Retirement Parade Continues - 5-Petal Flower punch

My stamp club ladies know that I am a nut for punches. Largely, this is because I am lazy - too lazy to fussy cut much of anything. So punches are perfect for me. The coordinating punches and stamp sets are some of the many things I love about Stampin' Up! Today, I pay homage to one of the punches that is retiring at the end of the month - the 5-Petal Flower punch.


The sketch for my card comes from Sketch Frenzy Friday. I also played along with The Paper Players challenge this week. I chose diagonally - Flowers, My Choice (bling), and Designer Paper.

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Supplies:

•  Stamp Set - Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
• Ink -Basic Black (101179)
• Card Stock - Pear Pizzazz (119795), Rich Razzleberry (115316), So Saffron (105118), Whisper White (100730)
• Designer Series Paper - Pocketful of Posies (122354) 
• Accessories - Basic Pearls (119247), Large Basic Pearls (125577)
• Tools - 5-Petal Flower punch (119880), Boho Blossoms punch (119858), Modern Label punch (119849), Word Window punch (119857)

Keep on stamping!

Sue

Christmas in August

Beginning now, I need to make a few Christmas cards a week in order to be ready to send them in early December. I have good intentions now. Let's see if I follow through or whether I am pulling an all-nighter to get them done in December!

Here is my Christmas card for this week. It uses the Pennant Parade stamp set. I love that this set can be used for multiple things. Of course, it makes adorable pennant banners on a card but it can also be used as Christmas trees. The set includes the tree base as well as the stars.

Stamping Vogue Tips:

• Liven up your background using the Hello Doily, stamped in a monochromatic shade of ink.
• Add interest to the main image panel by using the larger pennant for the the center tree and popping it up with a dimensional.
• Use punches to make quick work of lining up your sentiments.

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Supplies:

• Stamp Sets - Pennant Parade (W 999999, C 122742), Hello Doily (W 122845), Teeny Tiny Wishes (W 115370)
• Ink - Old Olive (102277), Real Red(103133), Chocolate Chip (100908)
• Card Stock - Old Olive (100702), Real Red (102482), Whisper White (100730)
• Tools - Petite Pennants Builder punch (122361), Scallop Trim Border punch (118402), Modern Label punch (119849), Word Window punch (119857), 1/2" Circle punch (119869)

Keep on stamping!

Sue

Graduation Time

It's graduation time of year and I have several family members and neighbors graduating this May and June. This card is for my neighbor, Kevin. His party is this weekend but I am going ahead and posting his card now. I am pretty sure he doesn't read my blog!

The card sketch is from The Paper Players challenge 48.

Here is the inside of the card. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Stamping Vogue Tips:

• Use the grad's school colors to determine your color scheme. Good ole Duluth High School's colors are purple, black, and white but this card would be easy to shift to another color scheme.
• Embossing a layer adds interest but keeps the card in a masculine vibe.
• Stamp off the globe image once to make a nice background for the bold sentiment.
• Stamp the sentiment again in Concord Crush. Cut out and pop up the arrow to tie your color scheme together.
• The cardstock arrows rotate so the grad can make them go any direction he chooses.

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Supplies:

• Stamp Sets - Word Play (W 120308 , C 120651), The Open Sea (W 123030, C 123032), Teeny Tiny Wishes (W 115370)
• Ink - Basic Black (101179), Basic Gray (109120), Concord Crush (119785)
• Designer Series Paper - In Color Patterns (hostess) (121028)
• Card Stock - Basic Black (121045), Basic Gray (121044),  Concord Crush (119792), Whisper White (100730)
• Tools - Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Square Lattice Embossing Folder (119976), Big Shot (113439)
•  Accessories - Silver Brads (104336)

Keep on stamping!

Sue