To a Wild Rose

 Hello my friends! I needed to make one more card using the To a Wild Rose stamp set before it retires. It is such a beautiful set that I needed to ink it up one more time. This set is available for purchase until May 3rd.

This card was based on one that I made with my stamp group the last time we were able to meet up together in person over a year ago. I started with a Petal Pink card base. On top of that I added a piece of Basic White cardstock. I stamped my sentiment in the lower right hand corner using Basic Gray ink. The sentiment is from the To a Wild Rose stamp set.

On the left side of my card, I added a strip of Basic White cardstock that I embossed using the retiring Lace 3D embossing folder. Before I embossed the cardstock, I inked up one side of the embossing folder using my Petal Pink ink pad. I love how this looks! The ink went into the debossed parts and the embossed parts remained white. You could also get the opposite look by simply adding the ink to the other side of the embossing folder. I matted this strip with a piece of Petal Pink cardstock and adhered it to the left side of my card front.

On another piece of Basic White cardstock I stamped my rose and leaves. This is a two step stamp set. I first stamped the outline of the rose using Smoky Slate ink. Then I stamped the solid part of the stamp using Petal Pink ink. Finally, I added the final layer of the rose using Blushing Bride ink. I stamped the outlines of the leaves using Pear Pizzazz ink and then added the second layer using Granny Apple Green ink.

I used the Stitched Rectangles Dies to cut out my image. I then matted this with another piece of Petal Pink cardstock. I wrapped some white Baker's twine around this piece three times and then tied it into a bow. The white Baker's twine is from the Snail Mail Twine combo pack. I added this card piece to the right hand side of my card using dimensionals.

What I used for today's card:

To a Wild Rose Stamp Set

Lace 3D Embossing Folder

Stitched Rectangle Dies

Petal Pink Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Pad

Snail Mail Combo Pack

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I will be giving it to a friend of mine that could use some love right about now. I will be seeing her today so I hope she likes this little hello from me. Do you know someone who could use some happy mail?  I encourage you to make a card and send it. We all probably make cards but neglect to send them. They can't spread the love if they are sitting in a box in your craft room.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Elegantly Said - Pale Papaya

 Hello my friends! I am sharing another card today using the new Elegantly Said stamp set from the new catalogue. I REALLY like this new set. Once you get the new catalogue in your hands you will agree too.

I made this card for a friend that has been very supportive of me. I can't tell you who it is for in case she looks on this blog post and sees it before it arrives. 

I started by inking up my "D" block up in the new In Colour, Pale Papaya. This is a gorgeous pale, soft, peachy yellow. I think it is my favourite new In Colour. Once I had my block inked up, I spritzed it with a little water using my Stampin' Spritzer. Then I stamped the block onto a piece of Basic White cardstock. It gave a nice square of ink that is kind of blotchy but that is how it is supposed to look.

I let this dry really well. It was a couple of hours as I went for a long walk and when I got home, it was dry enough to finish. Once dry, I stamped the flower image from the Elegantly Said stamp set in Tuxedo Black Memento ink right into the center of the square of ink. I then stamped the Thank You sentiment from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I stamped this towards the bottom of the card piece so there would be room for the ribbon.

I matted this piece of cardstock onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock. Then I wrapped a piece of Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon around this and tied it into a knot. This ribbon is also brand new in the new catalogue and it is beautiful! I added these pieces on to a Pale Papaya card base using dimensionals and that is my card.

What I used for today's card:

Pale Papaya Cardstock (Available May 4th)

Basic White Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Elegantly Said Stamp (Available May 4th)

Sweet Ice Cream Stamp

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad (Available May 4th)

Clear Block D

Stampin' Spritzer

Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon (Available May4th)

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. This is more of a simpler card but it still has a wow. I think my friend will like it because this is also her new favourite of the new In Colours. Yes, she is also a demonstrator so she has all of the new goodies already too!

If you want the new catalogue ahead of the rest of the crowd and the new products before everyone else stay tuned. There is an amazing new signing bonus coming up on May 4th. Join my team and be part of a really fun crafting family and save money! 

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Elegantly Said

 Hello my friends! I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather today because it is supposed to come to an end for a few days. The rain is perfect weather for crafting in my world.

Today's card uses one of my favourite new stamps from the new catalogue. As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I get to see the catalogue and order from it a month before it goes live. Such a great perk! The stamp set I used is called Elegantly Said. It is gorgeous! 

I am also using 2 more of the new In Colours. I am using Evening Evergreen (the dark green) and Soft Succulent (the lighter green). They are both beautiful colours.

