Retiring In-Colours 2013 - 2015

hi all

as well as the products and accessories that Stampin' Up! are retiring, this means we say good bye to the 2013 - 2015 In-Colours range  as well.

That's Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and my favourite from this range - Strawberry Slush..

I was at my local craft class today so thought I would take the opportunity to ink some stamps up using these colours for probably their last outing..  well for me at least..

I decided to go with  Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar for my colour schemes - but then thought why not use all of them whilst trying out the 'Bokeh' technique which seems to be very in vogue at the moment as regards card-making.

Lots of lovely videos out there to showcase how to do this -  and I came up with this as my rendition on the subject.


I did learn a salutary lesson though! You do need to leave your card to dry for quite a long  time before applying the white craft ink - when you think it is ready - leave it for a bit longer to make sure!

and for the craft ink - again this takes a fair bit of time to dry and if you aren't careful you can easily transfer colour from your card to the White craft ink pad.


One suggestion I have read since was to transfer a little of the white ink to some thing like your stamp-a-ma-jig template sheet, or a blending sheet of some sort and use the ink from there. Uhm, wished I read it before class this morning!

With it being such a busy card topper, I just kept it the rest simple - matted on top of a layer of Strawberry Slush card stock, itself, matted on Whisper White.

I finished off the card with some toning Strawberry Slush Baker's twine and the really ornamental Happy Birthday from the Sassy Salutations stamp set, positioned just where I wanted it, by using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.

Although there is very little left of the 2013-2105 In-Colour range available now - obviously you can substitute colours of your choice and repeat the process with those and thankfully not everything I needed is on the retired list!.

Those Stampin' Up! supplies for this card: still available

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store  
Pay just  £4:95 whatever the size of your order, and have them shipped straight to your address.. 

Please  contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you prefer

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Stampin' Trimmer	White Vellum A4 Card Stock	Sponge Daubers
Sassy Salutations Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Jet Black Stazon Pad	Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Well tomorrow should really find me swapping my stamp sets and ink pads for dust pan and brush am thinking... but I also need to give some thought to the next home-grown mass outing for Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

May 16th will see in excess of some 300 demonstrators converge on Telford for a busy day of inspiration, talks, and possible hints as to what may be coming  up.

So speaking of swapping -  and certainly not house work related this time - this forms a very valuable and much appreciated part of the proceedings  - swapping samples with other demonstrators is a lovely  means of passing on ideas and gaining some in return, not to mention having a very nice time meeting and mixing with everyone  in that very happy family that is 'Stampin' Up!'

til next time - have a lovely week whatever you get up to.

Jan x