Affectionately Yours!

Have you seen the Affectionately Yours Product Suite? Oh.Em.Gee. It's gorgeous! It's on pages 44 & 45 in the Annual Catalog 2016-2017. Flowers---and COPPER...beautiful! It's no secret I love stamping flowers. They just make me happy! Don't get me wrong...I do buy other things as well, but I just can't stay away from the flowers. This card has the Affectionately Yours Specialty DSP, (you can't see the loveliness in this photo, but the copper is also in the PAPER! It has the Affectionately Yours Washi Tape (across the top of the DSP) and I stamped the greeting with our NEW in-color--Flirty Flamingo..another love of mine! :) The flowers are stamped with Versamark then embossed with the copper embossing powder. I wish you could see the pretty sheen in this photo! The flowers are fussy cut. (Stampin' Up! Make me a punch!!) I bumped them up on dimensionals to add some dimension to the card. I sure hope the lovely lady who receives this loves it as much as I do!

Product Shares!

Good Morning Beautiful People!
Have you ever wished for a sampling of all the new goodies from the catalog, but cannot afford all the expense of buying EVERYTHING?? Then I've got a solution for you!
Join in on my Product Shares! There are Designer Series Paper Bundles, Specialty Paper Bundles, Ribbon Shares, Twine Shares and Accessory Shares! Or....you can buy the Big Kahuna Bundle and get EVERYTHING, which will include all shares plus the Envelope Paper of your choice from the New 2016-2017 Catalog! Below you can see the shares, and if you click on the pic, it'll enlarge it so you can read it! Or email me and I'll send it as a PDF or Word Doc!
The first wave of shares is being ordered Monday July 11th so don't delay!
Happy Stamping!

Bonus Days are Almost Here!

Stampin' Up! is trying a BRAND NEW promotion! That's right---for every $50 you spend from July 7th through the 31st, SU! is going to give you a $5 coupon (via email!) that you can spend from August 2nd through 31st! How fun is that? Watch for a sneak peek of an exclusive new bundle coming your way in August that you can spend your bonus days' bucks on!
Now REMEMBER!!! This promo doesn't start until THURSDAY! But you can shop HERE!

April Showers Bring Sunflowers!

Today I am sharing a card that we made at my Terrific Techniques class last week. We've had tons of snow lately here in Colorado, and I needed a pretty flower to brighten my skies, since my real garden has taken a hit from all this spring snow.

I used the Poinsettia Punch and made a cute sunflower card. I CASE'd Cindy MacLean's card. I changed it slightly, but couldn't improve upon her design.

Stamp Sets:  Hardwood, A Dozen Thoughts
Ink:  Smoky Slate, Basic Gray
Cardstock:  Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Accessories: Poinsettia Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, Washi Label Punch, Linen Thread.

Thanks for looking!

Inking Idaho on the Road Displays

Back in March, I went to a wonderful event, called Inking Idaho On the Road. It was put on by my favorite stamper, Becky Roberts. If you don't follow her blog, Inking Idaho---you should. She's an amazing stamper!

I also had the opportunity to design some projects for her event. Here is a pic of my display:

My theme was the Bold Butterfly Bundle, and the Watercolor Wings bundle. I made several cards, a diamond shaped box, and a large box to hold all the cards. :) I also used the adorable Pretty Petals paper in my theme. What do you think?
You can see Becky's post about it HERE!   
Thank you Becky, for asking me to create a display for you! It was my honor! 

A Sketch Challenge

So each week, my Stampin' Up group, Inking Everything, has a weekly stamping challenge. Last week, it was a color challenge using these colors:

 

Here is my take on those colors:

(I used Black for my neutral instead of white) 

First I punched a 1 3/4 circle from a sticky note and used it to place my moon on a Whisper White background. Then I sponged my background using Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise. After the background was done, I lightly sponged Curry and a touch of Tangerine onto my moon, to make it tri-colored. Then I took Basic Black Archival Ink and stamped the Flower images using the Wild About Flowers stamp set. The greeting is from this set too. Tie a basic black ribbon around, and mount it to a black cardbase. Very simple and quick card with a WOW effect. If you want to see my first attempt, check out my FB Page, Rocky Mountain Hi Stamping, HERE!

Thanks for looking!

The Retiring List is out!

If you want to see a list of what's retiring, click here:
Stampin' Up! Retiring List 2016
So I am offering a sale to you. This is my RETIREMENT PARTY pricing!
ANY RETIRING STAMP SETS are Buy One Get One 50% OFF, from now until May 31st! That's right BOGO 50%. This is NOT on the accessories, stamp sets only! 

 I am sad to see a few sets go, but you will not believe the stamp sets coming to replace them! Woohoo! My favorite catalog in YEARS! I will be hosting a catalog kickoff party on June 1st, if you want details, let me know!  If you're out of state and would like a catalog, email me and I'll send you one. It's $5 and I will send you a coupon with it for $5 off a $30 order.