I am sharing cards made with retiring products this week. My first card stars the Forever Love Designer Series paper paired with Thoughtful Expressions Bundle.
Paper
This card is all about the DSP. This gorgeous gold foiled paper is from the Forever Love Designer Series Paper. Surprisingly, some of the DSP from the Annual Catalog is carrying over to the new one. I love it, but it is unusual. Although this paper from the Mini Catalog is not carrying over.
I have been in a fussy cutting mood lately and this card is all about fussy cutting. The focal layer of the bouquet is fussy cut from the DSP. I had a few sheers left from the Paper Share for the Mini Catalog and found this beautiful bouquet there. Also used were a couple of the “edge” pieces. I added one to the bottom of the envelope. What better way to make an envelope pretty!!! And I also added an edge piece to the inside of the card.
To go a step further, the DSP behind the bouquet is also from the Forever Love. It is a reverse of one of the green and gold pieces. I thought the small flowers matched perfectly with the bouquet. It is lighter than the bouquet as well as the Moody Mauve of the card base. And the Gold Foil is the perfect highlight to the gold in the DSP.
Stamps and Dies
The stamps used are from the Thoughtful Expressions stamp set. This set is carrying over to the next Annual Catalog. But sadly, ;( the Dies are not carrying over. And these Dies are my favorite from the Mini Catalog. I love the layering and the unique shape of the circles. So sad!!
For the sentiment I love the wording of this one. And I wanted to use the Dies for the sentiment as well. There needed to be another touch of the Gold Foil. This sentiment is actually a long one. But with the different fonts it was easy to separate there. Again it was me and the fussy cutting! To give some definition on the card base, I stamped the small image repeatedly using Moody Mauve Ink on the Moody Mauve card base.
Finishes
To have a landing spot for the sentiment layer, I needed something. And this ribbon is my absolute favorite from the Annual Catalog. All of the retiring In Colors have this ribbon and it breaks my heart for them to be retiring. I use these ribbons regularly as the colors match more than the ones they are named for.
I wrapped two loops of ribbon around the bouquet layer and then did a double bow to complete it. Next I went a bit wild with the bling. There are three of the red from the Festive Pearls attached to the sentiment layer. And there are a couple of the gold from the Festive Pearls up towards the top of the bouquet. This card is all about the bling!
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Jackie
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