Archive for December, 2009

Stampin’ Up just made a surprise announcement this morning that many of the stamp sets on the Dormant List will not be available after January 4th! Ack! Say it isn’t so! Below you can see the stamp sets that will be retiring.

CLICK ON THE STAMP NAME TO VIEW THE SET. I’ve also included samples that I’ve made using the sets, wherever I could.

Item Number Stamp Set
113407 Back Woods
114492 Beautiful Baby
114486 Birthday Wish (View Sample 1, Sample 2)
113200 Branch Out (view Sample)
114496 Celebrations
113732 Central Park
113206 Classic Sketches
113226 Classy & Fabulous
114498 Flowers in Silhouette
113405 Font of You (View Sample)
113216 For the Bride
114494 Forever
109425 Friend by Definition
114488 Fun Flowers
113716 Garden Greetings
114490 Glad Friends
111580 Grand Soiree
113242 Hit the Road
113710 Lexicon of Leaves
113236 Man’s Best Friend

(view Sample 1, Sample 2, Sample 3)

114423 Ocean Commotion
113728 Playful Petals
109276 Polka Dot
111544 Putt Putt
113240 Quilt Quips
113754 Really Retro
113403 Sip by Sip
113726 Sweet Stems (view Sample)
113250 That’s Funny (view Sample 1, Sample 2)
113688 Wonderful Watercolors
114028 Para la novia
114032 Acuarelas Maravillosa

If you are interested in purchasing these or any other stamp sets, please visit my Stampin’ Up website and click on “Shop Now.” You will automatically recieve the Preferred price when shopping through there. Stampin’ Up recommends that orders be placed by December 15 for arrival by Christmas.

Here is another Christmas card I am making at the holiday card making classes. I wish you could see it in real life, it is even more beautiful! To get this fabulous look on the trees, I first inked them up with Old Olive ink. Before stamping,  I used a sponge dauber to lightly cover them with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. The result is truly gorgeous!The Patterned Pines stamp set is a Hostess set from the Holiday Mini Catalog, and is only available for one more month!

CIMG8605Stamps: Patterened Pines, Christmas Punch
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red
Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Other: Sleigh Bells Ribbon, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Sponge Daubers

P.S. I just uploaded some Hanukkah cards for sale at my Etsy shop. Let me know if you are interested in buying any of those, or any other cards you see featured here on my blog.