The Legend Has Retired

A long time employee with the County is retiring as of tomorrow and I had a request for a specific sentiment on a card.  The request was to say "THE LEGEND HAS RETIRED".

But wait, we don't have anything that comes even remotely close to that in any of our sets!  Ack!

Out come the alphabet stamps.  Epic Alphabet and Layered Letters Alphabet.

I just love the Photopolymer stamps for alphas.  Just line them up on the paper the way you want them and lay the clear block down to pick them up.  Perfect stamping every time!

I used English Garden for the DSP (Designer Series Paper) and backed up the front sentiment with Hello Honey.

Be sure to check your  mailbox.  If you are one of the folks I mailed Holiday Catalogs to, you should start receiving them in your mailbox.

If you don't already have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and would like to have a 2015 Holiday Mini Catalog, please email me and I will be happy to get one for you.  Email me at StampsWellWithOthers@gmail.com.

Thank  you for looking in today.

~ Donna

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Happy Birthday USA

This was my swap card for our team meeting on Monday.  I love the sparkle of the Red and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.

Recipe:  (these were only card fronts for the swap)

Base:  Real Red - 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Layer:  Night of Navy - 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
Layer:  Whisper White - 5" x 3 3/4" - Embossed with Lucky Stars Embossing Folder
Tag:  Night of Navy 4 1/4" x 2" - Punched with Scallop Tag Topper
Stars:  Red Glimmer and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Papers
Red Strip:  3 7/8" x 1 1/4"
White Strip:  3 7/8" x 1"
Stamps:  Epic Alphabet
Ink:  Real Red
Ribbon:  1/4" Cotton Ribbon - Real Red

Thank you for looking in and have a fabulous Fourth of July.  Stay safe, stay hydrated and remember to fly your flags!

~ Donna

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Too Hot For Ice Cream? Never!

Saturday's workshop at Kristi's house was so much fun and as usual, my stampers love putting their own twist on their cards.  

My Version - simple:

Their Version - change the words (so easy to do with alpha stamps!): 

And a little more topsy-turvy.  After all, if you drop your ice cream cones, they aren't going to land all the same, right?  :)

The girls from left to right around the table:  Linda, Mary F., Brittney, Tina, Kristi (today's hostess), Mary P. and Berta.  Thank you ladies for coming to stamp!  

Here is our 2nd card.  This one was made by Berta.  I wish you could see it better, but her butterfly wings are bent up a bit, then down, then up with a little flair.  Very pretty!

Then, we have Linda.  She doesn't like Pink  Pirouette.... it's okay, we'll keep her, I just have to remember to have an alternate color for her!  (She calls it Pitiful Pink - but don't tell anyone!)

She chose to do hers with Mint Macaron and I wish I'd managed to get a picture of the final completed card, but it did look pretty good in Mint!

I thought Linda's dots under her butterfly looked a bit like a Cheetah, what do you think?

Thank you for looking in today.  May you have a Blessed Sunday.  If you are lucky enough to have your Father still with you, enjoy him and cherish him.  I'd give anything to talk to mine today!

~ Donna

The Teaser Revealed

As promised here is the complete card I teased with yesterday.  My friend Mary F. found the idea on Pinterest and shared it with me.  It was done by Wendy Cranford and she CASEd it from Cybil Hart.  I changed it up and used "oops!" for the front of my card, using Epic Alphabet.  Thank you ladies for your great ideas!

With our 110 to 115 degree temperatures in Phoenix for the last few days - and for the next few days apparently, I thought ice cream would be perfect for our workshop today!

Another cute sentiment for inside, also from the You've Got This set and it says "Good Things are Going to Happen".  I think that's cute because, even though the ice cream dropped, you get a better triple decker ice cream inside!

Recipe:

Watermelon Wonder base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Very Vanilla 5 1/4" x 4"

Cardstock AND Ink:
Sahara Sand - Stamp and cut out 4 ice cream cones
Watermelon Wonder - Stamp and punch 2 scoops
Mint Macaron - Stamp and punch 2 scoops
Chocolate Chip - Stamp and punch 2 scoops

Stamp large splatter from Gorgeous Grunge in Watermelon Wonder, Chocolate Chip and Mint Macaron.  Also stamp your color of choice inside for under the sentiment by stamping off once.

Assemble cones and ice cream as shown.

To stamp the "oops!" since there is only one "o" in the set, I placed the "o" on a small clear block and stamped it twice, then on another clear block - I used H - I placed the "ps!

Thank you for looking in today.  If you're interested in ordering any of these items, click on the link to the scrolling store below.

~ Donna

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