Au Revoir: 2019-2021 In Colors & Those Cute Umbrella sets

Not only is May 4th Star Wars Day, it’s also when Stampin’ Up’s 2021-2022 Annual Catalog will debut. Unfortunately, a new catalog means retiring product, and one of those products is the 2019-2021 In Color collection. As we bid adieu to these colors, I have a set of cards to share with you that feature these outgoing colors in addition to the Under My Umbrella and Pretty Parasol stamps sets, also both retiring. Don’t miss out on these Last Chance Products, some of which are on sale right now. When they’re gone, they’re gone, as they say.

The 2019-2021 In Colors were:

DISCLAIMER: These designs are adaptions of cards I’ve seen on Pinterest and other areas of the web. I’ll try to acknowledge my sources when possible.

Rococo Rose

This card is an almost exact replica of this card by Sharon Burkert. All I did was change up the colors using the 2019-2021 Designer Series Paper Pack.

Terra Cotta Tile

This is one of those cards that I don’t remember where I found my inspirational jumping off point. I used the Ornate Garden DSP for both the umbrella and the background layer.

Pretty Peacock

Pretty Peacock and Seaside Spray tied for my favorite colors from this collection. My creation is based on a darling yellow version of this card by Cindy Fodor. I used the Ornate Floral embossing folder for the background layer and the Stitched With Whimsy dies. The images are colored with Stampin’ Blends.

Seaside Spray

I couldn’t help myself from changing the black and white umbrellas on this card to Seaside Spray. I added in a smidge of one of the 2020-2022 In Colors, Misty Moonlight to two of the umbrellas.

Purple Posy

This Purple Posy card is an adaptation of this card by Kathryn Ruddick at katlodesigns.com. The background paper for this card is from the Playing With Patterns suite.

Here’s a slideshow of other cards I have previously made that feature the 2019-2021 In Color collection. I’m sad to see these colors retire, especially Pretty Peacock and Seaside Spray, but I’m excited to see the debut of the 2021-2023 In Colors on May 4th, aka Star Wars Day.

Retiring Stamp Sets, Coordinating Punch, & In Color Product List

I wouldn’t bleach my hair, but bleaching paper is awesome

First of all, I’m happy to announce that Stampin’ Up’s new Annual catalog is live! Have a look.

Today I’m going to feature two of the catalog’s new sets, Celebrate Sunflowers and Forever Fern.

I’ve always thought sunflowers were awesome and have wanted to grow some that are taller than me, which probably wouldn’t be that difficult. Unfortunately, I can’t even keep an aloe vera plant alive. Someday….. (sigh).

Recently I’ve been experimenting with painting bleach on paper with an aqua painter and I love the results. Painting with bleach is as easy as it sounds. I like to put the bleach in an aqua painter so I can keep it contained and it’s easier to control, but I suppose you could just use a regular paint brush and a small cup of bleach. Before you start, test the bleach on a small piece of card stock to see what the color fades to after the bleach does its work. It’s not always what you would expect. Also, you have to stamp with Staz-On ink; any other type of ink will fade along with your paper.

For this card, I stamped the leaves on a piece of Old Olive cardstock. The card base is one of the fresh new In-Colors, Bumble Bee. The tag is made from another product called the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch, which is one of my favorite new things because you can use it to make custom-sized labels in two different styles. The Celebrate Sunshine stamp set also has a companion die set called Sunshine Dies, which is what I used to cut the sunflower and leaves with.

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The next card I made uses the Forever Fern stamp set. I have some ferns growing beneath my deck and I haven’t killed them yet, mostly because they pretty much don’t need any help from me.

I stamped the leaves on a Just Jade (another new In Color) piece of cardstock for the background paper and applied bleach to the leaves, which surprisingly turned them light turquoise blue. I used the dies from the Forever Flourishing companion die set to cut out the black leaves, which I layered on top of the background piece.

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