SPOILER ALERT!!! New In-Colours for 2014-2016

New Catalogue cover

The new In-Colours for the next 2 years are..... 

Hello Honey
Tangelo Twist
Blackberry Bliss
Lost Lagoon
Mossy Meadow 

Here is a picture of the colours in clothes pins 

Peachy Keen - Retro Fresh Designer Journaling Tags

I just love these ready made kits - I just don't use them often enough. Well this summer I'm challenging myself as I brought this kit with me and I'm determined to use them in my cards :-)

The photoframe is made with On Film framelits using Very Vanilla Core'dinations paper (has a bit more texture than regular card stock).

The banners are made with Banner punch from Retro Fresh designer Series paper. I mounted the punched banners on Baked Brown Sugar cardstock and handcut them out.

And as mentionned, the image is from Retro Fresh designer journaling tags set.

I stamped the background with Baked Brown Sugar ink and Hardwood background stamp. 

Retiring Stamps and Accessories - some already SOLD OUT!!!

NOTE that the still current in-colours RUFFLE STRETCH TRIM is retiring also. Stampin'Up! has not yet told us if there will be some changes to the In-Colour policy or if they are replacing the ruffle trim with something else. 

So if you LOVE the ruffle trim - get yours now - while you still can!!

Here is a list of items that are already SOLD OUT!

BUNDLES

Backyard Basics Clear Bundle

Backyard Basics Wood Mount

IN COLOR CARD STOCK

Gumball Green  8.5 x 11

Midnight Muse  8.5 x 11

Primrose Petals  8.5 x 11

Raspberry Ripple 8.5 x 11

Summer Starfruit  8.5 x 11

2012/2014 In Color 12 x 12

2012/2014 In Color 8.5 x 11

2012/2014 In Color Cardstock & Pad Kit

INK REFILLS

Gumball Green

Midnight Muse

Primrose Petals

Raspberry Ripple

Summer Starfruit

RIBBON

3/8" Ruffle Stretch Ribbon - Strawberry Slush

STAMP SETS

Backyard Basics - Clear & Wood

Birthday Cake

Blessings From Heaven - Clear

Creative Elements - Clear

Delicate Doilies - Clear

En Francais - Wood

Fabulous Florets - Clear

Fishin Around

Five-Way Flower - Wood

Harvest Blessings - Clear & Wood

My Friend - Clear

Mr & Mrs. - Wood

Rev Up The Fun - Clear & Wood

Simply Stars - Clear & Wood

Storybook Friends - Clear

Sunflower - Clear

Tag It - Clear

Take Care - Clear

Woodgrain - Clear & Wood

WHEELS

Birthday Candles

Timber

OTHER

Dazzling Diamonds

Below are listed all the retiring stamps and accessories.

NOTE! Some of the items are not retiring, but are taken out of a bundle or are repackaged.

FREE SHIPPING FROM STAMPIN'UP!

Sweet Fresh Prints banners

The Sweet is from a Photopolymer Stamp set, which I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with golden embossing powder. Then I coloured the letters with Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron and Wild Wasabi markers.

the pattern paper is from the Fresh Prints Designer Series paper pack (Spring Occasions Catalogue) and the card base is Coastal Cabana Card Stock. The Ruffle Stretch Trim is also Coastal Cabana.

then I punched several banners from the Fresh Prints paper. Remember, this banner punch was available during the Sale-a-bration, but it will also be available in the new Annual Catalogue, that comes out at the beginning of June!!!

In the mean time, if you didn't get the punch during the SAB, you can easily cut out these banners (in various sizes and widths, with your scissors too)

Gold, gold and more gold

So, gold is VERY in right now, has been for a while. You might have noticed even the summer jewelry is all golden.

I wanted to use some gold embossing and the golden Watercolor Wonder washi tape from the Spring Occasions catalogue on this. The base card stock is gold brushed card stock and the layer is Whisper White.





I used the Gold Seqiun trim pieces as embellishments at the top of the card.. The embossed text is done with Travel Journal builder wheel using Versamark ink and gold embossing powder.

Embossed lace doilies

I did the embossing test already back home, but never got to make a card with it.

The embossing was very simple:

-rub your doily with versamark

-pour your embossing powder on (I used early espresso)

-heat

Embossing makes the doily thicker and gives it a nice shine

For the banners, I used the 'Hip Hip Hooray' kit's sticker sheets. The banners are very long, so I cut the banner cuts on both ends and then cut I them in half.

The brad glasses are non-stampin'Up! but the stamped image (with 3 glasses) is from the Retro Fresh Rotary stamp

Hope you enjoyed this, and sorry for any typos, I actually wrote this post on a bus :-)

Cards with no stamps!

Okay, I needed 2 quick birthday cards and my crafting space was not yet done when I made these.

So, I used some "Retro Fresh" embellishments and card bases from "HipHipHooray" card kit.

Just some glue and here we are 

super duper simple (I did write "happy birthday" on one of them :-)

Temporary crafting space

Okay, I FINALLY got my stuff unpacked and got my crafting space all organized.

Haven't crated anything at this station yet :-)

So I have limited resources (unlimited in my head!!!), but I'm determined to work with the supplies I have. Please note that some of the items might be from the clearance rack, but you can still enjoy the layouts - right??