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Using Up Peaceful Poppies Designer Paper on Assorted Cards

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Peaceful Poppies Assorted Cards

I only have a little bit of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper left and I wanted to use it up so I made this assortment of cards, pretty quickly and easily! Although the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and the coordinating Painted Labels Dies and the Poppy Moments Dies are not retiring, the beautiful Peaceful Poppies paper is!

There are even Poppies Bundles available, and unlike most Bundles that are retiring with the current catalog, these Poppies Bundles are carried over into the new catalog! That is good news so you can still save 10% on stamp sets and dies together. There is the Painted Poppies Bundle and the Peaceful Moments Bundle. Order them now or later if you don’t already own them! I would recommend ordering them with the new catalog actually.

Today and tomorrow, June 1 and 2, are the last two days to order any retiring Last-Chance products from the current catalog.

The new catalog begins around Noon (Mountain Time) on Wednesday, June 3. Keep in mind the website will probably be quite busy that day so if you have trouble getting in just keep trying.

Some new products might not be available due to the problems of shipping and keeping inventory supplied so there may be backorders or even products that will be unorderable perhaps. However, I recommend ordering things that are your first choices as soon as you can and try to beat the backorders! I always recommend going ahead and ordering something that is backordered if you want it because Stampin’ Up! will send that item out to you as soon as they are resupplied and that will be faster than waiting to order it for the first time yourself.

***There will be a special for placing a $250 order or more during June in the NEW CATALOG, June 3-30. Orders of at least $250 in merchandise will receive an EXTRA $25 in Stampin’ Rewards! Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions can count toward that amount if you need something extra to reach $250.

Hopefully my regular customers have received their new catalogs that I mailed out to them so you can be making out your Wish List of new products that you would like! If you are new to Stampin’ Up! and looking for a Demonstrator to assist you and are interested in Stampin’ Up! products, I would be happy to send you a complimentary catalog if you send me your contact information.

So today and tomorrow check the Last-Chance Products and Clearance Rack and see what you need to order today and tomorrow before the current catalog ends at midnight (MT) on June 2.

Bird Ballad Floral Thank You Card

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Bird Ballad Floral Thank You Card

As I was using up some designer paper scraps the other day, this Bird Ballad Floral Thank You Card is one that I came up with. This floral pattern is so pretty I think and punching out one of the printed birds on another sheet of the designer paper as a focal point makes for a nice card.

I wasn’t crazy about all the sheets in the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper, but I thought most of the patterns were really pretty. This paper, on the card front, with just colored flowers, I thought was especially pretty and easy to use on many cards. You can purchase this Bird Ballad DSP on the Last-Chance List at a discount until June 2.

The card base is Petal Pink, one of the coordinating colors of the paper. Then I added a layer of Pool Party underneath the floral designer paper. I punched out the bird from another sheet of the DSP. Then the bird is layered on a Stitched Shapes Die and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Before adhering the designer paper to the Pool Party layer, I adhered a short piece of Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon from the top of the bird image around to the back of the floral paper almost as if the bird image is an ornament. Then I took two strands of the same ribbon together and tied a bow which makes a fluffier bow, especially with this thin ribbon, and adhered it to the top of the die-cut with a Mini Glue Dot or two.

The greeting is from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set and is stamped in Pool Party ink. Then the greeting is die-cut with one of the Stitched Nested Labels Dies.

This Bird Ballad Floral Thank You Card is a relatively simple design and easy to make so try it with your scraps of designer paper!

Bird Ballad Floral Thank You Card Closeup

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Are Stampin’ Blends Retiring?

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One of my favorite products in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog is the Stampin’ Blends markers. So the other day when the Last-Chance List came out of retiring products I got a little concerned as I saw marker after marker on the list! You may have too! Fortunately, Stampin’ Blends ARE NOT RETIRING so no worries there if they are your favorite coloring medium!

What will be new, is that Stampin’ Blends will not be sold in singles in the new catalog. So if one marker goes bad, you will need to buy the Combo package regardless. Therefore, I suggest going through your markers and seeing particularly if you have any singles that you need to replace. Keep in mind these are a consumable product and will have to be replaced eventually. If you do need single markers, order them now during the retirement period. When the new catalog comes out you will only be able to get the Combo Pack.

I already knew I had a few markers whose tips were scraggly but I hadn’t stopped the world to go through them and make a list of them. This is what I did the other day. I went through each marker and scribbled on scraps of Whisper White Cardstock with the brush tip and made a list of any that were bad or a little bit bad or whatever. I thought it was best to color on the Whisper White cardstock to get the proper feel for how the tip was working in case it didn’t work as well on scrap computer paper. Then I placed a Stampin’ Up! order for the singles I needed or both, if that’s what I needed. It looks like Old Olive only has the Dark marker available, no Light and no Combo Pack so that will wait until later.

Stampin' Blends Singles

The single Stampin’ Blends Markers will be available until June 2 or while supplies last. If they run out of a single color during this time, the item will no longer be orderable.

Stampin’ Up! says they have quite a bit of inventory for single Stampin’ Blends Markers so they will continue to fulfill orders for the new 2020–2021 Annual Catalogue combo packs with single markers until the inventory is depleted. After that time, they will automatically start shipping Stampin’ Blends Combo Packs. So if in the new catalog you still get markers in your order in single packages that is why, but when those are gone you’ll get the combo pack. Either way, they will be only sold as Combo packs starting June 3.

Also, beginning June 3, Bronze and Ivory Stampin’ Blends Markers will be sold exclusively in a combo pack (though they may arrive in separate packaging until the single marker inventory is depleted). The Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter will be the only Stampin’ Blends Marker sold individually starting with the 2020–2021 Annual Catalogue.

So when you are going through the Last-Chance products in my Online Store and the Clearance Rack, and maybe ordering the early release Ornate Garden products, be sure to check out your Stampin’ Blends markers and see if you need maybe just a few single markers while you have your chance. Remember, everything is while supplies last!

Darling Label Punch Box Bargain!

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Darling Label Punch Box
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If you want a bargain on the Last-Chance Retiring List, check out this Darling Label Punch Box Bargain! If it is still available when you read this, you can get this $45.00 product for only $6.75!! That makes it worthwhile just to get the pretty tin it all comes in!

The Darling Label Punch Box is on page 94 in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. It comes with a stamp set to make labels to add to cards or gifts and comes with the punch to punch them out! You also get a clear block for the stamps and two ink spots. If you wanted a gift for a crafter or potential crafter, you could even add some cardstock or notecards, maybe some adhesive, and you’ll have a great gift that the recipient can really get some good use out of!

The tin itself is 8″ x 8″ x 3″ and the colors are Gold, Grapefruit Grove, and Night of Navy. Tie a ribbon around it for a gift and it will be perfect! Or just treat yourself! At that price, you can get several if they are still available.

Darling Label Punch Box Cards
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Pictured above are a few samples of cards you could make with the kit. Those Pearlized Doilies, by the way, are also a bargain on the retirement list!

Here are the product lists of Last Chance Products from the Annual Catalog and from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

LAST-CHANCE PRODUCTS FROM THE ANNUAL CATALOG

LAST-CHANCE PRODUCTS FROM THE OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG

The print is tinier than tiny so you will have to zoom in to read it on your computer.

  • All retiring items are only available while supplies last and will be discontinued after June 2.
  • Due to high demand, retiring stamp sets will have guaranteed availability until May 22, 2020; all other products are not guaranteed and are only available while supplies last.

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