Pretty Poppy Moments

Hi Friends!  Happy April!  I guess spring is truly on its way.  Have you ever had one of those days where you see an idea and it just makes you happy?  So of course, you have to sit right down and try making it, right?   That's what happened this morning.  I saw a card designed by Peggy Noe that just made me smile as soon as I saw it.  And I owned everything that she used to design her card too.  Woo Hoo!  The card uses the Poppy Moments Dies for the focal image. The only stamping on this card is the sentiment.  Oh, did I mention I made a few changes as I went along?  Let's get started.

This card starts with a Thick Basic White cardstock piece cut at 11" x 4 1/4" that's scored at 5 1/2" and folded in half.  I guess that's my first change - she cut her cardstock differently, so the fold was along the side.  The pretty striped layer is from the Pattern Party DSP that is a Host Reward.  This paper pack has so many different prints in both black & white and colors that you can find something to fit almost any occasion.  For this card, I chose a Calypso Coral and white stripe.  It's cut at 5 1/4" x 4" and attached to the white base just using adhesive.  The black & white print is from the same paper pack.  This was cut 4" x 3" and layered onto the stripes with adhesive. 

The poppy base was die-cut with the Poppy Moments dies and cut from Calypso Coral cardstock.  The open-work layer was die-cut from Flirty Flamingo cardstock. They are attached together with several Mini Dimensionals under the flower's center. 

The die set has two different full flower centers that are die-cut from Daffodil Delight cardstock.  Holding them in my palm, I used the Take-a-Pick Tool with the cover on to make the centers curve up a little.  They are layered together using Mini Glue Dots.  Another Mini Glue Dot was used to add this to the poppy's center.  Don't they all look great layered up together?

I changed things a little here.  She added several loops of black & white baker's twine and attached this under the poppy.  I preferred to use some die-cut Old Olive leaves to frame up the poppy instead. 

The sentiment layer was die-cut using the Stitched So Sweetly dies.  It's cut from Daffodil Delight cardstock using the 2nd smallest rectangle die.  I will greatly miss this set of dies as it is retiring.  I seem to grab it all the time.  Guess I'll have to find a new go-to die set.  

The sentiment comes from the Biggest Wish stamp set.  This is one of my favorite sets if I'm looking for bigger words to make a statement on the card front.  The hello was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  After stamping, it was attached to the card front with adhesive. 

The last touch was the addition of some Matte Black Dots.  A large one went on the flower center.  A couple of the small ones were added to the sentiment - she only used one.  Then I thought I'd try a few more changes and make another card or two.  Since everything was out on my table, why not?

As you can see on this card, I did a major change in the orientation.  

The layer of black & white DSP is smaller - only 1 3/4" wide instead of 3". 

I still added the leaves, but fewer.  This time the leaves were cut from Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  

Only one of the Matte Black Dots was added to the card.

This one has even more changes to it.  The card base was changed to Poppy Parade.  

The black & white DSP is a different print from the same Pattern Party pack, but back to 3" wide.

The base of the poppies is die-cut from Poppy Parade cardstock. The open-work layer is cut from Calypso Coral cardstock.  I added one of the smaller poppies to fill in, and a few more leaves.

Oh my goodness!  How much fun was that to take Peggy's card idea and play around with it to make it my own.  I forgot how much fun those poppy dies are to play with!!  They all look different but similar.  Each one was sort of a springboard to the next one.

I hope you use my card ideas in the same way.  I know I often look at cards on Pinterest to get the creative ideas flowing and then go to my stamp room and play.  Sometimes what I come up with is fairly similar, but sometimes it takes a few twists and turns and comes out looking nothing like the original.  And either way is good.  Somedays, the ideas just aren't there so copying others is fine.  The important part is to actually find the time to get creative.  If you don't try, it will never happen.  

Ok, that's my lecture, or pep talk (or whatever this is) for the day.  Thanks for stopping in to see what's happening here.  Just a quick reminder that the new catalog will be starting in May and is being sent out to you.  But with a new catalog, that means the old one is retiring.  Lots of items are on sale, but not all of them.  When you are ordering, please use the Host Code on the upper right corner on the blog page.  It's much appreciated!  And hurry to pick up what you want before they are sold out!  

Love you guys! 

