I had to add an update to this post!  This card was a winner in the #GDP085 2015-2017 In Color Choose Your Fave! I am so excited I can’t believe it.  This card was a cutie, so I am glad it was worthy of winning.

It has been a while since I did a Global Design Project Challenge.  I check the e-mails and the page out every week. And my intentions are always good that I will play along with the challenge!  But somehow, life keeps getting in the way.  But this week is all about the retired In Colors and I just had to give it a go!  The color challenges are among my favorites! My thought was to find a sentiment that indicated something like “missing you” or some other appropriate words to say good-bye to well loved friends.  And I also had the challenge of getting as many In Colors in one card as I could.  Perfect mix was certainly the right set to express all that.  I could use all the In Colors except Cucumber Crush and the sentiment is exactly what I think about this selection of In Colors!

There are a lot of great ideas this week on this marvelous theme.  Check out what everyone is doing at the #GDP Color Challenge by clicking the icon below.

I will be packing up my retired In Colors soon to send to a friend.  And believe me, it is a sad good-bye.  I will especially miss Mint Macaron and Delightful Dijon! But these great colors will be in a good home and I will remember them well. And who knows, Stampin’ Up could always bring them back!  You never know.  And like life, you have old friends and new friends.  And the new friends in the 2017-2018 In Colors are fresh, trendy and fun to be around!  I can’t wait to get to know them!

But until then, I will be doing a short tour with some of the In Colors and give them the send off they deserve.  And to help, I will be using some retired stamps.  So, if you like them, you have a short time to make them yours.  Until May 31st in fact.  After that, these stamps go into the sunset of retirement!

Recipe

Papers: Mint Macaron, Tip Taupe Taupe, Succulent Garden DSP
Stamps: Perfect Mix
Embellishments:Delicate White Doilies, Mint Macaron 3/8″ Sheer Linen Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Framelits, Big Shot

Its hard not to do a pretty card with the So Detailed suite.  The thinlits are just exquisite and the sentiments simply sweet.  This was a set designed for weddings, I think.  But it really has so much more range.  In this case, I have cut out the frame in Very Vanilla and then used sponge daubers to add in the color.  The card works for a wedding present, a birthday present or any occasion at all.

I had seen several examples on Pinterest of stampers cutting out the So Detailed thinlits in a neutral color and then spinning in the multiple colors.  I think it is a perfect technique to add some range to this particular die cut.  So, give it a try and see what pretty card design you come up with!

Recipe

Papers: Sweet Sugarplum, Soft Suede, Old Olive
Stamps: So In Love
Embellishments: 1/4″ Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon
Tools:So Detailed Thinlits, Big Shot, Sponge Daubers