Retiring Stamps I am going to miss Part 2....

A purposefully shorter round up post today!

Though still with the projects over the years 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... 

See yesterday's post for the first 5 in the series... 

Garden in Bloom
Not bad for a set I won in the Team Training Raffle... Whilst this has always been a very useful floral & fauna set... it has suddenly become a firm favourite!!! So I will deal with it first... thanks to fellow demo, Jo Hooper for spotting this one... and for sharing what she loved!

So product picture up first... spot THE flower... yes the large 2 step one at the bottom left & right...

And here is a sneaky peek of part of a stunning sheet in the brand new and coming Share What You Love papers... which are definitely wanted by all my ladies that have seen them so far...

Ooh look at the top... same flower!! And can you spot the pearlescent sheen on these papers too... (though note that the glittery Old Olive flowers are care of my Wink of Stella...)

As an aside... don't miss the early release Share What You Love bundles coming from 1st May... click here for more details (including how to get them now!) ... or  just here for the Flyer ...

And some more CAS Garden in Bloom samples for you...

Hopeful Thoughts (aka Thoughts & Prayers in the US I believe)
This one has been around for a very long time... but still a keeper for me... always had a soft spot for blossoms... and I love the tree!


 
And gosh these 2 are from 2011... and all the rest ( as I know that there have been a lot more made using this set) must have been pre-blogging days... or maybe prior to using Tags that can be used in the Blog Search function...

Available in Wood mount and Clear Mount

Charming Cafe

Not been around for so long... as made its debut in this years Spring Summer catalogue...but a really useful set of stamps and dies... for which I loved the samples in the catalogue... and has had a lot of other use ...

Available as stamps or bundled with the dies.. in both Clear Mount & Wood Mount

No Bones About It...

This is one of those sets that has always had my heart... even though son and friends & family etc definitely too old to be into dinosaurs... and no-one wanting them to be used for projects in my classes... but a keeper for when our friends start on grandchildren!!! 

But I loved the few cards I made just because!!

And this one that fellow team-mate and friend, Anna made using my Shadow Box Frame card tutorial...

 

Text Ya Later

And last but not least... for a bit of fun... and great for young, old, teens, tweens and male/female cards etc!!!

Gosh I had a long list of ideas for this one... but guess the timing was just not right... 

Though I will also share the card that should have been quickly remade... as there is a tutorial there for you too... Same idea in the other orientation.... and somewhat less bright!.. 

Now I found it hard to select just 10 stamps that I am most going to miss most come 31st May (or sooner if they go out of stock before!) What about You? Which ones will you most miss?

Garden in Bloom - the Pink one!

 

Told you it wouldn't be long before I was sharing another Garden in Bloom creation...again keeping it simple for now... just enjoying playing around with the stamp set to see what is in there!

But first - a quick picture of this weeks Weekly Deals. Click on the picture for more product details. But I know that those embellishments and star dies will please some of you!

Right back to the card....

So this is my Pink Pirouette and Rose Red version. 

Note that the flower centres are coloured with the blob stamp in the stamp set! Cool!

Just dressed up with a bit of Dazzling Details on the butterflies and a bit of white cotton ribbon.Yes it is white - well... actually was white to be more accurate... 

So a quick Tuesday Tip for you - it is so easy to colour the white cotton ribbon armed with just a marker pen - or an ink pad... 

I just pulled the Rose Red marker pen along the ribbon - both sides- and then left it to dry for a while (or you can speed up the drying process with a quick blast of a heat gun...but do be careful... of both your fingers and not scorching/overheating your ribbon...) 

You can also colour the ribbon armed with an ink pad and a dauber. Place the ribbon on the ink pad with the dauber on top of the ribbon - drag the ribbon through between the ink pad and dauber - turn the ribbon over and repeat... leave longer to dry...

In fact if there is one ribbon reel I recommend to buy - it is this one - it is so easy to colour and dries pretty quickly too - an asset in your craft stash until you can afford to buy lots and lots of co-ordinating ribbon....

Garden in Bloom - the Bright Blue & Bee one...

A bright but simple card to start off the week. Nice to have something so bright as a pick me up on so gloomy a day!

Especially with my glittery bee and flower centres around the sparkly sequins!

Loving this stamp set...particularly as it is the one I won on the Raffle at the last Quarterly Team Training.... special!

 Lots and lots of images to play/work with.... you will be seeing more .....

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set	Dazzling Details	Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad
Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Many Marvelous Markers
Bermuda Bay A4 Cardstock	Daffodil Delight A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4

Gift Bag Punch Board Small Milk Carton

Well I am REALLY loving my Gift Bag Punch Board (GBPB) ....

Not only does the GBPB make great bags very easily... but it also adds something unique in the making of other projects - making it a complete must have in my book!!

So in my usual style.... I haven't made many bags... instead I have been playing around and using it to produce some old faithful crafty friends.

Firstly the little Box Card I posted the other day... Tutorial should be up later this week...

And now this small milk carton...

I had taken step by step photos to produce a tutorial for today...  but I am not sharing today after all ... not just because of my poorly finger which doesn't hurt...but is impeding things somewhat... but also because I have already refined the carton & produced some others and prefer those dimensions - so rather than confuse - more to come! Shouldn't be too long to wait....

In the meantime - can't wait to see the Gift Bag Punch Board in action... here you go... a Stampin' Up! video for you...


Oh and I have used my brand new stamp set, Garden in Bloom that I won in the Team Training Raffle on Saturday... I love this sentiment and these butterflies are so cute!

SU! Products used
Stamps - Garden in Bloom
Punches - Extra Large Oval; Decorative Label; Gift Bag Punch Board
Papers - Pretty Papers Stack
Embellishments - Metal Rimmed Pearls, Basics Pearls
Ribbon - Calypso Coral Seam Binding