May!!! May!!! What More Can We Say?

This month is the last of our Stamping Year for the Second Tuesday Stampers, and our excitement about some new members joining our group has us pumped.  Things are starting to green up in our neck of the woods and we are all feeling pretty good.  Of course, our creations this month are also a source of excitement to say the least!  We are sure you can see why.

We made an interesting Picture Perfect collage with On Film Framelits and our Peachy Keen Stampset--and that was just for starters!  Quatrefancy "Quatrefoil" Designer Series Paper and a mitt full of punches gave us a lot of help in the design of our Perfect Plum floral card, and a tiny box topped off with a pretty bloom cut with the Spiral Flower Die finished the lovely May ensemble of projects.  We will miss our old friends, but we will work hard to impress our new ones.  Our new catalogs have arrived so bring on the challenge of even better ideas and creative design. We love it!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in our creations  are from Stampin’ Up!™

Picture Perfect

This fancy little collage style card is designed to really show off our Stampers' favorite person, place, or thing!  What fun--and we are certain that our scrapbooking friends will love this too!  On Film Framelits are just the thing to frame up our memories or send someone a perfect smile.

Picture Perfect Card

There are times when only gold will do and in this case, the Gold Foil Sheet does the trick in setting off our 3" x 3" photo.  The camera, gold frame, and the larger So Saffron frame as well as the arrow cutouts are all part of the On Film Framelit Collection.  This versatile set coordinates nicely with the Filmstrip Stamp used as a background in Wild Wasabi.  The Wasabi plays nicely with Pacific Point and a message from the Make Note Rotary Stamp just seems to say it all! 

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™

A Teeny Box for Filling

A pretty bloom in Coastal Cabana crafted with the Spiral Flower Die gives new meaning to "Box Tops"!  A little bit of ribbon around our tiny little box and a Teeny Tiny Wish makes us want to remind everyone that good things come in small packages.

Spiral Flower Adorned Mini Box

We picked a piece of Fresh Prints Designer Paper from the stack.  No extra trimming needed.  A delightful Sam Donald Video at Pootles.co.uk gives excellent instruction and complete dimensions on the box.  The Spiral Die is fun once you get the hang of it, and our friends at Pinterest have plenty of ideas for how to use it.  We distressed our flower a little bit to make it look a tiny bit shabby and then dressed it up with some leaves and a bow.  There is a Large Pearl tucked right in the center of the flower for good measure. We heard that a Cadbury Egg fits perfectly inside the box which is a perfect compliment to this 3D Darling!

 All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™

Fancy Quatrefancy and a Bountiful Bloom

Using the Quatrefoil Specialty Designer Sheet, some lovely Delicate Details Lace Tape, and a plethora of punches (of the floral persuasion) we created an impressive card without too much fuss. Perfect Plum Card Stock makes us "Plum Happy" to show off our bloom!

Plum Happy and Quatrefancy Card

Our Perfect Plum card is framed in Whisper White Card Stock and features a flower created with the Mixed Bunch, Flower Shop, and Petite Petals Stamp Sets, and punched out with the Blossom, Pansy, and Petite Petals Punches.  We fancied it up with a Basic Pearl and set it gently on top of some Delicate Details Lace Tape which is adorning the top of our Quatrefoil Designer Specialty Paper.  We needed a little hint to help us figure out how to adhere the paper, and after some research figured out that Glue Dots along the top of the piece work just fine.  The message is stamped in White Craft Ink on Perfect Plum and punched out with the Large Oval Punch.  Thank you very much for the idea Kay Kalthoff at  www.stampingtoshare.com.  

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™