Finally Friday with Summer Fruits!!

Hello all!!! I hope you are having a wonderful beginning to your summer season. As you know, June 21st was the official start of summer. Except I think Mother Nature has gotten a little ahead of herself! Here in Michigan we've had some horribly hot and humid days already.

I used SC285 over on SCS. The sketch calls for squares, but I used circles instead. So, as I was looking at the sketch,  I thought how my Tart & Tangy set would look on here.

On this card I used a combination of new and old products. The stamp set, Tart & Tangy, has been out for awhile, but is still one of my faves, especially this time of year. The strawberry was colored with the new Riding Hood Red marker and Garden Green. On the apple I used the new In-Color marker, Pear Pizazz and Chocolate Chip. The orange slice was stamped in Pumpkin Pie.

Each of the stamps were first stamped in Crumb Cake and then the colored pieces were cut out and popped up with a dimensional. On the strawberry circle I used the new 2 3/8" scallop circle in Pumpkin Pie and then used my other circle punches for the rest.

On the background piece I layered a piece of the new In-Color, Poppy Parade onto Very Vanilla. The Poppy Parade layer was run through my Lattice Square eb folder. I then used the flower strip from the new Level 1 hostess set, Because I Care, along the the top and bottom edges. The red polka-dotted ribbon is now retired, but I thought looked perfect with this card. I used my "It's Your Birthday" set for the sentiment, which was punched out with the 1" circle and stamped in Riding Hood Red. I sponged the edges with the new Crumb Cake.

A lot of dimension going on here too!! The background panel is up with dimensionals, as is each of the circles.

Happy Stamping!!!!
 
~~~Ann~~~

Cherries on top!

Good Wednesday morning! Since I have nothing from the design team to post today, I thought I'd share some projects of my own. ;)

I think these 2 purses are just the cutest. My daughter is actually using the Top Note purse for her cell phone. LOL The directions for the Top Note purse come from UDI's own Becky Roberts and can be found here on her blog. The circle tote was made from 6 inch circles which I cut with my new Circle Scissor Plus. I cut 2 circles from cardstock and 2 from DSP. After I adhered the DSP to the cardstock, I used the tabletop trimmer to cut off just a bit from the bottom so it would stand up on its own. The handles are a Large Oval punch framed by a Scalloped Oval punch. I didn't have any small craft bags for the inside, so I used a Box #2 diecut with the top flaps cut off of it. I embellised the tote with some cardstock and DSP strips, a sentiment, some bling and some ribbon.





Top Note purse: Supplies(all SU!): Stamps- Tart & Tangy. Ink- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Ruby Red. Paper- Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Rockabilly DSP. Accessories- Big Shot, Scallop Circle die, Top Note die, Scallop Circle punch, Coluzzle (I made this one before Mr. Brown dropped off my new Circle Scissor Plus), Kiwi Kiss ribbon, Pewter jumbo eyelets, Crop-a-dile.







Circle tote: Supplies(all SU!): Stamps- Oval All. Ink- Ruby Red. Paper- Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Rockabilly DSP. Accessories- Big Shot, Box #2 die, Circle Scissor Plus, Large Oval and Scalloped Oval punches, Ice Circle rhinestone brad, Kiwi Kiss ribbon, dimensionals, Sticky Strip.





Until next Wednesday...
Happy Stampin'!
Elizabeth