#30 Mint and Raspberry Tree

Today's sketch comes from July 2014:

A pretty pink and green glimmer tree for today's card! And with this card, I have officially completed 30 Days of Christmas Cards from Sketches! There have been some great cards this month. Now to sign, address, and send all these babies out to friends and family...

• Stamps: Star Tree
• Inks: Mint Macaron; Emerald Envy; Close to Cocoa; Primrose Petals; Raspberry Ripple
• Cardstock: Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper (retired); Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper (retired); 2015-2017 In Color DSP (retired); Mint Macaron (retired); Primrose Petals (retired): Whisper White
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Star Punch (retired)

#27 Eight Tiny Reindeer

Today's sketch comes from November 2015:

Here's what I originally did:

A fun nontraditional color scheme for today's card. I love the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper from last year's SAB so much and thankfully I had a few bits leftover still. I decided to play off the glimmer paper and do a fun layered card. I also found this great piece of pattern paper from an old A Beautiful Mess kit. 

• Stamps: Merry Mistletoe
• Inks: Berry Burst
• Cardstock: Berry Burst; Carried Away DSP (retired); Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper (retired); random scrap
• Accessories: silver foil washi tape
• Tools: 

#14 Glitter Reindeer

Today's sketch comes from March 2017:

Here's what I originally did:

I wanted to do a Christmas card in non-traditional colors, and somehow I ended up with a fun pink, green, and gray Reindeer card filled with some sparkle. I layered on a few pieces of DSP and found a stray piece of Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper at the bottom of my scrap box. Perfect to add that little bit of interest I wanted for the card. For my stamped image, I went with a Smoky Slate reindeer so I could overlay my sentiment in a darker color (in this case Berry Burst to sorta coordinate with the glimmer paper). As a last touch, I added a few Glitter Enamel Shapes as antler ornaments.

• Stamps: Merry Mistletoe
• Inks: Smoky Slate; Berry Burst
• Cardstock: Neutrals DSP (retired); 2015-2017 In Color DSP (retired); MInt Macaron; Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Top Ten Retiring Products

There are still so many great items are the retiring list. But these could sell out at any time. Make sure to snap them up before they're gone!  Here are my Top 10:

1. Build a Birthday Stamp Set $16.00  (138646)

2. Elegant Butterfly Punch $16.00 (127526)

3. Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper $3.00 (140550)

4. Birdcage Builder Stamp Set $13.60  (142891)

5. Stars Framelits $21.60 (133723)

6. Pop of Pink DSP $7.80 (141648) and Washi Tape $8.00 (141649)

7. Endless Birthday Wishes Stamp Set $16.00 (140273)

8. 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes $4.50 (141410)

9. Hello Lovely Project Life Card Collection $16.00 (141668)

10. Lucky Stars Embossing Folder $7.50 (135817)

Blooms and Blushing Bride

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using on our current favorite products. My current favorite is the Birthday Blooms Stamp Set. I love the images, but even more I love the ability to color the images to fit my card! For this card, I repeatedly stamped the large flower image. Then I raided my markers box for some pretty spring colors. I stamped a sentiment onto an oval piece. But still something was missing... A bit of Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper was the perfect embellishment!

• Stamps: Birthday Blooms
• Inks: Blushing Bride; Rose Red; Perfect Plum; Mint Macaron; Lost Lagoon; Old Olive; Pear Pizzaz; Hello Honey; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Rose Red; Blushing Bride; Whisper White
• Accessories: Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper
• Tools: Oval Framelits

Sunday Haul #4

I popped into Michael's for snail and ended up grabbing some silver dots, sticky strip (I ran out the other day), trimmer blades, a birthday cake banner (for next year), and a very cheap paper pad. I have plans for this paper for the retreat.

And my Stampin' Up club order came on Friday. There was some miscommunication and problems, so I ended up taking the hostess benefits for January instead of my randomly picked month of May.

• PL Memories in the Making Card Set (SAB item)
• Birthday Blooms stamp set
• Bow Paper Clips
• Glue dots
• It's My Party Washi Tape
• Rose Red Ink Pad
• Berry Basket Die
• Going Places DSP Stack
• Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper