Best Dressed Suite

There were so many great stamp sets and papers in the spring Mini catalog.  One of my favorites was the Best Dressed Suite.  I made these cards using the Dressed to Impressed stamp set and the Best Dressed papers. 

The first card has some cute purse cut-outs that I snipped right from the paper.  For the Bold as your Lipstick card, I stamped the lipstick and colored it in using the blends.  Then I added a lot of flowers for embellishment.  The gray purse is a gift card holder.

For the shoe cards, I used some designer papers from the Parisian Blossoms papers.  I added the silver edging using a die from the Arts & Crafts die set.  In the first card, I colored the shoes in pink, but then I thought that they needed a brighter color, so I made the second card using colors that are more bold.  To finish it off, I added some tiny rhinestones to the top of the shoes.  The tiny tag in the second card is from an older set.  It almost makes them look like they are still in the shoe store!

I just love this pretty paper that came in the Best Dressed suite.  I think I tend to use pinks and greens a lot in my crafting, so maybe that's why I love this one so much.  I changed the saying to a more generic thank you instead of the lipstick saying.  If I hadn't used up all my paper (I had 3 packages!) I would definitely make more of these!

Best Dressed Meets Parisian Blossoms

This week I did some stamping in my craft room.  I saw some pretty designs from Julie Gilson on Pinterest and copied some of her ideas.  I did change things up a bit but I love what she has done with this pretty set.

I used the stamp set Dressed to Impress and added some of the pretty papers from the Best Dressed designer collection that matches it.  And like Julie, I added the pretty script designer paper from the Parisian Blossoms suite.  And it looks so great together.  :)

I used gold embossing powders for all of the stamping on these projects.  I colored in the flowers using Stampin Blends and added ribbon and edging for the designer papers.  If you cut the 6x6" papers into 3" strips, you can get more out of the smaller sized papers. 

This card is my favorite.  So delicate and soft looking.  Best Dressed stamp set and Parisian Blossoms designer paper.  The cards look so much better in person.  The designer paper and gold accents really stand out. 

I made this sweet little notecard that coordinates and tucked it in a matching envelope.  And guess what, they fit into the little cut-out purses!

The first purse is cut from Best Dressed designer paper and the second one is from Magnolia Lane papers.  I added the little pockets and gold buckles.  Now I just have to make some more notecards to put in them.  Or get some candies!  :)

What Stampin Up suites do you like to mix together?