Million & One for Pals Paper Arts

Planning for this week's blog posts, I wanted to join in on Pals Paper Arts Colour Challenge today, and this week, I am featuring retiring products to help you decide if there are some products that you need to get before they are gone for good on June 2.  Million & One is a set that is on the retiring list and I just love the script used for this set. The colour palette for the challenge is as you see below:

Really, I would much rather be showing you sneak peeks of the new Annual catalogue, but I'm not at home and there is a box of new products sitting inside my front door waiting for me to get there. You can imagine how antsy that makes me feel! But as much as I love getting new stamping products, I love these two even more, and I haven't seen them for six and a half months:

               

This little girl on the left is One Year Old today and I wanted to be there for her birthday!  So I'll just have to wait for a few more days to play with my new stuff.

Let's look at how I used the colour challenge shades in this card:

• The card base is Baked Brown Sugar, as are the vines from Flowering Flourishes, a stamp set that you will be seeing more of in the new Annual Catalogue.
• Hello Honey is the colour of the stripes in the DSP from the Lullaby Designer Series Paper which is retiring and the cardstock that forms the matte for the sentiment label. Some of the Petite Petals are stamped in Hello Honey as well and punched out with the Petite Petals Punch. The bow on the sentiment is made from Hello Honey Satin Stitched Ribbon which is also retiring.
• And the sentiment from Million & One is stamped in Coastal Cabana ink as are a number of the little Petite Petals flowers. The background panel is backed with Coastal Cabana. As Coastal Cabana is one of the retiring 2013 - 15 In Colours, any products using that colour will be retiring.

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

*Million & One Wood Stamp Set [126375]	*Million & One Clear Stamp Set [126377]	Flowering Flourishes Clear Stamp Set [126367]	Flowering Flourishes Wood Stamp Set [131998]	Petite Petals Wood Stamp Set [133152]
Petite Petals Clear Stamp Set [133155]	*Lullaby Designer Series Paper [133695]	*Baked Brown Sugar 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131296]	Hello Honey 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133678]	**Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	**Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad [131174]	Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad [133643]	**Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [131175]	*Hello Honey 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon [133671]
Petite Petals Punch [133322]	*Labels Collection Framelits Die [125598]	Big Shot [113439]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]

* Retiring June 2/15

**Retiring and Sold out

Baby, We've Grown

We have the sweetest neighbours next door to us. When our old neighbours moved away, we were a little apprehensive about who would move in, but we hit the jackpot.  Our new neighbours are a young family originally from Hungary. They are quiet, friendly and very willing to help out. Their family dog is a collie - you know, a Lassie dog.  Does anyone even remember Lassie?

They had a little 2 year old when they first moved in, but just recently their little family has grown to include a baby boy. We wanted to get something for the baby, so I designed this card to go with it. It features the Baby, We've Grown Stamp Set, which is retiring and only available until June 2.

• Baby, We've Grown is a cute stamp set for baby cards, introduced in the 2014 Occasions catalogue and carried over in the Annual Catalogue. Right now the Wood Mount set is 20% off. 
• I stamped the sentiment right on the Lullaby DSP (which is also retiring) with Memento Ink and did a quick coloring job with my Coastal Cabana Stampin' Right Marker. The 2013-15 In Colour Stampin' Write Markers are also on the Retiring List and are on sale for 40% off.
• The little shoes were coloured with Pool Party and Coastal Cabana in keeping with the card base and back panel in this largely monochromatic card.
• The Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine will be retiring along with all the 2013-15 In Colour versions and all colours are 50% off.
• I added three Pool Party Candy Dots on the upper left of the oval for balance in the design.

And Tuesday means new Weekly Deals:

Thanks for dropping by my blog today.  See you tomorrow with a design for The Paper Players.

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

Baby, We've Grown Wood Stamp Set [133086]	Baby, We've Grown Clear Stamp Set [133089]	Lullaby Designer Series Paper [133695]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [131260]	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [131263]	Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine [135638]
Subtles Candy Dots [130933]	Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]	Big Shot [113439]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]