I hope that your Easter weekend was full of family and lots of blessings!!  I had such a wonderful Sunday.  The boys had fun with their baskets, we all went out to a local winery in the afternoon with dear friends and then came home and had a lovely ham dinner with them.  Perfect!

This week’s challenge at Merry Monday is super fun and lends itself to all kinds of creativity!  There are so many ways to decorate letters!

I have to confess that I was a bit pressed for time this week.  I was out on a four day trip and that means no stamping.  Or does it??!!  I had my computer and therefore I had My Digital Studio with me.  So I went in and started thinking about making hybrid card.  Using the Holly Jolly Greetings download I played with the sentiment to get it the right size.    I printed it twice so that I could cut out the little banner.  The background DSP is from the same download and I just printed it off, cut it to size and attached it to a card base.  I tied on some retired grosgrain ribbon and attached a Vintage Faceted Button to it.  The rhinestones on the card and the button were all colored with the new Blendabilities (yes…..I just got them….stand by for more because they are awesome).  The design team has all kinds of fun ways to show off you letter and word stamps/dies.  Hope you’ll play along this week!

Now about that retired stuff….  Today is the day.  The Stampin’ Up Retirement List is out and everything is available only as supplies last.  You need to move fast!!!  Check out the list by clicking here:  Stampin’ Up Retirement List

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Digital Stamp: Holly Jolly Greetings; Paper: Very Vanilla; Accessories: MDS, Rhinestones, Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), Vintage Faceted Buttons