Stampin' Addicts 2012 Retiring Sets Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin' Addict's Retiring Stamp Sets Blog Hop!  Join us as we bid farewell to some fun stamp sets that will no longer be available after May 31st. If you've arrived from Shelley's Miss Mad Stamper blog, you enjoyed her dramatic creations with the Fifth Avenue Floral set , but if not, the blog is circular, so you won't miss a thing if you just click next.  Should you get lost or want to see a list of the hop stops, visit the Retiring Stamps Blog Hop chat thread on Stampin Addicts.

I chose the set Inspired by Nature for the hop because I love its versatility.  I loved this set with Orchid Opulence because it was so realistic, so I tried it with Wisteria Wonder for a change. I like to intentionally streak the petals because to me they look like that in real life. Corner bling add sparkle and a nod to the retiring ticket corner punch.

In a further attempt to show versatility, I used the retiring Clear Circle big shot die and the retiring Stampin' Pastels.  I used the poppin' pastels technique to create bright Melon Mambo petals then made a So Saffron colored background to age the layer and highlight the Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon and pearls.

In this 12X12 layout, I used the main coneflower image to create a stamped break in the picture spots for a sweet look.  I realized I hadn't used this set with Peach Parfait and Soft Suede, so I paired them with the chameleon-like green, Old Olive for a sweet look.  (The picture featured is of my daughters in the same dress at the same age.  My younger daughter is taller than my older daughter by several inches.)

Now it is time to travel to Tanya's Tinkerin' in Ink blog for a look at her lovely creations with the Autumn Splendor set. I hope you enjoy our tour.

   

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Stampin Up! Retiring Accessories List

The retiring Stamp Sets are shown here http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/BWFlyer_RetiredList_Demo_Apr1512_US.pdf . They are available through May 31^st, so my local customers should be fine to order with May stamp club.

Accessories are first come, first served however. Here is a link to the pdf file http://204.228.150.61/docs/lastchance/en-US/Availability_en-US.pdf and the excel file http://204.228.150.61/docs/lastchance/en-US/Retiredlist-sort_en-US.xls , but I have hit some of the highlights below. Remember these items are only available while supplies last, so get your order in as quickly as possible. Either CALL me by tonight at 10:00 p.m. to let me know you have an order or after that time order online and choose me as your demonstrator (you don’t want to pay extra by not choosing a demonstrator). As always call or email with any questions—I’m happy to try to help.

 There are 12 pages of Retiring items listed today. Some of them are expected, such as the complete retirement (ribbon, inks, paper/cardstock and markers) of the 2 year old In-colors (2010-2012), hostess items, designer series paper, several Stampin’ Around wheels and the Simply Adorned items. A good quantity of retiring ribbon has also been the norm in recent years, and the ¼ inch grosgrain, satin and Wide 1-1/4 inch striped grosgrain are retiring. Other items are unexpected such as the mat pack, cropadile, a variety of punches and Big Shot folders and dies, the Versamarker and the Stampin’ Pastels.

1. The Craft inks other than Black and White are all retiring, and the Classic ink pads are being redesigned to have a firm foam surface. The idea is to prevent the “curling or cupping up” of the edges of the ink pads when they need to be re-inked and to improve quality.

You do not need to replace your ink pads!! Only the 5 colors mentioned below will ever need to be replaced in my opinion. The problem will only be that you will need to re-ink new pads with new formulas of re-inker because they had to change them a little. If you have an old ink pad, it can be re-inked with old or new re-inker. The new ink pads for ONLY these 5 colors need NEW re-inkers. For the other colors, New ink pads can be re-inked with Old re-inkers nicely.

This is a link to the explanation about the ink pads: http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/22574.asp

Please note: Five ink colors have undergone formula changes to improve functionality and color stability with the new firm foam pads. These colors are

•Basic Black

•Basic Gray

•Marina Mist

•Perfect Plum

•Tempting Turquoise

2. Textured 12” X12” cardstock will no longer be available. Several colors will no longer have separate colors of 12X12 smooth cardstock available for purchase and will only be available in the color family combination packs. Colors not on this list are assumed still available in a single color pack. (8-1/2 X11 cardstock is unaffected and available in all colors.) These colors are:

