Sweet Citrus Meets Mediterranean Blooms Cards

 Made it to TXStampin' Sharon's Mystery Monday stamping again this week!  I decided to combine the Mediterranean Bloom Designer Paper I received as a Prize Patrol at OnStage (and which will be available with the new annual catalog in May) with the retiring Sweet Citrus Bundle for my card.  I also used the Spotlight on Nature Dies to cut the circles for the greeting.  

Really like this layout, which Sharon calls a split section card!  I think it's a fun way to show off some pretty designer paper!  Do you agree?

- Michelle

Hooray for Honeycomb Cards

For our second make and take at Sunday's SUper Friends' gathering, we each created a card from the new Hooray for Honeycomb kit!  The kit has three different designs, each of which has a coordinating honeycomb piece to use on the card.  For the berry card, we decided to move the honeycomb piece inside the card so it would be easier to mail.  The kit comes with preprinted greetings in English, French and German, but the die cuts can be flipped over and you can stamp a different greeting on the other side if you like (I did that on the balloon card, where I used a greeting from the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set).

You can check out this kit in my online store here!  And, you can see all currently available kits here.  Please let me know if you have any questions about these!

- Michelle

In Color "Jungle" Cards from our SUper Friends Gathering

 At yesterday's SUper Friends gathering, one of our make and takes was this card, playing with new 2024-2026 In Colors and some new background stamp sets (the Online Exclusive Dazzling Droplets and the Leaf Collection background that will release on May 1st).  We also mixed in some of the new Basic Beige for the greetings.  The card base is Peach Pie.  

We had one other make and take, which I will show soon -- please stay tuned!  

- Michelle

Thoughtful Wishes for Mystery Monday!

 Hi!  Hope you are having a wonderful day!  On Monday, I was able to play along with Sharon Armstrong's Mystery Monday Stamping, and as always, it was so much fun!!!  (If you'd like to check out the replay and make this card along with Sharon, too, you can do so here. 

We ended up making a Double Z fold card, and I decided to use some sneak peek products I was able to preorder that will be coming out in the new annual catalog next month.  I used the Thoughtful Wishes Stamp set for the greeting, Thoughtful Journey designer series paper, and the card base and ink are Petunia Pop, which is my favorite of the new In Colors (although I love them all!!!).  Here's how my card turned out:

The card is embellished with some of the Adhesive Backed Dragonflies.

What do you think of this new paper and Petunia Pop?  Will you give this kind of card a try?  

Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle

 

SUper Friends Sunday: Finally Sharing our Fun Fold February Swaps!

Happy Sunday!  Today I am finally sharing our SUper Friends Feburary Swaps.   Our theme for February was fun folds, and we had an excellent assortment of folds in the swap!  

Jane chose a never ending card for her amazing fun fold, which features images stamped with the Artistically Inked set.  Jane has a tutorial for this type of fun fold here (Jane adapted the measurements from this tutorial to create a standard A2 size for this swap):

Here's a little video I made of Jane's card in action!

Jaya created a gorgeous double gate fold card with the Inspirational Sketches stamp set and the Flight and Airy Designer Series Paper:

Judy adapted Sam Calcott's Book Cradle Card to A2 size for her stunning card, using the Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection:

Kallien's fabulous card features the Latte Love Suite Collection and is a "Center of Attention" fold card inspired by Rachel Tessman:

Margery created her fantastic rocker card with the Jungle Pals stamp set and dies, plus the Deckled Circles and Everyday Details Dies:

Cathy chose a double z fold card for her wonderful creation:

Connie M. created her elegant faux step card with the Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection:

Connie S. created her awesome Angled Tri-Fold Card with the Trusty Tools Bundle and coordinating designer series paper:

I also used the Latte Love Suite Collection for my card, which is a Cascading Pleat card, inspired by Tami White:

Agnes created a Buckle Fold card.  She gave it to USPS, and the cards are on a bit of a postal adventure . . . we're hoping they turn up soon!  I'll update this post when they do!

Thanks to the SUper Friends for these fabulous fun folds!!!  And, thank you so much for visiting my blog!

- Michelle