June Brides, Birthdays, and Baubles

We can't say enough about the brand new colors from Stampin' Up©

 and we put them to good use this month along with a wonderful variety of techniques, stamps, punches and more!  Our summer stampers get to play with all kinds of newbies.  We're warming up in Wisconsin!

You Can Almost Smell The Flowers!

Rounding up some meadow flowers is the best way to welcome summer.  Our simple but elegant card features a brand new way for Stampin’ Up! © to combine stamping and embossing.  This version of our Wildflower Meadow is in Crisp Cantelope.  Our stampers will get to try it in Coastal Cabana.  Why not make several and give all of the new In Colors a workout!!

A Wildflower Meadow Card

Sweet and simple.  This is a beautifully textured card with some very nice touches.  One stamp with the Wildflower Meadow Stamp, a quick run through the Big Shot with the Wildflower Meadow Embossing Folder and we are good to go!  We made the  cute little bow by wrapping the 1/8" ribbon around the tines of a dinner fork and tying the bow together with another length of the same ribbon.  The more wraps the merrier.  A handful of pearls and a message made with Itty Bitty Banners Stamps and Framelits makes a picture perfect finish.  You can almost smell the flowers and hear the birds singing in this summer meadow.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©

Mosaic This, Mosaic That--It's Madness!!!

Shapely mosaics rule the roost in this creation!  Everything fits together from the Mosaic Madness Stamp Set to the Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder.  Of course there's the Mosaic Punch to help pull it all together.

Mosaic Madness Card

This card is fun to make and simple to put together.  The possibilities are endless when stampers team up the Mosaic Madness Stamp Set with all of its coordinates.  The accent paper is Quatrefancy Designer Series Paper and it goes great with the Mosaic Punch and the Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder.  When we pulled out the brand new In Colors things started to get interesting!  This card showcases Coastal Cabana, Pistacio Pudding, Crisp Cantelope, and Strawberry Slush.  Delicious!  The Itty Bitty Shapes Punch and some Rhinestone bling didn't mind adding an accent for this design!  Thanks to Leena Girsa at alacards.blogspot.com.  Another great Pinterest find!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©

Unique Weddings Deserve Unique Greetings

June is the month for brides and we couldn't let this month slide by without creating a unique wedding card.  Truthfully, we wanted to try out the new Label Love Stamp Set from the brand new Stampin' Up© catalog and what better way to do it with this sweet rendition of Mr. & Mrs.

A Card For The New Mr. & Mrs.

Soho Subway Designer Series Paper accents the Very Vanilla Card Stock base for this variation on a theme.  We tried this card every which way until it looked just right.  A little bit of swirl and some elegant looking script was just begging for some frosting so we popped up a Crisp Cantelope stamped flower from Best of Flowers punched with the 1 1/4" Scallop Circle.  It all fits together like a glove.  Some coppery glitter in the center is just enough bling!  The new Artisan Label Punch is sure to be a favorite this year.  We stamped the greeting on Very Vanilla Card Stock in Early Espresso Ink and punched away.  Then we made a nice frame with Early Espresso Card Stock by slicing two punched pieces in half and lining them up behind the greeting.  We're pretty sure this is just the beginning of the possibilities with these new toys!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©