Sunday 29 April 2018

A Few Retiring Faves

Now is the time to pick up your favourite items before from the retiring catalogue!  Pick up before the Last Chance products before they're gone forever.

You have until May 31st to order items on the Last Chance list, but some items will sell out fast as they are available only while supplies last.

Here are a few cards featuring some of my fave retiring stamps.


Blooms & Wishes
This super quick & easy card uses Lemon Lime Twist & Basic Grey inks.


Rose Wonder
The floral image was heat embossed onto watercolour paper, them colured using
Crushed Curry,  Daffodil Delight & Calypso Coral ink.  For the leaves I used Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive & Daffodil Delight. The card base is Calypso Coral.


Thank you for choosing me as your demonstrator.  
As a thank you to you, I have a Rewards Program - be sure to check it out. In addition, until April 30, I have a special offer for you!

Click on the image below, then on Shop Now. Be sure to use April's Host Code RYBCQ6KY.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me.





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Sunday 15 April 2018

Happiest of Days & a Blog Hop!

The retiring list of products is out, and as much as it's sad to see our favourites going away, there's still time to purchase them before the new catalogue is released in June.

Today, I have two cards for you, both featuring a gorgeous retiring stamp set - Happiest of Days.  Although I used watercolour paper as the top layer, silver heat embossing, and Indigo Island ink & cardstock on both cards, they look quite different.

Let's take a look at the first card:


Using Versamark, I stamped the floral image onto a watercolour paper scrap, plus the layer, then heat embossed in silver.  I did the same with the sentiment.  Such lovely script - don't you just love it!!
Next, using Indigo Island ink & re-inker & my Aqua Painter, I simply coloured in the flowers. For the leaves, I used Lemon Lime Twist.


To achieve the speckled look, I tapped my Aqua Painter that was loaded with Indigo Ink and a bit water over the paper.  Next I did the same with Lemon Lime Twist ink. Lastly, I fussy cut some of the flowers and popped them up on dimensionals.

This is our Stamping Symphony monthly blog hop. This month, we're focusing on retiring products. Once you're finished reading my post, please take a few minutes to hop on over to the blogs of the rest of the team. Links are at the bottom of the page.


Let's check out card 2:


After I heat embossed the sentiment & flowers, I once again loaded up my Aqua Painter with Island Indigo ink, then swept the colour across the paper.  I really like how the ink settled.  


I decided to add Elegant Eggplant ink to some of the flowers.  Sadly, both Elegant Eggplant & Island Indigo inks & papers are retiring.  It's not too late to pick up this stamp set & your other fave colours, but please don't delay - they are available only while supplies last! 
You can shop here.


You can find the rest of our team blog hoppers below:


Sandy - you are here





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Monday 9 April 2018

Retiring Products - Get Them Before They're Gone!

I hope you have your wishlist handy!!  The retiring products list is out, and items are 'while supplies last'. These retiring products will be gone faster than you can say 'Bob's Your Uncle', so to avoid disappointment, shop asap!  Stock up on re-inkers, stamp pads, papers, and pick up your fave stamps before they're gone forever.

Be sure to use the current host code RYBCQ6KY when ordering.  If your order is over $200 don't use the host code because you qualify for Stampin' Rewards.  Click on Shop Now, which is on the right panel of my blog.



Click here to view retiring Occasions products

Click here to view retiring Annual Catalogue products



If you have any questions about the retiring products, please contact me. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday 6 April 2018

Goals are Good, and a Thank You card!

Just like many of you, I set goals for myself.  Attainable, realistic, but still a bit of a 'reach' goals. The goal I've set relates to my Stampin' Up! business. And, when I reach a goal, I celebrate!  You are very much a part of the goal and the celebration!  Here's the scoop - starting April 3/18, when you place an order, your name will be entered in a draw.  When I reach my Stampin' Up! business goal, I'll draw a name, and the winner will get a FREE stamp set.   This is open to Canadian residents only.

Ooooh! There's more!!  Every Tuesday I do a Facebook Live video on my Lolly & Sand Group.  When you share my video with your friends, you get a ballot for my weekly Happy Mail draw.  And, if you place a $35 or more order & share my video - you get 2 ballots!  The video stays on Facebook, so you can watch it anytime.

Hey....how about a card!  This is one of the cards I made on my FB live video.


My son asked me how I got a wood grain look on this card.  I used Wood Textures DSP - a 'must have' stack of paper, great for cards & home decor projects!  This particular piece of paper is actually quite light in colour.  I wanted it to be blue like the card base, so I rolled my Sponge Brayer onto my Marina Mist ink pad, then onto the paper.  An easy peasy change-up!
I've never done heat embossing during my videos, that is until April 3.  If you're new to heat embossing, this technique is magic!  Or not LOL.  What it is, is easy and fun!
Your first step when heat embossing is to use your embossing buddy (see product list below), to wipe across the  paper.  It helps remove static.  I used a stamp from one of my all-time favourite stamp sets - Lovely as a Tree.  The sentiment is from the Petal Palette set in the Occasions catalogue.
Next step - ink up the stamp using Versamark, then stamp onto your paper.  You won't be able to see the stamped image very well, but that's okay - the image is there. 😊
Your next step is to 'pour' your embossing powder onto the paper. Make sure to pour out lots!  Now you'll see the image, as the embossing powder sticks to the Versamark.  Tap the extra powder off the card onto a piece of scrap paper, or whatever you choose to collect the powder, and put it back into the container.  The 'magic\ happens when you use your heat tool.  Be really really careful - heat tools give off, well, heat, and lots of it!
That's pretty much it.  The base of the card is Soft Sky (I didn't have Marina Mist card stock), and the layer is Copper Foil paper.

The dimensions are available on my video.

Thank you for stopping by!  Your comments & support mean so much to me!  



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