RETIRING PRODUCTS I'M GOING TO MISS

Hello and welcome!

Today is the last day to order from the Spring/Summer catalogue and  16/17 Annual Catalogue from Stampin' Up!, because tomorrow the new catalogue will be released!! I'm so excited to be able to show you the new products, there are some amazing new stamp sets and of course the new set of 'in colours'; there is so much!! Make sure you pop by tomorrow when the link for the new catalogue will be live.

May is a busy birthday month in the family so today I'm going to show you a few birthday cards using some of the retiring products that I am really going to miss.

This first card uses the retiring Balloon Adventures stamp set. I used Crumb Cake cardstock and Ink, and a small piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and Chocolate Chip ink for the greeting.

I used the retiring Balloon Adventures stamp set for this card also, but changed the orientation and colour combination to Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo and, the retiring, Watermelon Wonder.

This card uses the Papillon Potpourri stamp set and co-ordinating punches and the Cottage Greetings stamp set, all of which are retiring. I've used Watermelon Wonder (retiring 2015-2017 in colour) and Peekaboo Peach ink.

These last two cards use the retiring stamp set I am going to miss the most - Gorgeous Grunge.

I hope you have enjoyed these projects.

Don't forget to check out the clearance rack, there are some great bargains to be had. Click here to go to the Stampin' Up! Store. Be sure to select me as your demonstrator to receive a free thank you gift for shopping with me!

Tanya x

Email me - countrysidecrafter@hotmail.com

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SHOEBOX SWAP AND NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY

Hello and welcome!

Today I am attending a shoebox swap with fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. We all design a card and provide kits for all attendees to make our card. All items are placed in a shoebox size receptacle that is passed around the table, hence the name!!

This is the card I have designed for the swap.

I stamped the images using Stampin' Up! Stamp pads and the Cool Treats stamp set. I then used an aqua painter to smooth out the colour and give it a water coloured look, before adding shading with the same (or darker) colour of marker pen.  Again, I used the aqua painter to smooth out the colour. Stampin' Up! Markers contain the same formula ink as the stamp pads and are useful for precision colouring; they are dual tipped, with both a brush and bullet tip. 

As today is National Scrapbook Day I thought I would also share a scrapbook page with you using the same stamp set and the co-ordinating Frozen Treats Framelits Dies.

Item no.142982 £24.00

Item no.142756 £24.00

The stamp set and thinlits dies can be bought together as a bundle (item no.145181 £43.00) the bundle price is only available until 30^th May 2017.

I hope you have enjoyed these projects.

If you wish to purchase any of the items used to make this card simply click here to go to the Stampin' Up! Store. Be sure to select me as your demonstrator to receive a free thank you gift for shopping with me!

Tanya x

Email me - countrysidecrafter@hotmail.com

Follow me on Facebook - www.fb.me/suffolkstamper