May Cards

There were a few occasions that sprung up this month along with a birthday.  I've been trying to go through some of the stuff in my stamp/craft room and have been distracted by some of the things that I've found that I put away for when I had "more time".  Well, now I just have to focus the time that I now have on getting some of that stuff used up.  One of the things that I came across was a bin of Stampin' Up Paper Pumpkin kits that I had unboxed and had in clear plastic bags just waiting to be put together.  These first three cards are from one of those kits.  I put my spin on how they were put together and didn't follow the plans from the kit.

I wanted to send some good wishes to a friend recovering from foot surgery.

And these were sympathy cards. 

This birthday card was made with the new Greetery BotaniCut Tulips and Market Basket dies.  I added the detail to the tulips with my Inktense pencils. 

I hope that these tulips still had some depth to them after going through the mail.  I did stick some dimensionals under the petals in the hope that they wouldn't get flattened.  I love this Market Baskets die also from The Greetery.  It has three sizes and you have the option of adding a liner or just using the basket alone.  I can see it filled with lots of things for different occasions.  And there is a little stamp set with sentiments to add to the label should you wish to add it.  

I almost forgot to mention that the background is made from The Greetery's Shiplap Builder die done in all white.  I am looking forward to using this some more particularly for masculine cards.