Retiring Products

Over the next couple of weeks I am going to be showcasing some of my favourite Retiring Products.
These will only be available while supplies last, so if you do have a favourite, check out the list on my website.

These are similar, colours used are Midnight Muse (retiring colour) and Smoky Slate.  The stamp set is Clockworks, a really useful set for masculine cards.  The sentiments are from Perfectly Penned and Delightful Dozen.  Do you like how I have changed the basic card colours around?  They give a slightly different effect.  Not sure which I like best, I think the grey card.

Continuing the grey theme, using Gorgeous Grunge and fortunately this is still in the annual catalogue because I love it!  The sentiment is from Perfect Pennants which was in the 2014 Occasional Catalogue but it has gone over  to the new Annual Catalogue. Yippee.  The only retiring product on this card are the silver stars!  Now I could have used the old star punch, but I didn't - I used a new star punch which will be available in a set of 3 Itty Bitty Accents punches on July1st!
It is the Silver Glimmer paper that is retiring, to be replaced by a NEW Glimmer Paper, that matches with the beautiful silver ribbon that was in the last 2 Occasional catalogues.

To get your mitts on any of these products, head over to my store or click on the product below.  For every online order I will send you a handmade card as a special   Thank You from me!  Don't forget to use the Hostess Code!  This months is EJAAN9FQ.

Clockworks Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

Perfectly Penned - Clear-Mount Stamp

£11.95

Perfect Pennants

£21.95

Delightful Dozen - Clear-Mount Stamp

£23.95

Delightful Dozen - Clear-Mount Stamp

£23.95

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FATHERS DAY

Fathers Day is just around the corner.  I have tried to make some origani shirt cards, with limited success, I feel.

I have been using up scraps of DSP, as it will be retired from June 30th and as a demonstrator its not good practise to keep using it.  The sentiment is from the soon to be retired set Delightful Dozen.

Easter Treat Box

This treat box was cased from Lucy Tustian   Lucy was asked by Stampin' Up! Uk to do a video with Easter treats.  This box is very easy to make and uses the Petite Petals punch and the small flower punch from the Itty Bitty Punch set.  The grass was cut by hand in the box, however in the card I used the Fringe scissors.

The dimensions are: Blue Sky card stock 20cm x 4 cm, scored 8cm from each end; 6cm square Blue Sky card stock, scored 1cm on each side, then snipped in at one corner to make the box for the egg to sit on.  Find the centre of the square and punch out a 1" circle.  Pop your ends from the long strip into the Scallop Tag Topper punch to give you the closure.  The Happy Easter is from the stamp set Delightful Dozen.

A gift card using the Petite Petals punch

The next card is a Congratulations card that will be heading to Margaret Greenwood of London, our winner of Stampin' Up! goodies.
In the first card I just stamped the petite flowers.  However in the second one I added some punched flowers and the card just lifted itself to the next level, the daffodils jumped off the card!  I would love to have your comments and thoughts.  Please leave a comment below.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

I had a great time with the new Designer Series Papers in black and white. I really love the new designs this year.

I have teemed this simple card with a sentiment from Delightful Dozen stamp set.

Another simple card, this time using the Big Shot and cutting out the word Dad using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz die.

If you send Easter cards then you had better get them done and get them in the post!

Here are a couple of simple cards for you. They use the flower in Love and Sympathy and the sentiment is from Delightful Dozen stamp set. Such a useful set to have on hand.

I made a rectangle mask out of copier paper and brayered it in Certainly Celery.

Then inked up my flower in Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit and Elegant Eggplant respectively. The sentiment is Gumball Green.

The flower was stamped three times with the help of the stamp positioner. I think they are both sweet and cheery and done in no time at all.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

I hope you have a loved one who will spoil you today. However if we were really truthful we would like to be spoiled everyday and not just one day in the year!

so I am going to spoil you with a selection of Valentine cards...

This is created with the Scallop Envelope die and the sentiment is from the stamp set Word Play.  I cheated with Sent with Love as it is computer generated.

I have embossed these punched hearts with the Perfect Polka Dots, Adorning Accents and Petals a Plenty. The ribbon is the new Striped Organdy ribbon in Melon Mambo from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue

Small punched hearts using paper from More Amore DSP in a noughts and crosses design and the sentiment is Teeny Tiny Sentiments

En Francais stamped in Crumb Cake and LOVE cut out from the Natural Composition Specialty Paper using the Typeset Alphabet dies, then a small heart and rhinestone embellishment.

Lastly some punched hearts pleated to look like 

 balloons with the sentiment from Delightful Dozen.