and waiting is not my strong suit! Yes, the wait is on for my new catalog order to arrive. Until then I just have to keep using some retired items. Of course, the more I use the retired things, the more room I’ll have for my lovely new products. A few highlights from my order: Up, Up and Away, Patterned Party, Fruit and Flowers, Berry Blossoms DSP, Well Worn DSP…. Ok, you get the point!
One of the sets that I was REALLY happy to see return from the Holiday Mini is Day of Gratitude. I had only just begun to see its potential when the Holiday Mini ended. I thought it would be really pretty with the palette from Elegant Soiree (retired). I have to say, if you were a fan of Elegant Soiree I can’t wait for you to see the Beau Chateau Suite (pp. 132 – 134)! I inked up the flower in Baja Breeze, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake. The border is punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch and I tied on some Baja Breeze Seam Binding. Basic Pearls are the final touch. I continues to amaze me how such tiny little pearls can add so much to a card! At the price point, I feel perfectly happy to use them with reckless abandon! This awesome layout is from the team over at Stamping 411. They have a new sketch every Saturday and an endless supply of tutorials and ideas. They continue to be one of my favorite sources of inspiration!
I will be back on Thursday with another ColorLab Challenge and it uses one of the new In Colors!! After that I hope to have some new things to show you. That said, I know you’ll understand that you can expect to see only two posts per week during the summer vacation. As much as I love creating, I find it harder to do when my little boys are home and there are so many wonderful things to go do. Of course, when the new box arrives even they understand that mommy “has” to stamp! *smile* I hope your summer is going well. Have a great day!
Stamps: Day of Gratitude, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP (retired), Soft Suede, Very Vanilla; Ink: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals
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10 Comments
Beautiful card, and I agree with you on all counts – happy that Day of Gratitude returned, loved Elegant Soiree, and was excited as soon as I saw Beau Chateau! “Happy to use them with reckless abandon” made me LOL. I just wish we could get the tiniest ones separately; I seem to use them the most!
Love your card Jen! Such gorgeous colouring and love the way you’ve done the ribbon with the border punch. Beautiful!
Gorgeous card! Love those colors! Can’t waiit to see what you make with the new stuff!
That’s a beautiful card you’ve created! I agree 100% with you about the waiting thing. The more I look at the stuff I’ve got the less I want to use it! I’m too impatient for the new goodies, I guess!
I think I want (AKA ‘gotta have’)that seam binding – it looks so good on this card!
What a wonderful card Jen ~ I love the subtle colors that you chose for this sketch ~ thanks for playing along with us at Stamping 411 and enjoy your day 🙂
Yummy! Everything about this card is so sweet 🙂 And I was SO happy to see Day of Gratitude in the new catty too! I so love that set, and the Autumn Spice DSP… I still have about 1.5 packs of that left because I loved it so much. It’s great we can get it
Beautiful card Jennifer! Love the ribbon detail and the pearls. Like you – I like to use them and a lot!
Love the ribbon treatment on the punched border. So pretty!
I was so glad this made the new catty. Beautiful card.