Retirement Lists!!!!

It is almost time for the new Stampin' up annual catalog! So some things have to go!! Check out the retirement lists and place your order before they are all gone!!

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Pinterest Page

Just thought you might be interested in checking out my projects on Pinterest! This is a great resource for ideas, too. You can see all of mine right HERE .

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Double Stamping

The base is the usual 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4". The center stamped mat is 3" x 4 1/2". Using temporary adhesive, attach it to the base and stamp your image all over. There will be a slight gap in the stamping around the mat. Then lift the mat off, cut a solid mat at 3 1/4"x 4 3/4" and attach to the back of the stamped mat. Attach this to the base card and the gaps disappear. Then decorate as desired.

SU products used:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Whisper White
Inks: Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, and Early Espresso
Stamp Sets: Field Flowers (122760) and Papillon Potpourri (123757)
Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003)

For the sentiment, I cut the mat from the same framelit and cut the piece in to fourths. I then attached it to the back of the sentiment. ( If you look close, you will see small gaps, but they do not take away from the matting.)

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One more "Sentimental"

If you have been checking in, you know that this is now one of my favorite sets earned from the SAB sale. Another simple card with a lot of sponging on vanilla with Early Espresso ink. The tickets are from the spring catty (good til May 31) called That's the Ticket (128072). I held them together with a mini paper clip and mounted them with dimensionals (104430). The sentiment is also mounted on dimensionals. I cut it out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), then cut the same frame from Early Espresso cardstock, cut it in fourths and attached it to the back. This leaves a tiny gap between the pieces, but is barely noticeable and it looks so much better with the dark outline.

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Dolled Up Kit

Dolled-Up Birthday Kit
We're excited to introduce our second Submit a Project kit--the Dolled-Up Birthday Kit--voted on by you via our Facebook page. This gorgeous birthday card was created by Chris Gilmore, a manager from Coshocton, Ohio. Congratulations, Chris!
The Dolled-Up Birthday kit includes the following:

• Dolled-Up Birthday Photopolymer Stamp (1)
• 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Crumb Cake Cardstock (6 pieces)
• 2" x 4-1/4" Very Vanilla Cardstock (6 pieces)
• Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes (6)
• Tea Lace Paper Doilies (6)
• Dress Up die-cuts (6)
• Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot (1)
• Vanilla 5/8" Flower Trim (6 pieces)
• Sponge Dauber (1)

Get everything you need to make six cards for only $15.95 (item 133913)!*

To assemble one card, follow the instructions below:

1. Place the stamp on clear-mount block D or H rubber side up and ink with the Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot.
2. Stamp "Happy Birthday" at the bottom of the card front.
3. Ink the Sponge Dauber with Soft Suede ink and gently antique the doily and the edges of the dress form.
4. Adhere the pieces to the card front in this order:
   
   • Doily
   • Very Vanilla Cardstock
   • Dress form
   • Flower

*Adhesive not included

Smiles book

Just thought I would share a fun little project. I borrowed the book cover stamp. It is available through Too Much Fun Rubber stamps . She is great to work with! I made pocket pages to place on the inside and decorated it with what made me smile!

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Tulips from owl punch

These tulips were created with the owl builder punch (#118074).  Punch out the owl body, cut the feet off and cut two petal/leaves from each one, coming up from the bottom center to the "ear" in a curved cut. Sponge color around each one to add dimension and put the flower together. The buttons were also created from cardstock. Punch out a circle the size needed for the button twice, punch two small holes in the center and glue on top of each other. Punch out two more smaller circles, then use the original punch to punch out a ring from the hole in the cardstock. Glue these two pieces on top of the first and there is your button. Hope that makes sense to you! I then coated them with Crystal Effects (101055). The doily (129399) is cut in half and added to the card.

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