• Regal Rose
• Tangerine Tango
• Tempting Turquoise
• Perfect plum
• Pink Pirouette
• Rose Red
• Always Artichoke
• Bravo Burgundy
• Cajun Craze
• Not Quite Navy
• River Rock
• Melon Mambo
• Pacific Point
• Baja Breeze
• Bashful Blue
• So Saffron
• Wild Wasabi
• Elegant Eggplant
• Garden Green
• Riding Hood Red
• More Mustard
• Basic Gray
• Chocolate Chip
• Sahara Sand
• Soft Suede

3. Some Stampin’ Write marker colors will now only be available in the color families (or the large marker caddy). Now is the time to check your markers for wear on the brush tip ends, so that you aren’t disappointed later. The markers that are no longer available individually are:

· Always Artichoke

· Bravo Burgundy

· Cajun Craze

· Elegant Eggplant

· Garden Green

· More Mustard

· Not Quite Navy

· Riding Hood Red

· Basic Gray

· Chocolate Chip

· River Rock

· Sahara Sand

· Soft Suede

· Melon Mambo

· Pacific Point

· Regal Rose

· Tangerine Tango

· Tempting Turquoise

· Baja Breeze

· Bashful Blue

· Perfect Plum

· Pink Pirouette

· Rose Red

· So Saffron

· Wild Wasabi

I’m excited as I imagine the lovely new things Stampin’ Up! will have for us when the new catalog arrives. I’ll be able to order boxes of catalogs for you all at midnight on May 7^th, so they will likely be here the next week. If you are in Stamp Club, of course your catalog is free. For everyone else, the slightly smaller catalog will only cost $3.00. I’ll send an email when they’ve arrived.

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Retiring Stamp Set List (available through May 31st)

Check it out friends!  Lots of pretty things going that you ~may~ need.

pdf file

sortable excel file I like this one because it prints in black and is easier to read and check off the "R"s in my catalog.

Of course an order will go in on May 4 for stamp club, but call anytime to place an order or order online in my store here: http://www.rhondag.stampinup.net/

The stamp sets on the list are available through May 31st. The retiring accessories (ribbon, designer series paper, etc) list will be up on April 25th....First come, first serve and while supplies last like usual on the accessories.
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Stampin' Addicts 5th Saturday Stamp Jam and Blog Bounce

Welcome to Stampin' Addicts 5th Saturday Stamp Jam and Blog Bouncing! The Stamp Jam will officially start March 31, 2012 at 9am Eastern Time. Each hour a challenge will be posted for you to play along with in the Stamp Jam Thread over on Stampin' Addicts Site. Below is a list of Hostesses who have each picked one of the challenge themes and a link to their blogs. We each have created 2-3 samples for you!!! They all have done such a fantastic job!! Be sure to visit each blog to check out all the wonderful creations. When you're finished, head on over and join us on Stampin' Addicts in the March 31 Stamp Jam Thread to play along with us!!!

1. Holly (catrules)~Birthday Celebrations
2. Twila~ Easter/Passover
3. Yapha~ Stampin' Up! Promotion Smooch
4. Rhonda (rhondag)~ Celebrating Moms
5. Tanya (tanya27)~ Fabulous Fathers
6. Betty (kittystamp) ~Think Spring
7. Kim (s1itcher46)~ Weddings/Princess
8. Shelley (packerfan) ~Babies
9. Sara (lilyinkpad) ~ Milestones
I'll be showing cards for moms who like bling, moms who like flowers and moms who like silly.

Oddly, all of my projects are cards, but this first "Bling" card has a 3D.  The flower embellishment that is the main image of the card is a removable pin.  It is adhered with dots of Green Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue that I allowed to dry on the card before attaching.  The pin peels right off the card when you want it to do so.

The MOM label will also easily peel off the flower petals because MOM probably won't want to announce it on the jacket or bag to which she clips the flower especially longer than a week after Mother's Day.  I think the glitter on the Very Vanilla under the Pink Pirouette doiley adds a bit of fun to the Beau Chateau designer series paper colorscheme.

Next, is this Floral stained glass look card. It was created by using vellum with the Designer Cuts Cards and Envelopes set from the Occasions Mini catalog. I like the idea of giving this floral heart to a woman rather than a Valentine/man since it is so frilly, so when my downline Valerie showed a similar card to me, I had to find the tutorial by Patty Bennett and CASE Brenda Crenshaw. I used lighter colors and added a bow....you really need to try this one. It is such fun!

