Tis' the season where Stampin' Up! retires a bunch of stamps and accessories to make room for new treasures soon to be released in the new catalog -- June 1st. I always feel compelled to give my favorite sets a final debut! I am having my "Going, going, gone! card buffet" on Saturday, May 18th at 10 am, and here are the treasures there will be to choose from. These are easy cards to create -- 10 min or less kind of cards. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to check out the stamp sets and accessories (some marked down to 40% off!) that are retiring, and get them before they're gone!
This first card features the single stamp -- Quint-Essential Flower -- for $8.95. It coordinates with the 2 3/8" and 1 3/4" scallop circle punches and 1" circle punch. Simply stamp in three colors -- here Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, and Old Olive -- and punch out with the punches. Layer together using stampin' dimensionals, and you have a great, easy card. Other retiring products used here, are the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, the Tiny Tags stamp set and Jewelry tag punch, and the polka dotted scalloped ribbon.
This cute little trendy vase with the flowers, is from the all occasion set -- "Button Buddies". I simply colored the vase with a red marker, the flower stems with an Olive marker and punched out little flowers with the Itty Bitty punch pack. Added some rhinestones and what a cute little card! Other retiring products used here: Bashful Blue card stock and ink, and the sentiment -- from the Made for You stamp set.
A topiary card made with the retiring "Circle Circus" stamp set -- and a variety of circle punches. Super easy card, but a really fun effect. For the flower pot, I used the decorative label punch. Other retiring products used here: Certainly Celery card stock and ink, the "Friendly Phrases" stamp set.
"Just Believe" stamp set is one of my very favorites! So sorry to see it go... Here I did a simple color blocking technique -- use your clear block, ink it up, and "stamp" it onto your white card stock panel. Then stamp your image on top in a darker ink. The background inks used here are Certainly Celery and Baja Breeze -- both of which are retiring.
A simple sympathy card featuring "French Foliage" stamp set. A lovely set for fall, of course, but also great for summer cards, too. The lacy brocade embossing folder used on the little strip of Lucky Limeade card stock, is also retiring. Boo!!!
I put Crystal Effects on the little blue leaf to give the card some dimension.
"Sweet Floral" is a lovely background stamp. Here I simply inked the stamp in Riding Hood Red ink (a retiring color) and stamped it on the same color card stock -- added pearls to the flower centers, and a sentiment from the also retiring "Punch Pals" stamp set. Added a butterfly punched from designer paper, and some ribbon. Easy peasy, but lovely just the same.
"Elements of Style" stamp set takes Vintage to a new level. Here I stamped the floral branch image on a Labels framelits die cut, used a sponge dauber to add some Marina Mist ink to the flowers, layered it on a strip of dsp from the poetry print pack, added some crochet trim, and some Crystal Effects to the flowers -- and punched out the sentiment. Done!
This final card features the retiring Build a Blossom stamp set and the matching Blossom Petals builder punch. Of all the things retiring this year, this punch makes me the saddest. I use this punch ALL the time -- for leaves, fancy flowers, you name it. So versatile! Sob! Anyways, I simply stamped the petals on Baja Breeze card stock, punched them out, and created the focal flower by adhering the petals to a punched circle using Tombow multi glue.
Hope this inspires you to do some crafting, too! Hop on my website and see what retiring treasures YOU can't live without.
Happy Sunday!
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