Not Much Time Left!

This is your official countdown for the Retiring Products. 

You have  3 days  left 

to order any retiring product before it is gone for good!

I will be putting in an order this weekend, so make sure you get your orders to me before Sunday afternoon!


Also check out my Product Shares for the ne 2015/16 Annual Catalogue here.

Countdown to Retirement - Last Chance to Get Retiring Products

This is your official countdown for the Retiring Products. 

You have  4 days  left 

to order any retiring product before it is gone for good!

I will be putting in an order this weekend, so make sure you get your orders to me before Sunday afternoon!

2015 /16 Annual Catalogue Product Shares are Up!

 2015/16 Idea Book and Catalogue

There are so many enticing new products in the new Catalogue that I'm sure your wish list is longer than your arm! Here's a way to get a taste of many of the papers, ribbons and embellishments for less money! Product shares!

Here's how it works:  I facilitate 4 people buying a variety of let's say, ribbon and then I divide the cost between them and split up the product evenly and mail or deliver it to each of them.  They get a greater variety of ribbon for a lower price.  

Here are the product shares I'm offering.  

A. New Ribbon Share - $58 each (price includes tax and shipping) 4 people required (see pg. 158/159)

- Thick Baker's Twine - 3.75 yards in each of 5 colours: Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler,                                                                                                                                                                          Smoky Slate and Very Vanilla

- Sequin Trim - 2.50 yards each of Blushing Bride and Silver

- 1" Dotted Lace Trim - 1.25 yards each of 5 colours: Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Tip                                                                                                                                                            Top Taupe and Watermelon Wonder

- Metallic Thread - 12.50 yards each of Gold and Silver

- 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon - 2.50 yards each of five colours: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo,                                                                                                                                                                        Pacific Point and Whisper White

- 5/8" Striped Cotton Ribbon - 2.50 yards each of the five 2014 - 16 In Colours: Blackberry Bliss, Hello                                                                                                                                                         Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, 
                                                                                                                                                                               Tangelo Twist

B.  Embellishment Share - $22 each (includes tax and shipping)  4 people required (see pages 160 -161)

- Metallics Sequin Assortment - 12 each of 3 designs in 5 colours  (180 sequins in all)

- Brights Sequin Assortment - 12 each of 3 designs in 5 colours  (180 sequins in all)

- 2015/17 In Colour Blossom Accents - 2 each of 5 colours (10 in all)
- Expressions Natural Elements - 2 each of 3 designs  plus 1 random expression (7 wooden elements)

- Metal Rimmed Pearls - 2 each of 3 sizes  (6 pearls)

- White Perfect Accents - 6 each of 3 sizes (18 accents)

- Classy Designer Buttons - 2 each of 3 designs in Vanilla (6 buttons)

C. Paper Share - $46 each (includes tax and shipping) 4 people required (see pages 142 - 143)

- Typeset Specialty - one  12" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs  

- Colour Me Irresistible Specialty -  twelve 6" x 6" sheets - 6 white and 6 colored single-sided designs

- Everyday Chic - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- Bohemian - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- English Garden - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- Farmer's Market - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- Sweet L'il Things - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- Merry Moments - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- Timeless Elegance - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs   

- Schoolhouse - one 6" x 12" sheet of each of 6 two-sided designs

D. "I Want It All" Share - Save 15%  -  $107.00 each (includes tax and shipping)

- Includes A,B and C

To sign up, fill out the form below.  You will not have to pay anything until the share is filled. (Until I have the 4 people the share requires.)  I will then send you a PayPal invoice, which you can pay on-line in a very secure way using a credit card, or you can mail me a cheque or send me an etransfer.  Once you have paid, I will place the order and when it comes, I will divide up all the products and get them to you.  Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom and fill out all the information. *Sorry, but I can only ship to locations in Canada.*

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the response form below and complete all fields before submitting.  Filling out this form does not constitute a full commitment.  You will only be billed when the share is filled with enough people.  I will not order until I have received payment from all share members.


                        

Back to Black for As You See It Challenges

As a demonstrator, I'm keenly aware at this time of year of all the Designer Series Paper I haven't used up yet. It's an issue for a demonstrator because almost all the DSP is retiring and there is no point in designing something and blogging about it, if you can't buy it anymore! I could use it for personal use, but I almost always use any cards I give to family and friends as blog entries. There is only so much time in a week! So I welcome opportunities to use up little scraps of DSP that I won't be able to resell at my Rubber Rummage Sale. Thanks to Amanda's sketch for As You See It Challenges #089, I was able to use up a lot of little scraps of Back To Black Designer Series Paper. Here's the great sketch:

And here's what I did with it:

• This card is pretty simple, except for the 3D rose which I made using a five petal template. Here is a video tutorial I did showing you how to create one. I used the now-retired Fancy Flower Punch, which is a perfect size and shape for making these flowers, but you can use any 5 petal flower shape to do it, or even make your own template by punching out 5 one inch circles and overlapping them in a circle, gluing them together, then tracing around them. You'll need a total of three full flowers to get your 5 layers. The leaves are die cut from Basic Black using the Flower Fair Framelits.
• The small squares of paper are punched from various Back To Black designs using the 1" Square punch. I used a punch since I am "square-challenged", but you could cut them on your Stampin' Trimmer without the need of the punch. I find it is just so darned handy, though. Lining them up on the card front evenly required a lightly drawn pencil line (and a good quality eraser!) and having the Whisper White layer centered on my grid paper so that I could measure an even distance between the squares. I always start with the middle square and work toward the sides, trimming off any excess afterwards.
• The sentiment is one of my favourite from And Many More Stamp set and it is such a versatile greeting.
• The layering of Basic Black and Whisper White that I did on the card base, takes the card from "ho-hum" to elegant, especially when you vary the width of the borders. It meant that I had a little less room for my "inchies", but a black and white card needs details like this to keep from being boring.