Sharon

Serene Sunrise

Hi friend!  Hope you're enjoying your weekend so far.  We had a frost warning last night, and I hope it doesn't affect all the new growth that's popping up everywhere.  I'm still astounded by how early we have the flowering trees blooming around here.  The gorgeous weeping cherry we have is already done blooming for this spring.  How is that possible when it's only April 2nd?  This is at least a month earlier than I was used to in Michigan.  But I'll get used to it, I'm sure!

Today's card started out as an evening twilight card, but I've changed the colors a bit and decided to go with a cool dawn morning instead.   That's more like what we're dealing with here, so it works.

The first thing was die-cutting the Misty Moonlight quarter sheet of cardstock with the Birds & More circular die.  This leaves such a pretty opening with berries and leaves framing the circle.  Since this layer of blue would be almost the whole card front, it needed some texture to give it more interest.  I used my favorite embossing folder - Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.  I'm so bummed that it's one of the many items that are being discontinued.

Now it's ready to use as a guide for coloring behind the window.  It was carefully placed on the Basic White card base.  I penciled in 4 tiny marks inside the window for a guide when blending in the colors.  I needed to make sure they would cover the opening and then some.  

The first color I used was Pale Papaya ink, laying it on with Blending Brushes on the bottom area of the window. This covered an area about 1 1/2" high.  Next up was Blushing Bride ink.  This was blended into the Pale Papaya ink and brought up about 1 1/2".  The next color was Fresh Freesia ink.  Again, it was blended down into the previous color and blended up about 1 1/2".  Lastly, I added some Misty Moonlight ink to the very top of the area to represent the not-quite-night sky.  I carefully went in to erase the tiny pencil marks.  They really were so tiny I could have left them there, but you know....

I have to throw in a disclaimer here.  In real life, the dawn sky colors are soft, but still much brighter than my pictures would suggest.  I just couldn't get a picture that showed this truly beautiful background.  How frustrating!

The bird is from the Birds & Branches Bundle that's on the retiring list.  The bird is stamped with Night of Navy and Gray Granite for its two-toned look.  These colors made the bird look similar to the cute little Juncos that have been populating our bird feeder. After stamping, it was cut with the coordinating die.  The branch is also from the same bundle and was die-cut from Pear Pizzazz cardstock.

The sentiment is from the Special Moments stamp set that was one of the freebies during Sale-a-Bration.  I hope you were able to pick this set up as it has so many wonderful sentiments included.  This one was stamped with Misty Moonlight ink onto a Basic White scrap.  It was die-cut with the Beautiful Shapes Dies.  This is a fun little die from that set that has embossing that is part of the die.  Nice accent.

Now that all the pieces are ready to roll, it's time to put it all together.  The Misty Moonlight layer was attached to the folded card front (with the dawn sky on it) first.  I used Dimensionals to pop it up and give some shadowing to the leaves and berries around the window.  The Pear Pizzazz branch was attached with multiple Mini Glue Dots.  The bird was attached over the branch using Dimensionals.  Lastly the sentiment was attached flat to the card front using only adhesive.  

At this time, there is no bling on the card.  I wasn't crazy about anything I tried.  So, for now, plain it is.  Let me know if you think it needs something added and what that should be.  I can always change my mind about this, if you can convince me.

As the old catalog is on its way out to make room for the new, I feel the need to get out some of my very favorites and play with them again.  The Birds & Branches Bundle has been used often since I'd gotten it.  While still in Michigan, it was used for classes several different times.  It was always fun to make a card with these fairly realistic birds, and it still was this time around.  Yes, I'm going to miss this bundle very much.  If you're interested, it is still available until the end of April - just a couple more weeks.  Let me know if I can help you order this before they're gone. 

Thanks for coming by again and checking things out.  Hope you enjoyed this little card and give this idea a try.  It's fun to have a die-cut opening in the front of the card with a scene of some kind peeking through.  Just something a little different for you to try.  Just a reminder that catalogs will be sent out sometime this month.  If you haven't received yours by the end of the month, please contact me so I can send another one.

Blessings and peace,

Sharon

Relaxing at the Beach

Hello Friends, here we are again with another go at the Oceanfront stamp set.   I figured I couldn't let it get the best of me, so I sat down and played around some more with the colors and layout.  And I'm glad I did!  I was determined to stamp on a quarter sheet layer and work with it from there.  It actually worked out nicer than I thought it would.

