Color Renovation

Stampin' Up has a new refreshing, updated color palette ready for the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog. While many colors are retiring, 5 new colors are coming in and several In Color colors from the past are returning. There will be 4 Color Collections (formerly color families): Brights, Regals and Subtles and Neutrals. I particulary love what they have done to Regals and Subtles. Below are samples.

Brights Collection: Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquiose, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and Real Red.

Regals Collection: Eggplant Envy, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Garden Green, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler, and Bravo Burgandy.

Subtles Collection: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, and So Saffron.

Browns, grays, and blacks have all moved to the Neutrals Collection to include: River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Early Expresso, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Basic Gray, and Basic Black.

For future blogs, I will be posting cards made with the new colors. Stay tuned!

Vintage Vogue

The cards above were made using products from the Occasions Mini Catalog. The card on the left was made using SU's new Two-Step punch. You get more than one image in a single punch. The Two-Step Bird punch includes the bird, wing and branch. I used Sweet Pea Designers Series paper which is 2 sided to punch the bird and the wing. The card on the left was made using the Vintage Vogue stamp set and also the Sweet Pea paper. Colors are Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive. The Occasions Mini Catalog is only good thru April 30, 2010!

Card Swap

Christie and I have done a couple of card swaps since she moved to San Antonio over a year ago. Below are the last cards she made. My favorite is the "sweet" card in the lower left corner. Thanks Christie! I'll be glad to have you back home stamping with me this summer.