Finally, I have a silly card to give to a mom who isn't necessarily your mom.   I may have to explain my intent?  The idea is that Mom is sprinkling happiness and making the child grow...Perfect to give to a mom on her first Mother's Day....

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Vellum under Designer Cuts

This stained glass look card was created by using vellum with the Designer Cuts Cards and Envelopes set from the Occasions Mini catalog. I like the idea of giving this floral heart to a woman rather than a Valentine/man since it is so frilly, so when my downline Valerie showed a similar card to me, I had to find the tutorial by Patty Bennett and CASE Brenda Crenshaw.  I used lighter colors, and I hope everyone enjoys making this card.

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Zoo Review cards

This Zoo Review set card was a favorite of mine created by the Stampin' Up! team at Leadership this year. The only change I made was putting them on colored card bases. I used the penguin card for Emma's birthday thank yous. For class this week, you'll use the sentiment of your choice and choose either the Pool Party color scheme with a penguin or polar bear or the Old Olive color scheme with a zebra or lion. Please choose Pool Party or Old Olive in your sign up email, so that I may cut your cardstock.

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Elegant Embossed Creative Elements

Black Craft Ink and Clear Embossing Powder on Very Vanilla Cardstock create an elegant card and matching envelope. It has an enclosure for a greeting or for a gift card.  I like the simplicity of the Black Satin Ribbon bow and brad.

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Everyday Elegance Color Block Variation

This is a grid/color block card using the Everyday Enchantment Sale-A-Bration designer series paper with the matching Fresh Vintage stamp set. It shows using just a scrap of leftover Crochet Ribbon to add a nice detail. The sentiment layer is raised on a dimensional strip and has one of the Everyday Enchantment Sale-A-Bration butterfly brads on it.  We'll make this card at Technique class/stamp club this Thursday and Friday.


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Stampin' Addicts Third Anniversary Party Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stampin' Addicts Third Anniversary Party Blog Hop! This hop we're celebrating several different types of parties.  I hope you find something inspiring to enliven your next soireé.  Our blog hop lasts from noon on Friday until noon on Sunday.  Should you get lost or want to see a list of participants, here is a link to the Chat Thread on Stampin' Addicts.

If you are hopping in order, I hope you enjoyed Holly's handsome Bon Voyage creations on her Rubber Redneck blog.

My party is a Hostess Appreciation Tea which is actually on my schedule for June. I can't wait to make the Creativity Journals with my sweet guests.  We'll have hot teas, scones and quiche with a few other treats too. I enjoy this event so much each year, and I think the Journals will add to our fun.

The first little project is this Fancy Favor Box with the script paper from Attic Boutique adhered behind the front and also on the inside back.  I cut a hole with one of the Labels Framelits so that when I decide what buttons, brads and/or ribbon to include as their gift (likely something from the new catalog), it will be displayed.  I typically update their SU! color rings with the new In Colors (and provide them to new members), so I will definitely include the new 2012-2014 colors.  I saw the rolled paper roses on Pinterest, but I apologize that since the poster had not linked to the original post, but to flickr instead (which when clicked shows pictures of postage stamps on flickr)  I don't know "from whence they came :).  I think my guests will love how easy they are! The Pool Party and So Saffron mimic the roses on the designer series paper though I used River Rock for my leaves and just sponged them in Soft Suede. I added some dazzling details glitter glue to the edges for shine.

I will offer my guests the option to choose their own designer series paper for their Art Journal of course, but I chose mine :). I used more of the Attic Boutique and added a piece from the Pocketful of Posies designer series paper.  I cut a piece of thin chipboard with the Label Framelit and adhered the dsp which though it isn't the same color, blends nicely. Then, I sponged it in Crumb Cake and put another Label in Crumb Cake (with embossed polka dots and edged with Dazzling Details) under the R initial from the Timeless Type Alphabet. I went old school on the ribbon because I love these colors and couldn't help but put a ton on it.

I hope to inspire my guests to use the challenges we received at Leadership to get creative and have fun.

Next is the invitation for which I used MOJO228 for the sketch.  The tea cup was stamped on the dsp as well and cut out...not sure the leaves are visible in the photograph though.

