Saying Goodbye to……Another Great Year & Fresh Prints DSP Stack

I am back with another instalment of my retiring products posts.  There are only 3 DAYS TO GO until this years Occasions Catalogue & the Annual Catalogue retire.  I can tell you both of these items are NOT in the new Annual Catalogue for 2014-2015.  One of my favourite stamp sets from the Occasions Catalogue is the stamp set Another Great Year.  Whilst many people overlook this stamp set due to the large image, I do think the smaller images are well worth a look.

I have made a few cards using just the cupcake & some paper piecing elements.   My stamp club ladies made a different version of this card last month.   I was playing around with the Fresh Prints DSP stack which is also retiring this month & some scraps left over & came up with these 2 similar cards last night.  Same design, just different colour ways.  I really like the sentiment in this set & find it quite versatile for both female & male versions of the card.

 This red version (below) is for my mum's birthday next week….Shhh don't tell her!  She never looks here anyway so I am sure my secret is safe :)

If you would like to order the stamp set or the DSP you can just click away down below in the images & it will take you directly to my online store.  Alternatively you can contact me personally.  Good news is the Banner Punch (carrying over from Sale-A-Bration) & the thick Coastal Cabana Twine are available July 1st in the NEW Catalogue! 

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

Another Great Year

$33.95

Starburst Framelits Dies

$45.95

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack

$11.95

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$14.95

Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine

$5.95

Spiral Flower Die - Framed Art & Burlap Wreath

Over the next few posts I will be sharing a few of my projects I presented at our team day in February.
I presented projects using the Spiral Flower Die from the Occasions Catalogue.  It was love at first sight for me with this die.  I could see so many projects before I even got my hands on it.  Today I am showing two more projects, my framed art & my burlap wreath.

I found the frame at a second hand shop & it had broken glass.  I had no use for the glass anyway.  I went to the local hardware store & got them to match a sample pot of paint to Pool Party card stock.  I think they did a terrific job on the colour match don't you?  I have used the Spiral Flower Die with the Gold Foil Sheets, Vellum & Cardstock.  I also used the new Banner framelits & Sale-A-Bration Twine for this project.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is from a new stamp set in the Occasions Catalogue called Another Great Year.

I have used the same roses on the wreath as I used on the frame, except this time I sponged them in Gold Encore Ink.  I cut out some Gold foil leaves with the Secret Garden Framleits & used the 1 1/4" Burlap Ribbon to cover a styrofoam wreath.

Stamp Sets:  Another Great Year (Occasions 133041), Sketched Birthday (130426), Create A Cupcake (121982)

Paper:   Whisper White (106549), Crisp Cantaloupe (131303), Pool Party (124391), Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum (Occasions 133363), Gold Foil Sheets (Occasions 132622).
Ink: StazOn Black (101406), Gold Encore Ink (Occasions 132141)
Cool Tools: Bigshot (113439), Labels Collection Framelits (125598), Banner Framelits (Occasions 132173), Spiral Flower Die (Occasions 129379), CupCake Builder Punch (121807), Secret Garden Framelits (129372), 1 1/4" Burlap Ribbon ( Occasions 132140), Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon (125582), Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (SAB 133522), 3/4 " Circle Punch (119873), Non SU Styrofoam Wreath & Hot Glue Gun. 

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA