We're having a Retirement Party!!

Stampin' Up! staff and demonstrators around the world are partying today... 

To celebrate the longest lasting stamp set in the catalogue before it officially retires on 4th June...

But before I start! Stampin Up! have announced that there will be no Last Chance List discounts after all... and retiring product stocks are low... so please go here and order sooner rather than later if there is something retiring that you don't want to be without after all!

Yes you guessed it... we are celebrating the life of ... Lovely as a Tree...

Which has been with us in Europe since Stampin' Up! began!

So I thought I would do a round up post and share some of my Lovely as a Tree makes over the years...

Just click on the photo to go straight to the blog post for more details... some with tutorials...

So I did a quick blog search... and realised that there are 65 posts using Lovely as a Tree...

And that is only since 2016... I am not sure where the previous 8 years worth of projects are hiding!!

So I am not going to share them all... or you would be here all day!

And finally... and I am sad to report... all stocks have gone in Europe... so it is no longer available to purchase...

And an admittance... I didn't buy the set for a while... as one of my lovely very local customers had bought the set and kept lending me it! 

Needless to say the minute I used it in a class I finally bought it! And no regrets...

Wild About Flowers Card #4

Guess what...another Wild About Flowers & Watercolor Wash Card!  Bit more colour & stamping this time....

Well... I was just enjoying playing around with the concept & the thistles in order to produce my Team Training swap card.... hope I know lots of people retiring this year! The wording in this set is great - I may have a lot of words in stamp form - but there are some great new and useful ones in here.

The background stamping on the Lost Lagoon base is using Lost Lagoon and Mint Macaron to achieve the 2 depths of colour....

Going to be a quick share today... and probably for the next few days... as unfortunately I had a self-inflicted accident yesterday involving my big scissors and the very tip of my finger! All in the pursuit of my craft..... I won't go into more detail...wasn't nice at the time!!! But could have been a whole lot worse... panic not!!

But thanks to all of those around me (especially Maggie and Julie W) who remained calm and sorted me out & got me back to proceedings  - with only a short delay... Sorry Julie K....

Needless to say I am rather impeded for a little while (especially as I am a 2 handed typist!) ...but I am sure it will recover quickly and nicely...

But hey - I did won the Raffle for the first time at Training.... so as always - there was a flip side!! And I can't wait to use and share the stamp set I got!! More of that another day....

Wild About Flowers Team Training Swap Card

I am off to our Team Quarterly Training today. A day I always look forward to… as we get to make a lot, be inspired a lot and usually laugh a lot too… all in the company of a great bunch of ladies that I am definitely proud to call my stampin’ friends!

Today will be extra special as we get to use new things from the new catalogue! Always exciting for us demos – no matter how long we have been a demo for! I still get just as excited and inspired after nearly 7 years of doing this!

We always have a swap too – where we make one card design for every person in the room. And we swap our cards with each other… so we come home with a bag full of 20 or so projects for our displays (or just to send to friends & family if you don't do events) - using different new stamps & products – as well as different technique and styles. I then sit at night and go through oohing and aahing at everyone’s lovely makes – talented bunch that we all are!

So this is my card swap design this time. A simple card highlighting 2 new stamp sets – Watercolor Wash and Wild About Flowers.  

On a Thick Whisper White card base of course. 

And of course my favourite colour combination of the NEW Mint Macaron, Soft Sky & Lost Lagoon – along with Wisteria Wonder as I thought that the best colour for this thistle type image….

Love this flower image – I have to admit that I have a thing about thistles!!

Do you fancy joining us at our next Quarterly Training Day in September? 

Well now is such a great time to join.... think this months's sign up promotion has to be the best one ever.... Go here for more details... and don't hesitate to contact me for more information or just a chat.... I love to share what I do....