Good Bye Frame it!

I love this stamp set Frame It from the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog.  I am sorry to say good bye since it was new last year.  I purchased it on my first order of the catalog last year.  I LOVED it!  Well as happens alot with me as soon as I got it in my hot hands I put it on the shelf and never looked at it again until it hit the Retiring List in March.  So I started playing with it and here is what I came up with.

I used Early Espresso for the base, Crumb Cake for the layer.  I stamped the Crumb Cake with the Wood Background stamp and then stamped the frames from Frame it in Soft Suede, Always Artichoke, and Not Quite Navy randomly over the wood BG stamp.  I cut out the frame from Designer Frames Folders and layered that with Crumb Cake.  I used the sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes-Hostess set (also retiring).  I hope that this card has inspired you to want this set as much as I did.  You can order it and other retiring Stampin' Up! products here.  And that's what it's all about...

Count Down!

So I'm officially counting down to the new catalog!  The release date for the 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalog is June 1st.  Demonstrators get to see it early and I have thumbed through it and made an enormous wish list already.  I have to say there are some great changes to this years product line up and to the new catalog.  The first and best improvement is that the catalog is full of great new designs and some new tools that I can't wait for all of you to see and use.  This year Stampin' Up! has introduced some new ink pads that give your stamping a crisp very spectacular image.  I LOVE the new pads!  I didn't want, to want to ( I know that is too many wants, but "sigh") replace my old ink pads but eventually I will replace them all!  So for now just letting you know that there are only 10 more days to purchase any of the retiring items from the current 2011-2012 selection.  Here is a link to where you can order.  And that's what it's all about...