Last Chance Dragonfly

    Isn't this dragonfly cute.  He is one of the bugs you can make with the Bug Me stamp set that is retiring this year.  Most of the stamps that retire, make it to my annual garage sale, but I think I will keep this one because it is a great stamp to have around when the grand kids come to visit.

Retiring items used
  Raspberry Ripple ink
  Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green card stock
  Scallop trim border punch, Itty Bitty shape pack punch
  Loving Thoughts, Bug Me stamp sets

Items remaining
  Pearls
  Whisper White card stock
  Basic Gray ink
 
  I just want to smile when I see this card, don't you?

Last Chance to Bug Me

     Has a year really gone by since the last new catalog came out?  For the month of May, I like to focus on retiring items since it will be the last chance to order many of the items.

Last chance for......

   Summer Starfruit card stock since this in color is leaving
   Bug Me stamp
   Midnight Muse card stock another retiring in color

Still available...

   Hexagon Hive thinlit
   Natural ribbon that I colored with markers
   Baked Brown Sugar in color card stock

Have you seen the new catalog yet?  Come to my Catalog Preview on May 31st and get your own copy and a preview of the catalog and how it is meant to be used. Look for more information in the days ahead.

Christmas Through the Year for May/June

   Thursday is the day that I go to Springfield to make Christmas cards.  This is the card they will be making. And just to get everyone a little excited for the next card, which we will make in Jacksonville at the end of May.  Here it is.

  Wouldn't you love to have a bunch of handmade Christmas cards ready to send in November?  Well, come join the class this month.  Make 3 cards of each design.  Check out my website to get the details right here.

May Framed Art

    
  Do you love having monthly projects to look at?  I do, and have been having a great time creating a framed art project to use each month.  This is the 8th month I have been doing this.  The ladies that come to the class are enjoying each month's project.

   I used a scrapbook layout as my inspiration.  When I get pictures on the layout I will post it.  Here are the supplies we used if you want to create the project for yourself.

Watercolor Wonder designer paper
Pansy, Petite Petals, and Chevron punches
Oval framelits
Flowering Flourishes stamp set
My Digital Studio
Gumball Green ink pad
Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Gumball Green markers

   I am thinking roses and butterflies might be a great idea for the June framed art.  What would you use?
  

March Paper Pumpkin

I love the look the wooden accent pieces give to the card.

One of the two original designs that came with the kit.

 

   So glad to be back after having a non-functioning computer for over a week.  It is amazing to realize how dependent I am on a computer.  Did not realize it until I could not use mine.
   So, I am so proud that I have kept up with all my paper pumpkin kits from the past few months.  These are the cards I made from the March kit.  It was bigger and better, something Stampin'Up! is trying to do with the kits.  This month there were 8 cards to make.  Of course I went online to see what designs I could find to alter the kit designs.  Here is what I came up with.

    I only inked the arrow stamp once to get the various colors.  Love how it looks like I used several different colors.

   Washi tape can always dress up a card.

    Shelli Garner the CEO of SU showed us how to use some of the envelope liner to accent the front of the card.  Notice how the saying has been cut in two.

 

  What would you do with this kit?  Now, I am curious what the kit for May will be like.  It is never too late to join Paper Pumpkin.  Just click on the link and if you want to join I would love to have you join under me Sue Scheets.  Glad to be back.  Look for regular entries until the next computer problem. :)