As most of you know, Stampin’ Up! releases their new Annual Catalog in May.  It is always such an exciting time in the world of stamping.  I love getting new products but I am also sad to see some things retire for good.  Therefore, I am starting to use some of my older sets before they are gone.  I don’t know what is going to retire and what is being carried over yet but I figure that if a set has been around for at least two years, there is a good chance they might be on the list.  By the way, if you are a Demonstrator you will be able to see a copy of the new catalog online at the end of March.  Then you can order a select group of new products in April.  Customers can order from the new catalog in May.

Plentiful Plants has been around for a while so I chose this set to use.  It has coordinating dies called Perfect Plants.  The stamp set has a few different pots, leaves and some very nice sentiments.  This is one bundle I really like and will miss if it retires.

I made this card by first stamping the different leaves in Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent inks.  Then I cut them out using the coordinating dies.  Next, I stamped the pot in Cajun Craze ink and cut that out.  I layered everything on top of a circle from the Stylish Shapes die set that I embossed using the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder.  Then I adhered it to a 3.5″ x 4.75″ piece of Basic White cardstock, a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Evening Evergreen and a Basic White card base.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment (from Sending Smiles) in Versamark Ink on a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock and embossed it using White Embossing Powder.  I cut that out using a banner from Stylish Shapes.

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Soft Succulent

Cajun Craze

Evening Evergreen

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