Mix It Up Monday: farewell to Tap, Tap, Tap

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time for another colour combination from my In Color charts.  

Aw, lovely Tap, Tap, Tap is retiring, which is a shame as it’s one of my favourite stamp sets. Don’t miss out, get it while you can! It’s already sold out in clear-mount (Europe) but the wood-mount version is still available as of this morning. 

While I’m on the subject of the retiring list, there are some things you should know:

Out of stock items

Before ordering, please download the retiring list afresh. Don’t rely on the one you downloaded a few days ago. Don’t panic, nothing new has been added, but each night the list is updated to show sold out items - these items are no longer available and have gone forever.

Look for the X in the right hand column to see what has sold out. That’s not to say it’s not worth inputting the item code on an online order on the off-chance – you never know, there’s a tiny chance somebody may have sent something back and you may get lucky. 

Stampin’ Trimmer

I’ve had a few people ask me about the Stampin’ Trimmer, because many of the accessories are retiring. Don’t worry, the trimmer will be in the new catalogue, along with the blades. 

However,  the rotary attachment is retiring, along with the cutting mat (the long track) – because you only really need to replace this if you use the rotary attachment. If you have the rotary attachment already, I suggest you buy in a couple of cutting mats (they are still in stock as of this morning). If in the future, you ever lose your cutting mat (it can fall out if you don’t remember to lock your trimmer closed), please get in touch with your demonstrator as you never know. If you don’t ask… etc

And now, back to today’s project. I threw it together in a hurry last night when I realised I didn’t have a Mix It Up Monday project for today. I love this colour combination so I don’t know why I’ve left it nearly to the end. After this card, I only have TWO colour combinations from my  In Color charts left to use. I honestly never thought I’d manage to create a project with all 45 combinations within the year. 

I’ve set the bar a little higher for next year, making it even more unlikely I’ll achieve it; for the 2016-18 In Colors, I’m creating 10 combinations for each – 50 in total – which only gives me two weeks of the year off! Watch this space as they will be coming soon…

PS: Forgot to add the blender pen to the list below. No time now, sorry!

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

£18.00

Tap Tap Tap Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[134201]

£24.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

£4.25

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Mix It Up Monday: Retro typewriter

It’s Mix It Up Monday again! (Yes, I remembered) and I think this is one of my favourite combos using In Colors so far. If you recall, I am aiming to use Mondays to post a project using one of my fabulous colour combinations from this post. This time it’s the turn of Watermelon Wonder, Pear Pizzaz, Chocolate Chip and Tip Top Taupe. I love the retro vibe of these colours, particularly when used with Very Vanilla.

I have to say that Tip Top Taupe is proving to be a winner for me. It really does go with everything. 

For this project - made while I was still waiting for my new stamps to arrive - I wheeled out an old favourite from last year’s catalogue; Tap, Tap, Tap. (“Tap, Tap, Tap in Tip Top Taupe” - now that's a bit of a tongue-twister!) 

I don’t think I’ll ever tire of that old typewriter. Well, I would if I still had to type on one! Incidentally, did you know that “typewriter” is one of the longest English words you can type using only the top row of the typewriter keys? What a marvellous fact that is. 

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Tap Tap Tap birthday card

I made this for a colleague’s birthday, left it until the last minute as usual, so had to photograph it at work before giving it to her! Turns out the light is really good at work, so I may just have to do that again!

Have I mentioned how much I love this typewriter stamp? It seemed a very appropriate card to give to a journalist.

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AW37: Confetti with Tap Tap Tap

It’s time for another Around the World Challenge and this time the subject is ‘confetti’. I’ve had this idea brewing for a while and so thought I’d put it into action. The confetti is a little hidden in the main picture - I knew I should have put more in - but the picture below shows it better.

The background is created by using the Alphabet Press embossing folder as a stamp. To do this, ink up the raised portion of the folder, using either a brayer or the ink pad direct, then press it firmly onto your paper. You can get different effects by inking up just part of the folder, and by pressing more or less firmly to get a shabby chic effect. It comes out reversed but I like that as a real letterpress would be reversed. This is upside-down, too, but who cares? It all adds to the effect (probably). 

Have I mentioned how much I love this typewriter image? Well I think I love it even more stamped in black on Melon Mambo!

Now it’s your turn to have a go at the Around the World Challenge and I still haven’t seen a familiar name in the entrants, so here’s a thing: if you’re one of my customers (and by that I mean you have purchased from me in the past 12 months) and you enter a card into the challenge, I’ll send you a small free gift!

Don’t have a blog? Don’t worry… just photograph or scan your card, upload it to Pinterest and then link to it there. 

Get some more inspiration for this challenge by visiting the Around the World Challenge blog, here. There are creations from almost every country where Stampin’ Up!® operates (we don’t have a Japanese representative yet, but we’re working on it). 

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