May Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the May Pals Blog Hop and our annual retirement party! It's time to say goodbye to stamps and accessories that will not be available in the new  2013-14 Stampin' Up! catalog. Although it's always sad to see wonderful products retire, it is exciting to think about all of the new products that will soon be available. So enjoy the farewell tour for our favorite retiring products - and remember you have until June 3rd to order from the retiring product lists.
 I am the 1st stop on the hop today.  You should have just left stop number 31 on the Pals Hop - Elaine Fleming at Studio Elaine. If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

 My project today uses several retiring products.  Nature Walk and Friendly Phrases are stamp sets I will miss.  Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy have been two of my go-to colors.  HOWEVER, the new catalog has so much to look forward to. . . 

The En Francais background stamp was embossed with White embossing powder on Whisper White Cardstock.  I used sponge daubers to apply Crumb Cake and Baja Breeze ink to make a soft background for my card base.  The sentiment, bird, flower, and birdcage images were stamped with Early Expresso on Very Vanilla.  I used Sticky Strip to adher the Baja Breeze Seam Binding to the card.  The Designer Builder brad adds more detail.  I used a mix of Champagne Mist Glimmer Paint and alcohol in one of Stampin' Up's wonderful spray bottles to add a glitz to this project.

Card Details

Stamp Sets:  En Francais, Nature Walk, Friendly Phrases

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Early Expresso, Versamark

Tools and Accessories:  Apothecary Accents, 2 1/2" Circle, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Builder Brad, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Fancy Fan Texture Folder, Sponge Daubers, Stampin' Dimensionals.

The next stop is Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness, stop number 2 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!
Come back soon,
Sherrie

1. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
2. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
3. Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range
4. Kathleen Law at Craft With Kathleen
5. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
6. Kari Linder at Stampin' Essentials
7. nicole watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
8. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
9. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
10. Lynn Hoyt at Cattail Designs
11. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
12. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
13. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
14. Amy Lazzell at Just a Thought...Cards by Amy
15. Leslie Davis at Life's Moments
16. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
17. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
18. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' and Stampin'
19. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
20. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
21. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
22. Penny Nichols at Sierra Stampin!
23. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
24. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
25. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
26. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
27. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair
28. Shirley Sumption at look at my cute stuff
29. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
30. Barbara Furlong at The Love of Stamping
31. Elaine Fleming at Studio Elaine