Floral Romance Suite

This week I put together some cards featuring the Floral Romance Suite in the Occasions catalog from Stampin Up.  The papers are so beautiful and the photo doesn't do them justice at all.

I think my favorite is this one - it has a lovely pink vellum printed paper on top of the white cardstock.  Then it is embellished with some cut outs from the Wonderful Floral dies.  I used die from Stitched Labels for the saying.  I always try to have a different size and/or a fancy fold in my card collections.  It is 4.75" square.  (You would need to make an envelope or use a larger store-bought envelope to mail it.)  I got the idea from Sue Vine on Pinterest.

The Floral framelits have this interesting die in it that you can use for the border of your cards.  Isn't
it just amazing?  This card also has decorative vellum on it.  I just love it so much.  Kylie Bertucci came up with the idea and I saw it on Pinterest.


The Happy Birthday is an easy card using the pretty designer papers as the focus.  I also added a couple of little springs to complete the card.

I cut the right edge of the card about 1/4" shorter and added some washi tape to the edge, so it shows up when the card is folded.  It's an easy and great accent to any vertical card that needs a little something.

Finally, I did some coloring in using the stamp set and my blender pens.  I embossed the white cardstock with the new Lace Dynamic folder.  It mades for a very delicate and sweet looking card.

I had a great time making these cards.  The suite really makes some beautiful projects. 

In the Tea Room

This week I decorated the pretty copper tins from Stampin Up's Tea Room Suite.  I thought the ladies who come over for stamping would like something a little different so I focused on the tins and some matching cards to go along with them.  The tins can be used to hold whatever you'd like: tea bags, small notes, and of course, some candy. 

We started with the tins; we had a good time making them look so pretty.  I copied the idea from Laura Fiorelli Allen, who always does such nice work.  Although it's hard to see, we used the copper vinyl stickers on all of the projects to add some detail work.

The first card was made using the Springtime Impressions cut outs.  We cut it out in vanilla and then sponged some Bermuda Bay onto it to give it some dimension.  Then I added a copper banner and an embossed saying.  The butterfly is one of the stickers.

We used some of the Tea Room designer paper for the card and for the flap on the matching envelope.  This idea is from Fran Sabad.

Everyone loved this card!

Our next card was made to match the tins, using the stamps from Time for Tea set.  Each item is stamped and then cut out using the framelits and added to the card.  Note the cute scallop at the bottom.  This is one of the framelits from this set!

Last up is a copper-themed card using some dsp from last year's Christmas papers.  We added the copper ribbon and some copper embossing.  The cute cut-out heart is from Stitched Labels framelits.  Quick, easy and very impressive.  This idea is from Leonie Schroder.

At the end of each class, I have the ladies vote which card or project that they liked the best.  All 3 cards received votes, but the tins didn't receive a single one!  And they were supposed to be the "star" of the class.  If it's any consolation, I did like the tins.  :)