Saying Goodbye to Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper

As a lover of all things purple, today’s card created with the gorgeous Stampin’ Up! Hydrangea Haven is one of my favorites! The gorgeous, gorgeous Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper is retiring soon. For a pop of color, I used the equally beautiful Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Acetate which is also retiring. To begin with, I stamped the floral image twice with Highland Heather Ink using the Stamparatus. I then colored it lightly… Read More »

In-colors, we have in-colors!

With the 2021-2023 Annual Catalog comes the new 2021-2023 In Colors. New product is always exciting, but new colors to create with is even more exciting!!! These five new colors will be available in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog and will be around for two years.  They’re available in ink pads, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, and embellishments!! Let’s take a closer look at the new Stampin’ Up! 2021-2023 In Colors.… Read More »

Saying Goodbye to Floral Essence and Rococo Rose

The gorgeous Floral Essence Stamp Set will be retiring this year. I paired it with the Rococo Rose Cardstock which is one of the 2019-2021 In colors so it will also be retiring. The floral images with stamped with Rococo Rose Ink onto Basic White Cardstock. I stamped it off once because I wanted a lightly colored image. I stamped the center with Bumble Bee Ink; also stamped off. The… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! 2021/2022 Annual Catalog

It’s that time of year…time to get your hands on a new copy of the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog and I’m really excited for what the new year has to bring!  And I know that you are desperately waiting for your copy as well!  So here’s the scoop.  All of my customers that have placed an order in the last 12 months are VIPs and will get a complimentary catalog, no… Read More »

Masculine Monday with A Good Man

It’s Monday and time for a masculine card. I’m beginning to realize that I do not have a lot of masculine stamp sets in my stash. So I’m using the same set that I used for my other grandson, Troy. Here’s the one I made for Troy The one below is for my grandson, David. I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black, colored the body with the Ivory Stampin’ Blends… Read More »

Cuteness Overload with the Springtime Joy!

My husband and I went for a hike yesterday and the weather was gorgeous! My two favorite seasons of the year are Spring and Fall. But I love Spring the most of all. It means the days are warmer, the flowers have started to bloom, there are baby animals everywhere and it’s baseball season. For today’s post, I decided to use one of the cute images from the Springtime Joy… Read More »

Saturday Sketch with A Flower for All Seasons DSP

It’s Saturday and it’s beautiful outside. We are going on a short hike later today because it’s such a nice day! Now on to our sketch and card for today’s post. For the background, I used the A Season for All Seasons Designer Series. This DSP is on sale for only $6.50 while supplies last. This is the sheet I used from the gorgeous DSP. The image is a digital… Read More »

Saying Goodbye to Zany Zebras!

It’s Fun Fold Friday! For today’s card, I’m featuring the adorable, whimsical cute Zany Zebras Stamp Set. I simply adored this set but didn’t use it enough and now it’s going. The fun fold is called “Z” fold. I paired it with the True Love Designer Series Paper. This DSP was a black and white pack and the flowers in it were perfect for coloring. This DSP will be retiring… Read More »

Revised Retirement Lists

I’ve revised the list to sort by category, then item name – I’ve also removed the French items: Download: 2020/2021 Annual Catalog Retiring List The Jan-Jun Mini catalog list just came out and I haven’t had a chance to revise it. But it’s attached so you can view it. I’ll revised in the next couple of days to sort by category and item name. Download: Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog Retiring… Read More »

Last Chance Sale!

It took me a long time to get on the website because I think all the world-wide demonstrators were trying to log on at the same time to view the Retirement List for the 2020/2021 Annual catalog. Retiring products are offered on a while-supplies-last basis (and some are nicely discounted). Some items, such as the outgoing In Colors and Designer Series Papers are famous for selling out fast but once they… Read More »