Catalog Favorites Class!

I had such a fun afternoon with everyone who came to my Catalog Favorites Class!  Thank you, ladies!!!   I thought I'd pop in this evening and share the cards I created for this class, which are all taken straight from the pages of the 2014-15 Stampin' Up!  Annual Catalog.

First, from page 56, here's the "Happiest Birthday" card:

I didn't have Island Indigo ink refill to use on my flower, so ended up changing that to Blackberry Bliss, and I really like how that turned out!  How about you?  Here's a close up:

Supplies for this card are:

     Stamps:  Apothecary Art, Dictionary (background stamp, used on the banner)

     Ink:  Encore Gold, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral and Old Olive refills

     Paper:  Calypso Coral, Brushed Gold, Shimmery White, White Filter Paper

     Accessories:  Label Collection Dies, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Bitty Banner Framelits, Very Vanilla Seam Binding (dyed with Calypso Coral refill . . . or could use Calypso Coral Seam Binding), Flower Frenzy Bigz Die, Mini Brad (inked with Encore Gold)

The next choice is this "it's a cupcake kind of day" card from page 58:

Stamps:  Cupcake Party

Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, and Whisper White

Accessories:  Cupcake Punch, Dazzling Details

My friends stepped this up by mixing and matching the cupcake colors and adding a cherry to one of the cupcakes.  

The third choice is this "happy birthday" card from page 67:

And, a closer look at the flowers:

Stamps:  Flower Shop, Something to Say (the catalog sample used a stamp from the And Many More set)

Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana

Paper:  Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, White Filter Paper, and Typeset Designer Series Paper (the sample in the catalog might use the Dictionary Background stamp in Baked Brown Sugar on Whisper White instead)

Accessories: Pansy Punch, Crochet Trim, Linen Thread, Subtles Candy Dots, and Gold Stampin' Glitter

The fourth choice is this "hey there" card from page 109:

Stamps:  Just Sayin'

Ink:  Crushed Curry

Paper:  Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush, Vellum, Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Word Bubbles Framelits, Project Life Corner Rounder Punch, Neutrals Dots, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

And, last but not least, is this star shaped birthday card from page 135:

Stamps:  Memorable Moments, Chevron Folder (used for stamping)

Ink:  Hello Honey, Old Olive

Paper:  Hello Honey, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (and where I used the Chevron Folder, the sample in the catalog had used the 2014-16 In Color DSP)

Accessories:  Regals Buttons (again a switch from the Subtles button used in the Catalog), Linen Thread, Star Framelits, and Itty Bitty Banner Framelits

Which are your favorites in this bunch?  Which other cards from the Catalog would you like to see in a "Favorites" class?  Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

Thanks for visiting!

- Michelle