Start out with Basic White cardstock cut at 5 1/4" x 4".  The first item I stamped was the water stamp with Coastal Cabana ink approximately in the center of the piece.  It's important to get the horizon line straight at this point.  I noticed after it was finished that the left side of the water was a little low.  Since everything else was stamped already, I just let it go.

Next the sky was stamped with Balmy Blue ink.  Again, like the last card I shared, I chose to keep the horizon area lighter and the darker inking on the top edge.

Lastly, the sand area was stamped in using Crumb Cake ink.  I stamped it once angling it against the water.  It was re-inked, then turned around to stamp upside down and stamped once.  At this point, without re-inking, I turned it right-side up and stamped it partially over the area I just stamped but down a little farther.  I was paying attention to the size of the image, wanting it to stay approximately the same distance top to bottom and side to side.

Now it was time to add the extras.  The Oceanfront stamp set has two different sizes of rocks, speckly sand, and 3 different styles of grasses.   Lots to choose from to add accents.  I stamped the double rock image to the bottom left corner of the stamped image with Soft Suede ink.  I added some of the speckly dots to the sandy area using Crumb Cake ink.

At this point, I decided to use the Stitched with Whimsy Die set to sort of frame the picture.  The 2nd largest die from this set was used.  It gives a fun, double-line stitched look.  Most of the scene was contained in the stitching, but a few little spots snuck out.

A few more accents were needed to finish this picture.  For those, I turned to the On the Horizon stamp set which coordinates with this one so nicely.  Of course, you can't have a beachy scene, without seagulls in the air.  The seagulls needed to be flying by in the distance, so they were stamped in with Smoky Slate ink.

There's a nice little grass or plant cluster die in the Perfect Plants Dies.  One each were die-cut from Soft Succulent cardstock and Just Jade cardstock.  These were attached near the rocks in the bottom left corner just using adhesive.   

Then this whole layer was attached to a folded Thick Basic White cardstock base that was cut at 11" x 4 1/4".  Dimensionals were used to lift the layer from the white card base.

The sentiment is also from the On the Horizon stamp set.  I used a Soft Suede marker to ink only the word "relax" and stamped onto a small scrap of Basic White.   It was fussy cut around the word and added to the card front with Mini Dimensionals.  And the very best accent for the card was added last - Pebbles Enamel Shapes.  I added five of them in the different shapes and colors.  I love these colorful little rocks as an accent for this style of card!  (ps - they are back in stock as I write this!!)

If you've got this stamp set, get it out and start playing with it!  It's not as scary as you think it's going to be to get some lovely beachy scenes going.  And the best part?  Each one will be different from the last, even if you're using all the same colors of ink.  Just by stamping each one individually, each one will be unique!  Isn't that awesome?

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been creating today.  Please leave a comment if you would.  I really love hearing what you think of these cards I make.  Thanks for hanging out with me for a bit today.  Hope you had fun and maybe were inspired to get your stamps out and play.

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon

Oceanfront Card

Hey friends!  It's just been a little crazy here.  Because Carson had a weekend-long baseball tournament going on, Nate spent last weekend with us.  Of course, there was much running around with baseball practices for him, but we had still had a great time watching movies, putting puzzles together, and baking.  I do love spending time with my grandsons.  They each have such different personalities, but both of them are so much fun to be with.  And that's my very good reason for not posting in a while.  It's hard to post something when I haven't been creating much at all.  Today I sat down with the Oceanfront stamp set.  I've been struggling to coming up with something different than everything else that's being shared on Pinterest.  I think I managed that with today's card.

I finally figured out that I'm happier with this stamp set when I'm stamping on a skinnier piece of cardstock.  The Basic White cardstock piece I used measures only 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" for this card.  There's a layer of Misty Moonlight cut at 2 1/2" x 4" to frame the stamped layer.  

Stamping starts with Balmy Blue ink on the stamp that I think of as "sky".  Play with this stamp a little to get a feel for it.  One flat side stamps a little heavier and the other side is lighter.  Each of these will give you a little different look.  For this card, I wanted the lighter sky at the horizon line.  The "water" stamp was stamped with Misty Moonlight ink.  This already has the waves etc. in the stamp so it's easy to get a great look.

