Fresh New Colours for Spring from Stampin' Up!

Along with birds arriving, snow melting, and trees budding--there are plenty of signs the new 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! annual catalogue is approaching along with spring :-D

You may have heard about a colour refresh and what you heard is true--on March 29th, SU revealed what regular line colours will be discontinued and which will be added. It's explained in the video below, but here's a handy list as well:

• Bermuda Bay
• Blushing Bride
• Mango Melody
• Merry Merlot
• Mint Macaron
• Pacific Point
• Pear Pizzazz
• Rich Razzleberry
• Sahara Sand
• So Saffron
• Soft Suede

2021-2023 In-Colour Fresh Fresia will join the Subtles line while previous In-Colours from recent years will also return--but that's another blog post!

For now, shop with me online and snag your favourite departing colours in paper, ink, re-inkers, and markers before they're gone!

A colour refresh can be a stressful time for stampers, but this one isn't as drastic as the previous one, although I'm still carrying a torch for Marina Mist! I'm surprised So Saffron is leaving because it's one of my favourite yellows--just yellow enough and is a total workhorse in my cardmaking. Sahara Sand I understand--it's just a touch greyer than Crumbcake.


Is the video too fast for you? Did you know you can change the playback speed of YouTube videos? Depending on your device, playback settings can usually be found under the gear icon or three dot menu.
Stay tuned for more new catalogue fun!

February's Stamping Project--Helping Others

LOL, this isn't a mistake that February's project is being posted in March. February, I admit, was a tough month. Not only is it such a blah month, and often a cold one in Calgary, but it felt longer than usual as an older family member passed unexpectedly and my attention turned inwards instead of outwards.

I felt extra committed to finishing two projects, though, oe of which was creating a pile of masculine cards for a local charity, Seniors Secret Service. They send out a few hundred birthday cards monthly and I thought it would be fun to make and donate some cards. It turns out they have a need for masculine cards. Masculine cards are always tricky--while earthy and bold cardstock colours are available, the stamps, sentiments, and papers are often missing. I've noticed over the past few years that supply companies, and especially Stampin' Up!, are stepping up to fill this gap.

My friend lent me her scrap box, and I swear another’s person stash is always more interesting than one’s own 😃 It was full of discontinued Stampin’ Up! papers and cardstock which I found super exciting. I busted into my own stash and found some nice kraft cardstock that complemented the Pool Party papers. I cut up some bases, cup up some strips and starting assembling without worrying too much about the layout–-just keeping it simple, you know? I didn’t want to get hung up on the design too much, so I pulled out a current set, Wildlife Wonder. Not only does it have a nice, big bear, but it also has some perfect sentiments such as to a great guy and sending birthday wishes.

I stamped the bear on Very Vanilla cardstock with Early Espresso ink and fussy cut them out. I thought about placing a sentiment on the card, but decided to leave it as is, in case the Seniors Secret Service staff needed the cards for a general hello.

Thinking of others and making something helped me get through February. Every day I reminded myself spring is around the corner and every day truly is getting a little lighter and brighter as spring approaches in her incremental ways.

Until next time...

March's Sunday Sketch--Easter Cards

Today's Sunday sketch has me all excited--and won't be revealed until they're received. I can give you a little hint, however! The cards use these two sets, Easter Bunny Photopolymer Stamps + Punch and Full of Love Cling Stamp Set, pictured below:

This card is going to have a lot of fun layers! Stay tuned!