Shop Your Craft Stash Series

Hello Stampers ~ wait until you see my Shop Your Craft Stash Series!

I spent a lot of time yesterday checking out grills and smokers.  I want both so I needed to see what I could get locally.  I went to Lowe’s and talked to someone there.  I also stopped at a local propane store to see what they had to offer.  I found some but the prices were a lot more than I had planned.  I can get a cheaper grill but not sure if that is way to go.  I also looked at wall cabinets as I need one in my garage over my sink.  I need to check with my neighbor to see which way to go with the grill as well as the cabinet.  I also came home and spackled my wall that was damaged by the movers.  It was a few spots so I applied the spackle.  I am hoping it will be dry today so that I can sand it and then paint my walls that need to be touched up.  I did spend some time in my studio working on cards.  I played with some of the backgrounds I shared in my Facebook Live.  I will be making cards with them for this week.  All in all a productive day!

Are you like me when you look at the Annual Catalog?  When I look at the offerings I see so many stamp sets that are similar to what I already have.  Knowing I have something similar ~ even if it has retired ~ I cannot justify purchasing new stamp sets.  That is where the idea for this series came from.  I am going to take product I have that is retired and combine it with something new from the catalog.  I am hoping with will open your eyes to other possibilities as to how you can use what you have by Shopping Your Craft Stash!

For today’s card I found a sketch on Tuesday Morning Sketches that I could use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I opted to use stamp set that I loved when it was current.  The Birthday Blooms set has a large image that is fun to color, emboss, and even stamp in black.  I knew I could use the image for the large square on the sketch.  I decided to pair the stamp with the current See a Silhouette designer series paper.  Using a blender pen and ink in the lid, the image was colored using the colors in the paper.  After the image was colored, I cut out the image.  I also stamped, colored, and cut out the buds on the card.  These were used for the butterfly elements on the sketch.  For the strips at the bottom I used some of the retired Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon.  All the elements from the sketch were attached to a Poppy Parade panel.  This panel was added to a Whisper White card base.

Now if you no longer have the Birthday Blooms stamp set the Beautiful Friendship stamp set in the annual catalog could easily be used for the center image.  Here is the Shop Your Craft Stash Series creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inside of card and envelope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up supplies used for my creation