Pansy Punch Fun

The Pansy Punch is one of the products in the Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals this week so I decided to highlight a couple of ways I used the punch.

The card above was one of the cards featured in my Virtual Stamp Night Creations blog post. For this card I used the punch to highlight a particular spot of another stamp. This technique is called the spotlight technique and it is very easy to do. You stamp an image in one colour on two different pieces of card stock and then pick an area of the image to punch out of one of the stamped images. You then colour the image on the punched piece and adhere it to the whole image with a dimensional. So easy and so cool! I need to do this again. The stamp set I used on the card is the Butterfly Basics stamp set. I coloured the image on the punched out piece with my Blender Pens.

The card below was featured in my post titled Card Stock Only Challenge.

For this card I added some texture to the pansies by placing them on the Stampin Pierce Mat and going around the edges with the round end of my Paper Piercing Tool and then turning them over and pressing the round end of the Paper Piercing Tool in the middle to make the petals pop and adding lines to the middle of each petal. I repeated that a few times until I was happy with the look. I used a number of different products and techniques with this card and you can read more about it on the original post.

The Birthday Blossoms and Flower Shop stamp sets coordinate with the Pansy Punch. Presently I don't have either of these stamp sets, but I hope to change that soon.

Finding a new purpose

A few posts ago, in my Butterfly Decorations and Stands post, I posted a picture of a few elements that I was hoping to use in cards soon. I made use of one of them in this card. The stamped image was one I made when I was working on my Blue Morpho card, thinking I would use it as the background for the Blue Morpho butterfly, but when I went to place the butterfly on the card I didn't like how the butterfly covered up the beautiful flowers and ferns. I decided to use a different background for the butterfly and laid this piece aside for another time. Tonight was the time.

I stamped the flowers and ferns with Pistachio Pudding using stamps from the Butterfly Basics stamp set. I used my Blender Pens and Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, and Crushed Curry ink pads to fill in the leaves and add some colour to the flowers. I stamped the greeting using another one of the stamps from the Butterfly Basics stamp set and Crushed Curry ink.

I decided to tear the edges of the whisper white card stock to give it a soft look and tied a piece of Crushed Curry ribbon across the bottom before attaching it to a Strawberry Slush mat and then to a Pistachio Pudding card base.

I added a couple of Pearls for a little extra punch.

**Strawberry Slush and Pistachio Pudding were part of the 2013-2015 in Colours so will no longer be available after June 2. Melon Mambo and Wild Wasbi could be used in their place.

My Stamping Buddy bails me out on a busy day

This beautiful card was created by my Stampin' Buddy when she was over to my place stampin' recently. It was inspired by Kylie Bertucci's card in her Natures Perfection Stamp Set - Saleabration post. 

The card base was made with Basic Black card stock. the images are stamped on a piece of whisper white cardstock that is matted on a piece of blue/green cardstock, but I can't remember the exact colour she used.

The stamps used are from the Nature's Perfection stamp set, a Sale-a-bration item that is no longer available for purchase. Sadly, I don't remember what colours she used for the stamping or colouring, but I do remember that she used a blender pen to do the colouring on the big flower.

The greeting, one of the stamps from the Simply Wonderful stamp set (another Sale-a-bration item no longer available for purchase), was stamped with VersaMark and then sprinkled with White Emboss Powder and heated with the Heat Tool.

I love this card and think I'm going to have to make one myself when life slows down again. This is a crazy weekend for us as it's show time for Anna. The past month has been full of rehearsals for Happily Ever After and I finally get to see her play her parts (one of the wicked step sisters, and one of the witch children) tonight! I can't wait!

Cards for difficult times

The Thoughts and Prayers Stamp set is one of my favourite. It is a great set for creating cards for friends that may be going through difficult times. I love the images and the sentiments in the set. I am only featuring one of the sentiments in this post.

For this card I started with a whisper white card base which I created by cutting an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of card stock to get an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece which I scored at 4 1/4.

I cut a 5 3/8 x 4 piece of Early Espresso card stock and adhered it to the front of the card.

I cut a 5 1/4 x 4 piece of pistachio pudding. I embossed the edge of the card with one of the Delicate Designs embossing folders and trimmed the scalloped edge with scissors before adhering it to on top of the Early Espresso.

I cut a piece of 4 1/4 x 2 3/8  piece of whisper white card stock to stamp the images on. 

Instead of inking the stamp with an ink pad, I applied the ink by colouring directly on the rubber stamp before stamping. I inked the tree trunk and branches by inking that part of the rubber stamp with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker. I didn't have a Pistachio Pudding Marker but I learned a little while ago that you can pick up ink from any stamp pad with a Blender Pen to use to colour stamped images or to apply ink to a stamp before stamping. I inked the leaves by using a Blender Pen and picking up ink from a Pistachio Pudding ink pad to ink the leaves on the rubber stamp. I then "huffed" (kind of like blowing) on the stamp a couple of times to ensure the ink was wet before stamping it onto the card. I coloured the sentiment with the Early Espresso marker and stamped it on.

I cut a 4 1/2 x 3 piece of Early Espresso card stock to make a mat for the image. I adhered the two together before adhering them to the card front.

I love how it turned out.

For this card I again started with a whisper white card base which I created by cutting an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of card stock to get an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece which I scored at 4 1/4.

I cut a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of Calypso Coral card stock and embossed it with the Filigree Embossing Folder which was in the Holiday catalog but sadly is no longer available.

I cut 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 piece of Very Vanilla card stock. Once again I used the Early Espresso Stampin' Write maker to ink the stem of the flower image directly on the rubber stamp. I used the Blender Pen to pick up ink from a Wild Wasabi ink pad to ink the leaves and also to pick up ink from a Pistachio Pudding ink pad to ink the flowers. Once the stamp was all inked I "huffed" on it to make sure the ink was wet before stamping the image. It took a bit of time but I love how it turned out. I inked the sentiment with the Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker before stamping it.

I cut a 3 x 4 piece of Early Espresso card stock and adhered the stamped image to it before adhering both to the card front.

You can't really notice it in the pictures but the Very Vanilla gives the card a softer look than if I had used Whisper White.

If you are interested in trying out this method of inking images, let me know by filling in the contact form to the right. If you live close by I'll try to arrange a class for you to attend. If you live too far to come to a class, I can arrange to demonstrate it for you through Skype or FaceTime if you are interested.

If don't already have the supplies and you place an order with me for all of the following:

1. a Thoughts and Prayers stamp set, 

2. an Early Espresso ink pad or marker, 

3. a Pistachio Pudding or Wild Wasabi ink pad, 

4. a Coral Calypso ink pad, 

5. a blender pen, 

I will send you the paper supplies needed to make both of these cards and guide you through making them, either in person or through the internet. If you add a little more to your order, so that it totals $60, you will be eligible to receive one of the free products in the Sale-a-Bration brochure. You can have the order delivered directly to you. Let me know if you are interested and want more information.

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