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Back Home from our Stampin’ Retreat

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Hello Stampin’ Friends ~

I am so full of gratitude for the amazing weekend we had for our Annual Spring Stamping Retreat! The weather was windy and rainy but it always seemed to clear when we had to go outside … a true sign if you ask me!

I have a peek into our stamping retreat for you … I will share a bit more in the coming days as well. I will begin with the door tags … Each guest has a name tag on their door so they know which room the will be staying in and they are free to take it home with them. They can easily pop the name off and turn it into a card!

This was created using the Heart and Home Suite of products … The “theme” for our retreat. The Heart and Home designer paper, Flowers Of Home Dies, Heart & Home Doilies in Basic Grey, the White 3/4″ Frayed Ribbon which comes from the Artfully Composed suite (pg.32 in Mini), the 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon in Petal Pink which is layered over and the Petal Pink cardstock embossed with the Thanks & Hello Embossing Folders all layered onto a Basic Grey base. I printed each guest’s name onto Basic White Cardtock (from my computer) and punched it out using the Tailored Tag Punch (retiring today).

The cup is a food safe cup that has retired from the Stampin’ Up! catalog … I decorated it with the Heart and Home Designer Series paper … to do this, I took apart one of the cups, and traced the outside onto designer paper and cut it out to make my wrap!! They were so cute!

The cover was created using Evening Evergreen cardstock, die cut with the Layering Circle Dies and embossed with the NEW 3-D Fern Embossing Folder. My “greeting” to my guests comes from the NEW Nature’s Prints Stamp set from our Sun Prints Suite … pg. 90 & 91. WOW!!

As my guests come into the dining room, over the fireplace …. they find what I call my Mantle Gifts! Each retreat I decorate the mantle with a hand crafted gift that they get to take home at the end of the retreat. These are actual “pocket cards” and a seed packet was tucked inside to they have a “living” remembrance of our retreat. Each seed packet is adorned with a flower … which is actual chocolate! We all know how good chocolate and stamping go together!

Here is a closer look ….

The card was created from one sheet of Very Vanilla … I created my own pattern for this. From the left over piece of vanilla, I stamped and punched (Label Me Lovely Punch) my greeting which come from one of my favorite sentiment stamp sets: Peaceful Moments. The pretty die cut flowers come from the Hand-Penned Petals bundle.

The “sentiments” on my gifts are carefully picked to show my thoughts and gratitude to my guests for choosing to spend their time with me at my Annual Retreats … I want to create an atmosphere of fun, relaxation and camaraderie. (noun: camaraderie: mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.)

I hope you enjoyed my PEEK into my Annual Spring Stamping Retreat … can’t wait to share even more with you!

Simply Sunday: Just a Note

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Hello Stampin’ Friends ~

I have been busy in my stamping studio preparing for my Spring Stamping Retreat … and totally missed yesterday’s post, sorry! I do however have a cutie for you today. A card that can be shared with a friend or family just to say hello.

If you watched my Tuesday Night LIVE last week then you should recognize this flower ….

This is the flower from the Hand-Penned Petals demonstration that I colored. I used Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight and Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends to color them. I couldn’t let that pretty little thing just sit there, and it was so easy to pull together this card.

My card base is Basic Gray and I added the addition to the black & white polka dot from the Pattern Party Designer Series paper (a host reward). Then a doily from the Heart & Home collection in the Mini Catalog. It’s also the theme for my Stampin’ Retreat: Heart & Home!

I popped up the greeting and the flower with dimesionals, and speaking of greetings … the “Just A Note” comes from the Flowering Flowers stamp set.

I love that this card is mainly neutral and then our flower gives us that pop of color to really draw your eye in. The greeting was punched with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch and then added one of the black Classic Black Dots to finish it off.

Thank you for taking time out to of your day to check out my blog.

You have a wonderful day ~

TODAY’S STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST … If you liked the products used in today’s projects, I have links for you below. Just click on the item you would like more information on, or to begin your shopping. It will take you directly to my website. Thank you ♥