Sneak Peak of new stamps!!!

"All About Occasions" Bundle from the upcoming 2007 Fall Collection
I used "Purely Pomegranite" a new color from the upcoming In Color line, basic black, mellow moss, vanilla and a piece of so saffron designer paper also available from the upcoming Fall Collection catalog due out July 1.

***I will have a couple boxes of catalogs, arrange to get one today!

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SEE MY ENTIRE ONLINE GALLERY HERE!

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Goodbye, forever!

Every year Stampin' Up retires (discontinues) stamp sets to make way for new ones. This year over 230 are saying good-bye! The last day to buy these stamps is June 30. If you don't have the catalog you can see it online. Over the next few weeks I'll be posting cards made with some of the retiring sets.




Nice & Easy Notes stamp set, retiring forever on June 30, 2007. This card was inspired by my upline Brenda's card found here.








"Seaside Sketches" stamp set, page 128.

Inspiration for the Dad and Son card came from a beautiful card by Barbara Guinan




"Roses in Winter" stamp set, page 122

Inspiration for the Roses card came from this card by Sencie.








"Flower Filled" stamp set. page 130

Inspired by my upline, Brenda.

See all my cards and projects here.

Polka Dots, Paisleys & Petals!

These cards were made using Polka Dots & Paisleys and Polka Dots & Petals sets from the Spring Mini, 2007. I used detail white embossing powder and a heat gun for the sentiment on the bottom card. The Polka Dots & Paisleys stamp set was a free gift from Shelli Gardner, the founder of Stampin' Up - every demonstrator received a free one for Christmas! It's also available for anyone to purchase until June 30, 2007. Inspiration for these cards came from Splitcoaststampers. Enjoy!

All supplies by Stampin' Up!:-- Papers: Cool Carribean, apricot, teal, celery.

Office Accoutrement

Have you seen the Stampin' Up Spring Mini? It's just wonderful! There are 2 great paper punches in there -- a tab punch and a spiral punch. On this card I made my own school paper by stamping blue writing lines and a red margin line on thick white cardstock. Then I punched out the holes using the spiral punch, wrote a *to do list* in pencil and mounted it onto the card with foam pop-up dimensionals. I also used the tab punch to punch out the blue tab on the side and fastened it with a stapler. This set is in the Spring Mini and available until June 30, 2007.

Decorated Envelopes

With the postal rates having gone up again, it's time to fight back by spicing up our envelopes! At least if they're going to be 41 cents they may as well look fun and interesting. Here is a regular letter envelope that I stamped with a single image repeatedly on the bottom and up the right-hand side. (the recipient's name has been covered over). Isn't that so easy? You just need one stamp and one ink pad or marker to spruce up an envelope. Luckily, I was able to send this right before the new rates took effect.

In today's digital age most people have online banking and send e-cards. But if you're like me and still enjoy sending greeting cards in the mail, don't forget to buy the new *forever* stamps - you can still use them even if the prices go up again. Click here to see the new postal rate chart