I started with a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. I used my Stamparatus to line up the stamp in the corner of the cardstock. I stamped with Versamark ink and then added some Gold Embossing powder and heated it to melt. I flipped the cardstock around and stamped the same image in the opposite corner and repeated the stamping, embossing powder and heating. I love how the gold looks on this beautiful green. I then used my paper trimmer to cut the cardstock in half from corner to corner. I added these two  pieces to a piece of Basic White cardstock. I adhered them exactly in the corners of the white cardstock so that there was a strip of white diagonally through the center of the card. I used my Stamparatus again to line up my sentiment to stamp on the center portion of my card. I used the sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Jet Black Staz On ink.

I matted this piece onto a piece of Soft Succulent cardstock and then added it to an Evening Evergreen card base. To finish off my card, I added two Gilded Gems on either side of the sentiment.

What I used for today's card:

Elegantly Said Stamp (Available May 4th)

Peaceful Moments Stamp

Basic White Cardstock

Evening Evergreen Cardstock (Available May 4th)

Soft Succulent Cardstock (Available May 4th)

Versamark Pad

Gold Embossing Powder (No longer available)

Jet Black Staz On Pad

Heat Tool

Stamparatus

Gilded Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I cannot say who this card is going to because that friend follows my blog. I will say though that it is for a friend that did something very sweet for me. Thank you my friend!

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Senior Years

 Hello my friends! Today I am sharing some of the new In Colours on my card. I had a retirement card to make for a friend so I decided to use a couple new colours.

I started with a Fresh Freesia card base. This is one of the new In Colours that I am using today. On top of that I added a piece of Basic White cardstock that I embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. 

On another piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped my image using Jet Black Staz On ink. The image of the lady is from the Senior Years stamp set. I used the Watercolour Pencils to colour it in and then used a Blender Pen to blend all of the colour together. I used Basic Gray, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Real Red and Early Espresso watercolour pencils. I cut this image out using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I then matted it using the next size up die and Fresh Freesia cardstock. I added this to my card front using dimensionals.

I stamped my sentiment using Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Basic White cardstock. I matted this using a piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock that I cut using another die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies set. I added this to my card front using dimensionals.

The friend that will be receiving this card is also a card maker and scrapbooker. I had to make a small card for the lady on the card to hold. I used the envelope die from the Snail Dies and made the envelope from Polished Pink cardstock. This is another of the new In Colours.

I made a tiny card to go inside of the envelope using Basic White cardstock and some more Polished Pink cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on this card using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set. I stamped the little heart using Polished Pink ink and the stamp is from the Snailed It stamp set. 

What I used for today's card:

Senior Years Stamp

Hydrangea Haven Stamp

Snailed It Stamp

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Snail Dies

Watercolour Pencils

Blender Pens

Jet Black Staz On Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad (Available May 4th)

Polished Pink Cardstock (Available May 4th)

Fresh Freesia Cardstock (Available May 4th)

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I think my friend will like it, especially with the little card. Now that she is retired from her other job, she will have much more time to make cards and be creative. I know that will make her happy. Have you been creative lately?

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Country Home

 Hello my friends! I hope you are able to enjoy this beautiful, sunny weather we are having here in Kelowna. It is absolutely gorgeous here. It makes it harder to spend time inside in the craft room when it is so nice outside but I knew I needed to make a card so I did it.

Today's card was made for a dear friend that was recently given some devastating news. I knew I needed to make a card using the Country Home stamp set (retiring) because this is the set that brought us together as friends. The first time I walked into her home  I saw these exact milk cans that she had painted beautiful pictures on. We both knew she had to have this stamp set. She was in the process of switching hobbies from painting to card making. She loved Stampin' Up! and decided join my team. More importantly though, she became my friend as well.

This card is a bit of a case (Copy And Share Everything) of a card in the catalogue. I stamped the milk can onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. On top of that, I stamped the bunch of flowers using the same ink. Since this stamp set is photopolymer, it was very easy to line up the flowers and the milk can. I let this dry a bit and then coloured the images in using my Stampin' Blends. The colours I used are Pool Party, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral and Granny Apple Green. The card in the catalogue looks like they had stamped the wood  stamp from the Pallet Thoughts stamp set on the bottom. I do not have this set so I had to improvise. I stamped the milk can onto a piece of DSP from the In Good Taste DSP package. I cut it out and attached the DSP to the bottom of my card. I think it looks more like the milk can is sitting on a table top or floor than if I had just left it blank.

I matted this card front onto a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock and then attached it to a Basic White Thick card base.

