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Showing posts with label retiring/last chance products. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retiring/last chance products. Show all posts
Today I'm showing off a couple of ways to use your Silicone Brayer, I'm using some of the goodies that are discounted and on the retiring list (check out the whole list here: Last Chance Products)
The first technique I showed off is the one we used on Friday & Saturday in my regular classes. this involves Inking the brayer on the corner of the ink pad, so you get triangular shapes on your brayer (and you don't run the brayer over the whole ink pad), gives a cool background effect, I then teamed it up with the gorgeous, sadly retiring Layers of Beauty (if you don't have this set you can get stamps - just discovered these have sold out😢, dies and masks, which are really beautiful and the Purple Shimmer Gems (and all reduced)! - different links for each product
The next technique involves inking the brayer up properly, but then only using partially on the background, then adding another colour and repeating it, again giving a great background effect, this one I paired up with the retiring Inspiring Imperfections Stamp set again there is also dies and an embossing folder Oh and the punch is retiring too: Labelled with Love punch and bling in the form of Faceted Gems trio pack (all discounted woo hoo!)
Next up I used a thin mask, cut from post-it notes with the retiring Joyful Squares Dies, the mask needs to be really thin (as in copy paper thin) for the brayer to work well with it. I've also used the With You in Mind Stamp set and the leaves come from Layers of Beauty Dies (see link above) and the Iridescent Foil Gems (again all discounted)
Then the last technique is brayering directly onto the inside of one side of an embossing folder, then either press it down, or run it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine, in the video I just add the Pumpkin pie, but then when I was making it up into a card I brayered granny apple green over top to create the 2 colours which I love the look of!, and I couldn't resist curling it round (like a turtles back!) I've used the Turtle textures embossing folder, the Turtle-y Awesome Stamp set and matching dies and even the Shades of Green Hexagon embellishments (all retiring- and discounted)!
I'm beginning to feel like ALL my goodies that are retiring are actually discounted too!, although I know a few things aren't discounted, there is sooooo much that is! don't forget to check out all the goodies here: Last Chance List.
If you missed the video here it is:
I hope these inspire you to dig out your brayer and get creating too!
Today I went through some of my goodies that are on the Last Chance List (click the link to see the list).
There's a heap that have been reduced, and heads up, check the individual prices before ordering the bundle, it may work out cheaper!
So then I saw a card design on a FB reel and thought that is so cool (and simple) I couldn't resist having a go and passing my "newfound" knowledge on to you all😃 (gotta love me🤣)
I'm pretty sure the lady showing it off called it a Split Scene card, and I confess I did use the same Designer papers as she did (although I did ring the changes with stamps and ephemera choices)
All you need to create this is a base card, Designer Paper 3 - 4cm smaller than your base card, a mat around 1cm bigger than your designer Paper, and a piece of white (or plain) colour card, same length as your designer Paper, but shorter height, as you'll be cutting it in 1/2, so maybe 3cm shorter.
Then you cut a wavy pattern in the white and stick it all together, add some ephemera/ stamps/ sayings etc and voila! If you plan to stamp, potentially you might want to do that before sticking it all down!
Today I thought I'd show you what's retiring from the Mini Catalogue (and what's being reduced, which isn't much!) You'll find that lots of bundles are retiring but the products in them aren't, which means that if you want a 10% discount on them you need to buy them before they head into the new catalogue or online as individual items (of course you could always join my team and get a 20% discount on all your goodies😉)
I used some of my Stampin' Blend alcohol markers to colour them in (a little time consuming, but totally worth it!)
I ended up deciding to colour in the vanilla background
with the pool party markers too, I really like the way it turned out!
with this card I used both the light and dark colours of blends to
create the depth in the flowers and leaves. Then I finished it off with the Pool Party Grosgrain ribbon (makes such a nice bow this ribbon)
The pretty peacock Forever Love Specialty DSP only needed the darker colours of the markers to be used as the lighter ones didn't show a difference.
Then the finished card uses the Faux Gold Leather Trim to finish it off, I love this effect, and it pairs up SO well with this paper!
Don't forget to check out the "Last Chance List" and find yourself some bargains (or potentially grab a few things before they're gone!) If you're order is under $250 use this link to do your order and you'll go into the draw to "win" the host benefits: Order Under $250 If it's over $250 use this link Order Over $250 and you'll get your own rewards 😊
Today we're taking a look at some of the goodies that will be retiring from the Annual Catalogue (specifically ones that I currently own!) I go through them in the video and mention if they're being discounted on 9th April, but bear in mind if you specifically want something, sometimes it's best not to wait, as things can be sold out before you realise it! Here is the retiring list for the Annual Catalogue: Last Chance Annual Catalogue List
The Mini Catalogue is also retiring, but I haven't focused on that today, maybe I should next week, we'll see..... anyway here is the retiring list for the Mini Catalogue: Last Chance Mini Catalogue List
(I'm really hoping those links work!) there is a heap retiring and it's worth checking if it was bundled whether the bundle is still cheaper or if it's worth purchasing the individual items separately if they've both been reduced to less than the bundle price (if that makes sense?)
Anyway I'm not going to list them all now, I'll just show you what I created at the end of the video with the absolutely gorgeous Artisitically Inked Stamp set (being reduced from $42 to $29.40) , and although I didn't use them for these cards, the Artistic dies are being reduced from $61 to $30.50! (bargain!!)
I accidentally stamped the saying on a "wonk) so then had to stamp a whole heap more to make it look authentic 🤣 I mentioned in the video I felt it needed a bit of bling, so I've actually used some of the gorgeous Gilded Leafing, which is sadly also retiring (going from $15.75 to $7.87) recommend you watch a video on using this before you open the container! pretty sure this one here tells you about it:Artistically Inked with Gold Gilded Leafing
wasn't sure how well the gilded leaf would show up so I took a close up too 😁
Then after the video I thought I should probably use some of the retiring inks too.... so this one uses all the retiring In Colour Inks (and now I realise how much I actually like Orchid Oasis!) Anyway retiring In colours are: Sweet sorbet, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis.
And again just in case it didn't show up well in the big photo the bling: 2022 - 2024 In Colour Pearls (which incidentally are going from $12.25 to $6.12) sooo pretty......
I hope you get the chance to check out the lists, and if you're not on my email list to receive these and other things, let me know!
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