Use It Up! Friday ....

I love this stamp set.

It is one of the few I am hanging on to.

This could be a Flat Card Friday, if you remove the ribbon and basic pearls.

I am on a Rose Red / Primrose Petals kick this week. 

I do seem to gravitate to certain colors in spurts.

Supplies:

• Rose Red CS, Basic Gray CS, Whisper White CS
• Manhattan Flower Stamp Set, Pursuit of Happiness Stamp Set
• StazOn Black, Rose Red Ink Pad, So Saffron Ink Pad
• Aqua Painter, Seam Binding Ribbon, Basic Pearls

Use It UP! Friday

Use It UP! Friday

I used:
Paper: Basic Black CS #121045, Riding Hood Red CS #111348, Newsprint DSP #retired
Stamps: Perfect Words #hostess
Ink: Basic Black #101179, Early Espresso #119670
Other: Taffeta Ribbon #119962, Slot Punch #retired, Stampin' Sponges #101610

Use It UP! Friday

I made a version of this card before but I didn't have the little tag punch. I know it seems like a minor addition, but I love the little details! So, when the punch arrived this was one of the first cards I thought of.

I loved this paper. I love the color combinations. LOVE it!

I used:
Paper: Springtime Vintage DSP #nla, Baja Breeze CS #111352, Early Espresso CS #119686, Not Quite Navy CS #101722, Very Vanilla CS #101650
Stamps: Oval All #113790, Medallion #115223, En Francois #109521
Ink: Early Espresso #119670, Not Quite Navy #103008, Baja Breeze #111833
Other: Stampin Sponges #101610, Jewelry Tag punch #117190, Decorative Label Punch #120907, Scallop Oval Punch #119854, Oval Punch #119855, Baja Seam Binding Ribbon #122331, Linen Thread #104199

Use It UP! Friday

This one didn't turn out how I wanted. I think it could use some tweaking. Maybe a step up or two. But it was fun to play with Bliss butterfly.

I used:

Paper: Crumb Cake #120953, Basic Black #121045, Whisper White #100730

Stamps: Bliss #NLA, I can't remember where the sentiment comes from. It is still sitting on my desk without a home...if you know what set it comes from, please let me know.

Ink: StazOn Black #101406, Pumpkin Pie #105216, So Saffron #105213, Crumb Cake #121030, Early Espresso #119670

Other: Scallop Edge Border Punch #119882, Dimensionals #104430, Stampin Sponges #101610

Use It UP! Friday...

Friday is the day I post a project using retired or "other" stuff I have in my craft room. As a Stampin' UP! demonstrator I like to use items available in our current catalog. I can rememeber being frustrated as a new stamper, trying to copy a project I loved, only to find it was made with retired items. So I understand the need to be current. I also know that after stamping and crafting for a time we have a stash of things that we love that are retired or that someone gave us or we aquired someway or another. LOL

Today is the day I encourage you to USE IT UP!

I made this card while on retreat a few weeks ago. I spent 10 hours on Saturday trying to come up with card ideas. It was not a good creative day. I made one card (not this one- you will laugh when I post the 10 hour card) that day and felt like my creative juices were running dry.

The next morning I got up early and started looking at card sketches. I found a Mojo Monday sketch that I really liked and started to go...

I love this card! I mean I really love it! That doesn't happen very often.

I used:

Paper: Crumb Cake #120953, Not Quite Navy #101722, Very Vanilla #101650, Bella Bleu (retired)

Stamps: Elements of Style #120045 -clear, #118611 -wood

Ink: Not Quite Navy marker #100059, Certainly Celery marker #105106, Sahara Sand marker #105105

Other: Square Lattice Embossing Folder #119976 (thanks Monika), brads (craft store), XL Scallop Oval Punch # 119856, Large Oval Punch # 119855, Dimentionals #104430

You could easily re-create this card using other Designer Series papers. If you have Woodland Walk #117389, or Blueberry Crisp #117392 or Elegant Soiree #117163 - any one of these current DS papers would work beautifully. Add in some Antique Brads #117273 and you could create you own version.

Thanks for stopping by and looking :-)