I stamped my sentiment from the Here's a Card stamp set (retiring) on to a piece of So Saffron cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. On the bottom edge, I cut a banner cut into the cardstock. On the top edge, I wrapped some linen thread around the cardstock a couple of times and then tied it into a bow. I attached this piece to my card using dimensionals.

What I used for today's card:

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Sahara Sand Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

So Saffron Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

In Good Taste DSP

Country Home Stamp Set

Here's a Card Stamp Set

Linen Thread

Pool Party Stampin' Blends

So Saffron Stampin' Blends

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I will be popping it in the mail right away. I want my friend to know how much she means to me. I am very thankful for all of my friends. When I was really young, my Dad told me that you can never have too many friends. I will never forget that piece of advice and will always treasure every friend I have made. Maybe this is a good time to send a friend a card and let them know you are thinking of  them.....

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Inspiring Iris

 Hello my friends! Today I am sharing another of my favourite stamps that will be retiring. It is Inspiring Iris. It is a two-step stamp but being a photopolymer stamp, it is very easy to line up the stamps.

I originally did a card very similar to this one with my Dorchester gals. Before Covid, I volunteered to do a card class once a month for the ladies at the Dorchester Retirement home. Generally it was the same group of ladies every month and they are a FUN group. I really hope I will be able to get back there again one day, I miss those gals!

Here is the card:

I stamped the leaves of the iris onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Granny Apple Green ink. I then stamped the flower part of the iris on top of the stems using Blushing Bride ink. I don't know if irises come in this colour in real life but I like how they look on my card so I am going with it. After stamping my iris, I cut it out using the Layering Ovals Dies. I matted this oval onto a scalloped oval from the same die set using Blushing Bride cardstock.

I stamped my sentiment in the upper left corner of a piece of Basic White cardstock using Basic Gray ink. I added a strip of DSP from the Sand & Sea DSP package to the lower portion of this cardstock and then added it to a Blushing Bride card base. 

I added my ovals to the right side of the card front using dimensionals and added a bow using the Metallic Blushing Bride ribbon.

This is a good card to make when you need a card in a hurry but it is also very pretty. You could use any DSP and just match your card base and flower colours to the DSP for many different options.

What I used for today's card:

Inspiring Iris Stamp

Blushing Bride Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Pad

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

Sand & Sea DSP

Layering Ovals Dies

Blushing Bride Metallic Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today's card. As I said, it is a quick and easy one to replicate so give it a try. 

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Celebrate You

Hello my friends! Welcome to another Stamping Inkspiration's Blog Hop today. The theme for this month is "Celebrate You or Birthdays". There are 33 of us taking part this month so I hope you will check out everyone's post. You will not be disappointed!!

I am sharing a birthday card that I made for my Mother-in-law. She celebrated her 90th birthday yesterday. This has been a very tough year for her. She suffered a stroke on August 8th and then while she was in the hospital healing from that, she fell and broke her hip. It has been a huge struggle for her but fortunately she is a real fighter. I have not been able to see her since before August. While she was in the hospital and up until yesterday at her care home she was only allowed one assigned visitor and that was Doug. This has been a real celebration as I was finally able to have a visit with her on her actual birthday!

So here is the card I made for her. 

I wanted to make this card larger than a regular A2 size because this is a pretty special occasion. I started with a Petal Pink card base. On top of that I added a layer of Basic White cardstock and on top of that I added a piece of DSP from the Peony Garden DSP package.

I cut out a rectangle from the Rectangle Stitched Dies and added it to the card front using dimensionals. On top of this I added the happy birthday sentiment that I cut out of Basic Gray cardstock using the Well Written Dies (retiring) and Playful Alphabet Dies for the number 90. I added the "th" by stamping it beside the 90 using Basic Gray ink and the Make a Difference stamp set (retiring). On a separate piece of Basic White cardstock I stamped the large peony from the Prized Peony stamp set. I used my Old Olive and Petal Pink Stampin' Write markers to colour the stamp before stamping it. The Petal Pink marker is in  the Subtles set and the Old Olive marker is in the Regals set. I used the corresponding die from the Peony Dies set to cut out the flower. I attached it to the right side of the stitched rectangle. I then added a bow using the Petal Pink organdy striped ribbon. 

For the inside of the card, I wanted to do something special as well so I made a pop up sentiment.

I used Basic White cardstock for the inside piece that creates the pop up portion. On top of that, I added the same Peony Garden DSP that I used on the card front.

