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  My kids were lucky enough to go boating a few weekends ago, so we made a thank you card to send to the hosts.  I used the SAB 2009 set, So Many Scallops, In Full Bloom is where I got the stem and the sentiment came from Sincere Salutations.  The paper and ink is Regal Rose, Riding Hood Red and Old Olive.  The flower print paper is a single sheet from Michael’s purchased last week.  It matches the Stampin Up colors really well.  The scallop circle punch is my favorite.  I also used the1/2 inch circle punch for the center of the flowers.  The flowers are raised with dimensionals.  I cased this card from Nancy Riley at istamp.com.  See her card here  I really like Nancy’s blog.  She always has awesome cards.  My son just taught me how to do the link so I can show the card I used for inspiration.

If you are a Stampin Up customer or hobby demo, don’t feel like you can’t use retired products.  I’m going to try and make a lot of cards using retired Stampin Up products so you can be inspired to use everything you already own.  If you make cards with retired products, please send me a link and I’ll show them here.

I want to have another LNO (Stamp A Stack) in August, so watch for details coming soon.

Stampin Up Sweet Slumber DSP, Sizzix  Flower, Daises #2, dimensional to pop up the center of the flower.  This is a scripture notebook.

I was trying to make a “manly” Valentine card for my husband.

Stamps-Love You Much- from the Love You Much Bundle- 20% off through the end of January

Love Matters-Retired- “I love you the most” is from this set and fits the word window perfectly

Ink-Purely Pomegranate-Retired

Paper-Purely Pomegranate-Retired, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories-Cuttlebug embossing folder, Word Window Punch, Purely Pomegranate stitched ribbon-Retired, Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/8 Circle punch

I made 16 of these cards for the gals in my Bible study.  They all had a different verse, flower color or ribbon color.  I also had these at my LNO class this week.  The cards are simple, yet elegant.   I always stamp the envelope to match the card.  At my classes, the gals always go home with matching envelopes too.

Stamps-Easy Elegance-Stampin Up Retired

Ink- Versamark

Paper-Whisper White

Accessories- Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool,Stampin Up Ribbon-Retired

This is a total case of Nancy Riley’s card at istamp.com. I love the colors and everything about it, so I didn’t change a thing.  To get the purple rim circle, punch the smaller circle first and then punch the larger circle around the hole left from the smaller one.  This card was also one of the cards we made at my LNO class this week.

Stamps-Classic Stars wheel, Warmest Regards-Retired

Ink-Pacific Point

Paper-Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Elegant Eggplant

Accessories- Large and small star punch. 1 3/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches, 1/16 handheld punch, silver brad, key tag with the wire removed

This folder is made with an 8 1/2 X 11  Regal Rose card stock.  I scored the paper at 5 1/2 to fold the paper in half and then scored at 2 inches from the bottom to hold the cards and envelopes inside.  The scoring it done easily with my Scor-Pal.  This folder holds three cards and three envelopes.

Recipe:

Stamps- Retired Alphabet set and Wow Flowers for the envelope

Ink- Regal Rose

Paper- Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and SU Designer Series Paper Sweet Always

Accessories- 1 inch Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon- I love this ribbon!

Recipe:

Stamps-Attitude Alphabet Upper-retired

Ink- Pink Passion

Paper-Pink Passion, Green Galore, Only Orange, Whisper White

Accessories- Cuttlebug embossing folder, Scallop Circle punch,  1 1/4″ and 1 3/8′ Circle punches, Crafters Tool Kit, Ribbon from Michael’s

I gave sets of six cards and envelopes to teachers as Christmas gifts.  They loved them.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Recipe:

Stamps-Elegant Thank You

Ink-Kiwi Kiss

Paper- DSP ski slope, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Accessories- Cuttlebug embossing folder, White gel Pen, Scallop Square punch, SU Soft Sky ribbon-retired

Did you notice the soft sky ribbon matched the Baja Breeze paper?