Stampin Up, Hello Doily, Goodbye

Yup, it's that time of year again, we loose a bunch of fun goodies and soon will gain some new favorites.  This Doily stamp is hard to say goodbye to.  I don't use it often, but I didn't want to give it up either. Colors are Whisper White and Crisp Cantaloupe.

The Tulip is from Backyard Basics, that is such an awesome set and it's only been around about a year.
I stamped using my white craft pad on vellum, then embossed also with white. I could have just stamped onto the paper and embossed, but it wouldn't have shown as well. It was a little more work this was since I had to cut the doily out before putting on the card, but I love how it turned out.

The paper is from Birthday Basics and the sentiment from Banner Greetings, also gone. The ribbon thankfully is not retiring. Good thing I use a lot of it, and it recolors beautifully.

I'm told the retiring sets are going fast, this year SU is selling them only until they are out of stock, so if you see anything or have something you want, hurry on over and order.

Just click on any of the photo links below to be taken to my store where you can order, or just find out more about a product, browse the retired list, check on sales.

Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Banner Greetings

$8.00

Whisper White 5/8 Inch Organza Ribbon

$5.95

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$4.75

White Vellum 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.50

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Stampin Up Fast and Fabulous card for Sept 25

Ok so, usually I try to make it doable in 10 min, and this one may, just may take 15. But honest, it's pretty easy and fun. 
I finally got Lovely As a Tree, the stamp set, not sure why I waited so long, they are so  versatile.

This stamp is just one small part of it. To get the fall leaf look I tapped ink on the stamp, starting with the lightest color. So, I have Crushed Curry, then Pumpkin Pie, and finally Old Olive. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. But I did try it about 4 times to end up with the best one.

Other then that, I just used the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder on Baked Brown Sugar and then sanded it down some.   I used Very Vanilla Seam binding to soften the look and the oval framelit which sized out just perfect for my leaves.

The Banner Greetings (Hostess set) finished it off.

I have seen so many different ideas using this set. And for all seasons as well.

Banner greetings is a hostess set. Remember, you don't have to have a workshop to get hostess credits. All you have to do is bring your order total to at least $150.

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Mojo Monday 298, Patriotic Birthday card

Good morning everyone, or afternoon, or evening, whatever it is where you are. Here in Northern AZ it's morning.   I'm here with my card for the Mojo Monday challenge, it's making my mondays one of my favorite days of the week.   Strange huh? Well, I'm retired so it really makes no difference to me what day it is normally.  I am happy it's monday tho, I've suffered all weekend with a really bad tooth and today I can finally call the dentist. I truly hate dentists, how about you? Not personally of course, just what they do.

Anyway, here is our sketch for this week.

As it happens my hubbys birthday is in July, and this sketch provided the perfect excuse to get his card done. He is a huge patriotic guy, our kids know anytime they get him something red/white/blue, he will love it, our house attests to that.

So, I did use one retired product on this, I apologize for that but with the new catalog I haven't gotten all the DSP I usually have.  So, used the old DSP pad, and I did truly love the stripes anyway and I think it suited this card.

Colors:
Whisper White
Night of Navy
Cherry Cobbler

Supplies:
Simply Stars
Banner Greetings
Seam binding
Card size is 4x6. I normally like to stick to an A2 size card so they fit in the envelops without problems, and also because I send a lot of my cards I post to OWH (Operation Write Home) to be sent to our troops so they can be used to send cards to their loved ones.  Of course this one is staying here, and I do have 4x6 envys, so it's all good.

I hope you enjoyed this card and that it inspired you.
Thanks for stopping.