July! Beautifully Blooming and Wonderfully Wild

July has found its way into the lives of our happy band of Wisconsinites!  We are a busy lot when the sun shines.  Our Second Thursday Stamp Club assortment of beautiful projects this month are a reflection of the fun we are having and the cheerful attitudes we are sporting.
   
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L O O K !!!     W E   H A V E . . .



       B  E  A  R  S   !  !            



                






                           C  H  A  I  R  S   !  !     


 

     


    A N D


            

        


          F L O W E R S    T O 

                           S H A R E   ! !

It's no wonder we picked two messages reminding us that LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING!

Most papers, inks, and accessories used in our projects are from ©Stampin’Up! 

Sweet Wild Honey Bear

This full card (we treat our Stampers to one "make and take" style project each month) sports a sweet little bear with a very sweet message.  Be careful though.  He can be A Little Wild!  This new stamp set, appropriately named is also full of sweetness.  We want to send a shout out to our Pinterest Friend, Bussakorn Mpelasoka at Wrapinink.wordpress.com for her very creative use of this stamp set.

 Sweet Wild Card

Our fun new A Little Wild Stamp Set and the 

 coordinating Little Loves Framelits make an easy job of making a very impressive card with only a little effort.  No fussy cutting here!  Our sweet little bear lives in a woodsy Lemon Lime Twist Card Stock environment compliments the Woodland Textured Impressions Folder.  We used our Layering Circles Framelits to cut the circle in the card front and we used our trusty, though retired, 2 1/2" Circle Punch to cut a circle from our Halloween Nights Designer Series Paper (retired and fresh off the Clearance Rack.)  We stamped our little honey bear on Crumb Cake Card Stock with Basic Black Ink, and rather than folding him into a tag we trimmed him so he could peek out from inside.  We partially adhered his backside to his front side leaving a little slit next to his leg to perch him on the window.  Then a little Tombo Glue to make sure he stays put was all we needed to make sure he is a good little bear.  This card is beyond cute and oh so easy!  Perfect!!!!

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

                    
                    

Just Beachy

The new Colorful Seasons Stamp Set gives us the perfect message to remind everyone that "Life is a Beautiful Thing."  What could be more beautiful on a sunny day in summer than a seaside chair and a glass of ice cold lemonade.  Here it is!  The stamp set we can't live without.  Lots of cutting, tearing, and pasting with a little strategic stamping . . . this mostly cut out card is a piece of paper art!

Colorful Beautiful Life Card

There's no question that the Big Shot is our friend for this one.  The swirly sun is a Daffodil Delight cut from a Swirly Scribbles Thinlit Die.  Our Marina Mist ocean waves sport some swirls compliments of our Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The Calypso Coral beach chairs and Bermuda Bay table (look close for the fancy paper snipping) are cut with Seasonal Layers Thinlits.  All run through our trusty cutting machine with the help of a Precision Cutting Pad.  The Crumb Cake Card Stock beach is stamped with splotches from Swirly Bird, and our most appropriate message is from Colorful Seasons.  Makes you want to sit down and sip on that lemonade!  Beautiful!!

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

 

Tulips in July

We might be a little bit past tulip season, but that doesn't mean we can't grow some on a card front.  We grabbed our Tranquil Tulips Hostess Set and layered some beautiful things!  Speaking of beautiful, our message definitely is a part of a theme this month!  We didn't plan it that way, but what a happy coincidence.

Tranquil Tulips Card

Our choice of color comes from our new In Color, Berry Burst.  The Color Theory Designer Paper features lots of choices so everyone can have a card that suits their fancy.  The message was borrowed from another new set--Eastern Beauty.  (Just a peek at things to come!)  Taking advantage of the two-step technique made easy with this set, we fashioned a pretty bouquet.  Stampers can add a little dimension by stamping and cutting an extra set of petals on the largest bloom and attaching it with a Dimensional.  A little bit of bling always adds to a combination as beautiful as this one.  Thanks to Erica at Pink Buckaroo Designs for this beautiful design.  Very nice!

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