Retiring List 2011

Our new 2011-2012 idea book and catalogue will be Launched on October 1st.  This means it is time to say goodbye to the 2010-2011 Stampin' Up idea book and catalogue.  Some stamp sets, products and papers are retiring on the 30th September to make room for all the new things.  Take a look at the retiring list here, your favourite stamp set might be set to go! If you would like any of the products, some at 40% off, contact me now as when it's gone it's Gone!  Things are going fast, these items are already sold out:

Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets
Pewter Jumbo Eyelets

red riding hood 12 x 12 card stock
Sense of time stamp set

2010-2012 In Color Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (set)
Star Punch

A lot of the products in the mini catalogue will be going - a select few will make it through to the new catalogue but if you love sovething don't take a chance, order it now as it is likely to go for good!

Stepper Card

Just a quick post. A colleague asked me to make a birthday card for his 9 year old nephew so here is what I came up with adapted from a card I saw on you-tube, if I find the link I will post it here.  Lots of punched owls and I used a few stamp sets, funky four, fast notes and one I forgot the name of!

For the teacher - envelope album

Sorry for the lack of posts, my computer has been playing up.  I made another envelope photo album as a Thank You present for Jessies teacher. I love making these, there is a video by Dawn here  but you do need to adjust the size as our envelopes are bigger than US ones, instead of scoring at 6" & 6 3/4" score at 6 3/4" & 7 1/2".  This means your front page is smaller so I used ribbon which I stuck all round the album to fasten rather than the fastening in the video.

 As it was for an infant school teacher I thought I would keep it quite bright and child like so play date DSP was great, I cut out the numbers and matted them on punched scallop squares and stuck to co-ordinating colours, real red, so saffron, old olive, chocolate chip and tempting turquoise.
There isn't much stamping, I used a few stamps from the hostess set cute by the inch but it's mainly dsp, punched card and the alphabet die.

The 'Mr Watson', (guess the name of the teacher!) section is the front of the concertinered envelopes, I have left the mats blank for Mr Watson to add his own photos.  I enjoyed making this little keepsake and think Mr Watson liked it. Do you like the Mr Watson Owl with his little bow tie?

Teachers Thank you cards

Just a quick post, here's  some teachers  thank you  cards. Jess age 7 made the first card  using the sweet heart stamp  set. I think she did a great  job.

I made the second  card using the funky four stamp  set, colouring the stamp  with markers to get multi colour mushrooms! I used the polka  dot embossing folder for texture, the thank u is from cuter by the inch hostess set.  

Anniversary card no. 3

I am having a few problems with my laptop - glass of coke spilled on it! have to use an on screen keyboard so posts will be short. Here is anniversary card 3 using notably ornate and bird punch.

Anniversary card no. 2

This is my second anniversary card, I used the same sketch as yesterday, from simply stampin' challange no.16, here, but used a more subtle colour, bashful blue, my husband prefers this one, I like yesterdays best, which do you prefer?. I added a butterfly instead of one of the flowers and used the very vintage wheel to do the background on the bashful blue cardstock.

Very Vintage wheel and vintage vogue Anniversary Card

There are three July wedding anniversaries in my family so I thought I'd better get a start on them. I've used the sketch from the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog here , challenge 16. I used some colours I've not used before, old olive and rich razzleberry, they are very strong colours but I liked them together. I also used the very vintage wheel, I love the wheels, especially the jumbo ones, they are great for covering large areas quickly, this wheel goes beautifully with the vintage vogue stamp set.  Here is my card:

I sponged the edges of the card with rich razzleberry ink using sponge daubers, ruffled some old olive satin ribbon and added some pearls. I then stamped an anniversary sentiment straight onto the card base.  I hope you like it, I love these colours but my husband prefers the one I will be showing you tomorrow