Hi friends. Vera here. I was organizing my craft room this weekend and going through The Ton collection on my stash. It dawned on me that by October this year, I’d be with The Ton for 10 years! How crazy is that? And, yes, I still have some sets from way back then.

With the economy right now, I know many of us trying to stretch our stash. So, I thought for today, I am sharing some oldies that I still love. I hope this also encourage you to look at your stash with new ideas. Here, I mix and match several sets to create this card below.

To start, I inked up Gentle Peonies Layering dies with various inks. I used Hot Tourmaline, Meadow, Violet Fringe, Plum Wine, Soft Ash, Smoky Quartz & Lemon Drop. It might look like I used more colors, but I am not. I simply start with very light touch for the first layer and added more ink and pressure as I go through the next and the next layers.

Once done, I trimmed the paper. Hah… I almost didn’t want to. It looks so pretty just the way it is. Anyway, I trimmed it, adhere to card base and stamped sentiment from Baroque Frame set.

If you want, you could just stop here. I decided to take another step, by stamping the outline from this Peony set that I believe was from 2nd of 3 year from The Ton. I should have checked, but I don’t think this set is available anymore. But, you get the idea. Basically you can use any flower outline set that you have on your stash.

I do feel like when you take the time to go through your old stash, it almost felt like going shopping. I saw some sets where I was like oooh, I forgot I had this set. It makes me excited all over again to use them. Hope you enjoy today’s card and I wish you all a lovely day. Till next time.