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Blossom Builder Punch for embossing

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I wanted to showcase the Blossom Builder Punch again, but this time without the stamp set. And I decided to have a go at a technique I saw on Brian King’s blog which he calls faux embossing. Martin commented that it was a bit subtle and that the test would be whether I could photograph it!

Stampin' Up! Blossom Builder Punch and Suite Sayings

I punched out a number of the pieces and in the end decided to just use the stars and leaves on this card. I used the multipurpose tombow glue to randomly atttach stars and leaves to a piece of card. I then ran it through the big shot with my precision plate and one clear plate to squash it a little to give more of the embossed look. I think this photo shows it better:

Stampin' Up! Blossom Builder Punch and Suite Sayings

I then attached it to a melon mambo mat and then moved onto the sentiment. This is from Suite Sayings (love this set) from the annual catalog and I’ve of course stamped in melon mambo. I cut it out using the new layering ovals framelits; I also cut a scalloped piece as a mat but it didn’t really fit with the rest of the card. Instead for a little decoration, I used the 1/8″ stitched ribbon which I just happen to have in the matching melon mambo!

I hope that I’ve shown you some of the fun that you can have with the blossom builder punch.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Blossom Builder Punch

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As promised yesterday, I took some time away from cleaning (yes, we’re still not completely vaporised chicken free!) to play with the blossom builder punch which is on sale this week.

Stampin' Up! Blossom Builder Punch and Bunch of Blossoms

I even went one further and used the metallic enamel shapes which are also 25% off through Wednesday. So, what have we got here? I started with melon mambo (a surprise, I know) and stamped the outline of the petal full strength, then the partial petal stamped off once and the full petal stamped off twice. I punched all of them out and then used my bone folder to get some curl – you know, the way that you make curling ribbon really curl with scissors. The centre is a piece of melon mambo card stock just punched out with the blossom builder punch. It’s a fun punch, there are 5 parts to it:

Blossom Builder Punch

Next was the stalk with is stamped in old olive using the stamp that doesn’t have the watercolour look and then the sentiment. All of the stamping is from the Bunch of Blossoms set which coordinates with the blossom builder punch. Normally they are $35 as a bundle, if you take advantage of the 25% savings and buy them individually, it’s $34.50. But if you previously bought the stamp set and decided you didn’t need the punch, now is the time to get it!

To make the flower, I put a couple of mini glue dots onto the card and started building – I added another glue dot along the way. Then I glued on the little piece of melon mambo card. Here you can see how much 3D effect you can get curling the petals, so much more fun than just stamped flat on the page.

Stampin' Up! Blossom Builder Punch and Bunch of Blossoms

I added three of the silver metallic enamel shapes – just picking them up with my paper snips and putting them down gently until I had all three out and could get them where I wanted them before pressing them down to adhere. I used old olive for my mat and put that onto a melon mambo card base.

I’m glad that the punch is on sale this week and thus pushed me to use it. I had a lot of fun. I may come up with something else for tomorrow using it as well.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Love You Lots, Baby Bear

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As it’s Thursday, there’s a new challenge on the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge blog – which is why this post is later than usual. It’s timed to coincide with the challenge blog. Today it’s a colour challenge and to make this card I combined two sets, the hostess set Love you Lots and Baby Bear.

Stampin' Up! Lots of Love and Baby Bear

Here’s the colour banner which inspired my card.

I was a little worried about this combination – as I’ve mentioned before, I’m not overly fond of brown and to make it worse, when I made this card, I hadn’t yet made peace with flirty flamingo. So it was with some trepidation that I sat down to see what was going to happen. I started with a piece of watercolour paper thinking about doing a sunset with trees and started happily using my aquapainter to add sweet sugarplum and flirty flamingo. It looked really good. I’m not sure where the idea of the elephant came from – other than it was on my desk – but I decided to stamp her in chocolate chip and I loved the look. I also stamped her again on the whisper white card. I then snipped her out – cutting off her tail – and then glued my piece of watercolour paper right over the top. I added a little more sweet sugarplum in the shaded areas for contrast and a wash of more chocolate chip for some ground. The sentiment comes from the set Baby Bear and it’s also stamped in chocolate chip.

There was something missing and I looked around my table for a little something. I was actually at a day crop and didn’t have all my supplies, but I did have my new punch, the blossom builder. Perfect. I punched out a piece of flirty flamingo and put it on a foam mat. I then used the handle of my scoring tool to press down on the centre to make the edges pop up. A rhinestone in the centre and my baby elephant had her bling.

For the envelope, I stamped the elephant again and left her plain. So it coordinates but doesn’t give away everything about the card ahead of time.

I hope that you’ll pop over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team have created and to have a go yourself. You don’t need a blog to enter, any public gallery will do or even Facebook.

See you tomorrow,

Liz