Next up was the "land" stamp.  This was stamped with Soft Suede ink.  I actually stamped it several times to fill in the area.  I had to flip it around upside down and then back again to fill in.  I wasn't too sure how this would work out, but surprisingly it was fine.  I figured if it looked bad, I'd just trim down the white cardstock piece a bit to get rid of whatever I didn't like.  😁

So far, the created scene looked a little boring to me and needed some extras added.   To add some interest to the scene, I grabbed the On The Horizon stamp set.  The seagulls were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink in the sky.  Then I thought that some grasses would work on the dirt.  They were stamped with Old Olive ink.  Those two additions made the scene much more interesting to me.  

After stamping, this was layered onto the Misty Moonlight cardstock that was cut earlier using adhesive.  Seeing how it would look on the Crumb Cake cardstock base that I was planning on using, I decided to add some of those same seagulls across the front of the card.  They were stamped in on each side using Crumb Cake ink.

On a 3/4" strip of Basic White cardstock, the sentiment from the On The Horizon stamp set was stamped with Misty Moonlight ink.  It was then trimmed up close to the ends of the words.  There was a small strip of Misty Moonlight cardstock that measured about 7/8" high and 2 1/2" long.  This was just a little shorter than the white strip.  I liked how it accented the words on the top and bottom, even though it didn't totally frame around the words.  

Both items on the front of the card were attached with Dimensionals.  A double strand of Linen Thread was tied into a small bow.  This was attached to the bottom of the scene using a Mini Glue Dot.

To keep with the simplicity of the card, a white layer was added to the inside of the card.  The only stamping here were the seagulls going across the top of the layer.  These were stamped with Crumb Cake ink to match.

I was really happy how this card turned out.  I have been playing with possibilities of different colors and layouts with the Oceanfront set.  So far, this is the best scene I've made, but I still have more ideas tumbling around in my head. I'll keep playing with this stamp set and share with you whatever else is created.

That's it for today's edition.  I know most of you have been taking advantage of both the sale items on the retired list and the shipping costs before they go up April 1st.  I thank you for supporting me.  You are so special, and I appreciate you immensely.  Please get those stamps out and play around.  It never hurts to try something new.  If you really don't like the outcome, it's only paper!  You can either turn it over and try again, or pitch it!!

Happy stamping and creating!

Sharon

Important Information!

 Hi friends, today's post is going to be very different than other posts I've done.  All I'm giving you is information that is important for all of you to be aware of.

Starting 1 April 2022, standard shipping and handling rates will permanently increase in all markets. As expedited shipping option rates are calculated in addition to standard shipping and handling pricing, these options will also see a cost increase.
 
The new pricing structure will increase shipping charges as follows:

In the United States, standard shipping and handling charges will change from $6.95 USD or 10% (whichever is greater) to $7.95 USD or 11% (whichever is greater)—including territories and APO/FPO.  In other words, the increase is $1.00 or one percentage point, per order (dependent on the total).  

• In the United States, the minimum shipping charge of $7.95 USD will apply to order totals up to $72.31 USD. Order totals greater than this will be calculated at 11%.

In the United States, three expedited options are available, and will be priced as follows:

• Next Day Upgrade: $38.00 USD ($3.00 USD increase from the previous rate)
• 2nd Day Upgrade: $23.00 USD ($3.00 USD increase from the previous rate)
• 3 Day Shipping Upgrade: $15.00 USD ($5.00 USD increase from the previous rate)
• The expedited shipping option rates above are calculated in addition to the standard shipping rate (e.g., the next day shipping option would cost $7.95 USD or 11%—whichever is greater—plus $38.00 USD)
• Please remember that expedited shipping is not guaranteed. Expedited orders move up in picking/fulfillment priority (which we have control over internally), but once it leaves Stampin’ Up!’s distribution center, we have no control over when it arrives to you. Shipping vendors are experiencing significant challenges in this global crisis and will continue to for some time.

Ok, that's all the information that Stampin' Up! gave us.  In fact, I copied and pasted the pertinent info so you have what we've been given.  When you order through the Customer Portal, all the figuring will be done for you so you don't have to worry about the math.  During the past few years, Stampin' Up! has actually been losing money on shipping and there has been discussion of raising shipping rates.  They try very hard to keep costs contained and as low as possible for us.

On to the fun stuff now!  The retired list has been released!  Wow!  It's a big one.  But then I say that every year as so many of my favorite stamp sets and dies are retired.  When you are looking at the retired items, be aware that Bundles will be retiring, but sometimes the items will still be sold separately - without the 10% discount!  When you sign into the Customer Portal, there will be a page in the beginning that will take you directly to shopping the retired products.  Rick and I spent a couple hours last night and this morning trying to get a succinct list onto my blog, but obviously that didn't work.  Neither of us are up on all the IT stuff and it really shows sometimes.  So sorry I can't post the list like I wanted.  Just bear with me on this please!

