Stamp Off Waterfront Challenge

Welcome to another Stamp Off Challenge.

Buffy, Susan and I are busy reviewing the

retiring list and getting ready for a new annual catalog!

One of the sets that we all love, is the Waterfront

set on page 48 of the Occasions catalog.

There are so many options for this set, we couldn't

wait to get started!

For this challenge, I used one retired SAB item,

that will be appearing in the new annual catalog, 

the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies!  I'm so glad that this 

set of dies carried over!   The main color used for this

project is the retiring Emerald Envy.  This In Color offers

such a great backdrop for the Waterfront focal image.

The focal image was die cut with the Stitched Shapes

Framelits (annual p 214) and layered on to a scalloped

shape from the Layering Circles Framelits (p 214).  

Running these images off the edge of the card stock

tends to (hopefully) add more interest.

Now please pop on over to Buffy and Susan's 

blogs to check out their Waterfront projects.

These wonderful artists do not disappoint!

Color Me Happy with Bird Banter Sentiment

This birdie, from Color Me Happy is just so darn cute

and fun to color with the Stampin' Blends.  It also

coordinates exceedingly well with the sentiments from

Bird Banter (Occasions p 42).   All of the bird sets coordinate

spectacularly well with the Petal Passion DSP.  It is wonderful

to have DSP that works well with elegant images,

as well as birds!

Giant Bike Ride with Seasonal Layers Card

Periodically, I make an extra large card for church,

so that everyone in the congregation has room to sign it.

It's hard to tell from this picture, but this card is 10x10 inches,

with multiple 8x10 inch whisper white pages inside,

for people to write messages.

I used a combination of sets and dies, placed on a piece of

retired DSP.  I love the fact that we have products that

coordinate, to produce lovely scenes.  

This card includes:

Lift Me Up (p 58)  with Up and Away Thinlits (p 216)

Bike Ride (p 20) with Build a Bike Framelits (p 213)

Colorful Seasons (p 147) with Seasonal Layers Thinlits (p 216)

The sign in the bicycle basket is also retired.