Flashback Friday: Tropical Party Layout

Today I have a two page layout, using a fun, but now retired set called Tropical Party along with the coordinating Island Oasis  DSP. Both of these items were available from the 2010 Summer Mini Catalog.

The smaller flowers, palm fronds and the palm trees were stamped and cut out, while the larger flowers were cut from a piece of the DSP. I cut the title using a Sizzix Bigz Die set called Go Slim. I cut the letters from both DSP and chipboard for some added dimension.

The second page of my two page layout uses an addition retired set called Happy Hour along with the current, new set Botanical Blooms. Look how nicely the stamped and die cut leaves on the right hand side of page coordinate with the leaves in the DSP running along the bottom of the page.

Most of the elements on these two pages went together easily, but I kept going back and forth with one little piece...

See the little flagged strip of umbrella DSP on the left side of the photo...not sure I like it or not? I think it needed something, but not sure if that is the "something" it needed. It's still only attached with temporary adhesive! LOL. What do you think? With or without?

Here's a look at both pages together.

Have a wonderful weekend! I have more tropical photos from our Hawaiian vacation to scrap, so I'm going to pretend I'm somewhere warm and sunny! 

Tropical Thank You

I got my veggie garden planted and my flower beds mostly back in order, so until all the weeds start popping up, I should have a little more time for stamping! Here's a card I made with some of the retiring colors and the Tropical Party set.

These colors...Taken With Teal, Gable Green & Pixie Pink will all be retired (along with 27 other core colors and 3 of the current In Colors) at the end of this month. Let me know if you need anything...I will be placing an order at the end of the week.

Stamps: Tropical Party & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock: Taken With Teal, Gable Green & Pixie Pink
Ink: Taken With Teal, Gable Green & Pixie Pink
Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain, Large & Small Oval Punches, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Word Window Punch and Lots of Labels Sizzlet

I'm busy prepping for a card class I am having here later. Will share those cards in the upcoming days...so stop by again to see me. Have a good one!

Tropical Mojo

Another week, and another great sketch over at Mojo Monday. Had to give this one a shot...and for me it really was a challenge. Putting the main image at an angle is never easy for me. Still not sure about it...but here it is.

I used all retiring colors: Taken With Teal, Gable Green & Pixie Pink. The Tropical Party stamp set can be found in the Summer Mini catalog. The Designer Circle Brad I used is part of this months National Scrapbooking Promotion...buy a qualifying stamp set and get FREE brads.

Other supplies used to create this card: Top Note Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Vintage Vogue (sentiment) and Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain.

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your day!

Happy Mother's Day!

I'd like to wish all you wonderful moms a very Happy Mother's Day! I created this card for my Mom using the gorgeous set Greenhouse Garden. I purchased it last month when it was on sale, but this is the first chance I got to ink it up. It's such a pretty set!

Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Teeny Tiny Wishes & Botanical Blooms (2009 SAB set for leaves)
Card stock: So Saffron, Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry & Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry, elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery & Old Olive
Accessories: Rich Regal Brads, Small Oval & Word Window Punches, Scalloped Circle Bigz die, Lots of Labels Sizzlet, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Coluzzle, Mat pack & Paper Piercer & Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your day!

Tropical Hello

Hello...it's been a while, but happy to have found some time to spend in my rubber room doing some stampin' last night. I used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch and some new goodies from the Summer Mini catalog, and this is what I came up with.

This sketch was a good one for showing off the fun new Designer Series Papers - Island Oasis.

Stamps: Tropical Party & Hello Again

Card stock: Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise & Island Oasis DSP

Ink: Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive & Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Bold Bright Brads, Small & Large Oval Punches & Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Have a great day!

Vintage Smooch

My favorite set from the the Occasions Mini...Vintage Vogue gets some added sparkle with a little smooch from Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. Cute name, but kind of a tongue twister, huh? This product will be available in the upcoming Summer Mini, in 4 different colors choices.

You cannot see just how shimmery this is from the photo, but after stamping the flower images on Whisper White, I spritzed them with the Smooch Spritz and it looks like they had been stamped on Shimmery White cardstock. Since I'm a huge fan of the Shimmery White cardstock, I know I'll be "smooching" lots of my future projects! You can kind of see the shimmer a little better on the closeup of this flower.

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Teeny Tiny Wishes & Very Vintage Wheel
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie & Wild Wasabi
Card stock: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie & Whisper White
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka- dot ribbon, Large & Small Oval punches, Scallop Trim Border punch, Paper Peircer, Mat Pack, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz & Dew Drops
Have a wonderful weekend!

Tropical Cheers

Here's a little peek at a few of the items offered in the upcoming Summer Mini Catalog.

The tropical drink image can be found in the new set Tropical Party. It's a cute set I couldn't resist...especially after just vacationing in Hawaii! These stamps along with the coordinating Island Oasis Designer Series papers will make some great scrapbook pages.

See the Melon Mambo layer behind the drinks? That is embossed using a new embossing folder called Square Lattice. I cut out each umbrella and then applied a coat of Crystal Effects to it as well as the straw. Here's another version that used the square punch and did not require any extra cutting.

The Cheers saying and the stamped Curly Label frame came from two past SAB sets that are no long available -Lots of Thoughts (2008) & Vintage Labels (2010) The new items from the Summer Mini will be available starting May 1st.

Cheers!