Some More Good-Byes for Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches

There's only a little over two weeks left for all of the retiring products, so I wanted to get a few more fond farewells in before the deadline. Today I'm featuring the beautiful English Garden Designer Series Paper, the Kraft & White Corrugated Paper, and the Six-Sided Sampler Stamp Set, all of which will be leaving us for good after May 31st.

These were the perfect products to use for two great challenges! The colour palette of this card was based on the Challenge Swatch from Color Throwdown:

Doesn't that just make you want to head off to Greece right now? I spent some lovely days in Greece on the island of Naxos, back in the seventies! I'd love to go back.

The layout is from Freshly Made Sketches Challenge sketch:

Take a closer look:

• English Garden Designer Series Paper was certainly made for this challenge, especially this particular design, which also just happens to be my favourite from the whole set, but take a look at the other designs in the pack: (Unfortunately, it is now out of stock!)

• One of the retiring products that I'm uber distressed about is the Kraft & White Corrugated Paper. I LOVE that stuff, but then you know I'm all about texture, right? It gives amazing texture to your products! Why didn't we order more of it, so it wouldn't be retired??

You can still order this stuff if you hurry, but after May 31st it is gone, gone, gone!

• The sentiment is from the retiring Six-Sided Sampler, and adorable set featuring hexagons:

This should be available until the new catalogue comes out.

• The butterfly was created with layers of Night of Navy cardstock, die cut with the Bold Butterfly framelits, Vellum die cut with the Butterflies Thinlits, and Soft Sky, die cut with another of the Bold Butterfly framelits.

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If you would like to order any of these retiring products, you can shop online anytime at my On-Line Store, or send me an email and I will process your order for you.

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 products used to make this card today.

Product List

Six-Sided Sampler Wood Stamp Set [130953]	Six-Sided Sampler Clear Stamp Set [130956]	English Garden Designer Series Paper [138440]	Kraft And White Corrugated Paper [138317]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867]	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Linen Thread [104199]
Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies [138135]	Butterflies Thinlits Dies [137360]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]
Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Watercolour Wings a la Monet for As You See It Challenges

I struggled a little with the direction in which to take this week's As You See It Challenge. I decided to use Watercolour Wings again and I was thinking of using the Boho Chic Embossing Folder as a stamp for the background (see below for the how-to). When I was finished, the whole thing reminded me of the style of Claude Monet, one of the French Impressionists. Of course, I'm not comparing myself to a famous painter. I can only wish that I had that talent, but the colours and the impressionist style with this technique remind me of those paintings.

Here are some famous paintings by Claude Monet:

 Here's the As You See It Challenge sketch:

And here is my design for As You See It Challenges this week:

• With the Watercolour Wings Photopolymer Stamp set, the possibilities are endless, depending on which colours you choose. This time I went bright, using Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo. This is three step stamping, so for the first step, I stamped off the Daffodil Delight to make it lighter. The outside edge of the wings was full strength Daffodil Delight and then the inside details were stamped in Melon Mambo.  I even used the little butterfly stamp that I didn't even notice until today!
• The butterfly is die cut with the coordinating framelit from the Bold Butterfly Framelits, and the little butterfly matches the Elegant Butterfly Punch.
• The background is made using the Boho Chic Embossing Folder as a stamp. I sponged areas of Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo on the side of the folder that I wanted the image to look like. In this case, I wanted to have a larger area coloured so I used the debossed side. I spritzed it with water and inserted my Whisper White cardstock and closed the folder, just rubbing it with my fingers in the area of the colour. I removed the cardstock and used the Heat Tool to dry it.
• The Silver Metallic Thread creates a great accent under the butterfly.  The sentiment is from Watercolour Wings as well and is die cut with the Bitty Banners Framelits.

I hope you have a great weekend! I'm excited because I'm going antiquing with my hubby. We're especially looking for some old oars for decor in our new beach cottage themed house, and maybe some old floats or buoys. We'll see what we can find! Back on Monday!

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 products used to make this card today!


Product List

Watercolor Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set [139424]	Boho Chic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138286]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Silver Metallic Thread [138402]
Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim [137910]	Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies [138135]	Bitty Banners Big Shot Die Framelits [129267]	Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526]	Big Shot [113439]
Heat Tool [129053]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]