Retiring Doodles & more

For the next few posts, I'll pay homage to all the beautiful, fun Stampin' Up! sets that are on their way to retirement. The Last Chance list was just released this morning, and Doodle This (see on this scrapbook page) was on the list.

Check out all the other retiring sets, papers, and accessories on my business site HERE! You'll find a selection on sale at 25% and 50% off!

OCCASSIONAL COLORS

Sooooooo, we've got a new Mini Catalog - you all knew that, right?! If you haven't seen it yet, check out the link to the left. Stampin' Up! has given us another gorgeous selection of stamps, paper & accessories. Here are the new Double-Sided Designer Papers, and their coordinating colors. The card below has a panel of Afternoon Tea - pretty, don't you think?!

AFTERNOON TEA: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi
SUMMER PICNIC: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red

IN-COLOR COMBOS

Ya'll know I'm lovin' the new Designer Papers just released in the S-S '08 Catalog! I think the color combos are brilliant and beautiful. Well, you can create the same wonderful looks, using the In-Color Combination Chart provided by Stampin' Up!.

The combination on the top left looks like the inspiration for Bali Breeze DSDP. See if you can find the combo for Ginger Blossoms using the link, above.

PAPER PALETTES

The following is a list of Double-Sided Designer Papers from Stampin' Up!s Spring-Summer 2008 Collection, and the exclusive Stampin' Up! colors that coordinate with them. These beautiful papers are offered in the versatile 12"x12" size, with 2 pages each of 6 designs. Use your Designer Papers to: create quick cards, make beautiful scrapbook pages, cover journals, tins, coasters, and more!

AZURE: Brilliant Blue, Very Vanilla
BALI BREEZE: Taken with Teal, Purely Pomegranate, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, River Rock, Soft Sky, Regal Rose
BERRY BLISS: Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
CUTIE PIE: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron
EAST COAST PREP: Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, Real Red, Wild Wasabi
FALL FLOWERS: Old Olive, Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky
FLOWERS FOR YOU: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise
GINGER BLOSSOM: Groovy Guava, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, River Rock
JERSEY SHORE: Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
LE JARDIN: River Rock, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke
NOTEBOOK: Kraft, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla
OLIVE PRESS: Very Vanilla, Old Olive
PORCELAIN PRINTS: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Wild Wasabi
SPRING BREAK: Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Blue Bayou
SPRING FLING: Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery
SPRING SILHOUETTES: Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla
WESTERN SKY: Rose Red, Soft Sky, River Rock, Ruby Red, Blue Bayou

RIBBON ORIGINALS

On my latest "Always" card, I used a lovely snippet of Rose Red stitched ribbon from the Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals. As a helpful resource, I've listed the entire line of Ribbon Originals from the Spring-Summer '08 Collection below, along with the Stampin' Up exclusive coordinating colors.

BEACHFRONT: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Basic Gray
DISTRICT: Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Blue Bayou, Sage Shadow
FAIRY TALE (pictured): So Saffron, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Almost Amethyst
JERSEY: Basic Black, Real Red, More Mustard, Wild Wasabi, Brocade Blue
SHERBERT: So Saffron, Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate, Mellow Moss, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla
THEATRE: Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

COLOR CODES

For the birth announcements above, I printed the inside message on my home computer in Chocolate Chip brown, to match the colors. How, you might ask?! Well, it's the coolest thing. Some genius ladies on SCS have collaborated and put together the following custom computer RGB (red, green, blue) codes for each of SU!'s exclusive colors. Try it out sometime!

2007-2008 IN-COLORS
Blue Bayou R-83 G-134 B-142
Soft Sky R-182 G-229 B-223
Wild Wasabi R-133 G-179 B-113
River Rock R-210 G-198 B-141
Groovy Guava R-244 G-159 B-140
Purely Pomegranate R-176 G-74 B-107

SOFT SUBTLES
Almost Amethyst: R-189 G-189 B-255 OR H-170 S-255 L-222
Apricot Appeal: R-255 G-184 B-73 OR H-26 S-255 L-164
Barely Banana: R-248 G-250 B-156 OR H-44 S-230 L-203
Bashful Blue: R-215 G-235 B-255 OR H-149 S-255 L-235
Blush Blossom: R-255 G-226 B-204 OR H-18 S-255 L-230
Certainly Celery: R-125 G-153 B-63 OR H-56 S-106 L-108
Lavender Lace: R-215 G-215 B-255 OR H-170 S-255 L-235
Mellow Moss: R-111 G-136 B-60 OR H-57 S-100 L-98
Pale Plum: R-215 G-173 B-211 OR H-217 S-88 L-194
Perfect Plum: R-125 G-61 B-119 OR H-217 S-88 L-93
Pretty In Pink: R-250 G-181 B-201 OR H-243 S-223 L-216
Sage Shadow: R-147 G-187 B-115 OR H-66 S-88 L-151

