We had a ball this weekend. Lil flew in from MA and we all went to the Memories Expo in Orlando at the Gaylord Palms. I must say that the exhibition floor is not what it used to be but it was still fun...and of course we all found stuff that we "needed". Then, we cropped for the rest of the weekend, laughed a lot, ate a lot and had a wonderful time. We even did some dancing! Hey Ya!
One goal of the weekend was to use the Quint-Essential Flower stamp and the 5 punches it requires to make layered flowers. It was a lot of fun picking out the colors to stack. In the end, I think we all agreed that they looked the best with just two alternating colors. Here are some examples of what we did with the stamp. Marti even added bling to hers.
Lil MADE us try Baker's Twine lollipops. It took a while to get the hang of it but once you are patient winding the twine it went well. We punched 1 3/4inch circles out of cardstock and covered the circle with permanent adhesive. Starting at the center, the twine was attached by turning the circle and sticking it down as you worked outward. They were a lot of fun to make. Even had to make a quick trip to Michaels for the lollipop sticks!
Graduation will soon be here and I needed some graduation cards. I had purchased some paper (sorry don't know the brand) which had circles with diplomas and caps in them. I punched out the circles,added some scalloped circles, and used them as the focus for the cards. The Embossing folder is Simply Charmed by Cuttlebug.
I had downloaded some silhouettes for the Silhouette (got that Marti). Decided to try this one with the little girl and a butterfly. The paper is called "Pink Blossom" by Shoebox. I had picked it up at the convention. Added some silhouette butterflies and loved the card. Margie tried it with a different paper and turned the silhouette in the opposite direction..hers came out beautiful too.
Last one was a pretty embossing folder that Lil brought which I just added some daisies to. Her embossing folders are packed to ship home so I will add the name of it later.
