Easter-Spring Swap

Yeah, my swaps are done.  Our Luv2Stamp Group has swaps each season.  I participated in the Christmas swap and now the Spring-Easter Swap.  Here's my creation:

These are so much fun to do.  Once you get your idea created it takes no time at all to create the swap squares.  I used in-colors, Gumball Green and Primrose Petals for my design.  I ran the Primrose Petals CS through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and punched with the 1-1/4" Square Punch . The Gumball Green square was cut using the Scallop Square Punch.  I sponged the edges of the Primrose Petals square with Chocolate Chip Ink.  The little tulip is from the stamp set Cross My Heart.  I inked the flower with Primrose Petals stampin' writer and the stem with Gumball Green stampin' writer.   I punched it with the 3/4" x 15/16" Oval Punch, sponged the edges with Chocolate Chop ink and attached with a dimensional.  I added a little Rhinestone that was colored with a Sharpie.  Hope everyone likes my trade?

New Stuff!

I spent most of my day ordering from the new 2012-2013 Stampin' UP! Catalog.  Then I decided I needed to make a card and post using some of the pre-order product I was able to get ahead of time for being a Demonstrator...yeah!!!

I used the new "in-colors" for 2012 Primrose Petals and  Summer Starfruit, combined with Basic Gray CS and Patio Party DSP.  I used Basic Gray for the second layer and ran it the the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  the happy birthday banner is from the new Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and I used the Bitty Banners Framelits to cut it out.  I used the medium Oval Punch for the For You and Summer Starfruit Ink Pad and the rest of the label was stamped with Primrose Petals using the Layered Labels Stamp Set.  The ribbon is White Stitched 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.  The card base is Primrose Petals CS and the little scallop piece through the center is Summer Starfruit CS.

Hope you all had a great week-end!