Throwback Thursday: Tulip Wreath

Hi!  Just a quick post today . . . thought I'd do a throwback Thursday post and share a tulip wreath I created using a small embroidery hoop as the base, decorated with flowers cut with the Tulip Builder Punch (I used 4 punched pieces glued together) and Small Bloom Punch from some fun designer paper available during Sale-a-Bration:

Couldn't resist adding a butterfly from the Positive Thoughts stamp set, pearl flower centers, and some fun ribbon (Polka Dot Tulle  and Old Olive/Pretty Peacock Reversible Ribbon), too!  

Hope you are having a great day!  Thanks for visiting!

- Michelle

Pressed Wildflower Note Cards

Happy Tuesday!  This spring and summer, as I wnas doing some cleaning up of flower beds and our garden, I decided to try pressing some of the little wildflowers I found.  I used either Watercolor paper or Thick Whisper White for the pressed pieces, and ran that through my Big Shot.  (This technique is called Duoprinting with Chlorophyl, and there's a link to the tutorial plus you can see some other cards I made with it a few year back in this blog post).

I cut some of my prints with die cuts and added to note cards to create this set:

A little easier to see here, on this next card, but I also stamped and fussy cut some of the little flower images in the Lovely You set to add as embellishments:

This card also has some stamped and die cut images and a greeting from the Forever Fern Bundle.  The gold leaves are from the Forever Gold Laser Specialty Die Cut Paper.

I also used a piece from the Forever Gold Laser Specialty paper on the next card:

The greeting is from the Blossoms in Bloom bundle, which I also used on the next cards:

 

Hope you enjoyed these! Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

- Michelle

Have a Hoot Meets My Wonderful Family Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Happy Tuesday!  Today is a big day for Stampin' Up! news.  The August - December Catalog is live today, as is the new Stampin' Up! online store!  

I've still been working on catching up on my Paper Pumpkin kits, so thought it would be fun to share some of the cards I created with the My Wonderful Family Kit from April 2020, including some that include images stamped and die cut with the Have a Hoot Bundle.  I also worked in a stamped image here and there from the June 2020 Sending Sunshine kit.

Here are the cards:

In creating these, I took inspiration from cards I'd been saving on my Pinterest Board for this kit, which you can see by clicking this link.  

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!  And, don't forget to check out the new catalog in the new online store here!

- Michelle