Well, good thing In{k}spire Me #144 was here to remind me it's never too early to work on my Mother's Day cards (sorry, Dads!) Then I saw the yummy color challenge from Fab Friday #40, and I knew I wanted to pull that in, too... One of the retiring sets I know I'll miss is Delicate Doilies. This is one that I "forget" I have sometimes, and then I get reminded how versatile it is and kick myself for a while, lol. Serves me right not using it more! In this case, I had a blast making my own "DSP" for the background panel - LOVE this color combo! Thank goodness we get to keep Teeny Tiny Wishes! Chalk Talk, Delicate Doilies & Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Sets; Crisp Cantaloupe, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate & Whisper White CS; Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit, Crisp Cantaloupe & Smoky Slate Inks; Wide Oval, Word Window & Modern Label Punches; Satin Stitched Ribbon in Summer Starfruit; Stretch Ruffle Trim in Crisp Cantaloupe; Basic Jewel Pearls.
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I knew for my Mother's Day card this year, I really wanted to play with our new 2013-14 In Colors - I love food names for colors! It seemed a cinch to combine it also with Freshly Made Sketch #85, to really show off some of the color combos. I managed to use at least a little of ALL the colors, though I did "stamp-off" in a few places to dampen them down a bit. Happy Mother's Day, Mom! Oh, Hello & All Holidays (retired) stamp sets; Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding & Strawberry Slush CS; Quatrefancy Specialty DSP; Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana & Crisp Cantaloupe inks; Elegant Lines (retired) embossing folder; Little Leaves sizzlet; Ovals Collection framelits; Occasions piercing pack; Boho Blossoms punch; stitched 1/4" grosgrain in Whisper White; self-adhesive Pearls. Here's a little Mother's Day card I CAS'ed from somewhere - Stampin' Connection maybe? Anyway, I thought it would be a great chance to use some of my old retired To The Nines Specialty DSP, which is a card stock weight, so I was able to use it for the card base itself. This was offset with another retired DSP from the Parisian Summer set. I simply edged it and punched a window hole for the butterfly from God's Beauty to rest on... A fun little layout exercise! As you can tell, I really hit my retired DSPs for the ready-made cards for the Mountainview Presbyterian Holiday Boutique! To The Nines Specialty DSP (retired & Parisian Summer DSP (retired); Chocolate Chip Ink; God's Beauty (retired) & All Holidays (retired) stamp sets; Scalloped Trim Border & 1 5/8" Circle punches; Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon; Little Leaves die; Old Olive button from Brights pack. Happy Mother's Day! Here's my card for my own Mom, CAS-ed from Split Coast. I'll get to give it to her later today - hubby is making us both brunch (with mimosas, of course!) and has The King's Speech for us to watch! What a perfect Mother's Day! Mom, Mimosas and Colin Firth! Woo! 5th Avenue Floral and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Manhattan Flower embossing folder. |
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