Say Goodbye to the Occasions Catalog

TODAY is the last day to order from the Occasions Catalog. If you haven’t yet ordered your favorites, you have until 11:50 tonight (Mountain Time). Some of my favorite stamps are going to be leaving us tomorrow like Peaceful Petals and Happy Watercolor that was used to create this card. Click here, here, and here to see more cards with these sets. For this card …

Birthday Happy Watercolor

The Happy Watercolor stamp is one of my favorite sets in the Occasions Catalog, which runs through June 1.  The Decorative Dots embossing folder is one that we got during Sale-A-Bration for free, but will be in the new catalog starting in June!   Want to see another card with this set?  Click here. Don’t forget retiring items are only good through June 4, 2014 …

You Make Me Happy Valentine

Here’s the other Valentine’s Day card using the Bokeh Technique in a different way – this time using hearts.  So sorry for the delay.   Here’s the scoop on what I did . . . I cut out the center heart with the Hearts Framelits and then embossed the sentiment with Early Espresso Embossing Powder.  For the small heart I applied some heat and stick …

Stampin’ Up! Happy Watercolor – Sneak Peak

The Occasions Catalog goes live on January 3!  Here’s a sneak peak using the Happy Watercolor Stamp Set from the Occasions Catalog and the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (starts January 28).   I was immediately drawn to this set – love the watercolor look without using water!  Here’s the same card in another color. I didn’t have a Bermuda Bay ribbon so …