What a fabulous challenge over at Less Is More - I went all out for this challenge - rummaging in the back of the craft cupboards - finding old friends and trying to remember how to use old craft tools! So here is their Challenge - Bring Something Back. Well we do this on a regular basis over at my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets so I'm used to playing with old sets - but embellishments etc is something new.
So whilst I was rummaging I came across this - and thought wow let's do a CASE of a card from this Mini-Catalogue from 2005! This was from when I still lived in Houston, Texas and first found out about Stampin' Up. My Demo then was Diana Hooyman and I believe she is still crafting.
I actually didn't have any of the stamps shown in this mini catalogue so I improvised - I chose to do this page and CASE this project - the stamp set was called Wing Things.
Amongst my stash I found these old retired products - probably back from 2005! Some Ribbon, Eyelets, Brads and felt flowers. I decided they all needed an outing. The ribbon is actually Mellow Moss and I still have the ink. Keep a thing long enough and it comes back into fashion as I see it's one of the new colours! My ink is still going strong since 2005 - which sadly is more than I can say for the inks I bought last year which are already dry.
I also used some retired inks - Regal Rose and Not Quite Navy.
So here's my card - I've used the sentiments from Feather Together and the butterflies from Watercolour Wings and Bold Butterfly framelits.
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had such fun making this card and it really did take me back down memory lane to warmer climes of living in Houston, the fun evenings stamping with everyone which you just don't get so much of here in the UK. It set me on my path to stamping and cards which before hand I only did scrapbooking. So thank you Less is More for that trip down Memory Lane.
Our challenge today at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a Colour Challenge.
Now - can I let you into a little secret - Flirty Flamingo is not one of my favourite colours. There I said it - it's out in the open. I therefore don't have any ink for this or anything similar but I do have it in a marker pen which I won from On Stage last year. Lemon Lime Twist on the other hand is one of my favourite colours.
I've used two Stampin' Up sets for this card - the background flower stamp is from Colourful Seasons and has been inked up in Soft Sky. The butterfly is from Watercolor Wings and I've used all three colours with a wash of Wink of Stella over the wings to make it sparkle. The Sentiment is also from Colourful Seasons and a few enamel dots are added to the bottom. I've inked the edges with the Flirty Flamingo and mounted the card onto Lemon Lime Twist.
I hope you like my card and join in with our challenge.
Sunday Stamps has an inspiring colour palette for their challenge this week with a proviso of using at least three of the colours shown.
My three colours are Stampin Up's Daffodil Delight for the yellow, Perfect Plum and Bordering Blue which is an old SU colour. I used the Tim Holtz Splatter's stencil for the background and the dot stamp and the butterfly are from Watercolour Wings. The butterfly has been given some shimmer with some rhinestones.
