I held my May Stamp Club on Tuesday and we made some fun cards using a lot retired items. You only have a few days left to buy these retired items!! So if you know of something you really want, order now. I would appreciate it if you used my May Hostess Code:
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Base: Crushed Curry – 8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored &
folded
Whisper White – 5 ¼” x 4”
It's My Party DSP (retiring) – 1 ½” x 5 ¼”
Color Squares – Melon Mambo; Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry
– 1 3/8” square
Party Punch Pack Cupcake and Candle (retiring)
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Punch the Candle Punch first in the white square
(1 1/8”). Slide it all the way up as
far as it will go & punch. Then take
the Cupcake Punch & put it in so that just a bit of white is at the bottom.
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Stamp sentiment at bottom.
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Line up squares and assemble. (Use grid on your
grid paper to make it easier to line up.)
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On Watercolor Paper (could also use Shimmery
White paper), make a watercolor wash of 3 colors.
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Colors I used are:
o Daffodil
Delight, Tangerine Tango & Melon Mambo
o Tempting
Turquoise, Wisteria, Cucumber Crush
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Die cut white paper using the Hexagon Hive
thinlet (retiring).
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Stamp sentiment on scrap white paper from Feel Goods (retiring) stamp set and die cut using Labels framelits (retiring).
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Assemble card.
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Stamp Swallowtail (retiring) using Versamark and heat
emboss it with your choice of embossing powder. (Black embossing powder is retiring and is already sold out.)
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Use markers and color the butterfly.
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Cut out with Paper Snips.
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Wrap your choice of ribbon around Newsprint
Designer Paper (retiring).
All of the ribbon used above is retiring .... except for the purple card - that is the new rouched ribbon in Sweet Sugarplum.
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Adhere DSP to card.
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Cut 2 banners out using Banners Framelets (retiring) and adhere to
Newsprint paper.
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Adhere butterfly to card.
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Stamp sentiment and cut out with Bitty Banners (retiring).
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Use Wink of Stella for accent on butterfly.
