Today's card is made with the retiring stamp set Baroque Motifs #113490, and I used the Stampin' Up! Color Coach #120148 to choose my basic colors! When I looked up Pear Pizzazz, the Color Coach showed Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise.  Then for the stamped flowers I also used Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango to brighten up the card as well as some pearls and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  Baroque Motifs was such an elegant and versatile set when it came out and still is today.

Click here for Stampin' Up! Retiring Stamps List  These stamps are available only until May 31st.  Don't forget to put in your order!  You can use my Online Store HERE or email me with your order.

Since the Stampin' Up! retiring stamp sets list came out yesterday, I thought it would be fun to pick a stamp set on that list to make a card. Ornate Blossom #117094 is just a single stamp that I bought because I saw a demonstrator at the Stampin' Up! Convention making some cute and easy cards with it.  I'd have to go back and look at my Convention photos to remember exactly what she made, but this card today is copied from the example in the Stampin' Up! catalog.  I may have added a little too much "bling", but who knows, maybe some of you will like it this way!

The greeting on the card is from Grateful Greetings #116511, another retiring stamp set and one that I will miss!

To see the Stampin' Up! Retiring Stamps List, click HERE.  The print will be small but it is a pdf file so click on your computer setting to zoom in to see it larger!  Lots of stamp sets on there!  Stamps will be available until May 31st.

The retiring Accessories List will be revealed April 25th.  Definitely Decorative and Simply Adorned are already known to be going away…so if you want any of those pieces, go ahead and order ahead of the announcement!

The stamp set, paper and fabric brad used on this card are all from the Summer Smooches Suite by Stampin' Up! It's a sneak peek of what will be in the new Stampin' Up! catalog in June….yes June! But you can purchase any of the items in the suite during the month of April! (The fabric brads will not be available in the catalog, so get them while you can!)

Mostly people are using the stem I stamped as flowers, but I thought they could look like cherries on a stem! It reminds me of Mary Englebreit, an artist from St. Louis…surely you know who Mary Englebreit is! I've always loved her illustrations and colors…and being from St. Louis doesn't hurt either since that is where I grew up!

To add some dimension, I added a bit of Crystal Effects #101055 to each cherry.  If you look at the photo again, you can probably notice the shininess (is that a word?) of the cherries. It takes a few minutes to dry and then it becomes a high-gloss image.  Crystal Effects is also useful as an adhesive….sometimes around the house!  No stamper should be without it, so put it on your next order…with the Summer Smooches!

This card came about because I got this Easter Egg template in my junk mail one day! I used the template to trace and cut around it on Whisper White card stock and then used strips of Twitterpated Designer Series Paper to decorate it.  It's a great way to use scraps, of course.  I even used some border punches to decorate a few strips. You could also run it through the Big Shot in an embossing folder for another look.

Here's how the egg started.  I cut out the template, applied Tombow Multipurpose Glue on portions and laid down the strips. This is the backside.

Then when you trim off the strips overhanging the template, this is the pretty thing you end up with!

Have fun making some paper Easter eggs!

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