Retiring List: Blackberry Bliss

Stampin' Up!'s retiring list has been published, so I put aside the stamp sets and accessories that I own that will be soon be retiring so I can try and use them on my upcoming projects and feature them before they are gone. Today's card was inspired by the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge #268, which was perfect because the hexagons on the sketch gave me the opportunity to pull out the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set and the matching Hexagon punch. For colors, I was inspired to pull out Blackberry Bliss, which is part of the 2014-2016 In Color palette, and therefore is retiring at the end of May. I will admit that even though I liked this dark shade of purple when I first saw it, I've really struggled to use it because I never seem to be able to come up with great colour combos for it. Here, I decided to go for a monochromatic palette and I simply paired it with my favorite Designer Series Specialty Paper, Typeset (also retiring). The sentiment comes from And Many More, also retiring (a great versatile set with a variety of sentiments that are small enough to fit anywhere on your cards). The hexagons were embellished using Brights Designer Buttons (you guessed it - also retiring). By the way, I created three shades of purple on my hexagons by using the stamping off technique with the Blackberry Bliss ink pad. (One ink pad, three shades of ink.)

I used the remainder of the ledger paper inside the card to create a writing block (especiallty useful since the Blackberry Bliss cardstock is quite dark).

To sign the back of my card, I used the Sincere Creations stamp set, which will be retiring (get it while you can - it's a great set to sign your creations, it includes a variety of wording, from cooking to paper creations). I used the retiring Wide Oval punch to punch it out of cardstock and add it to the back of my card.

 

Featured retiring items:

• Six-Sided Sampler Stamp Set
• And Many More Stamp Set
• Sincere Creations Stamp Set
• Blackberry Bliss Cardstock and Ink
• Brights Designer Buttons
• Hexagon Punch
• Wide Oval Punch
• Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler, Du coq à l'âne (And Many More), Sincères créations (Sincere Creations)
Cardstock: Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black
Specialty Designer Paper: Typeset
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Brights Designer Buttons, Stampin' Dimensionals, Hexagon Punch,
Wide Oval Punch, Medium Vanilla Enveloppes

 

Comments

[Kaylin Krawczyk]

pretty card. thanks for joining us at try stampin on tuesday

[Sara Hoogendoorn]

This is a cute card, Cindy! Love the monochromatic look to it. Thanks for sharing with us at Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday.
Sara H.

[Super Stamp Girl]

Hi Cindy, what a great showcase of some retiring items and combining it with our sketch this week! Oh, how I'm going to miss Blackberry Bliss, as you've demonstrated here how beautiful it is! Thanks for joining us this week at Try Stampin' on Tuesday! xo Crystal

[Lori S]

These are great cards! Love the ledger paper. Thanks so much for joining us at Try Stampin!