Painted Petals and Butterflies for Freshly Made Sketches

I hope you had an amazing weekend - as amazing as you are amazingly amazing! All this in salute to a lovely stamp set and coordinating Designer Series Paper that will no longer be available to order after June 2. Just 8 more days! The stamp set is Painted Petals and the DSP is Painted Blooms and both were found in the 2015 Occasions Catalogue which is good until June 2.  Another product I used here from the same catalogue is the Butterfly Thinlits, but the good news is that you will see them back in the 2015-16 Annual Catalogue along with another set of butterfly framelits and a new butterfly stamp set! For this card I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #187 for the layout:

The butterfly on this card required several steps to finish it, including watercolouring, die cutting and using Heat and Stick Powder to adhere some Dazzling Diamond Stampin' Glitter to it.

• The sentiment, stamped on vellum with Blackberry Bliss ink is from the Painted Petals stamp set as well and is one of my favourite!
• This card is the subject of a step-by-step photo tutorial that I will be featuring in my June Newsletter. If you have never use Heat and Stick powder, or if you just love butterflies you might want to make sure that you will receive my June Newsletter.  You can do that easily by just signing up here, with the understanding that you can unsubscribe at any time:

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Because I am providing a step-by-step tutorial in my newsletter, I will not be leaving a list of supplies used today. You will find that listed in detail, along with measurements in the photo tutorial.

I just wanted to remind you, if you had put it off, that this is your last week to order from both the 2015 Occasions Catalogue and the 2014/15 Annual Catalogue. June 2 will be a cross-over day. You will be able to order from the old Annual Catalogue at old prices (where there are duplicates in the new Annual Catalogue) and also from the new Annual Catalogue.  Old Hostess rewards apply on June 2, but that will change on June 3 to the new way of calculating Hostess rewards, using percentages of sales. You can still get bargains of up to 50% off on many items, but many have also sold out. Check below for an up-to-date list of retiring products and get your orders to me as quickly as possible, or shop online at your convenience at my On-Line Store.

2015 Retiring Stamps and Accessories

I also should remind you that as of May 31, 2015, My Digital Studio and all related products will be discontinued. You have until May 31 to order any of the downloads that you want to have in your collection. After May 31, you can continue to use the software, but there will be no printing services provided. You can, however, have your projects printed through other providers if you want. There will be no more support for the software and the website will be gone after May 31.  Here is where you can check out the downloads available until then:

My Digital Studio Retiring Products

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Painted Blooms Meets A Round Array

Well, 'tis the season for Thanks! As year-long programs come to a close there are so many people to thank. There's teachers to thank, coaches to thank, leaders to thank and so many more. I always have customers to thank for their orders, so these are more designs I created for quick, but cute thank-yous.  I also wanted to showcase some more retiring products and the following designs highlight Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper, Painted Petals Stamp set and A Round Array Stamp set - all of them retiring June 2!

• All the card bases you see are the Whisper White Note Cards and Envelopes. I find them quick and easy  to whip up a note of thanks to someone. Each design uses a background of Painted Blooms DSP, from where I took my palette of colours.
• I used Painted Petals images for the flowers except for the actual flower part on some of the cards. These were created with the stamp set, A Round Array, which has a Thank You image that worked perfectly here.

• The ribbons were all either 1/8" Taffeta, which is all retiring, or the 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, in which all of the current colours are retiring and being replaced by different colours.  
• Some of the sentiments and flowers are from Painted Petals Stamp set.

Remember the recent one day sale Stampin' Up! had on new Paper Pumpkin subscriptions. It must have been worth it, because now we have a 50% Off offer for the first two months of new subscriptions from now until June 10th, 2015.

If you haven't tried Paper Pumpkin, now is a great time to sign up-get 50% off your first two months. 

Offer Dates: May 12-June 10, 2015

Offer Details: Use the code SAVE50 to join Paper Pumpkin before June 10, 2015, and get 50% off the first two months! After that, keep the creativity coming for only $24.95 + tax per month (shipping included). 

The Fine Print:

• For new subscribers only.
• Available for month-to-month subscriptions, not prepaid subscriptions.
• Discount applied to one kit per month for the first two months of a new subscription. After the first two months, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $24.95.
• You need to visit https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en-ca/ to join.
• Enter the Promo Code, SAVE50 when you sign up.
• New subscribers must join by Wednesday, June 10, 2015; 11:50 PM (MT).