If you have any questions about all this info, just give me a call and I'll try to help you.  Thanks for everything!!

Sharon

Darling Duckling Easter Card

Happy Wednesday!   Here we are, back to those gray and rainy days again.  The plan was to make something bright and happy to lift my spirits and hopefully yours too.  Maybe it was time to play with my Easter Friends set again.  In case you're looking, it's found on page 27 of the January-June Mini Catalog.  Don't you just love those cute little animals?!  Any one of those cuddly animals should make you feel happy.  Today I'm focusing on that sweet little duckling again.  It just makes me smile when I see it.  Thought it would be a good idea to make another Easter card while I still had the time.  Hope you like this special little duckling.

When I was making all those cards that had a peach theme to them last week, I had a piece of the You're A Peach Designer Series Paper left over that didn't get put away with the rest.  It was just sitting out there on my table letting me know I should do something with it.  Right now!   So after looking at the polka dot design and the soft Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral colors on it, this is what I created.  I started with a Pale Papaya cardstock base that's cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half.  The You're a Peach DSP measures 4" x 3 1/2" and is attached much closer to the left side of the card front.

I thought the Stitched So Sweetly Dies would look nice here because of the pretty scalloped edges along with the stitching.  The largest rectangle die from the set was used to cut the Calypso Coral cardstock, and the 2nd largest die cut out some Basic White cardstock for the focal point.  Before attaching the Calypso Coral piece to the card front, it was embossed with the Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder to give it that wonderful texture.  It was then attached to the card front using adhesive and positioned more to the right of the card.

The duckling was stamped with Pale Papaya ink onto the white about 3/4" up from the bottom edge.  That gave me space to stamp in some grasses for it to be dancing in.  The grasses were stamped using Pear Pizzazz ink and were stamped 3-4 times, re-inking each time.

I used Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends to color the body in sort of "sketchy" and make sure it wasn't really heavy and solid - more fluffy looking.  😄  The beak and feet were colored with Pale Papaya Light and Dark Stampin' Blends to give them some definition.

The sentiment is from the A Wish For Everything stamp set.  The 'happy' was stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink and Easter was stamped with Calypso Coral ink.  I liked the two different fonts for the sentiment that continued the light-hearted theme of the card.

Before attaching the white layer to the card front, I attached a 10" piece of Pale Papaya/White ribbon under this to run diagonally across the card for more interest.  Then the stamped layer was attached using Dimensionals.   Looking at the card, it still needed some contrast on the focal point.  I remembered that the Peach Dies set has some small flowers that would be a good accent.  I die-cut 3 flowers from Calypso Coral cardstock and scattered them in the grasses at the bottom.  They are attached with Mini Glue Dots.

I thought 3 of the 2021-2023 In Color Jewels in the Pale Papaya color would perk up the corner of the Calypso Coral layer. They would relieve that large expanse of color and give the card a softer look.  I think they're a good addition to the overall look.

For some reason, I couldn't get a really good picture of the inside of the card.  After 6 tries I gave up.  This is the best of the bunch.  I guess you'll just have to bear with me and use your imagination to see the wording better.  😕  Both the words and chick were stamped with Calypso Coral ink.  The chick then had a bed of grass stamped in under it with the Pear Pizzazz ink.  The words are from the A Wish for Everything stamp set.

That's it for today's post.  Hope this cute duckling

puts a smile on your face too.  I just want to give it some music to dance to now!

The retiring list of stamps and accessories is coming out soon!  Be sure to check back so you know the latest news.  If you're thinking about ordering any of the 2020-2022 In Colors that will be retiring, best to do this quickly before the supplies are sold out.  This seems to happen early on each year, and I don't want you to miss out on something you're going to need later.

Thank you to all of you that have been ordering online and using the Host Code when you do.  That's the main reason that I'm still able to be part of the Stampin'Up! community.  Your support has been invaluable.  It's been great to share ideas with you here on my blog and I appreciate any and all feedback.  Plus, I'm really looking forward to this Friday when I'll share some lovely cards that have come in the mail lately.  I can't begin to tell you how special each and every card and note is to me.  You make my day so often.  Thank you, my friends!

