a little fall razzle dazzle

I was experimenting with the In Colors, and thought this combo was beautiful for fall! Soft suede, dusty durango, and bermuda bay. I love the blue with the traditional fall brown and rust colors. I used markers to ink up the razzle dazzle stamp and then breathed warm air on the stamp to remoisten the ink. It took a little patience to do all the different parts of the image! I used other stamps from the same set to make the backgrounds, along with the soft suede ribbon. In the first card, I tied the circle on with twine, and on the 2nd one I just glued it to the ribbon. It has been so warm the last few days that it doesn't really feel like fall, but I am glad my tomatoes are finally getting ripe!

A little Razzle dazzle to finish August

This card was fun to make, using the pastels (or chalks)! Even though we don't have the In Colors in the pastels, there is such a small amount of color, that it looks like it matches. I stamped the image from Razzle Dazzle (p. 94 $ 18.95) in versamark and then used Q-tips to tap on some color. Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper is behind the main image which is mounted on summer sun and pumpkin pie. These colors look great with melon mambo. I punched out the circles with a hole punch.
The card below is the same, except I added a little bling with the silver brad and some rhinestones (non SU!). Instead of designer paper, I stamped the "background" image from Razzle Dazzle in white craft ink down the side. I gave this card to my daughter for her birthday--it uses the colors she has in her bedroom (bermuda bay, lovely lilac, green galore).

Rich Razzleberry

I've been trying out some different color combinations with the new In Colors. On the card above, I used rich razzleberry and soft suede. I like this combo--I think I like these 2 colors! I embossed the razzle dazzle image with white ep, distressed the edges, and used a build-a-brad for the accent. For the brad, I stamped a part of the image onto the designer paper in rich razzleberry and then outlined it with the soft suede marker so it would show up more. The designer paper is from razzleberry lemonade. I really like how the ribbon is double-sided so you get two looks out of it--a little more "bang for your buck" which is always helpful these days!This card uses rose red with the rich razzleberry. I colored the image from sweet stems stamp set (#113726, $16.95) with a blender pen and my rich razzleberry marker so that I could get different shades. The centers of the flowers are bermuda bay. I tore the right side of all the papers, and added a button from button latte and a thin piece of cardstock tied in a knot for accents. all supplies used (c) Stampin' Up! 1995-2009
Just a note about the "dormant list". Sweet stems is not in the new catalog, but it also did not retire. It has been moved to the "dormant list" which means it is still a current set and available for purchase. I have a list of these stamp sets, in case you are looking for something that you saw before, and can't remember whether it retired or not.
I'll be posting later today or tomorrow with the winner from the Scavenger Hunt! This was a special that I offered to all my Stampin' Six Club members--they completed a scavenger hunt for items and images in the new catalog and then I'm drawing a name from those that were sent back to me, for a $20 stamp set! A chance for free rubber--who can't resist that?!