SUper Friends Saturday: May Sampler Swap

 Hello!!!  Welcome back!  I'm finally posting some projects that my SUper Friends group created back in May!  (And, actually have some swaps from March and April still to share with you, too . . . hopefully very soon!)  Our May swap challenge was to create 3x3" artwork with a summer theme, using the colors Pacific Point, So Saffron, Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, and Pear Pizzazz.  We did not agree on it in advance, but everyone ended up pairing these colors with Basic White.  I think you'll agree with me that everyone did an excellent job with this challenge

Judy-Ann's gorgeous sample pairs the Stitched with Whimsy dies and Pierced Blooms:

Kate did some beautiful two-step stamping with the Beach Happy stamp set:

Connie created her pretty summer scene with flowers cut with the Dandy Wishes Dies and a sparkly butterfly cut with the Brilliant Wings Dies:

For her smooth sailing scene, Nancy paired Swirly Scribbles die cuts with some stamping with the Swirly Bird set:

Margery's adorable fruits were created with the Cute Fruit set:

Jana created her serene beach scene with stamps from the Sending Sunshine set and Suite Sampler for the beautiful shell, which looks like it was stamped in So Saffron and Calypso Coral, with the Rock n Roll technique:

Agnes made her lovely underwater vignette with the Friends Are Like Seashells Bundle and Seashells 3D Embossing Folder:

I created my sampler piece with the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set, making the background with a mask from the Here's to You Paper Pumpkin kit and greetings from Sweet Ice Cream:

  

I wanted the popsicle to glisten, so I heat embossed that with clear embossing powder:

Here's how my sampler turned out, with all these pieces, plus one I created with the After the Storm set:

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another amazing swap!  And, thank you for visiting my blog!

Happy stamping,

Michelle