Retirees Spotlight: Awash With Flowers & Stampin’ Pastels

Today we're doing a little two-steppin' with the delightful, soon-to-retire Awash With Flowers stamp set!      It's the perfect style of stamp set for the chalkboard technique using the soon-to-retire Stampin' Pastels! We'll be creating these Two Cool cards at my May Stamp Club on Friday night!  I had forgotten how much fun this technique …

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Too Cool Demo Team Autumn Showcase

More beautiful autumn-themed projects from my Team… Created by Darla Eigenschink.  The base of the card is made from the Scallop Square Die.  Not Quite Navy layer is embossed with the Finial Press Impressions Folder.  The Leaves of A Tree stamp is inked in VersaMark and colored with Stampin' Pastels.  The Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment …

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Pastels Mother of Pearl Technique

I found the coolest card recently, with the coolest background, so I just had to CASE it and use it for one of my May Stamp Club projects!  The card I saw was created by another demonstrator, Joanne French, and I found it on Stampin' Connection (that's an exclusive, demo-only website with 1000s of project …

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Chalkboard Pastels Ornament Overlay Card

This week, I was experimenting with stamping on Window Sheets and coloring with Stampin' Pastels.  I loved the results on this lovely card in non-traditional holiday colors…    I created a pretty overlay by stamping the ornament image from Tags Til Christmas onto Window Sheets with White StazOn Ink.  (You could also use the Delightful …

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Poppin’ Pastels Christmas Collage Card

I recently purchased a brand new Stampin' Pastels set with all the colors from the new Collections!  My pastels set was from my original Starter Kit, purchased in 2003, and it included very old, retired favorites such as Mint Melody, Forest Foliage, and Mauve Mist.  Trendy. Finally, I can be color-coordinated again!  Ahhh!  All those …

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Bridal Shower Thank You Card Gift Set

A few weeks ago, I created a bridal shower gift for my cousin Scott's fiancé, Devin.  I was really impressed by their unique, yet simple, wedding invitation and wanted to use it as inspiration to create some coordinating Thank You cards.    The invitation (pictured underneath my card above) was a postcard style with delicate …

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