Farewelling My Favourites - Blog Hop
May 21, 2015
Welcome to another Art With Heart team blog hop. You may have come here from Kayleen's blog, or you may be starting here - either way, welcome.
Did you know there are just 13 days left to purchase stamp sets and accessories from the 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and the 2015 Occasions Mini Catalogue?
Many products that are not carrying over into the new catalogue have been reduced in price and quite a few are sold out already. Today we are focussing on these retiring products because among them are some real favourites, and if you had them on your wishlist, we don't want you to get two weeks down the track and realise you have missed out on them as they are no longer available.
What products have I chosen to take a trip down Memory Lane with today?
Yep, that's the Daydream Medallions Stamp Set from page 70 of the current catalogue, available in Wood Mount or Clear Mount.
And I've teamed it with a stack of left over pieces from one of our very popular kits this past year.
Yep, that's our Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit. Enough pieces to make 20 cards. AND a fantastic stamp set included in the set. Have you ever taken close notice?
If you haven't really noticed it, I have to confess to you right now, that I thought this whole kit was worth buying, solely for the stamp set - it's one of the best greeting sets we've had this past year.
And do you know about the Angel Policy? If you are selling any handmade cards with stamped images, you must acknowledge the copyright of the company the image came from, so in the case of Stampin' Up!, if you are selling cards made with Stampin' Up! stamps, on the back of the card you must have the Stampin' Up! copyright.
What I totally love about the stamp set in this card kit is it provides a stamp with the copyright image on it! Love that! and it's a cute stamp too!
So, what have been making with the leftover pieces out of my Everyday Occasions kit, and how did I match them up with Daydream Medallions stamp set?
Well, I decided to finally scrapbook some more of my wedding photos! (Yes, miracles do happen!).
You can see that I chose two main colours from the kit - Island Indigo and Baked Brown Sugar and mixed and matched them as base sheets. Then I used some of the card bases out of the kit for the main layer on my layouts.
I picked out Pool Party, Baked Brown Sugar, Island Indigo, Whisper White and shiny silver Glimmer Paper die cuts from the kit to add as headings, journalling tabs and embellishments, and I stamped Daydream Medallions in Crumb Cake and Whisper White to break up the background.
Most of these layouts have hidden journalling in the form of a pull out tab behind the photo.
Did you notice on some of them I have used the stamp "Love" also from the kit, and on the layout with my brother, on the label at the top left, I inked up just the "L" so I had the same font, but hand wrote the rest of the word so I had Laugh.
If you are wondering about the titles - that's Epic Alphabet stamp set - a photopolymer stamp set that is carrying over (yippee!!!). That was a lot of fun to use!.
Alright! Have I inspired you to get in touch with your regular demonstrator and order the Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit or the Daydream Medallions stamp set before the 2nd of June? Go and talk to her right now because all the retiring items are only available while stocks last.
Back to the Blog Hop - who are you visiting next? That would be the gorgeous, Jenny Van Dijk.
If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:
1. Judy May
2. Tina Gillespie
3. Genna Gifford
4. Ros Davidson
5. Claire Daly
6. Nikki Sadler
7. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
8. Kayleen McLean
9. Kathryn Ruddick
10. Jenny Van Dijk
11. Kate Morgan
12. Rachel Woollard
13. Barbara Lindsey
What gorgeous photos and fabulous pages - you'll be sorry to see these products go
Posted by: Kayleen | May 21, 2015 at 08:16 AM
Lovely pages, Kathryn. The medallions make a great background stamped in white.
Posted by: Judy May | May 21, 2015 at 08:49 AM
Wow, these pages look amazing Kathryn. This stamp set is such a fabulous one for weddings. Almost makes me want to hang onto mine now. It really balances the angles of the photos. The Everyday Occasions kit was amazing wasn't it. Great job and lovely to have you along on the team blog hop.
Posted by: Claire Daly | May 21, 2015 at 09:42 AM
Your scrapbooking pages are inspiring Kathryn, I haven't scrapbooked for so long. I love what you have done with the kit, with all those lovely bits and pieces they were never going to be just cards, too many options. Perhaps some scrapbooking in my future. Daydream Medallions another favourite too.
Posted by: Barbara Lindsey | May 21, 2015 at 10:52 AM
Kathryn, your scrapbook pages are gorgeous. I love that you have hidden journalling on tabs too, so inventive. Thanks for sharing such a memorable occasion.
Posted by: Kate Morgan | May 21, 2015 at 10:57 AM
WOW, Kathryn, you've done an AMAZING job! What a beautiful way to keep all of your precious memories. xx
Posted by: Jenny | May 21, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Lovely scrapbooking Kathryn.
Posted by: Ros Davidson | May 21, 2015 at 01:58 PM