Barely Got Time to Play With You Before You Retired....

I really liked this stamp set when I first saw it in the Occasions catalog and ordered it right away.  It only took me five months to finally use it!  This is definitely a card to use the new Stamparatus for as there is a lot of lining up to do.  We made this in a retiring class this month and I had all the stamps set up on one of the Stamparatus plates creating the whole thing in four steps.  The roses were stamped separately though as you had to stamp them more than one time.  I used the Ruffled embossing folder on the Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the leaves in Soft Suede on Wild Wasabi card stock and then punched them out.  A little bit of copper thread and a small wooden heart finished off the front of the card.

Inside I wanted to do something a little different and used the die from the Petals & More dies and the copper foil.  The Island Indigo Ombre ribbon was a great balance with the copper.

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    Cathy Williams

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Peek a Boo! You Never Know Where Cats Will Show Up, Do You?

 Inspired by a card created by Sacha van de Kerkhof, I created this card for a recent class and found it was a great way to use up some of the designer series paper that is retiring at the end of May.  I love the "denim" look of the umbrella from the Weather Together stamp set that is retiring.  I achieved this look by using the light Night of Navy Blend marker and then coloring the interior with the Color Lifter.

The kitten I used is the one peeking out of the pot in the Pretty Kitty stamp set.  I just trimmed away the pot to get the kitten to peek out from the umbrella and inside card strip.

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Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

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