This weekend has been a relaxing one.  Totally free of obligations and so I was able to transition my inventory of stamp sets and accessories to get ready for the new Stampin' Up! catalog that will be going L-I-V-E in a little more than one week!  I am soooo excited!

I came across the Bloomin' Bouquet flower kits I bought a few weeks ago and thought maybe I should spend some time and actually put these together.  All I needed was a bone folder, paper snips and a hot glue gun.

Now how cute are these!!!  This is actually two kits, each kit has 13 flowers, and I got the jars at a local craft store at 50% off.  Wouldn't these make fun gifts for someone who is not feeling well?  They just make me smile when I look at them!

I had stamp club last evening, and they are such a fun group.  We always do four projects, and laugh and stamp and sometimes snack too!

This project, which will also be done by my other stamp club uses the Swallowtail background size stamp from Stampin' Up!.  I have seen so many cool ideas using this stamp,that I cannot put this down!

Anyway, as you can see from the photo, some of my stampers felt creative and stamped outside the box!  The yellow swallowtails were the actual project I cases from a regional swap I received.  The others were deviations and wow...didn't they all turn out great?

We used Basic Gray as the card base, and Very Vanilla to stamp the swallowtail on, with a strip of designer series paper from This and That collection.

Finally, I am hoping that summer is on the way!  Dogwood and Redbud trees are blooming and we are having some really nice warm days.

With all the specials that are going on with Stampin' Up! lately,  I've had some online orders that I needed to make and send thank you's for.  This particular card was inspired by a swap card that I received at the recent Riverton Utah regional.  There was no name on the swap, but her card used squares instead of circles.

These are so quick and easy to make!  It only used Whisper White and a bit of scrap Designer Series Paper.  Each circle is popped up with a dimensional and a Rhinestone is added to the butterfly!  Also, in case you were wondering....the sentiment is stamped using the new Smoky Slate ink.  Such a soft color, I think it is going to be one of my "go-to" colors!