Year After Year...

Here are a couple of samples featuring the Year After Year stamp set (page 57). Both of these great cards were made by my friend and fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Melanie.

This wedding card is beautiful... Soft Sky is the perfect colour for this with some Winter White and Silver Emboss Powder. Melanie used a couple of other new stamp sets on this card - Baroque Motifs for the fantastic background and Hugs & Wishes for the "congratulations". Notice how she did the nice scalloped edge on the bottom using the Corner Rounder Punch along with some paper piercing. You can go back to a previous post here to see how to do this. And, you'll have to check out the inside of this card the next time you see it at a class - Melanie added a nice touch of this scalloped edged inside!

The baby card is a great layout that could be used in so many different ways. Embossing the elephants and greeting in Winter White Emboss Powder makes them pop off the card stock. The Word Window Punch pieces secured with coordinating brads add the perfect touch. The greeting comes from the Curvy Verses stamp set and she's added some fun background stamps on each of the pieces - Canvas, Floral and Word by Word.

Word by Word is a stamp that you won't find in the current catalogue, but the good news is that it's still available... there are a few sets that Stampin' Up! placed on a "dormant list". These are still available to order. You can see a list of stamp sets on the dormant list by clicking here. There are lots of favourites still on this list:

Bodacious Bouquet

Images de mon pays

Never Ending Joy

Serenite

Summer by the Sea

Word by Word

Acorns Wheel

Bloomin' Wheel

Bodacious Jumbo Wheel

Bouquet Jumbo Wheel

Butterflies & Blossoms Wheel

Leaf Prints Wheel

True Heart Wheel

Wings & Things Wheel

Okay, so I'm not doing such a great job of keeping up with my blog... I had good intentions, but time has just been slipping by as I've been keeping busy. Things will settle back down to "normal" after the September long weekend and I'll be able to get back to stamping and my more usual routine. Thanks for bearing with me!

Oh, one more thing, I've been contemplating my class schedule for the fall - if there are any classes you'd like to see, please let me know! The always popular "Santa's Workshop" will be back with great new Christmas inspirations this fall... watch for dates! There are still seats available for the next Stamp-A-Stack on Saturday, September 15th at 9:30 am, but Friday night is now full. Email me at bevennis@shaw.ca if you'd like more information or to register.

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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