Bella Blue B-day

I'll be away from my little stampin oasis and relaxin' and playin' with the family, hopefully beachside (my other favorite oasis) if the weather coorperates. I'll be back in 10 days!! Wahoo! Hope you'll come back and join me then!! I needed a quick b-day card to send out before we go, and with not much time between packing and getting ready for our road trip, this came together as hoped. If you haven't seen my previous floral frenzy with punches, scroll down to take a peek at the roses, carnations and tulips. This card uses the 'carnation' kreation from tissue paper and the Extra Large Flower Punch in the Occasions Mini.
* Standard cardbase of Not Quite Navy
* Layered with Bella Blue DSP
* Kraft Taffeta Ribbon 'hugs' my DSP with a pretty bow adhered with a glue dot
* Happy Birthday comes from the Well Scripted set in the Occasions Mini. I absolutely love the look of this font! Inked in Not Quite Navy and stamped onto Whisper White
* The Not Quite Navy 'vines' come from another of my favorite sets in the Occasions Mini, Vintage Vogue.
* And finally my 'carnation' popped out of tissue, crumpled and given a touch of Not Quite Navy to the petals with my sponge dauber and a little bit 'o bling with a Circle Ice Rhinestone Brad in the center.


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Carnations

Playing with more paper flowers....did you see the roses in my previous post? Hmmm, are these carnations? They are so pretty whatever they are! And SUPER simple. I've seen so many renditions of flowers out there lately and they are all so great, but I apologize, I do not know whom to give proper credit. If you know, drop me a comment so I can credit them.

Take your Extra Large Fancy Flower and punch through about 10 layers of tissue. Using your piercing tool, pierce through the middle of your layers and fasten a brad. Take the tissue flower and crumple it up in your hand. Carefully and slowly, uncrumple and separate your layers. TIP: Use your pointy piercer tool to separate. Then I just took a dauber and ink of choice to accent the edges of the 'petals'. Easy right!!

*I daubed mine with Apricot Appeal and Cameo Coral and set them on a Standard Whisper White cardbase with some glue dots
*Matted with a Whisper White Top Note that was run throught the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and placed on dimensionals on the card base.
*Old Olive branches were popped out using the Extra Large 2-step Bird Punch
*A Pretty in Pink Satin ribbon for a pop of color
*Sentiment from Sincere Salutations inked in Pretty in Pink popped out with the Wide Oval Punch and placed on dimensionals.

Give 'em a try - they are so soft and pretty! Let me know your thoughts, love it when ya do ;) Happy Stamping...

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A Rose is a Rose

Ah, spring is in the air and I just can't wait to get into my garden. So for now I was more than happy to play with all these paper flowers I've been seeing out there.
Look at these roses, made with the new Extra Large Flower Punch (Occasions Mini) aren't they so pretty? And they're not all that difficult to make. Here is a link for the how to by Julie Williams.

And here is my card, inspired by Gretchen Barron, where I first saw these gorgeous roses. I know there is a rule of 'odds', but 3 of these flowers just looked like too much and took away from how pretty they are! Forgive me!
* Ran a piece of So Saffron and Bridal Specialty paper through the Big Shot with Top Note Die.
* Like Gretchens sample, I sponged Apricot Appeal and Pretty in Pink ink onto a piece of Bridal Specialty paper, (the glossy white swirls on the paper design resist ink - so you can kreate your own beautiful paper). Snipped around the Top Note to layer onto a So Saffron Top Note matte
* My sentiment from Sincere Salutations was inked in Apricot Appeal onto Whisper White and popped out with the Wide Oval Punch.
* Using the same sponges as before, I went over the Whisper White lightly with Apricot Appeal and Pretty in Pink, to soften it and give it the same look as the background.
* Adhered my Apricot Appeal roses with Old Olive leaves, kreated with the Large Oval Punch
* A piece of White Organza ribbon and bow add the final soft touch.

Now, how do you mail this without those purdy roses gettin' smooshed??? LOL

I've had a busy week and some more preparations for an upcoming workshop, but I'll be back shortly with some more fun flowers. Take a looky

Aren't they fun?! Carnations maybe? I'll be back the beginning of the week to explain how and show you my card. Until then Happy Kreating!!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Sincere Salutations
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal, So Saffron, Whisper White, Bride Specialty
Accessories: Tombow Multi-purpose Adhesive, Extra Large Flower Punch, White Organza Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Top Note, Sponges