I cut out the HAPPY from Basic Gray cardstock using the Playful Alphabet Dies. I attached the letters on to strips of Window Sheets and attached these to the pop up portion and then covered it in another strip of the same DSP.  I stamped the word Birthday from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set in Petal Pink ink and cut it out using a stitched rectangle from the Ornate Layers Dies set. I attached this to the strips of Window Sheets centered under the letters HAPPY.

I used my Stampin' Write markers on the smaller peony flower and stamped it onto a small piece of Basic White cardstock. I used the corresponding die to cut it out and attached it to the inside of the card. 

Here are a couple pictures of my Mother-in-Law with her card and cake:

It was so great to finally have a visit with her. While we were there, we also phoned her sister. It really was something to celebrate! 

What I used for today's card:

Petal Pink Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Basic Gray Cardstock

Peony Garden DSP

Prized Peony Stamp Set

Peony Dies

Well Written Dies

Playful Alphabet Dies

Rectangle Stitched Dies

Ornate Layers Dies

Make a Difference Stamp

Happiest of Birthdays Stamp

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

Subtles Stampin' Write Markers

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

Window Sheets

Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card and will keep hopping to see the next projects. Just click on the "Next Blog Post" image and it will take you to xxx post.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Alejandra Gomez

 Danielle Kassing  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Kirstie Pattrick

Linda Moore  ● Mo Rootes  ●  Libby Fens

Tricia Butts  ●  Jan Musselman  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Narelle Fasulo  ●  Sandra Mastello  ●  Karen Henderson

  Susan Simpson  ●  Susan Webster  ●  Melissa Faust

JoAnn Pollock  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Jo Blackman

Jill Chapman  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith  ●  Melissa Gifford

Terry Hamilton  ●  Deb Macdowell  ●  Satomi Wellard

Shel Anderson  ●  Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Ann Krucek 

Chris Smith  ●  Cheryl Hamilton  ●  Teri West

 

Waterfront

 Hello my friends! How are you all doing? I have been loving this beautiful warm, sunny weather we have been having until now. It makes me want to be on a sandy beach again. That is how today's card came to be. On one of my walks this past week, I was talking to a friend about a trip we went on to Hawaii many years ago. I felt I needed to make this card to pay homage to the Waterfront stamp set that will be retiring at the end of May.

I really love how you can create so many different scenes with this stamp set just by using a variety of  colours of ink or arranging the stamps differently.

I was working on a piece of Basic White cardstock. I started by stamping the water in Seaside Spray ink. This ink is also retiring as it is an In Colour ink and it's time is up. I then stamped the sandy beach in Sahara Sand ink. I also stamped the little dots on top of the sand using Crumb Cake ink. Next I stamped the mountains using Smoky Slate ink. I stamped some full strength and some stamped off to give them dimension. I stamped my palm trees next. I stamped the trunks using Soft Suede ink and the tree tops using Old Olive ink. Finally, I stamped the sun using Mango Melody ink.

I was very happy with my picture scene but it looked a little stark at this point. I decided to add some ink using the Blender Brushes. I sponged on some Balmy Blue very lightly, to create a clear, blue sky. Then I sponged on some Daffodil Delight ink around the sun because it was a very hot sunny day. That "completed" the look I was going for.

I matted this piece on to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock and then matted that on to a piece of Basic White cardstock. I wrapped a piece of baker's twine around these pieces and tied it into a knot. The baker's twine is from the Flowers for Every Season ribbon combo pack. It is actually Misty Moonlight but coordinates well with the Seaside Spray. I then attached this to my Seaside Spray card base using dimensionals. This cardstock is also retiring.

I stamped my sentiment onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Basic Gray ink. I fussy cut around the words using my scissors and added this to my card front using dimensionals.

What I used for today's card:

Basic White Cardstock

Basic Gray Cardstock

Seaside Spray Cardstock (currently not available)

Waterfront Stamp

Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin' Pad (currently not available)

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

Blending Brushes

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card and it brought you a little sunshine today. I'm sure you probably know this by now but I really like the warm, sunny weather best of all. What is your favourite season? 

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Peony Garden

 Hello my friends! I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend. The weather has been great here and I got out walking a few times with friends. I am so glad we can get together outside. I do miss the big family dinner but I just can't take that chance right now. Depending on how the vaccinations go I hope we can do a big family dinner for Thanksgiving.

Today's card uses some more of my favourite things that are retiring, in particular the Stitched Nested Labels dies.

I thought about this card when I was on my way home from one of my walks. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. More often than not, what I see in my head is nowhere near what eventually gets on to the paper. I wanted to keep this fairly monochromatic.

