A Card for a Friend and a Challenge

I am so happy to be back posting a challenge card from Stamping 411. I had started by stamping this flower from Fifth Ave floral stamp set and coloring it by outlining with Elegant Eggplant marker and filling in with blender pen, then I cut them out. My friend, Kye Ann, yes pronounced like the pepper, asked me what I was going to do with those flowers and I said I have no idea. But when I started putting them on background paper they looked best on white and I wanted black and I matted it with black and it just came together easily. I ran the "vase" through the Big Shot inside the Elegant Lines embossing folder to get texture onto the vase.

The recipient of this card loves purple and loves pansies so I hope this card makes her very happy.

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Ink: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Pear Pazzaz

Paper: Pear Pazzaz, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Paper Snips, 2-step Bird punch, Ornament Punch, Scallop Trim border punch, Elegant Lines ef, Big Shot, sponge, corner rounder, dimensionals

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Stamping 411 Challenge 213

Here is another Stamping 411 Challenge. I changed a few things up on this one but I like how it turned out. The Woodlands dsp matches the new stamp set Tagtastic pretty well. Too bad it's retired.

The Owl two- step punch always makes a cute card. Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

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Lap of Luxury Birthday

My grand niece turns 8 this month and she will be receiving this card with a little present tucked inside. This Lap of Luxury dsp has been one of my all time favorite papers to work with. I love purple and a whole stack of designs with purple as a main color in the form of Concord Crush has been a delight. And I am so happy that the In Colors get to hang around for another whole year. That is super. This is one of the items on the last chance accessories list so you have to act fast if you want your own beautiful paper to play with.

• Also here you can see how the new Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch looks when it is set on all 3 layers. Makes a perfect center for the Bigz clear Flower die.
• Also used is the branch from the 2-step Bird Punch and that is the Holly Jolly dsp you see.
• I used the Itty Bitty Shape Punch Pak to get the small center of the flower
• Then topped it off with a Basic Rhinestone.
• The Curly Cute stamp set was usedalong with Concord Crush ink for the sentiment and curved with the bone folder.
• To get that perfect end to the banner I cut a straight piece of Whisper White cardstock and used the corner of the 1 1/4" square punch to give it a nice tail.
• It all sits on the base card of Pretty in Pink.

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Owls of Blue

Here is another card made with the Punch Bunch set. It's one of the items you can choose for FREE with a $50 purchase of Stampin' Up products this month. This set has 5 stamps and they all coordinate with one of the punches SU has to offer.

As you can see here the true friend button on this card is another stamp in the set  that is easily punched out with the 1" circle punch. This card was made with the woodland dsp and pacific point and melon mambo card stock and ink. The 2 step bird punch provides the branch the owls are perched on.

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