Retiring Colors Samples

A few weeks ago I did a "Going Away Party" where everyone got to make four cards all with retiring colors. I finally took photos of the cards today, so here they are:

This one uses Brilliant Blue and Gable Green with the Party Hearty set.

This is using Taken with Teal and Close to Cocoa and the Hello Again set.

Apricot Appeal, Pixie Pink, and a strip of Orchid Opulence here, using the Pick a Petal set.

This was the favorite of many... using Creamy Caramel, Bordering Blue and Very Vanilla (not retiring, of course!). The Pocket Silhouettes stamps were used here along with the new Lattice embossing folder and the Butterfly Sizzix die.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Pick A Petal in Soft Sky and Amethyst

Today's card is one I did during the warmer months, as you can see from the green vegetation in the background... (no, I did not move to Florida)

I embossed the same petal from the Pick a Petal set (109445) repeatedly on different sheets of Soft Sky Designer Series paper and cut them out. Then I embossed the center on a scrap of Almost Amethyst, again using white embossing powder and cut the center out. To create the card I used a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Soft Sky folded in half, and then stamped the "Thinking of You" from the Three for You Punch Box (109227) along the top and bottom edges in Soft Sky. I adhered a one inch strip of Almost Amethyst card stock to a Soft Sky card and pierced the right edge and created faux stitching with a white gen pen. Then I layered a 3" square of Whisper White and assembled the flower on top of that. I used a purple Rhinestone Brad (109111) in the center of the flower and added a bit of white grosgrain in the lower right hand corner.

This is a fairly quick card and a great use of your small scraps of background paper!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Pick a Petal Jar

With so many cute containers and jars decorated in the new Stampin' Up! catalog I decided to try my hand at it. This is my first - I've been into black and white lately.

I used the Pick-a-Petal set with Versamark and black embossing powder for the petals. I also black embossed the "c" on the front. The "chipboard" label was printed on the computer on white card stock and then pressed into Versamark and embossed with clear powder. I stamped white dots on the glass with the White Staz-on. Lots of Black Gingham, clear buttons, and Brass Hodgepodge hardware finish it off.