SUper Friends Sunday: April Swap Cards

 SUper Friends Sunday!  I finally have the photos ready from our April SUper Friends Swap to share with you!!!  For this swap, swappers could choose to create a card for Mother's Day and/or using retiring Stampin' Up! products.  

Kallien created this gorgeous diamond gatefold card:

Judy created this adorable Mother's Day card with the Charming Duck Pond bundle:

Sheila used the now retired Planted Paradise Bundle to create her stunning Mother's Day card:

Jaya's beautiful Mother's Day card features the Wonderful Romance stamp set with sentiment from A Mother's Flair and with strips of the Bright and Beautiful Designer Series Paper in the background:

Margery's magnificent card features the Happy Hibiscus bundle, along with some fabulous embossing and watercoloring:

Connie's exquisite card features the Natures Sweetness Suite (the designer series paper for which is still available at a discount on the last chance list, at the time I'm writing this!):

Shawna created this amazing double accordion gatefold card with fabulous specialty paper from the retired Hydrangea Hill Suite:

For my card, I decided create a standing pop up card, using a combination of a vase from the Planted Paradise set with flowers from the Memorable Blooms stamp set, Floral Delight Designer Series Paper, and Pattern of Friendship die:

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for these amazing swap cards!!!  Hope you find these inspiring.

Thanks for visiting my blog,

Michelle

Happy Mother's Day

 Happy Mother's Day!  Hope you have had a beautiful weekend!  

I started the celebration for Mother's Day early, with a special visit to my parents and my two boys last weekend.  While we were together, my mom and I were able to do some shopping and also a bit of cardmaking!  We made the cards from the March 2025 Daisy Daydream kit together.  That was so much fun.  So thankful for the special time together! 

 

SUper Friends March Clean and Simple Swap Cards

Happy Saturday!  I'm finally sharing the SUper Friends March clean and simple swap cards.

Jean's beautiful card features a technique where she used the Alphabet a la Mode dies and die cut letters out of the Frames and Flowers Designer Series Paper, then inset letters cut out of card stock into the designer series paper.

For her fantastic card, Connie stamped images from the Natural Botanicals, then used the Textured Notes Dies and some embossing to add some beautiful framing to her stamped images:

Jaya's eye-catching card has a fabulous watercolored background with images from the Grow with Love Stamp Set stamped on top of that:

Judy's gorgeous card features the Memorable Blooms Bundle and some pops of color with card stock strips behind the focal image - a beautiful way to put scraps to good use!

Sheila's fabulous card has wonderful texture from the So Swirly Embossing Folder, giving a perfect ocean feel behind the two-step stamped lobster from the Ocean Friends Bundle:

Kallien's pretty card also features embossing, with the Layered Florals Embossing Folder, plus a stamped greeting, punched with the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, and embellished with a beautiful, sparkly ribbon:

I started my card with one of the Stripes and Florals Mix and Match Card Bases, then used the Textured Notes Dies to cut pieces for the focal image and greeting, both from the Thankful Garden Bundle.  I used the masks that come with that bundle to add layers of color to the flowers and leaves.

 Hope our cards inspire you to create something fun as well!  Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another fabulous swap!  And, thank you for visiting my blog!

- Michelle