I started with a card base of Gray Granite. I really like this colour as it is a perfect blend of gray and beige. On top of this I added a mat of BasicWhite. I used another piece of Gray Granite cardstock for the top piece. I used one of the Stitched Nested Labels dies to cut out the center of this piece. I added a piece of DSP from the Peony Garden DSP pack. I attached this directly behind the opening that I cut in the cardstock. 

I wrapped some white baker's twine around this piece a few times and tied it into a bow. The baker's twine is from the Snail Mail Twine Combo package. I am very happy to have white baker's twine again. I added this piece to the white cardstock using dimensionals.

I stamped my sentiment onto a strip of Basic White cardstock using Gray Granite ink. I cut a banner edge into one side of the cardstock. I added it to the card front using dimensionals. The sentiment is from the Posted For You stamp set which is also retiring.

What I used for today's card:

Gray Granite Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Peony Garden DSP

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

Posted For You Stamp

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today's card. I was really pleased with how it turned out.

So the winner for commenting on posts in March is Judy A. It was VERY close but she squeaked out by one comment. I delivered her goodies to her today and fortunately she is allowing me to post a picture.

Thank you all that commented! I really love reading them so even though the draw is done, feel free to keep commenting.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Thinking of You

 Hello my friends! I hope you are doing well. I am doing great. I am really excited that the rules will be changing as of April 1st. I have not seen my mother-in-law since before August. She will be allowed to have two visitors for an hour instead of half an hour and we will be able to go to her room. Finally we will be able to personalize her room for her. When she had to move in to a care home, they said to be sure to make her room her home but we weren't able to actually bring anything in or go to her room. I think this will be really good for her. And all of this just in time for her 90th birthday!

Unfortunately this week I had to make a sympathy card for a friend. I should have made it sooner than this but to be honest, I find sympathy cards the most difficult of any cards to make. I sometimes have a small batch made up ahead of time but I wanted this one to be made especially for this friend. This is a friend that I met through the calligraphy guild and she has been such a kind person to me. Actually everyone in the guild is incredibly kind. It is sort of like card making people; we are like family.

So for today's card I wanted to use the Woven Heirlooms stamp set. It is unfortunately retiring as of May 3rd. The sentiments in this stamp set are perfect for sympathy cards. 

I started with a Basic White Thick card base. On top of that, I added a layer of Pretty Peacock cardstock and on top of that, I added a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. I embossed the Soft Sea Foam cardstock with the Subtle 3D embossing folder. I love how this embossing folder adds just a little something without overpowering the card. Sadly, it too will be retiring. 

I used the Forever Fern stamp set to stamp various different leaf images and cut them out with their corresponding dies from the Forever Flourishing Dies set. I stamped one of the images in Soft Sea Foam ink onto Soft Sea Foam cardstock. I stamped another one in Old Olive ink on Old Olive cardstock. I also cut one of the larger images out of Vellum. I stamped the smaller berry image in Pretty Peacock ink on Basic White cardstock. I layered the various leaf and berry images in opposite corners of the card front. 

I stamped the sentiment from the Woven Heirlooms stamp set in Pretty Peacock ink on Basic White cardstock. I cut it out using the Stitched Shapes Dies. I matted this onto an oval that I cut from Pretty Peacock cardstock using the Layering Ovals Dies set. Both of these dies will be retiring. I am really sad about this as I use these dies a lot!

I added the sentiment piece to the center of the card using dimensionals. This covers where the stems of the leaf images meet. I also added a bow to the sentiment piece. I used the Silver Metallic Edged Ribbon that I coloured using my Old Olive Stampin' Blends. The metallic edged ribbon will also be retiring.

To finish off the card, I added some frosted gems from the Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets. These will also be retiring. So many of my favourite things are retiring however, I know that there will be lots of new exciting items in the new catalogue.

What I used for today's card:

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Pear Pizzazz Cardstock

Old Olive Cardstock

Vellum Cardstock

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (currently not available)

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin' Pad (currently not available)

Forever Fern Stamp Set

Forever Flourishing Dies

Woven Heirlooms Stamp

Layering Ovals Dies

Stitched Shapes Dies

Silver Metallic Edged Ribbon

Old Olive Stampin' Blends

Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today's card. I also hope it helps my friend to heal in this very difficult time.

Also, as promised I have a picture of Sharon with her goodies. She won the blogaversary draw and kindly allowed me to take her picture with her goodies.

I will be tallying the comments on my blog for the month of March and announcing that winner on Tuesday's post.

Happy Easter everyone! I hope the bunny brings you some yummy treats.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry