Cards from Truly Madly Stampin's First Class

Sorry for the delay in posting these cards from our first card class and apologies that this is not in date order..better late than never!! Happy Easter everyone!

Here is the card we made at our first class using the beautiful butterfly set Papillion Potpourri. This set has a co-ordinating punch, Elegant Butterfly which can be used to punch out the larger butterflies or any DSP to co-ordinate with your design.

The colours were taken from the current In-Colors 2012-2014, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals card stock and Raspberry Ripple ink along with Whisper White card stock and Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon. The 'Happy Birthday' greeting comes from the Perfectly Penned stamp set with is one of my favourites as I like the curve and font because I think it suits all types of cards.  The small butterflies have a small rhinestone attached to add a bit of bling to the ensemble!
Below are a few other cards that I have made using the Papillion Potpourri stamp set to show just how versatile a set this is.

The second card created was to show off the lovely Madison Avenue stamp set that you could get for free during the Sale-a-bration (SAB) promotion. I used the 2011-2013 In Colors - Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party. The Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack was used for the centre of the flowers which were punched out of coordinating card stock. The ladies were introduced to the Stamp-a-ma-jig to enable them to perfectly align the stamped images directly onto the card. The greeting is from the Petite Pairs stamp set, a great set as it encompasses so many different greetings - you will find a sentiment for most occasions. To add the final touches a pearl was added to the centre of each flower and the gorgeous ribbon (again free during SAB) in Pool Party finished the card off beautifully.