Addicted to Stamping

Blossom Builder Bouquet

I've been working on some punch art cards using Stampin' Up's new Blossom Builder Punch. The shapes from this punch are great for all kinds of interesting things.  Sometimes I get so caught up in thinking outside of the box when I'm playing with my punches that I forget that I can use them for the purpose they were intended...like simple flowers.

Supplies: Blossom Builder Punch, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Pear Pizzaz, Blushing Bride and Whisper White Card Stock, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz and So Saffron Stampin' Write Markers (to add colour to flower centers and stitches around sentiment), Versamark, Pear Pizzaz Classic Ink and Stamping Sponge (to sponge around edges of leaves, Gold Cord, Basic Pearls, Clear Wink of Stella, Gold Embossing Powder, Dimenionals and the Thank You sentiment from Rose Wonder

Serene Sea Birthday

Some of the papers in the Serene Scenery DSP stack take a lot of will power to cut into. This seaside print is one of my favorites and it took a while to convince myself to be brave and use it. I almost went fake by using a temporary adhesive on my elements so I could reuse the background for other layouts but I decided to go for it and use permanent adhesive. I'm glad I did. I like how this one turned out. I've got it sitting on my desk where I think I'll leave it for now as it's a nice reminder of summer.

The supplies for this card are all from Stampin' Up; Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Rose Wonder and Picture Perfect Stamp Sets, Basic Pearls, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Classic Inks and Serene Scenery DSP Stack

ETA: I had several emails about the starfish. He is from the Picture Perfect stamp set which is a two step stamp. I stamped the first image in Crumb Cake Classic Ink on Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the second image over it using Soft Suede Ink. After I cut out the starfish I sponged the Soft Suede around the edges and went a little heavier on one side of each point to give the starfish more dimension