ILWS Last Chance Blog Hop

Welcome to the ILWS Last Chance Blog Hop. If you are blog hopping you will have arrived here from Jane at http://www.janeiowcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk/and the next stop on the hop is Michelle at http://stampwithbluebell.blogspot.co.uk/
If you get lost on the way there is a full list at the end of this post.



My creations are mostly made with retiring products although I have used a couple of things here and there which aren't! I will list the retiring products next to each photo and if it's not listed, it's not retiring :0)

My first two cards are made with Fruit & Flowers.
The one on the right has a sentiment from Curly Cute and the one below is from A Word for You






Supplies -
Stamp sets;
Fruit & Flowers, Curly Cute, A Word for You, French Foliage (the splodges above!)
Ink:
Riding Hood Red, Lucky Limeade
Cardstock:
Riding Hood Red 
DSP;
Riding Hood Red (from the DSP Paper Stack)
Punches;
1¹/₄”, 1³/₈” Square and Scallop Square

My next card is using one of my all time favourite stamp sets, French Foliage, with a favourite colour Certainly Celery

Supplies -
Stamp sets;
French Foliage, Made for You ( a bargain at the reduced price of £8.21!), Tiny Tags
Ink:
Lucky Limeade
Cardstock:
Certainly Celery 
DSP;
Certainly Celery (from the DSP Paper Stack)
Dies;
Sizzlits Lots of Tags
Punch;
Jewelry Tag
Other;
Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine

 

A very simple card made with another favourite stamp set, Just Believe.

Supplies -
Stamp sets;
Just Believe, Perfect Punches
Ink:
River Rock
Cardstock:
River Rock 
DSP;
River Rock (from the DSP Paper Stack)
Dies;
Sizzlits Lots of Tags

 

Next up another very simple card with very little stamping!

Supplies -

Stamp set;

Curly Cute

Embossing Folder;

Elegant Bouquet

This one is a little more decorative and uses different punches (not retiring) to punch out elements of the image which are then layered with dimensionals.

Supplies -

Stamp;

Quintessential, Friendly Phrases
Ink:

More Mustard

Cardstock:
More Mustard 
DSP;
More Mustard (from the DSP Paper Stack)

And last but not least!

Supplies -

Stamp sets;

A Word for You, Confetti

Die:

Sizzlits Scalloped Heart of Hearts

I hope you have found inspiration from all the demos taking part in the blog hop and, if there are any products you can't do without then you need to order them before they sell out! I would be happy to place any orders for you (p&p £4.95 delivered directly to you or free with any order of £50 or more until 30th June) - my contact details can be found above.

Now it's time to visit Michelle for the next stop on the hop - http://stampwithbluebell.blogspot.co.uk/
Edited: It seems Michelle's post has gone adrift at the moment so hop to Laura at http://laura-creativeideas.blogspot.co.uk/ until Michelle is sorted!!