Lucky Limeade Elegance

Here's another card that we made in our hotel room during the annual Stampin' Up! Convention last month.  I believe it was CASE'd, so if it was your design or you know who the designer was, please comment.  It features the Fun Flowers die and the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, both for the Big Shot.  The stamped butterfly image is from the Strength & Hope set, which will only be available through the end of August in the Summer mini catalog.  The sentiment is from the Curly Cute set.  

Petal Cone Meets Fun Flowers

In case you haven't noticed, the possibilities for the Petal Cone die are endless!  It's every day that we see new and great ideas for this die from our fellow demonstrators and customers!  This photo shows one of our Big Shot Club projects from February.  The Old Olive petal cone base was stamped using the Stampin' Around Builder Wheels from the Occasions mini catalog - Delight in Gladness, Butterfly Bliss, and Pleasing Polka Dots (what a mouthful).  If you're not familiar with the Builder Wheels, you should check them out since they can be tailored to suit your taste and project requirements.  They can only be used in the jumbo handle and require the inexpensive spindle and spacers.  The cool thing is that you can use just one, two or three of the builder wheels and mix and match as you choose!  The petal cone is decorated with flowers from the Fun Flowers Big Shot Bigz die.  A piece of 5/8" grosgrain ribbon is threaded across for the hanger.  Wouldn't this make a great spring surprise filled with chocolate for your favorite people?!  We say YES!

Happy Spring!  Our Spring is Blossoming promotion starts today and runs through the month of April!  What is it?  Well, click on the link to the right to see the 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalog sneak peek stamp set and designer series paper available for purchase when you place a minimum $20 order OR RECEIVE BOTH FREE when you host a $350 workshop!  After April, these two items will not be available until July - be the first to get them! 

Fun Flowers Card

This card was one of our March Big Shot club projects.  We textured the Fun Flowers die cuts with one of the designs from the Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates.  The Pumpkin Pie background was also textured using the friend definition from the Kit #4 Texturz Plates, and then we used the direct to paper technique with a VersaMark pad to bring out the texture.  The flowers were accented with coordinating brights designer buttons and some 1 1/4" Old Olive striped grosgrain behind.  The sentiment is from the Curly Cute set.