Friday Flashback: Apple Blossoms

Friday Flashback on a Thursday!  It's been a while since I posted a Friday Flashback (whatever day of the week it happens to be posted), and yesterday I just could NOT settle in and make anything in my craft room, so now is a good time.  Today's set is Apple Blossoms, which was a hostess set in the 2010-2011 catalog.  I hadn't made a whole lot with this stamp set so this was a fun exercise for me.

I made these cards before Just Jade retired and I had fun playing with color combinations using it.  So here's Just Jade and Coastal Cabana.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple Blossoms
Ink:  Just Jade, Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Just Jade, Coastal Cabana, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Dimensionals

Same basic layout for this card, and I kept the Just Jade card base and stamped the flower with Polished Pink and Daffodil Delight.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple Blossoms
Ink:  Just Jade, Polished Pink, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy
Paper:  Just Jade, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, mini Dimensionals, rhinestone

Thought I'd try something different with that tall, skinny stamp.  No Just Jade this time though :)

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple Blossoms
Ink:  Fresh Freesia, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Rose Garden dies, Dimensionals

Last card, this one using the apple stamp.  Apples always make me think of back to school stuff and teachers, and maybe I'm weird but I don't like the 4U thing on here.  I imagine teachers would dislike that kind of text shorthand and I think it's kinda annoying too ;) But I wanted to use the stamp anyway and I just made a mini square card.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple Blossoms
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade
Paper:  Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Mini Dimensionals, Daffodil Delight ribbon

That's it for me today, I'm heading upstairs and hoping that I can be more productive in my craft room today.  Cheers!

Friday Flashback: Baby Prints

Happy Friday!  And of course it's time for a Friday Flashback : )  Today's featured retired stamp set is Baby Prints, which I've used more than a couple of times since my friends do insist on having the babies.  I think you'll be able to figure out pretty quick which stamp in the set is my favorite!

Also features A Word for You

Here's an easy-peasy baby boy card to start off with.

Also features Banner Blast and a past Paper Pumpkin stamp

And one for baby girls too!

Again with the stamp from A Word For You

...And another baby girl card, which is funny because for a long time it seemed like everyone I knew was having boys.

Baby book!  Can't go wrong with green and blue for baby boy pages, right?  And it turns out there's a pair of hands to go with the baby feet.

 Hey, same layout but in pinks.  The lighting isn't optimal in this picture, it looked better in real life.

Also features Cuddles & Kisses

 I wish the sentiment had shown up a little better on the patterned paper for this one.

Also features Curly Cute

I know you're surprised to see more baby feet.

Also features Cuddles & Kisses

And this time it was TWIN feet!  Those twins turned one a couple months ago.  So there's the Flashback (a long one this time!) and that means it's time for today's brand-new card, featuring (you guessed it) FEET.

I can't help it, I like the baby feet stamp like 700 times more than the baby hands one.  I was looking around for a sentiment to go with the baby feets and that one from Apple Blossoms seemed like a good idea, so I went with it.  Today's card is boyish because that's where the colors from Colour Me...! took me today:

I started out kinda doing this week's Retro Sketch, but I strayed far enough away from the original sketch that I'm not going to enter it over there.  So that's it for me this week, hope you have a great weekend!

Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Baby Prints, Apple Blossoms
Ink:  Island Indigo, Crisp Cantaloupe
Paper:  Soft Sky, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP
Accessories:  Labels Collection Framelits, Alphabet EF, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Dimensionals

Friday Flashback: Apple Blossoms

Welcome to another Friday Flashback!  Today's randomly chosen retired stamp set is Apple Blossoms, which was a hostess set a couple years ago (2010-2011, according to SCS...I didn't think it was that long ago!).  I really liked it in the catalog, but didn't get it until right before it retired...and then I wasn't sure what to do with it, so it's been gathering dust since then.  Does that ever happen to anyone else?

Anyway, since I drew this stamp set for today's Flashback, I had to make something with it.  Apparently I'm still stuck on reds and pinks from Valentine's Day...

I thought those bold flowers needed some bold colors, so I went with RED.  And isn't that a fun greeting for a card?  I think my Gumball Green ink pad needs refreshing though.  I rounded one corner of the Blushing Bride layer just because it seemed to need a little something extra.

I also used this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I do love a triptych sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today, and have a great weekend!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple Blossoms
Ink:  Real Red, Blushing Bride, Gumball Green
Paper:  Real Red, Blushing Bride, Gumball Green, Whisper White
Accessories:  Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, corner rounder punch