Aloha, all!
Week before last as I was going through my stamp sets to mark those that are retiring, I found three retiring sets that I had never used! What? Well, then, why did I have them? It's possible that I received them as "freebies" somewhere along the way. But in any case, I decided that as long as I owned them and they're still current, I might as well use them – at least once!
The stamp set that I used for this card is called, Best Friends Forever. Hmmm, I wonder what gave that name away? The colors that I used for this card are also going to be retiring, and I'm trying to make as much use of them as I can before I have to say, "Goodbye," to them at the end of the month. The colors are: Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz. I have to tell you that I never realized what a lovely combination they make all by themselves until I made this card. It's definitely not a color combo, or even a color feel, that you find here often. But I did really enjoy the look once I finished with it.
I think what really sets this off is the set of Labels Framelits that I used to cut out the BFF stamped image as well as the two mats behind it. As I lined them up to see how they looked on the front of the card, I thought that a bit of texture might be a real complement to the stamped background images. So I adhered the Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz layers together, then ran them through the Sizzix Big Shot with the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. Now that gave it some character that I really liked! Then I adhered the stamped layer to this group, and attached the group to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals just to give it a final bit of shadow to complete the soft look of the card.
Not much of a layout here. But lots of products!
Here are the products in this card that are retiring:
- Best Friends Forever Stamp Set (available until the end of May)
- Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink (available while supplies last)
- Pear Pizzazz Card Stock (available while supplies last)
- Blushing Bride Classic Ink (available while supplies last)
- Blushing Bride Card Stock (available while supplies last)
- Confetti White Card Stock (the card base – available while supplies last)
And the one product that for sure is not retiring:
- Elegant Lines Embossing Folder for the Sizzix Big Shot
Still Available!
- Labels Framelits Collections. This was in the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog that has expired. BUT Stampin' Up! has continued it! We are all thinking this means that it will be in the new annual catalog next month!
While I'm sure that I'm having a good time seeing old friends and family this week, I do know that I'm missing my craft room time! I hope you're having enough good crafting time for the both of us – and having fun doing it!
