Retired and Retiring

Last chance! The days are dwindling to just a few if you want to have some of Stampin' Up's retiring products! Here I used the retirED Sycamore Street Designer Series paper (Rich Razzleberry Chevron Stripes) and the retirING Floral District Designer Series Paper. Now, I LOVE Floral District, so I already have my extra stash secured! Order NOW if you are interested in having some Floral District DSP.

The retirING stamp set Moving Forward is the Ronald McDonald Charities stamp from last year and it has CUTE images that can help you say, "Hi", "Happy Birthday" and "Thinking of You." $3 from every set sold goes to the charity!

For the top, left two circles, I used a circle punch. To make the bottom row of "scallops" I simply used my paper snips to cut around three circles and then trimmed them to fit horizontally across the card.

Also retiring are the Jewelry Tag Punch I used to punch out "smile", the Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Marker.

I hope you will leave a comment about this card in the comments section. I LOVE reading them! 

Thanks for looking--don't forget to order your favorite retiring products ASAP!

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Moving Forward Happy Birthday Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Designer Series Paper: Floral District, Sycamore Street

Stamps: Moving Forward, Fabulous Phrases

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Stampin' Write Markers: So Saffron, Lucky Limeade

Punches: Jewelry Tag

Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelits

Embellishments: Lucky Lime Baker's Twine

Thinking of You Paper Players

Hello friends! Thank you for visiting my blog today. I made a card using The Paper Players  challenge colors. They fit perfectly with the Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series Paper, so I put this card together in a snap!

Here is a close up of my stamped image from Moving Forward. I paper-pieced the sail, stamping the sail onto striped Daffodil Delight Patterns paper using Basic Gray Ink. I snipped it out and adhered it over the Pacific Point stamped image. 

Underneath my clear Bitty Buttons, there is a (circle) Itty Bitty Punch of the polka dots from the Patterns paper.

I hope you enjoyed looking and that you will please leave your comments. I love to read them all. 

Thinking of You Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

Designer Series Paper: Sunshine and Sprinkles, Patterns Brights

Stamps: Moving Forward

Ink: Basic Gray, Pacific Point

Punch: Circle from Itty Bitty Shapes

Embellishments: Clear Bitty Buttons

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Moving Forward Thank You and PPA Preview

Above is a sneak preview of the Pals Paper Arts first challenge for 2013. We hope that you will join us for a refreshed blog, badges and designs that will inspire you to create!

Today's card is an idea I came up with while falling asleep a couple of nights ago! I think I need to start keeping a notepad for ideas near my pillow! 

The idea was to add a *new* Large Rhinestone from the Spring Mini Catalog to a stamped image, but I didn't know if I had any images that would work. I searched through my stamp sets and found this never-before-used set called Moving Forward. 

There is a sentiment at the bottom of the bike that I left off. I added "Thank You" from Curly Cute and here are my Christmas Thank You cards! The Silver Designer Basics button is also *new* from the Spring Catalog, available tomorrow, January 3rd! 

Here is a close up of the large and small wheel. The button is the smaller (approx 1/2") of two different sizes that come in the button container. There are 8 of each size per container. The large button is approximately 1-1/4". The buttons have a feel like a coin and I'm sure there are many ways you can use them to decorate your paper crafts.

Thank You Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Stamps: Curly Cute, Moving Forward

Ink: Night of Navy

Big Shot:  *new* Honeycomb Embossing Folder

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones, Large Rhinestones, Silver Designer Basics Button, Denim Jean Ribbon

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