Up Up and Away

Up, Up, and Away set by Stampin' Up with Cool Caribbean and Daffodil cardstocks. Embossed with Lattice Squares folder. All inks are various SU.

Cheerful Treat designer paper

This paper is one of the hostess selections from the main catalog. I started with the sample there as my inspiration and kicked it up a notch, adding a sentiment from the Four Frames set in Pear Pizzazz with the sentiment in Melon Mambo from Up, Up & Away. The base is Pink Pirouette, the white square is 3 1/2" with 1" Pink squares and the butterflies were punches (Martha Stewart punch) from the Cheerful Treat designer paper. You could use the Sizzix embosslit butterflies die if you want to stay all SU.

Balloon Ornaments

Using the hot air balloon in the Up, Up, and Away set, I stamped them upside down and made them Christmas ornaments instead. This looks so cool in real life with the hanging "icicles" whih I made from this image using the new My Friend set. Embossed it in silver and then used Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds, it looks like a glass bubble. Hard to get a picture here today with no sunshine.
For the hanger and line I embossed the bottom of the balloon basket and drew a straight line up with my Versamark pen, embossed in gold.
Lovely As A Tree in Olive and Artichoke, sentiment in Cherry Cobbler is from Christmas Greetings.
Ornaments stamped in Eggplant, Cherry Cobbler, Wisteria WOnder, and Poppy Parade.

Up, Up and Away

I wanted to do something a little bit different with this set so I used the hot air balloon image to make my flower. The stem is from Sweets For The Sweet (the lollipop stick). All supplies are Stampin' Up. Inks are Turquoise, Poppy and Olive.