I’m so excited about getting my new catalog order next week!  I ordered mostly accessories – polka dot brads, new watercolor paper (it’s bigger!!), new embossing folders, punches…I did order a few new stamp sets, but I also got 3 free.  Free stamps are my favorite!  And you can get free stamps too.  Saturday, July 9, from 1-3 p.m. I’ll be having a catalog kick-off open house at the “studio.”  I’ll have some give-aways, door prizes, make & takes and more.  I’ll also have my recently retired stamps and accessories for you to look at and buy.  For every $1. you spend on retired items, you can select $.50 from the new catalog – FREE!*  So come out and join us!  If you can’t make it, you can call, e-mail, text or fax your order to me with payment info.  Please be sure I have your order by 11 p.m. Saturday.

*plus shipping/tax

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Stamp sets:  Heard from the Heart, Studio Sketches; Ink:  Jet Black StazOn; Crumb Cake, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, More Mustard, Garden Green, Early Espresso stampin’ write markers; Early Espresso classic; Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Garden Green card stock; Other:  Vintage Wallpaper and Perfect Polka Dots embossing folders, Big Shot, aqua painter, Distressing Essentials kit, antique brads, crimper, stampin’ dimensionals, scallop trim border punch, corner rounder punch, paper piercing tool, mat pack

I had fun with this one.  I embossed the Garden Green layer with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, then added distressing ink.  It was a little too much, though, so I embossed it again with Perfect Polka Dots, distressed it a little more and crimped the bottom.  The only problem I have with distressing is if I moisten the card stock, it never wants to stick well.  I’ll keep working with it. 

That’s it for now.  It’s been a long day, and tomorrow will be pretty packed too.  Thanks for stopping in!