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]

More Intricate Dies with the Butterfly Thinlits

Do you know what colour I haven't used for awhile? Wisteria Wonder! She was lying there, forgotten in my Colour Caddy, sniffling a little when I found her. She gave me a hint that she goes really well with Mint Macaron, I colour I've been using a lot, so I thought she deserved some air time! This is a second card for my February Technique Nights which features Intricate Dies and the Big Shot Die Brush, and I wanted to use some of our older intricate dies to show my customers how much use they will get out of the brush.

• Don't you love the soft look of the Mint Macaron and the Wisteria Wonder together? I don't know why I didn't think of this combination before now.
• The Designer Series Paper you see in the middle is from the English Garden Designer Series. The background DSP is from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack in Wisteria Wonder.
• I used the Butterflies Thinlits to die cut the big butterfly. I added some clear Wink of Stella to the edges of the wings. You can just see the glitter in this photo.
• The sentiment is from the Picture Perfect Stamp set and is so appropriate for this card. I stamped it in Elegant Eggplant and punched it out with the Washi Label Punch. I punched out a second one from Elegant Eggplant cardstock, cut it in half and adhered to each end of the sentiment.

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

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set [140520]	English Garden Designer Series Paper [138440]	Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack [138437]	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122922]
Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105126]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]	Butterflies Thinlits Dies [137360]
Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911]	Washi Label Punch [138296]	Big Shot [113439]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]