Tart & Tangy Teacher Thanks

Seeing as there are only a few days left of school, I thought I would use the apple image from the retiring set Tart & Tangy to create a thank you card for a teacher.

The sentiment is from Upsy Daisy and actually has another line to it, but I just inked up the thank you with my Stampin' write markers.

Stamps: SU Tart & Tangy, Upsy Daisy
Ink: SU poppy parade, old olive, chocolate chip
Paper: SU ww, poppy parade
Punch: SU 1 1/4" square

Goodbye Earthling

Time to say goodbye to the super cute set Greetings, Earthling before it retires.

This card is made using this months SFYTT. I stamped the aliens/monsters in Jet Black StazOn ink on watercolour paper, then used my aquapainter to paint them using the main colours in the also retiring celebrations dsp. I really enjoy watercolouring and have just started trying it out on stamped images that are not just flowers. I think it turned out quite well! The grass line was just made freehand using my basic black Stampin' write marker.

For my sentiment, I used a retired set from Sale-A-Bration several years ago, called Birthday Whimsy. For all the birthday stamp sets I have, none of the fonts seemed to suit this image, they were all too "pretty" looking! Guess I know what I'll have to buy from the upcoming catalogue!

Stamps: SU Greetings Earthling, Birthday Whimsy (retired)
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, SU real red, pear pizzazz, pacific point, bashful blue, basic black
Paper: SU watercolour, real red, ww, pacific point, celebrations dsp, in colour patterns pack (hostess)
Misc: SU circle cutter, dimensionals, aquapainter

Goodbye Great Friend

Great Friend is another retiring set that I own that I will be sad to see go. I originally had to have it just because I loved the butterfly image.

Not much to say about this card! It's pretty self explanatory! Again, this designer paper is being retired as well.

Stamps: SU Great Friend, Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: SU soft suede, baja breeze
Paper: SU soft suede, baja breeze, very vanilla, elegant soiree dp
Ribbon: SU 3/8" very vanilla taffeta
Brad: SU very vanilla
Misc: SU pearls

Goodbye Eastern Blooms

Eastern Blooms has definitely been one of my favourite sets since I got it in 2008 so I will be sad to see it go. I recently posted this paradise card set that I modified from the original inspiration piece that had been made using the eastern blooms set (as seen here). Well, I liked it so much I made the eastern blooms version again but swapped out the colours, designer papers (to feature the retiring elegant soiree dsp) and sentiments.

Here's a closer look at each of the individual cards. You can again click on any of the images to enlarge them.

My favourite is definitely the last card in all versions I've made of it! I just love that layout!

Stamps: SU Eastern Blooms, Thank You Kindly
Ink: SU soft suede, baja breeze
Paper: SU crumb cake, baja breeze, very vanilla, elegant soiree dsp
Ribbon: SU very vanilla 3/8" taffeta
Misc: SU piercing tool, mat pack, dimensionals, paper snips

Goodbye to Everything Nice and Bugs & Kisses

Today, I'm sharing the retiring sets Everything Nice and Bugs & Kisses as well as the retiring dsp nursery suite.

This first card is for a baby girl and inspired by the sketch Mojo194. Finally, I found a great use for some of my buttons!

This card is for a baby boy, I wish I had a little dog set to go with it too!

Supplies

Baby Girl Card

Stamps: SU Everything Nice

Ink: SU chocolate chip, regal rose

Paper: SU ww, chocolate chip, so saffron, regal rose, nursery suite dsp

Button: SU so saffron from subtles designer buttons

Ribbon: SU 3/8" whisper white taffeta

Misc: circle cutter

Baby Boy Card

Stamps: SU Everything Nice, Bugs & Kisses

Ink: SU chocolate chip, baja breeze, pear pizzazz

Paper: SU ww, chocolate chip, baja breeze, pear pizzazz, nursery suite dsp

Misc: SU dimensionals, paper snips

Goodbye Baby Steps

Today I thought I would share cards made with the retiring stamp set Baby Steps. It was definitely my go to baby set this year because those elephants are too cute!

Here's the baby boy version

And the baby girl version

I really wanted the attention to be on the image so I didn't even use any designer paper. For the same reason, I kept the embellishments to a minimum. I still had to stick to quite a few layers though! I substituted the bow for a button in the second because I just couldn't get the 5/8" satin ribbon to make a bow that was both small enough for the space and pretty!

Baby Boy Card

Stamp: SU Baby Steps

Ink: SU baja breeze

Paper: SU ww, baja breeze

Ribbon: SU 1/2" baja breeze seam binding

Brad: SU whisper white

Misc: swiss dots embossing folder (similar to perfect polka dots)

Baby Girl Card
Stamp: SU Baby Steps
Ink: SU pretty in pink
Paper: SU ww, pretty in pink
Ribbon: SU 5/8" pretty in pink satin
Button: SU pretty in pink from subtles collection
Misc: swiss dots embossing folder (similar to perfect polka dots)

Goodbye Paradise

Since posting the last chance lists on June 1, I have decided to make cards for this month that feature retiring items that are some of my favourites! Today, I'm sharing items made with the Paradise stamp set and Woodland Walk dsp. I also recently discovered The Paper Players challenge blog and found that this weeks challenge #50 coincides perfectly with my need to make thank you cards for people who have donated towards my volunteer nursing trip to Haiti! Click on the photo to enlarge it for clarity!

Some of you may recognize the layouts and designs here as I used them previously in this post (which also features the soon to retire set Eastern Blooms).

Here's a closer look at each of the cards individually. Click on any of the photos to enlarge them (they appear a bit fuzzy until they are blown up).

I'm sad to see this leaf set go - it was one of my go to sets for masculine cards, but at least I will still have the Autumn Splendor leaf set to use!

The background stamp on the main panels is the grassy image from the set Inspired by Nature. I also used the linen thread for a more natural look to go along with the leaves, grass and woodgrain (plus it keeps them a bit more masculine than ribbon).

It's also hard to tell but these cards have a lot of dimension. All of the leaves are raised up on dimensionals and all of the sentiment panels are raised as well.

Stamps: SU Thank You Kindly, Inspired by Nature, Paradise
Ink: SU chocolate chip, garden green, wild wasabi
Paper: SU crumb cake, garden green, wild wasabi, very vanilla, Woodland Walk dsp
Ribbon: SU linen thread
Punch: SU scallop border punch
Misc: SU dimensionals, paper snips