Happy creating and sharing!

Sharon

Making Waves Again

Hello, hello!  Hope you're all having a great day out there. I told you I'd be playing in the waves some more, and I was definitely telling the truth.  I find it so intriguing that the creations using either just the stamps, just the dies, or both of them together can give you so many different looks and feels. Today's card has an island vibe going on, and it reminds me of our cruise around the Hawaiian Islands back a good number of years ago.  I truly loved the beauty and splendor that was just about everywhere you looked.  Just gorgeous.  That's what my thoughts were on when this card was created.

This card started out with one of the beautiful pages of the Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper.  I liked the tones of pinks and blues colliding into a frothy, foamy-looking type of shoreline.  A 5" x 3 3/4" piece was cut to build my scene on.  I was going to use it in a portrait style card, but felt I needed more space across to fit my design so switched it to be landscape style.  All the stamping was done before I chose the cardstock colors for making the card base and layering.

The DSP and wave stamp were placed on the Stamparatus so I could get the wave exactly where I wanted it.  That was a stroke of genius because I actually stamped the wave 3 times with Bermuda Bay ink to get it as dark as I wanted.  I'm finding that this stamp works so much better on the Stamparatus to get a clean look and also to stamp multiple times with either the same color or more than one color to get added shading and/or depth of color.  This is pretty much a must-have staple in my humble opinion.

After getting the wave colored the way I wanted it, I moved on to the island placement.  I used one of the stamps in the Oceanfront stamp set which was the smaller land or water stamp.  I used Crumb Cake ink that was off-stamped, and stamped multiple times in the same general area, but not right on top of itself.  This gave me a soft, almost misty-looking, land mass that was off in the distance.  I inked up the trio of palms from the Paradise Palms stamp set using Soft Suede and Old Olive markers, off-stamped and then stamped onto the masked land area.  This gave me shorter palm trees that weren't way too big for the card.   It also kept it all looking more in the distance than if the colors were darker and crisper looking.  The sun from the Paradise Palms set was also stamped in the top corner using Daffodil Delight ink.  Then I used a Blending Brush with the same ink to put a sunny halo around the sun.  I put the sun on this corner of the card because there was already yellow on that edge of the Designer Paper that I was using.  Looking closely, you can see more of it in the water area and a bit under the land area too.  

At this point, I decided that I liked the darker Bermuda Bay surrounding the card as a layer and Coastal Cabana as the card base.  The DSP was layered onto the Bermuda Bay using adhesive, then was attached to the card base using Dimensionals.  I thought the Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels in the Coastal Cabana color looked nice sparkling in the water.  I added three of them going up the curl of the wave and two more in the foam of the water splashing down.

The sentiment is from the Paradise Palms set.  I used the Stamparatus again for stamping because it needed several stampings to get the Bermuda Bay color as dark as I wanted.  It was punched out using the Double Oval Punch with the plain oval for the white layer and the scallop oval for the Bermuda Bay layer.  These were added to the left of the card using Dimensionals to pop it up.

I hope you give this Waves of the Ocean Collection a try.  I'm finding it to be so much fun trying different techniques to achieve amazing possibilities.  So far, the Waves of the Ocean DSP, the Blue Foils Specialty Paper, and the Rhinestones Waves Basic Jewels are all still available.  Remember these three items will not be in the upcoming catalog like the stamps and dies.  When they sell out, that will be it.  Which is really too bad because they're so much fun to create with!  The information on this collection can all be found at the top right corner of my blog.  If you're getting this post in your email, just click on the header and it should take you directly to my blog.    Be sure and leave me a comment if you like what I've been doing.  I appreciate your comments!

Thanks for stopping in again to see what's going on.  I've been getting my list of customers together for mailing out the new 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.  Yes, it's time for moving on from the past year onto the next fun edition of our Annual Catalog.  That reminds me that I haven't mentioned the older In Colors that will be retiring with the old catalog - Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, Bumblebee, Magenta Madness, and Misty Moonlight.  Boy, I'm really going to miss some of these colors!  If you need any cardstock, ink pads, markers, or ink refills for these colors, now is the time to order.  The new In Colors will be unveiled along with all the new stamps, dies, and other goodies.  I can't wait to see what will coming in the new catalog!  Hope you're excited too.  That also means I'll have a retiring list available soon, so keep your eyes peeled so you won't miss out on anything!

Happy stamping and creating!

Sharon