Addicted to Stamping

Spring Flowers

If you're like me and don't like the thought of throwing out your scraps of DSP here's a simple punch art card to use up some of those scraps. This DSP (LOVE IT) is from Stampin' Up's Designer Series Paper Stack Brights Collection.

 

For the leaves and flowers I used the Blossoms Petals Builder Punch. I hope that punch never retires. I think Shelli said at convention last year that the Build a Blossom stamp set was their top seller. I used it for my Build a Blossom Punch Art Class and for a ton of other cards to make everything from gnomes to Big Bird. OK enough gushing about my favorite punch here's how I made this card.

Cut a 2" x 4" scrap of green DSP and tear along the top. Punch out the leaves and petals. For the centre punch the largest petal, hold onto the pointy tip and use the rounded side of one of the petals to snip off the bumps.

Petal Cone Bouquet

I had about 50 petal cones left over from the icecream cone swaps I made for convention so I used the new blossom punch to add some flowers and make them into bouquets. The stamp set is Mixed Bunch. I stamped and punched out 3 flowers and attached them to the top of a Whisper White triangle insert I cut to fit inside the cone. The leaves are punched out with the Build a Blossom punch and sponged around the outside. The insert is showing a little in this photo but when its slid into place the bottom of the flowers hang over the edge of the cone.

I used the 1/2" circle punch to punch out Daffodil card stock for the flower centres and sponged the edges with Artichoke Ink.

Gnome Card Day #4

Here's another card I entered in the 2011 Artisan Award contest. You can find the written instructions and video to make the punch art gnome and flower here. The wagon is from the retiring More Monkey Accessories stamp set.

Stamps: Sincere Salutations, More Monkey Accessories

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze,

Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, DSP

Accessories: Blossom Petals Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch,

 Buttons, Pearls,

Blossoms Wedding

Here's another card made with the blossoms punch. I applied shimmer paint to the petals on this card to give it some shimmer. The card stock I used for the flower is Confetti Cream.

Embossed Ribbon

I've been getting a lot of emails asking how to do the embossed ribbon and the flower so here are a few more details (scroll down to the next post to see the whole card) The zig zag card stock behind the ribbon is done by punching both sides of a 1" card stock strip with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch.  

To emboss the ribbon cut a scrap of cardstock the same width as the ribbon you want to emboss. I like matching the card stock to the ribbon in case I'm off a little. Cover the card stock with some big shot adhesive, stick the ribbon to the card stock then emboss it with an embossing folder.

 

 

I didn't include this flower in my Build a Blossom class. There are just soooo many things you can do with that punch and I couldn't include them all. This flower is super easy to make. Punch 9 of the short wide petals in Marina Mist card stock and 2 from Old Olive. I sponged the edges and curled them with my bone folder. It's easier to work on a circle so punch a 1" circle and glue 6 petals onto it (tips almost touching) to form the bottom layer. Glue on the 3 remaining petals to make the top row. Put a drop of Crystal Effects onto each petal and spread it out with a q-tip to make them shine. Put a drop of Crystal Effects in the centre and glue your plastic flower in place.  Draw some lines on your leaves with a marker and tuck them in behind your flower. Now you're ready to attach it to your card.

Marina Mist Flower

I thought it was time to use these flowers before the retire. I punched out the petals using the Blossoms punch and coated them with Crystal Effects to give them some shine.