retiring stamp set.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
Day six of farewelling retiring products and I’m saying goodbye to the Abstract Impressions stamp set…a stamp set that makes anyone look like an artist!
These layered stamps give you an amazing depth of colour using just the one ink pad. For my card today I’ve only used Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green.
I’ve achieved that painted look by “stampin off” my inks for some of the stamps and stampin at full strength for the other layers of flower and grass.
This is a stamp set that works with any colour and it’s so quick and easy to make cards with! I love the sentiments that come with this stamp set – especially the one I’ve used on my card today “If flowers were hugs, I’d send you a thousand”!
Tomorrow I will be featuring another stamp set that is retiring from the 2019 Annual Catalogue and the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue and thanking it for its service by showcasing a card (or two) that I’ve made with the stamp set.
You can view all of the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like a copy of the Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
Day five of my farewell to retiring products and I’m farewelling another absolute favourite: the Dashing Deer stamp set and its co–coordinating Detailed Deer dies.
I used a Memories and More whisper white pre-made card as my base, added a layer of champagne foil and then another layer of whisper white embossed with the softly falling textured impression embossing folder.
The beautiful deer are stamped in gray granite onto whisper white using the Dashing Deer stamp set, then cut out with their matching Detailed Deer thinlits.
Don’t you love the pattern on the biggest deer?
The sentiment is from the same Dashing Deer stamp set, stamped in gray granite and the embellishments are die cut out of foil using the detailed deer thinlits. A tiny double bow of linen thread is the final touch.
Here’s another card I made using the Detailed Deer dies, some sparkly glimmer paper and strips of washi tape. You could also cut up strips of Designer Series paper to get the same effect.
Can you see how sparkly my deer is in this photo?
Tomorrow I will be featuring another stamp set that is retiring from the 2019 Annual Catalogue and the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue and thanking it for its service by showcasing a card (or two) that I’ve made with the stamp set.
You can view all of the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like a copy of the Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
We’re up to day four of my “Marie Condo” farewell to retiring products and since it’s only a week until mother’s day I thought it would be the perfect time to farewell a stamp set with a mother’s day sentiment.
The Tea Together stamp set has matching tea time dies, which makes card making super fast and easy.
I’ve used this card to make both birthday cards and mother’s day cards – I love this mother’s day sentiment. I’ve made my teapot for this card using Gorgeous Grape card stock and some retired butterfly DSP but it looks lovely cut out of any patterned paper, especially floral designs.
Here is another card i made with this set …this time using a Christmas paper to make a birthday card.
I picked up on the Poppy Parade and the Mossy Meadow colours in the DSP and used my blender pens in these colours to colour in stamped flowers from the Tea Together stamp set. The teapot, cup and saucer were also stamped from this set and then all cut out using the matching dies.
The happy birthday sentiment is from the Itty bitty Birthdays stamp set die cut out with my stitched rectangle dies.
I also used the stitched rectangle dies on my Mother’s Day card.
I hope you’re enjoying my farewell to retiring products?
Every day I will be featuring a stamp set that is retiring from the 2019 Annual Catalogue and the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue and thank it for its service by showcasing a card (or two) that I’ve made with the stamp set.
You can view all the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like me to send you your very own Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another card or two to farewell another retiring stamp set.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
