Pierced Blooms Dies with Snail Mail DSP

 Confession: I am a DSP (Designer Series Paper) hoarder.

Susan has been creating some wonderful cards,

using diagonal orientations, that help use up

a DSP stash.  Once you get the hang of making the

diagonal layout, you can crank these cards out.

The DSP comes from the Snail Mail DSP pack on page 55

of the Jan-June 2021 Mini catalog.   I love the sentiment from

Healing Hugs on page 72 of the retiring catalog.

I added some flowers from the Pierced Blooms Dies, 

which will carry over into the 2021-22 Annual Catalog.

The card base is a piece of retiring Pretty Peacock.

This is another version of a diagonal DSP card,

using the retiring Butterfly Gala set!

Hippo Happiness with Hippo and Friends Dies

 My grand niece had her second birthday several weeks ago.

Her parents invest a lot of time reading to her, so I wanted

to make a card that included her name.

This card uses the Hippo Happiness stamp set with coordinating

Hippo and Friends dies.   The sentiment and die come from the

Art Gallery set with coordinating Floral Gallery dies.  

Happily, both of these bundles will be transitioning

into the new 2021-2 catalog. 

I also used a variety of retired product to create this card.

Soar Confidently

 I've done a couple different cards using the Soar

Confidently Stamp set on page 70 of the Jan-June 2021

Mini catalog.  That means that it will be RETIRING!

This set is so great for those masculine people in your life.

I embossed the image with white embossing powder, and then

used my Blending Brushes (also on page 70) to add 

Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Highland Heather.

I inked the sentiment with a marker, so that I could

mask out some of the words. 

This is another version in a different color scheme,

with a bit of linen thread.