Farewell to French Foliage

The good news?  The NEW Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog goes live on Friday afternoon, May 31st!  The sad news?  A TON of cool stuff will be retired and June 3rd is the last day to order.  One stamp set that I'm super bummed to see retired is French Foliage.  I love the versatility of this set and the artsy feel of the images.

Here's a card that I made using French Foliage - it was a hit with my CLOcards customers!

Besides the retiring French Foliage stamp set, other retiring products on this card include More Mustard ink and cardstock, Old Olive Scallop Dots ribbon, and Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper. You can find them all in the Retiring Products section in my Online Store.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  French Foliage (retiring!!), Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Old Olive, More Mustard (retiring!!), So Saffron, Soft Suede
Paper:  Soft Suede, So Saffron, More Mustard (retiring!!), Summer Smooches DSP (retiring!!)
Extras:  Old Olive Scallop  Dots ribbon (retiring!!), Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Dimensionals
Inspired by:  Kay Kalthoff

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Retired Accessories List (only available while supplies last) 

• Download: Stampin' Up! Retired Accessories
• Shop: Retired Accessories

Retired Stamps List (all available until June 3rd)

• Download:  Retired Stamp List (PDF)
• Shop:  Retired Wood Mount Stamps
• Shop:  Retired Clear Mount Stamps

Also - you can add on current and Clearance Rack merchandise too.  Order your favorites before they are gone, gone, gone!

**Want a NEW Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog?  Just $3 if you pick it up from me or $5 if I ship it directly to you.  Leave me a comment if you want one!

**In the area?  Stop by my Annual SU! NEW Catalog Open House on Saturday, June 1st from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.  See brand NEW products from the 2013-14 Annual Catalog, stamp something using NEW products, peruse the Garage Sale table and enjoy munchies and good company.   BONUS: You will receive a 50% credit back on your "garage sale" purchases to be used against your "new catalog orders" made that day!  Contact me for directions.  Hope to see YOU there!

Thanks for stopping by CLOcards today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

How About Some More JOY-folding??

I'm so glad our January days have been sunny for the most part lately - that makes the cold MN weather just a little easier on the system!  I hope you enjoyed the joy-fold card I shared on Monday.  Here's another one I made for my son's wedding rehearsal dinner last August.  I liked them so much I made a few for myself - and for our CLOclub class!

You can see in these additional pics how the two cards fold into each other - a JOY fold!

I CASEd my card from Cristena Bagne's blog, and these are her measurements, which I followed to a T:

• (1) 5-1/2 x 7 folded at 4-1/4" to create the A2 size (this is the card base, Whisper White)

• (1) 5-1/4 x 4 DSP (Island Indigo circles)

• (2) 3-1/2 x 3-1/2  (Island Indigo)

• (2) 3-1/4 x 3-1/4  (Whisper White)

• (1) 7-1/2 x 3-3/4 folded in half  (smaller joy-folding card base, Whisper White)

• (1) 5-1/4 x 2-1/2 DSP (floral print)

• (1) 5 x 2-1/4 Whisper White

The leaves were made from embossed flower punchies, cut into two's and attached to the underside of the Tangerine flowers.  The ribbon bow only ties through the flower center - the two flat ribbons wrap separately around the square white layer.  They just look like they are all one piece!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso
Paper:  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP
Extras:  Blossom punch, 1" Circle punch, 1/8" hole punch, Perfect Polka Dots TIEF, 1/8" Calypso Coral organdy ribbon (retired SAB)
Inspired by:  Cristena Bagne

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Thanks SO much for spending a little time with me today and sharing in my JOY!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Groom's Dinner Guest Book Album

One thing I love to do for my sons when they marry is to create a Guest Book Album of all their wedding participants! At rehearsal, I take a solo photo of each participant. Then at the Groom's Dinner, I ask each of the participants to write a journaling card of memories, funny stories, advice, or blessings.  The photos and cards go in an album for a nice keepsake of the special people who were part of their wedding!  Here are pics of the journaling cards . . . and yes, the matching RSVP pens! 

 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

 

Card Recipe
Stamps: Mixed Bunch
Ink: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Garden Green, Basic Black cardstock, Summer Smooches DSP, index cards (Target)
Extras: RSVP pens

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

 

Thanks so much for taking a look - I appreciate YOU!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.  :)