Retired Stamps Garage Sale This Weekend

No Fabric Friday to share today, as I am prepping for the Garage Sale this weekend.  If you are local, please come by and check it out.  All stamp sets deeply discounted, along with wheels, DSP, inkpads, ribbons, and other embellishments.  See you there!

Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop: June 2012

Hello and welcome to this month's installment of the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop.  If you came from Kim's Stampin' with Kim blog, thank you for visiting me!  This month's themes are New Catalog Sneaks, Father's Day and/or Graduation. I hope you'll like what I have for you.  And please, give my blogpost some love with your kind comments!

I decided to make a masculine card for graduation for this month's Hop.  This is a set called, Need for Speed.  It's perfect for guy cards.  The DSP is from Summer Smooches.  I used the Pennant punch to make my flag ends.  This tip is from Jennifer of NW Stamper.

Next, I made a box to house a set of cards.  The neat thing about how this box is made is the use of Window Sheet as a shim.  How?  Check out Connie Stewart's video HERE.  Simply ingenious.

My Supplies List (all supplies and images by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp Set(s): Need for Speed

Ink: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turqoise, Real Red

Papers: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turqoise, Real Red

Accessories: Labels Framelits, Pennant punch

Thanking for stopping by.  Please continue along the hop with us.  Your next stop is with Pam.

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
3. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
4. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
5. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
6. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
7. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
8. Linda O. of Stamp at Linda's
9. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
10. Pam S. of Sunny Girl Scraps
11. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Blog Hop's Coming!

Our monthly blog hop is happening again this Thursday!  Be sure to check back for some awesome projects.

Local folks, I will be holding a garage sale for retired stamps and accessories with other demos this coming weekend.  For detailed info, please click HERE.  Hundreds of stamps for sale.  Long distance folks, if you're interested, you can CALL ME on Saturday, 6/9/12, beginning at 10am PST, and I will tell you the names of stamp sets and anything else available on sale.  First come, first served.  Shipping charges extra.  Any questions, feel free to EMAIL ME.

Fabric Friday - Card Tote

I would like to share a super cute Card Tote today.

I saw this on LeeAnn's blog.  Isn't she so smart?  This is taking my favorite, Scallop Square die, and make the fabric cuts into rectangles!  How brilliant is this???  Just a caution, make sure you note where you wish to fold the fabric or which scallop you are folding on.  And, uh, don't be having instant message chats with people while rolling the Big Shot.  Just sayin'. ;)

The new 2012-2013 Annual Catalog kicks off today!!!!  Do you have your wish list ready?  Would you like to join a share for ribbons, accessories, and/or papers?  If you do, check out my Shares page.  I am now filling 2nd and 3rd rounds of shares.  As soon as the shares are filled, I will invoice you.  Please pay ASAP, so I can place the orders for you!  Any questions, just email me!

I am off to place my order and the 1st round of share orders.  Check back later for projects made with brand new products!

Always and Forever

Another retiring stamp set here... Always Elegant.  I love this set for wedding cards.  And I love doing wet embossing for wedding cards.  This is a CASE of Candice's card.

I used Primrose Petals, a new In-Color for 2012-2014.  Isn't this a pretty dusty rose color?  A tip for you here: do the border punching BEFORE you emboss.  This particular embossing folder embosses pretty deeply.  If you punch after, I'm afraid cardstock might get stuck in your punch.  Note, this particular border punch, Eyelet Border, is retiring.  Get yours before it's gone!

My Supplies List (all supplies and images by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp Set(s): Always Elegant

Ink: Versamark

Papers: Primrose Petals (new)

Accessories: Eyelet Border punch, Elegant Lines embossing folder, Whisper White Stitched 1/4" ribbon (new), White embossing powder

Click HERE for the Retiring Stamp Sets

Click HERE for the Retiring Accessories

Click HERE for the Retiring Definitely Decorative

Triple Triple Treats

Now that I started on a Triple Treat Flower kick, I can't get enough of this stamp!!!  Isn't the flower sooooo pretty???

The first card is inspired by THIS CARD I saw on splitcoaststampers.com.  I don't have Lace Ribbon punch that she used (it's retiring in a few days, BTW), so I improvised.  The colors here are Bravo Burgundy, Mello Moss (retired), Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake.  The DSP is Paisley Petals, which is retiring also.

This next one is inspired by THIS CARD.  I have never thought to put 2 different pieces of DSP together, but it sure works!  And they work because they are from the same DSP pack, which you know will coordinate with each other flawlessly anyways.  The DSP here is from Spice Cake DSP from the last holiday mini catalog.  Which means, it's retired already.  Sorry.  But we do have FABRIC in these patterns.  I think I have at least one pack of it itching to be used.  I will make something and show you.  Oops, tangent.  Back to the card, I decided I needed a border for the DSP pieces, so I added that.  Then I decided the main piece was too big, so I cut it down.  Then I moved things around until I got this.  The sentiment is from the retiring Sincere Salutations.  I will be really sad when this set officially retires.  It's such a wonderful set.  I love the sentiments, I love the font.  I don't find anything in the new catalog that's similar.  So if you like it, you better order it before it's permanently gone!

Colors here are: Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, More Mustard.

The last card for today is a CASE of THIS CARD.  I love the simplicity of it.  I used the retiring Chantilly Crochet Trim ribbon and Heard from the Heart set.

Remember you can still get all the retiring stamp sets through 5/31/12.

Click HERE for the Retiring Stamp Sets

Click HERE for the Retiring Accessories

Click HERE for the Retiring Definitely Decorative

NEW! Product Shares 2012

PRODUCT SHARES FROM THE NEW 2012-2013 ANNUAL CATALOG!

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY: Reserve a spot in Annie's Product Shares, please EMAIL ME directly at lovemecards@yahoo.com

Please include the following information in your email:
1.  Name
2.  Mailing Address (United States addresses only)
3.  Which share(s) you would like to reserve (see choices below)
4.  Email address for Paypal invoicing

For multiple shares - please contact me for a shipping quote (a Priority envelope can hold quite a bit).  I need four people per share.  When the share fills, I will email a Paypal invoice to you to complete the payment process.  I will then place the order with Stampin' Up!, sort, cut, wrap/assemble, package and mail.  I will make the turn around as quickly as I possibly can.  Depending on how many rounds I have to cut at a time, this can take upto a week.  My first order will be placed on June 1st.

I prefer Paypal.  However, you are welcome to contact me to arrange payment.

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All shares are protected to arrive safe and dry!

Photo Coming		3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon: $11.49 (+$2.00 shipping if not a local pickup)  This share includes approx 2 yards of each 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon in five Brand NEW In colors!  (Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green)
Photo Coming		1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon: $12.49(+$2.00 shipping if not a local pickup)  This share includes approx 2 yards of each Brand NEW 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in 10 colors!  (Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi)
Photo Coming		Designer Series Paper: 22.99 (+5.15 shipping if not a local pickup)  This share includes 94 6x6 pieces of paper including, 12 Designer Series Papers (10 never seen before),  2 Specialty Designer Series Papers, and the NEW In Color Patterns Stack.
Photo Coming		The "Goodie Pack" Embellishments: $8.49(+$2.00 shipping if not a local pickup)  This share includes three different Brand NEWEmbelishments.  10 In Color Dahlias, 6 Naturals Designer Buttons, and 6 Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons.
Photo Coming		NEW "I Want it All" Bundle: $49.99 (+5.15 shipping if not a local pickup)  When you get it all, you SAVE 10%! This Bundle includes the following shares: 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Share  3/8 Stitched Satin Ribbon Share  Designer Series Paper Share  Goodie Pack Embellishment Share This price is only available through June 30th!

Stampin' Up! policy does not allow me to add a Paypal link to this post.  You will need to email me to reserve your share and then I will send you a paypal invoice.