 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

Painted Petals Clear Stamp Set [138822]	Painted Petals Wood Stamp Set [138819]	Painted Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set [137146]	A Round Array Wood Stamp Set [129087]	A Round Array Clear Stamp Set [129090]
Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper [137784]	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126954]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]
Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959]	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [133642]	Daffodil Delight 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134559]	Crushed Curry 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon [134585]	Blackberry Bliss 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon [133668]
Brights Designer Buttons [130028]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]

A Perfect Blend for Freshly Made Sketches

I had a very busy weekend which ended in an 11 hour drive north to visit my daughter. I have to say that I lost some sleep along the way, with so many last minute preparations in order to be able to leave for a week. So... if I was a coffee drinker, I would have been consuming gallons of the stuff. Living in the region just north of the Pacific Northwest, the home of Starbucks, I really liked the Perfect Blend Stamp Set and I'm sad to see it retire June 2. It's a replica of a Starbucks' take out cup minus the logo. So I had to give it once last salute in a card to be entered in Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #185!  Here's the sketch:

I went with rainforest, Starbuck's and coffee colours in my palette: Mossy Meadow, Whisper White and Early Espresso.

• I stamped the coffee cup three times so I could do a little paper piecing. I stamped it in Early Espresso ink on Whisper White cardstock and again on some Mossy Meadow polka dotted paper from the 2014 - 16 In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack and finally, in Mossy Meadow in on Whisper White. I cut out the sleeve from the green polka dotted paper and glued it on the main image and I cut out the lid from the Mossy Meadow stamped image and pieced it on the lid of the main image. I snipped the main image with my Paper Snips and popped it up on Stampin' Dimensionals on the sentiment panel.
• The background DSP is from Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper. I was going for the rainforest look here. Painted Blooms DSP retires June 2.
• The banners are cut from Early Espresso cardstock and another Mossy Meadow pattern from the 2014 - 16 In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack. All the Designer Series Paper Stacks are retiring June 2, but not to worry - they are being replaced with the same thing but some awesome new designs.
• Don't you love how the sentiment "shakes" from all the caffeine? If you love this stamp set, too, but haven't sprung for it yet, now would be a good time before it disappears forever!

Stamping for Nepal

I just wanted to update you on my fundraising event to help the relief effort in Nepal. Through the Silent Auction of card collections and home decor, I was able to raise $110 for Nepal. I hope some other crafters were able to do something as well, but I'm glad I made the effort. I have already donated the proceeds to The Red Cross Nepal fund and this is the receipt:

Thanks to everyone who participated!  #StampingforNepal

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

*Perfect Blend Wood Stamp Set [130745]	*Perfect Blend Clear Stamp Set [131392]	*Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper [137784]	*2014-2016 In Color Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [133705]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

*Retiring product June 2, 2015

Painted Petals for Thank You Cards

It's a quick post today, as I work to tie up a lot of loose ends so we can travel to Vancouver to see my oldest daughter and her family. I had two huge orders delivered yesterday and I had to sort them, bag them and add thank you cards for my VIPeeps - Very Important Customers!  I love making the quick thank you cards for them and so I got out my Painted Petals stamp set and Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper and got to work!

Here are some photos of Erin, Jonny and Wyatt who we will be visiting:

These photos were taken last summer and Wyatt is now almost two, so I can hardly wait to see him and get in some Grandma cuddles before he forgets me completely!

We're going to be staying at a Bed & Breakfast nearby and it is in a grand old home, so that will be a unique experience as well.

• This card base is a notecard size, 3 1/2" x 5", so it is a little easier than normal to fill the space. I used a panel of the Painted Blooms DSP for a background.
• The Painted Petals Stamp set, especially in Photopolymer, is so easy to use for Two-Step stamping, as you can see exactly where you are placing each image, eliminating the need for the Stamp-a-ma-jig. It also comes in Wood Mount and Clear Mount.
• I used some of the same colours as are found in the Designer Series Paper, Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, and Blackberry Bliss for the sentiment, which is part of the Painted Petals stamp set.
• A large Pearl Basic Jewel adds a classy finishing touch to a quick and simple but effective thank you note.

Thanks for dropping by today. See you tomorrow with another As You See It Challenge Design sample.

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

Painted Petals Clear Stamp Set [138822]	Painted Petals Wood Stamp Set [138819]	Painted Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set [137146]	Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper [137784]	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959]	Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126954]	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [133642]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]