Retiring Stamps I am going to miss!! Part One...

In no particular order... and with a huge projects round up for you too... Just click on the project photo to go to that project for more details... and/or click on the product photo to go straight to the product in my Online Store...

And apologies in advance for the long post with so many photos... I originally planned to limit myself to 10 stamp sets... and then chopped that plan in half as I realised how many projects I had to share in a round up for the first 5 I had picked!

Mixed Drinks 
Gosh we used this one a lot!! And wouldn't be surprised if they make an outing again in the next few weeks as I focus on mens and boys creations for May classes....



And note the Bubble Over stamps and dies (for the bottles etc) are carrying over... albeit not as a reduced bundle from 1st June...

Milestone Moments

Great for a different treatment of numbers for special occasions

Rose Wonder

Beautiful stamps... with some fabulous greetings... and wonderful dies too... Great for Super CAS cards ... or more dressed up! This has had a lot of use too... the greetings in particular becoming a bit of a staple around here... 

And if you want to pop Rose Wonder in the Search box down the Right hand side... then you will see even more!! These are probably about a third of the projects shared over the years....

Butterfly Basics

One of the All Time most popular stamp sets for requested use in classes... and for purchase. And I am not even a butterfly person... but I do so love those ferns! Coupled with the 2 co-ordinating butterfly dies sets, Butterflies and Bold Butterfly . Stamps available in photopolymer, wood and clear mount...

We may be here a while now!!! Oh phew.. I have found a round up photo for the biggest set...!!

And don't forget that (very sadly!) these Large Numbers are also retiring... both the Large Numbers dies and the Number of Years stamp set...

Watercolor Wings

Keeping all the Butterflies together... so as to allow a bit of a break in the Butterfly Basics project wall too!! Not many of my ladies that didn't purchase both of these sets... have to admit that butterflies are amazingly popular ...

And sadly the Brick Wall embossing folder & Fluttering folder used are retiring too...

And wow... if you are still with me... I think that is it more than enough of a round up for today!!

Butterflies Double Tri-Display Card by Denise

Just have to admit that I met myself coming backwards this week... 5 classes in 7 days! Lovely week spent crafting with and inspiring others... but other best laid plans... mmmmm.... well!

So I was planning on sharing the Six Panel Pop & Twist Card Tutorial today for my Fancy Fold Friday post... and it is written up and the photos taken... but in true iPad to PC transferring style - the photo order is completely scrambled!! So one to sort out tomorrow...

In the meantime.... here is a lovely Fancy Fold project my friend Denise made this week with the Falling in Love papers... her mother is definitely into butterflies and neutrals rather than pinks and dragonflies - so she did a switch with the kit... just a shame I didn't have any more of the papers to get all the butterflies in the same direction!!! Original version card from the kit here...

Lovely Denise.... definitely right up my colour street!!

The Favourite Butterflies card in the Bunch! And the Round Up pic...

It may be simple but this card packed the most punch... well die cut really I suppose! Definitely the overall favourite...

But interestingly it caused a bit of confusion in classes... as many were looking for a solid mint piece of card to cut a butterfly to mount on... they just couldn't believe that they all they had to do was to die-cut a butterfly at the top of the large white piece, stamp a greeting at the bottom, glue the bits and add some gems...

And finally a round up photo... yes it has taken a while ... but it is this display in my room that made me have to change my plan for June classes (that being to use lots of new products from the new catalogues)... and go and flutter away instead!

So guess what I have been doing behind the class scenes at the time... yes ... using lots of lovely new products... time for a major photo session tomorrow... and LOTS and LOTS of new projects to share!

Supplies Used

Dies - Butterflies 

Stamps - Butterfly Basics 

Basics Gemstones

Card - Whisper White, Mint Macaron

Ink - Tip Top Taupe

CAS Baby Wipe Watercolour Wings

Here is the other card that acccompanied yesterdays. Very simple but so effective...

This was a card we made at Monthly Training a while back... though I had to re-make it as I had a very sludgy butterfly at the time- which served me right as I was last on the baby wipe ink pad - probably doing too much talking or something....

Look closely and you will see lots of fine splatters - all care off a shake/tap of the gold Wink of Stella pen - a great technique demonstrated by Shelli at the April On Stage event.

I say shake or tap as we found that some ladies got it to work with a shake whereas others had to give it a sharp tap... funny how we can all be different doing the same thing!

For more details on the butterfly - just check out yesterdays post...  Greeting from Butterfly Basics... and spot the new Subtles Pink Pirouette Enamel Shapes on the body

And I have just realised that I still haven't shared everyone's favourite butterfly card yet... coming soon... and then I think that it is the end of the butterfly season!