May Flowers and Sunshine

Our May Stampers use a host of tiny techniques, a little bit of ribbon on every project, and flowers, flowers, flowers.  We're so glad the sun is peeking through after our long Wisconsin winter that we just had to make a "Sunshiny" card along with our Spring blooms.

We use papers, inks, and accessories from Stampin’ Up! ©

Elegant Rose Red Posies

Elegant lines defines this lovely May card.  It just seemed right to use the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder to create the flowers.  We found a pretty card using the punched and folded flower technique on Pinterest and put our own spin on it.  Thank you lindas-stampinloft.blogspot.com for a really nice start.  Our stampers get to exercise some of their artistic talent drawing freehand  lines for the stems.  Go crazy - - it's Spring!!!!

A Simply Folded Flower Card

Little mini techniques abound in this beauty.  Our card uses a fun punch technique to turn a curvy Scallop Circle Punch circle into one with pointy little flower petals.  The Elegant Lines embossed Rose Red Card Stock gets punched, turned, and punched again (with the help of a sticky note to hold on.)  Then we fold them in half hugging a Dimensional.  The freehand Old Olive Marker stems will each reflect the imaginations of our stampers as they draw right over the Rose Red sponged First Edition Designer Specialty Paper.  Leaves are punched from Old Olive Card Stock and arranged on the stems.  A final technique challenge let our stampers try their hands at gathering Seam Binding Ribbon on a Modern Label backed with a very sticky double-sided tape.  Our message is from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Early Espresso Ink and is adorned with Silver 1/8" Mini Brads and popped up with Dimensionals.  Framed with Rose Red and Old Olive Card Stock, this card is sure to give a feeling of Springtime romance!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©

Daffodil Delightful Sunshine

You won't see anything flowery on the face of this cute card, but wait!!!!  The whole thing is a giant Daffodil Delight full of Springtime sunshine.  An interesting spin on the "chalkboard" technique was our latest Pinterest find.  We love visiting there for great ideas.  Many thanks to laurasworksofheart.blogspot.com for posting this idea.  

Sunshine on a Chalkboard

Using the Embossing Buddy to "chalk up" the board is a clever way to give the impression of an old fashioned blackboard.  You can almost see the chalk dust filling the air as you cleaned those erasers back in the day!  Showcasing the Sunshine Single Stamp is the perfect way to show off the wonderful contrast between the yellow of Daffodil Delight and the Basic Black "Chalkboard" mounted on a Crumb Cake backing.  The accents that struck our fancy were the scallop of Whisper White, a Papillon Potpourri butterfly, not to  mention the cute little "smiley" we just drew on a dot.  We topped it off with "bunny ears bow" you can try yourself--check it out on You Tube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYHhYKbtVnQ.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©

Blossoms, Blossoms, Blossoms

Who wouldn't want to be the May birthday recipient of a card stamped liberally with the beautiful Betsy's Blossoms?  Another simple masking technique and some pretty ribbon make this one a winner!

Masking Betsy's Blossoms

It wasn't too much fuss to make this really fun card.  Whisper White Card Stock provides the blank slate.  Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, and Pacific Point Ink add the splash.  We made a one inch wide mask and stamped away!  The pretty little bird stamped in Pacific Point Ink and snipped out gets popped up with a Dimensional to add some interest.  The 5/8" Pacific Point Grosgrain Ribbon is retired . . . but not tired!  We poked the short pieces of ribbon through some holes punched with our Crop-A-Dile and taped on the back for a nice and easy touch.  The message is from Bring on the Cake, one of our favorite stamp sets.  We framed it all up with Pacific Point and Melon Mambo Card Stock.  Fabulous!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©