BOLD BRIGHTS
Brilliant Blue: R-46 G-46 B-182 OR H-170 S-152 L-114
Gable Green: R-197 G-254 B-154 OR H-67 S-250 L-204
Glorious Green: R-57 G-155 B-66 OR H-89 S-118 L-106
Green Galore: R-159 G-253 B-89 OR H-67 S-249 L-171
Lovely Lilac: R-170 G-54 B-255 OR H-194 S-255 L-155
Only Orange: R-254 G-103 B-0 OR H-17 S-255 L-127
Orchid Opulence: R-182 G-109 B-255 OR H-191 S-255 L-182
Pink Passion: R-255 G-83 B-169 OR H-234 S-255 L-169
Pixie Pink: R- 255 G-118 B-194 OR H-232 S-255 L-187
Real Red: R-212 G-0 B-0 OR H-0 S-255 L-106
Tempting Turquoise: R-113 G-252 B-255 OR H-129 S-255 L-184
YoYo Yellow: R-251 G-229 B-19 OR H-38 S-247 L-135

EARTH ELEMENTS
Cameo Coral: R-255 G-113 B-143 OR H-246 S-232 L-155
Chocolate Chip: R-66 G-28 B-28 OR H-0 S-101 L-47
Close To Cocoa: R-147 G-97 B-69 OR H-15 S-92 L-108
Creamy Caramel: R-214 G-160 B-88 OR H-24 S-154 L-151
Garden Green: R-57 G-125 B-55 OR H-84 S-99 L-90
More Mustard: R-216 G-175 B-0 OR H-34 S-255 L-108
Not Quite Navy: R-0 G-79 B-118 OR H-142 S-255 L-59
Old Olive: R-149 G-146 B-0 OR H-41 S-255 L-75
Really Rust: R-199 G-77 B-9 OR H-15 S-233 L-104
Ruby Red: R-212 G-29 B-30 OR H-0 S-194 L-121
Summer Sun: R-242 G-204 B-16 OR H-35 S-229 L-129
Pumpkin Pie: R-232 G-138 B-0 OR H-25 S-255 L-116

RICH REGALS
Always Artichoke: R-68 G-79 B-55 OR H-62 S-46 L-67
Ballet Blue: R-97 G-134 B-205 OR H-156 S-132 L-151
Bordering Blue: R-155 G-155 B-168 OR H-170 S-7 L-158
Bravo Burgundy: R-100 G-15 B-35 OR H-245 S-188 L-58
Brocade Blue: R-135 G-176 B-219 OR H-150 S-137 L-177
Elegant Eggplant: R-108 G-0 B-77 OR H-255 S-255 L-54
Handsome Hunter: R-15 G-51 B-23 OR H-94 S-139 L-33
Night of Navy: R-0 G-0 B-75 OR H-170 S-255 L-38
Regal Rose: R-251 G-129 B-175 OR H-239 S-239 L-190
Rose Red: R-255 G-27 B-130 OR H-236 S-255 L-141
So Saffron: R-246 G-210 B-127 OR H-29 S-221 L-187
Taken With Teal: R-0 G-156 B-152 OR H-126 S-255 L-78

NEUTRALS
Going Gray: R-150 G-150 B-150 OR H-170 S-0 L-150
Sahara Sand: R-149 G-151 B-121 OR H-46 S-32 L-136
Whisper White: R-255 G-255 B-255 OR H-170 S-0 L-255
Very Vanilla: R-249 G-248 B-224 OR H-40 S-172 L-237
Basic Brown: (using Chocolate Chip) R-66 G-28 B-28 OR H-0 S-101 L-47

Coordinating Colors for 07-08 DSDP

Brocade Backgrounds: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, River Rock

Cerise: Real Red, Very Vanilla

Charbon: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla

Creepy Crawly: Basic Black, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust

Cutie Pie: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron

Darling Doodles: Brocade Blue, Groovy Guava, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi

Dashing: Old Olive, Real Red, River Rock, Very Vanilla

Fall Flowers: Old Olive, Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky

Flowers for You: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise

LeJardin: River Rock, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Linen Prints: Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Pink Passion

Notations No.2: More Mustard, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi

Outlaw: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla

Petals & Paisleys: Certainly Celery, Cool Caribbean, Rose Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Taken with Teal

Prints: Monochromatic papers available in Almost Amethyst, Always Artichoke, Blue Bayou, Brilliant Blue, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Groovy Guava, Lovely Lilac, More Mustard, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, River Rock, Rose Red, So Saffron, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise

Porcelain Prints: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Wild Wasabi

Uptown: Almost Amethyst, Basic Gray, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi

Wintergreen: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Soft Sky