Freshly Made Sketches #90

Yesterday I got a chance to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for the week. I finally had a chance to break out some of the new colors to play with them. I just love the new color Coastal Cabana. It's such a nice summery color! Here's the card I made for the sketch challenge...

 I really like this color combo and will probably use it again real soon. I love how the Coastal Cabana goes with the Crushed Curry. :)

Thanks for checking out my card. Please leave a comment.

~Randi

Supplies
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Blooming with Happiness (retired), Itty Bitty Banners
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry DSP
Accessories: Bitty Banners Framelits Dies

A little new, a little old: ColourQ Challenge #193

I'm so happy that my summer vacation is finally here ... well mostly. I'm still teaching summer school for the next two and a half weeks but it's only about 4 hours a day which leaves me plenty of time to relax and get other things done. Yesterday I finally got a chance to play along with some of my favorite stamping challenges. Here is a card that I made for the ColourQ #193 challenge.

Created by Randi Wood, Images © Stampin' Up! 1990-2013

This is a little 3x3 note card that I made up. I've been wanting to go back to use some of my older stamps lately so I decided to combine some old with some new. I just love these colors together! I don't know that I would have ever paired them on my own but they just WORK together :) 

Supplies:

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Whisper White

Stamps: A Slice of Life (retired), Petite Pairs

Ink: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Certainly Celery (retired), Island Indigo, Real Red

Thanks for checking out my card. Please leave some love! 

~Randi

Something for Everyone - Retirement Lists

This time of year is always bittersweet. It's time for some of our favorite products to retire and soon it will be time to welcome a new catalog full of fun new products (no really, I've seen them and am really excited!). Check out the retirement lists below.

Retired Stamp List

* Please remember that these items are available until June 3.

Retired Accessories List

*Please remember that these items are available while supplies last or until June 3, which ever comes first.

*Some products are available for up to 60% off the regular price.

Be sure to check out both lists. Remember that Stampin' Round Wheels are on the accessories list and not on the retiring stamp list.

Happy shopping! :)

A Fond Farewell, A Happy Hello, and A Welcome Back!

Stampin' Up! is at it again. Today they announced their Color Renovation. As sad as I am to see some of the colors like Regal Rose and Not Quite Navy go, I'm excited to see that Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party and Island Indigo get to stay and become part of our Core Colors. I was hoping that Lucky Limeade would get to stay too but no such luck! We are also welcoming back Bermuda Bay (yay!!), Blushing Bride, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz and Crushed Curry. Along with all of these changes we are also getting a new Neutrals color - Smoky Slate which will be a lighter gray color.

Check out the chart below to find where all of these wonderful colors fit in.

Along with this news Stampin' Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING for just a few days April 6-8. What a perfect time to stock up on our retiring colors and coordinating products while supplies last.

Mojo Monday Challenge Card

Wow! It's really been a while since I've updated here. I've mostly been busy with school and every day life so that's why I haven't posted much here. This past weekend I was finally able to get in my stamp room and work on a few cards and prepare for an upcoming workshop that I'm having. It felt good to break out some new stamps and goodies and be creative for a while. I even got home early tonight and was able to spend a little bit in my stamp room playing with this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.

I love how bright and springy my card turned out. Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

~Randi

Paper: Summer Starfruit cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Calypso Coral cardstock, Rich Razzleberry cardstock, Sycamore Street DSP
Ink: Summer Starfruit, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party
Stamps: Ears to You single stamp
Accessories: Pool Party Sycamore Street Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Boarder Punch, Jewels Basic Rhinestones

Free Ribbon!

Stampin' Up! has a great promotion going on during September. For every $40 you spend (before shipping and tax) you will get to choose a FREE spool of our 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon. This ribbon is wonderful and come in Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, and Raspberry Ripple. What a great way to stock up on some of our newest In-Color ribbon. Head on over to my Stampin' Up! website to place your order or contact me today and I can place it for you.

Also, you MUST watch this video :) If nothing else it's good for a little chuckle!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

It's been a busy 2 weeks. School is quickly approaching and I've been spending a lot of time in my 1st grade classroom, not only because I'm teaching summer school, but also because I've been unpacking everything that I had to pack at the start of summer - that's a long story for another day though. So tonight I finally took some time and have sat and just relaxed and was looking through some challenge sites for some inspiration - thinking I might actually get back in to my stamp room for a bit tonight - when I came across this post over at Inspired by Stamping where this card was in the top 3! I didn't even know!! That totally made my day :)