Pansy Punch

CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Big On You

May 9, 2015 By Connie | 3 Comments

Continuing on with our theme of techniques for our Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Blog Hop, Debbie Henderson selected watercolor backgrounds for our topic this week! I had a LOT of fun with this one! You’ve probably just come from Deb Currier’s blog…love her card, don’t you?

When getting ready to design my card, I knew I wanted to use Stampin’ Up!’s Big On You stamp set as the focal element. I thought it would be perfect with the watercolor background!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Tangelo Twist cardstock, folded in half.
On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic Black cardstock.
On the 3-3/4 x 3-3/4 layer of Watercolor Paper, the larger swash from Work of Art was stamped in Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo, then spritzed with water until the colors ran.
After it dried, I stamped the Big On You greeting with Versamark and embossed with Black Embossing Powder so it POPPED off the background colors! It was adhered to the right side of the Basic Black. On the left is a 1-1/4 x 3-3/4 piece of Sweet Taffy Designer Paper. A piece of Tangelo Twist Ribbon hides the seam and is secured in the back.
The Pansy Punch was used on Daffodil Delight and layered with a Petite Petals Punch of Tangelo Twist and the Itty Bitty Accents Flower of Melon Mambo. A pearl in the center finished it off. The Pansy Punch was used again on Old Olive cardstock and cut into pieces for the leaves.

I love how bright and cheerful this card is, don’t you? Make sure to continue around the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Design Team Blog Hop to see the rest of the watercolor background ideas! Mary Brown is up next!

SUOC95 White Pansy Flowers

April 22, 2014 By Connie | 4 Comments

The theme this time over on SUO Challenges is Featuring Flowers! Well, isn't that an easy one for me! I have to hold myself back from using flowers all the time! I always say, no more flower sets…but end up ordering the newest ones each year! With the NEW catalog coming out soon, I'm excited to see what new ones they have for us! This one I decided to use Punch Flowers in a crisp white color with some of the Eastern Elegance Designer Paper!

This came together very quickly! Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Whisper White, folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Eastern Elegance Designer Paper to the front.
I cut a 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 piece of Crushed Curry cardstock and measured the center point at 2 5/8", then cut from the sides to the center point to make an "envelope" look on the front. I embossed this piece with the Perfect Polka Dots folder.
Next I punched two Pansy Punches and two Petite Flower Punches out of Whisper White and layered them together with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I cut two Itty Bitty flower punches (RETIRING SOON!) from the same DSP and placed them in the center of the flowers with Rhinestone Jewels.
I cut two Little Leaves Sizzlet (on the RETIREMENT LIST) from Pear Pizzazz and added them to the front of the card with Mini Glue Dots, then added the White Flowers.
Finally, I stamped Hello from Four You in Black Stazon on the front DSP.

Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team over on SUO Challenges this time! Then grab your flower stamps and play along!

CCMC261 Really Good Greetings

July 25, 2013 By Connie | 8 Comments

It's time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! It's a FUN sketch this week. Come play along!

My card uses a bunch of "starts" that I had on my desk! The greeting from Really Good Greetings and the Deco Label were something rejected from an earlier challenge. The banner behind it was also on my desk. I had a bunch of these DSP flowers already punched from one of my Convention swaps and had leftovers. So basically, I just added the white background and Marina Mist base card! lol! It's a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square card, too!

Here are the details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 Marina Mist, folded in half to make the base card.
I added a 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 piece of Whisper White, with a 1/4 x 4 1/4 strip of Real Red attached along the left side to the front of the base card.
The Basic Gray pennant piece is 2 x 4 and cut with flag ends on both ends.
The Really Good Greeting was stamped with Basic Gray on Whisper White and punched with the Extra Large Oval punch. It was adhered to the Real Red Deco Label with Stampin' Dimensions, then added to the pennant piece.
Finally, I punched the Pansy Flower punch from Soho Subway Designer Paper and added an Itty Bitty Punched flower to the center from Real Red. Inside that is a Rhinestone jewel. The flower is popped up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I added a couple more Rhinestone jewels to the upper right area for a little more bling…can never have too much bling, right?

Make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team over on Create with Connie and Mary to find out what they did with this sketch! Then grab your stamps and play along!