Tricia's Stamping Creations: Stamptastic Friends April Blog Hop Retiring Favorites

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Stamptastic Friends April Blog Hop Retiring Favorites

It's time to hop along with the Stamptastic Friends April Blog Hop and this month we have the choice to showcase new products from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog or say a final farewell to some retiring favorites from the Last Chance Products Sale. Our Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you and hopefully spark your creativity to help you create your own beautiful projects.

Today I thought I would share this cute Thank You card featuring the retiring Silly Goose stamp set and Glorious Gingham 6"x6" Designer Series Paper. I love creating clean and simple card designs and this layout is a great way to create fun cards with your stash of designer series paper. It's been a while since I have used Blueberry Bushel so I decided to show it some love with this monochromatic card design. You could easily create this card design with any of the colors in this designer series paper pack to create a variety of cards to add to your card stash.

Products Used:

Silly Goose stamp set (item #160866) - Retiring

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Glorious Gingham 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #163170) - Retiring

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock (item #146968)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Blueberry Bushel Classic Ink Pad (item #147138)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154904)

Balmy Blue Stampin' Bkends Combo Pack (item #154830)

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154897)

Color Lifter (item #144608)

Tinsel Gems Four Pack (item #161623)

Measurements:

Blueberry Bushel Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Large Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Large Banner die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Medium Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Sentiment Banner die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Blueberry Gingham Bushel Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Creating clean and simple cards is a great way to build up a stash of cards to have on hand and one of my favorite ways to do this also helps me use up my some of my designer series paper. I love that the Glorious Gingham Designer Series Paper has a combination of both large and small gingham designs in a variety of colors. I chose to use the Blueberry Bushel small gingham check and paired it with Blueberry Bushel cardstock. To create the focal design, I stamped the goose image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock and colored it with Stampin' Blends Markers. I die cut the image with the Stylish Shapes Dies and layered it onto a Blueberry Bushel circle. For the sentiment I stamped the image with Blueberry Bushel Classic ink onto a Basic White sentiment label and layered it onto a Blueberry Bushel banner. I adhered both the focal image and sentiment onto the card front and added several Blueberry Bushel Gems to complete the design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will encourage you to take another look at the retiring products from the Last Chance Retiring Products Sale and stock up on your favorites before they disappear. There are so many wonderful options to explore.

Please take a moment to visit with our Design Team and check out their amazing projects this month. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List to visit their blogs. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.