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I’m back – Topiary punch card!

Wow…what an awesome time at the Retreat!  I love adding the extra day, because even with it, the time goes by SO fast!  I took almost my entire studio with me, so now comes the part where it all has to go back.  My sweet husband at least took it downstairs for me.  Last night I just wanted to do nothing but rest. I should have been smart and had something ready to post already because I slept in this morning, but I didn’t think that far in advance!  lol!

Here is a card that my Punch classes made last month, plus I took several with me to Leadership for swapping.  I got the idea from Sharon (sorry, I can’t think of her last name or Blog right now!) who had the topiary as part of the scenery for a Control Freaks card swap.  I took off on her idea and made it the focal point of my card.

To start, I used the Heart to Heart punch with three different colors of green cardstock…Old Olive, Always Artichoke and Kiwi Kiss.  I used a sponge dauber and inked Chocolate chip around each one and I layered the fat one on the bottom, then the long skinny one and finally the small one on top.  I hand cut a trunk and the base container is the Round Tab punch cut in half.  I added a second small heart on the container.  I used my fingernail to roll down the lip of the container, too.

The card base is Kiwi Kiss, with the next layer of Sahara Sand stamped with the Sanded background in Sahara Sand ink.  I added a strip of Kiwi Kiss Patterns Paper and used the scallop edge punch along the bottom.  I added some Artichoke Grosgrain ribbon, the Happy Birthday greeting from On Your Birthday and finally two 1/4 circle punches in the upper right corner.

Hope you have a wonderful day!  I need to get back into my routine!

Sets:  Sanded BG, On Your Birthday
C/S: Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Kiwi Kiss Patterns DSP
Inks:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
Other:  Heart to Heart punch, 1/4 circles, Round Tab punch, Scallop Edge punch, sponge daubers, Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon

Bloggers Challenge – Valentines

I’m out of town, so this is scheduled to go off on Friday for the Bloggers’ Challenge which is a Valentine theme.  I think I’ve shown you all my Valentine’s this year…I’ve done quite a few!

These are the cute little pull-up boxes that my Stamp Club did last month using the Love You Much Bundle.  You pull the ribbon and the box of Conversation Hearts pulls up with it!  I’ve done this pattern with Hershey bars and other candy items…it has been around.

This one focuses on the Love You Much bundle that was on sale last month.  I used all the elements, stamp set, Heart to Heart punch and Candy Lane designer paper.  The stripes in this paper are my favorite and there are several variations of stripes in this package!   The large heart I stamped on Pretty in Pink with Riding Hood Red and hand-cut.  I stamped Friend to Friend in Riding Hood Red on Very Vanilla and punched with the Word Window punch, adding a couple silver mini brads to the side.  The 3 small hearts are punched from the Candy Lane DSP, I just used the back side of the small one for contrast.  The base is Pretty in Pink and the large heart is popped with dimensionals.  I used the slot punch on the front and back so the ribbon can feed down into the box and hold the box of Conversation hearts.

Hope you have a great weekend!  I’m headed to see Menopause at the theater with several of my girlfriends on Sunday and dinner after.  I’ve heard this is hysterical, so I’m really anxious to see it!

Set:  Love You Much
C/S: Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DSP
Inks:  Riding Hood Red
Other:  Heart to Heart punch, Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Word Window punch, Silver mini brads, slot punch, dimensionals