This is your official countdown for the Retiring Products. 

You have  5 days  left 

to order any retiring product before it is gone for good!

I will be putting in an order this weekend, so make sure you get your orders to me before Sunday afternoon!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134276]	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273]	Back To Black Designer Series Paper [133700]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Flower Fair Framelits Die [133731]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]
Stampin' Trimmer [126889]

You've Got This for Colour Throwdown

I was visiting with a friend yesterday who has the most beautiful garden. She is a painter and her canvas is soil and her palette is flowers. One of the blooms she had in a vase on the table was a gorgeous yellow rose, and when I decided to do the beautiful Colour Throwdown Challenge #344, I was inspired to do some watercolouring with the image from the new stamp set, You've Got This! Love that set! You're going to want to order it! Just sayin'!

• I picked Pear Pizzazz for my green, Pink Pirouette for the pastel pink, and So Saffron for the yellow, even though it's a bit darker than the sample. I added a little Daffodil Delight to lighten it up when I was watercolouring.
• I used White Stampin' Emboss Powder to emboss the outline of the flower and then used an Aquapainter to add the ink to the image. I kept it quite wet and added the colour at the base of the leaves and petals and drew it up to the top of each one. I added a little blush of Pink Pirouette to the top of some of the petals
• The sentiment is one of three great ones from the same stamp set, You've Got This. I stamped it in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I love the background stamp in this set. It makes a perfect backdrop for any water-coloured image.
• I used some of the Pear Pizzazz 1/4" Cotton Ribbon to create a little fork bow for a finishing touch on the card.

This is your official countdown for the Retiring Products. 

You have  6 days  left 

to order any retiring product before it is gone for good!

I will be putting in an order this weekend, so make sure you get your orders to me before then!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Sneak Peek Products from the new 2015/16 Annual Catalogue, available June 2, 2015:

You've Got This Stamp Set

Product List

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131201]	Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111351]	So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105118]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180]	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Pear Pizzazz 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134562]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Aqua Painters [103954]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]

Posies and Papillons for The Paper Players

Okay, I'm reaching the point where I need to do a big order of new products from the new 2015/16 Annual Catalogue! I know that I am really lucky to be able to order a few products from the Sneak Peek pre-order, but I've kind of exhausted them now and I've psychologically detached myself from most of the retiring products, so it's time for something new! Especially, DSP! I felt bereft of inspiration when it came time to create something for The Paper Players' Challenge this week, but I got out a combination that I previously really liked with the In Colour Envelope Paper and Tip Top Taupe, I used a stamp from I Think You're Great to stamp a Watermelon Wonder Posie and good old Papillon Potpourri to add some butterflies, and Boom! I had a card!  Here's The Paper Players' Challenge #246:

It's a great sketch from Anne Marie Hile! This is my take on it:

• I had butterflies on the brain with this one. Papillon Potpourri is a stamp set I haven't used in forever, but the bitty butterflies were perfect for the three small elements on the left in the sketch and they looked so much better with a stamped image than just punched out of cardstock with the Bitty Butterfly punch. The same with the larger butterfly punched out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch. All the butterfly images are stamped in Tip Taupe Top on coloured cardstock.
• The sentiment is from Butterfly Basics stamp set.  I just love the scripts used in its sentiments. It turns out that it shows up well stamped right onto the Mint Macaron striped Envelope Paper with Tip Top Taupe ink.
• The flower is from one of the images in I Think You're Great. I stamped it on Whisper White with Watermelon Wonder ink and trimmed the sides off so that it would look even in a square. I matted it with a larger rectangle of Tip Top Taupe cardstock and a narrow border of Watermelon Wonder cardstock.

We are in the midst of a redecorating project at my house. It was decorated with dark, warm colours in a Tuscan villa kind of look for years. We've decided to go with a beachy decor with light cool colours, except we don't want to change furniture because our leather couch and chair are in next-to-new condition, so we'll see how they fit in. I'm excited to finally get the time for this project. I'll have some before and after photos when we're done.

Thanks for your visit! Come back soon!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Sneak Peek Products from the new 2015/16 Annual Catalogue, available June 2, 2015:

I Think You're Great Stamp Set, 2015 - 17 In Colour Envelope Paper, Tip Top Taupe Cardstock, Mint Macaron Cardstock, Watermelon Wonder Cardstock, Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad, Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set [138816]	Butterfly Basics Wood Stamp Set [138813]	Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set [137154]	Papillon Potpourri Clear Stamp Set [123759]	Papillon Potpourri Wood Stamp Set [132058]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]	Bitty Butterfly Punch [129406]	Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]