Flower Power Try Stampin on Tuesday #452

The flowers in my garden are not yet in bloom - not even close.  They are valiantly trying to sticking their heads up out of the ground, but it is still too cold.

Yet the drawing power of the garden is evident by the frequency I am drawn there- just to look/see

The card was made for the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday #452, the theme for which was "flower power"

The A2 Terracotta Tile card base is layered with Whisper White embossed with the 3D Ornate Floral Embossing Folder.  A piece of Ornate Garden DSP (multiple terracotta, pink/white flowers) is added on the bottom quarter.

Flowers adhered to die cuts are added to the card front alternating above and below the edge of the DSP.

Flowers:

The small blossom punch was used to punch Whisper White flowers (2 for each flower) the petals of which were inked with Terracotta Ink, spritzed with alcohol, crumpled and allowed to dry partially. After partially uncrumpling them more there were allowed to dry before shaping them a bit. 

Two petals were also punched using the Petal punch.  Old Olive was used to colour these leaves and they were treated the same as the flowers.  The leaves were snipped off the stem to form individual leaves.

To make a flower, two completed flowers were adhered together alternating petals. Two leaves were adhered to the bottom of each flower.

Each flower was adhered to a die cut Terracotta Ornate Frame which was adhered to the card front at the edge of the DSP.

Sentiment:

The sentiment, from Another Thank You, is stamped on Whisper White card stock, in Old Olive ink, then die cut with an Ornate Frame Die.

Another larger, more ornate frame, is die cut in Terracotta Tile card stock, and the Whisper White die cut is adhered to the larger one using dimensionals.

This is then added,centered,to the top half of the card front.

A ribbon, made with a 3/8" Old Olive ribbon (which is part of the Ornate Garden bundle) is added at the bottom of the sentiment.

To finish, some Crystal Effects was added  to the flowers, and while it was wet, some Dazzling Diamonds was lightly dusted over the flowers.

Three Gilded Gems were added to the upper right.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Another Thank You

Inks:  Old Olive, Flowers (Terracotta Tile, Old olive)

Papers:  Terracotta Tile, Whisper White, Ornate Garden DSP

Accessories:  3/8" Old Olive ribbon, Ornate Frame Dies, Small Blossom Punch, Leaf Punch, Crystal Effects, 3D Ornate Floral Embossing Folder, Dazzling Diamonds, Gilded Gems, Dimensionals.

The Last Hurrah!!

SAB finishes at midnight tonight March 31.  So if you would like to take advantage of the Free SAB products plus free shipping (Canada only) contact me before then.

For the final Hurrah, today's card features many SAB products:  a stamp "Rise and Shine", the "Pleased as Punch" DSP, with its coordinating "Small Blossom Punch", and the Metallic Bermuda Bay Baker's twine.

• Fold a piece of 11 by 5 1/2" Coastal Cabana card stock at 4 1/ 4" to form an A2 card. 
• Add a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White to the card front at an angle.
• Add a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of the striped pattern of the Pleased as Punch DSP to the Whisper White layer also at an angle off setting the Whisper White layer.
• Die cut a piece of Whisper White card stock with the largest of the Sweetly Stitched Dies
• Emboss with the Subtle Texture Embossing Folder
• On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, stamp a mug with the floral pattern on it using Bermuda Bay ink.  Either fussy cut or if you have the dies, die cut.
• Adhere to bottom of embossed die cut using dimensionals.
• Using the Sprig Punch , punch 2 sprigs with Old Olive card stock.  Add to each side of mug.
• Using the Small Blossom punch, punch 7 flowers of various colours from the "Pleased as Punch" DSP .  Using dimensionals, adhere them as an arrangement in the mug.  Put a small rhinestone in the center of each flower. Add the 7th flower at the bottom right of the embossed die cut.
• Make a bow with three layers of the Bermuda Bay metallic Baker's twine and add to the top of the mug handle with a glue dot.
• Stamp the sentiment "Rise and Shine" with Black Memento ink, punch with the 1" circle punch and add to the mug.
• Add the finished art piece to the card front with dimensionals.
• Add small rhinestones randomly to front of card.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Rise and Shine
Inks:  Black Memento, Bermuda Bay
Papers:  Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Pleased as Punch DSP (striped pattern), Pear Pizzazz
Accessories:  Sweetly Stitched Dies, Subtle Texture embossing folder, Small Blossom Punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, rhinstones, dimensionals, Bermuda Bay Metallic Baker's Twine, Sprig punch

Easter Greetings - Fab Friday #183

This Easter themed card is for the sketch challenge with Fab Friday # 183. 

I love the size of the Easter sentiment with the stamp set "Easter Promise" and because of that I made it the focal point of this card.

I die cut it with the layering circle die and matted it with some DSP before adding it to the card front with dimensionals. Then I punched 3 small flowers, sponged and shaped them, applied Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds, and when they were dry I added them around the sentiment. A Leaf sprig was added to each bloom.

The card base is Calypso Coral, layered with Whisper White and then Bird Ballad DSP.  Two small notched strips of card stock, one in Mossy Meadow and one in Calypso Coral were adhered horizontally to the card front and the focal image was adhered over them.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Easter Promise

Inks:  Black Memento, Calypso Coral, Basic Black Marker

Papers:  Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Layering Circle dies, Small Bloom punch, Sprig punch, Self Adhesive sequins, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds.

Pleased as Punch Box Card

Sometimes the best creative ideas come out of no where.
Such is the case for the box card I made using the Pleased as Punch DSP. 
I had no idea when I pulled out the DSP that I would end up making this 3D box card.  Sometimes you just go with the flow.

For a tutorial on how to make a box card check out this blog post 

The box card base is Granny Apple Green, with the layering done with Whisper White card stock and then the Pleased as Punch DSP.

This 12 by 12" DSP is part of the Coordination Product  SAB Release and has images that can be punched with the Build a Tulip punch, the Small Bloom punch and the Builder Umbrella punch - or fussy cut if you don't have the punches.

After constructing the box card, I punched several tulips and leaves and added them to strips of window sheets which were adhered to the box inserts. I did the same with clusters of flowers punched with the Small Bloom punch and finally with some umbrellas which were mounted on top of the other flowers.

Some of the punchies were used to decorate the flaps.  The only stamping done was the sentiment.