I worried that it was little silly to waste a card for my invites, so I made the information just slip under the band. My guests can reuse the simple card for a future birthday this way. (The rolled roses are much too thick to mail however.)

I'll have several things ready WAY ahead of time this year due to the hop, and that's a good feeling! Now let's continue to Betty's Kitty Stamp blog where she has Easter all wrapped up (bunnies too!) . Such a pretty cross she made!

 

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Kidoodles, Turtle & Co. Stampin' Up! cards...for Stamp A Stack

This little turtle (Turtle & Co. set) is quick and cute, and I believe it uses a MOJO challenge, but I didn't tag the picture so it is lost to me now. That is my new plan....I'm going to type the origin of a sketch (or card in the event of a CASE) onto the picture itself because I forgot where I found this! Bad me!

 Nothing sketch worthy about this Kidoodles card with three image options...Simple and Silly. I just used an embossing folder (Snowburst) on the center two pieces for texture.

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Wedding Cake Card for Stamp A Stack

I CASE'd this idea with changes from Lorri Heiling...I do not know if she is the originator of the idea.  I thought it was too gorgeous not to share with my customers, don't you agree?  Thanks for sharing Lorri!

And how fortuitous that Valentine's Day just happened to fall on the day I planned to post this....so Happy Valentine's Day to everyone and especially all the old married folk like me and my husband! :)

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Little Princess Royal Standard

When Paula posted this challenge on Stampin' Addicts, I thought it would be perfect for the Little Princess set both because I have plenty of this designer series paper and because I like the royal standard-like dovetail of the bottom of the main image layer.  I love when things just work out!

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Stamp A Stack Masculine throw backs

Masculine cards abound in next week's Stamp A Stack!  Oldie but goodies Lovely as a Tree and Loads of Love as well as a card with The Open Seas with your choice for the sentiment of course.

The River Rock, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Gray were the color challenge on Stampin' Addicts for the 3rd of February.  You're welcome to participate in any of the challenges on SA!
http://www.stampinaddicts.com/forums/color-combo-challenges/8772-sacc123-2-3-12-gray-river-cherry-breeze.html

 Marker to Stamp

Poppin' Pastels

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Sweet Hello Stamp A Stack card

For these two cards, I used the MOJO Monday sketch number 227 and the Sweet Shoppe designer series paper for an unusual and springy color combination. I think the colors and sketch freshen the cupcake and Ice Cream Cone for spring. Bling and Satin Ribbon add a bit of zing.

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Twitterpated Vintage

Gail Cobb's Leadership Swap card was a favorite of many of my customers, so they asked to make her card for a class. I decided to offer color options from the Twitterpated designer series paper and use it for this month's Stamp A Stack. Gail's card was Ridinghood Red with a white ribbon, but I think the Ridinghood Red designer series paper piece looks fine with Cherry Cobbler ink and the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon too.

Pear Pizazz is another choice, and I decided to show sentiment choices too.

Of course everything looks nice in my favorite color, Baja Breeze, and that scrumptious pleated ribbon is gorgeous!  I'm so glad SU! made it available in my favorite color!

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Dump Trucks and Excavators

I made these cards to send to the troops for them to send to their little guys back home.  I love the texture that silver cardstock embossed with the square lattice folder gives.

This is the first of upcoming Stamp A Stack (Feb 16th 17th or 18th) cards I'll be posting for the next couple of weeks.

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Tea Shoppe Framelits shaped Card

Hi all...I love a shaped card, and I think the new Framelits make a lovely design. I simply used a regular size card base and ran it through the Big Shot. The Framelits will cut through both layers of cardstock at one time, so I just evened up the top uncut fold edge for symmetry and ran it through.  I kept the same amount off the top of the Very Vanilla image layer and ran it through. 

The image was created using the marker to stamp technique after the initial inking of the entire teacup in Blushing Bride ink.  I stamped the violet sprigged background on the Wisteria Wonder cardstock with Versamark, and added the Cup of Thanks sentiment on a Blushing Bride Modern Label Punch. The bow was created a little differently.  I folded the bow, and then used sticky strip to wrap around the center and hold the shape.  Adding the adorable Blushing Bride Button and Pearl gives it the extra detail that makes card-making fun!
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