Trendy succulents.

The second stamp set that I received to create my display pieces for Telford was called "Oh so succulent". If you look around you will see succulents all over the place. They are very on trend. I saw some fabulous glittered ones in the run up to Christmas. 

I searched pinterest for succulents to get ideas for colour palettes to use and so in this 3D project I used shades of green and pink and yellow.

I now know that there is a set of dies to coordinate with this set, but mine were all cut by hand.

The box was created by stamping the hardwood background stamp onto crumb cake card. The metallic bands and screws were created from copper foil. The sentiment was embossed with copper embossing powder. The little hand trowel comes from the "gift from the garden" stamp set.

This little gift bag was made from the gold foil acetate and then one of the succulents was stamped and embossed in gold on a strip of wild wasabi card and a wild wasabi tag that was die cut using the "tags and labels" framelits

A variety of succulents were stamped on the centre panel of this card in tip top taupe and cucumber crush. The side panels were attached with dimensionals to give them some height, Some pearls were added to the centre panel and some linen thread swirled behind the sentiment banner.

I used sweet sugarplum for the succulents I stamped in this jar with a "Happy Mothers Day" greeting that comes in this set. The jars from the annual catalogue are so versatile and you can fill them with all sorts of things. A few sequins were scattered over the background of the card and some of the sweet sugarplum ribbon from the succulent ribbon duo set wrapped around it. Some dsp and old olive card were added to make up the mats. 

My final project using this set was a 8"x 6" project life page featuring pictures of Mike and I on our wedding day ( we celebrated our 30th Anniversary last May) and on our daughter's wedding day in 2014. I used the lovely sentiment from the succulent set- "The best love story is the one you make together". I also used some of the stamps to decorate the background of the pocket I created. The wooden embellishments are featured in the new Spring/Summer catalogue and they are gorgeous.

I think this stamp set is going to be very popular,particularly when it is teamed up with the dies and I look forward to creating lots of other projects with it.

Here are a few of the products I used from the annual catalogue:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Tomorrow sees the lauch of the Spring/Summer Catalogue and the start of Sale-a-bration, One of the most exciting times in the Stampin' Up Year. If you live locally to me, you are invited to join me formy New Year sale-a-bration party tomorrow.

 If not watch the blog and facebook for more projects, products and promotions.

Look forward to sharing the excitement with you

Helen
xx