Stampin' Addicts Retiring Stamps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Retiring Stamp Mega Blog Hop!  

It is that time of year when we say good bye to some lovely stamp sets to make way for new ones.  Members of Stampin' Addicts have some of their favorites to share.  If you have been following the hop you have just arrived from Sarah's Blog.   Weren't her projects with the Cardinal Christmas set awesome??!!   You can see the full line up of blogs HERE.  Have fun hopping!

I chose the stamp set Blowing Kisses to share.  The simple line art is so sweet!

My first card features watercoloring with a blender pen.  I picked up a small amount of color with the pen to shade the bunny and the hearts.  After cutting them out I placed them on a free-hand cut hill nestled inside the Framed Tulips embossing folder.  A cloud punched with the Cupcake Builder punch and a sentiment with a fringed ribbon add to the breezy motion of the card.

The next card features a simple paper pieced balloon layered on a scalloped rectangle.  The card front is embossed with the light and airy Elegant Lines folder.  A few rhinestones, a piece of black ribbon and a layered sentiment add the final touches to this happy card.

Next up is a uniquely shaped card which has a topper cut with the Table Setting die (also retiring).  The focal image is layered on a trimmed scalloped rectangle.  The sentiment is on the side with a sliver of black ribbon peeking out.  In-color DSP from the hostess pack makes a fun border at the bottom.

My last project is a table decoration using the retiring pop-up cake die.  The first and third layers have images from the Blowing Kisses set that are stamped and colored with markers.  The middle layer is two pieces of window sheet with white craft ink tinted with a re-inker and punched hearts and flowers sandwiched in between.  A watercolored bunny sits on top surrounded by paper flowers that were dyed with a re-inker.

That is it for this sweet set... now it time to hop on to Rhonda's blog to see what she has done with the versatile Birthday Bliss set.

Thanks for visiting!