I promised . . .
Last week at a workshop, one of my stampers, Jennifer, requested I post these cards to my blog, so here you go, Jennifer!
This first card was a swap I received at Leadership, but I have no idea who made it! Sometimes demos forget to put their names on their swaps in the last minute rush to comlete them, which makes it impossible to give credit for their beautiful artwork!
This card used the SAB set, "Punch Bunch" for the focal point owl. He is stamped in Concord Crush ink, then punched with the "Two-Step Owl" punch. The "Square Lattice" Textured Impressions Folder was used on the Very Vanilla Background, and the "Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border" punch was used for the trim on his party hat! We stamped "happy birthday" from "Curly Cute" from page 149 of the Big Catalog in Concord Crush on the Pear Pizazz layer, then tied a piece of Concord Crush 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon around it before attaching to the cardfront with Stampin' Dimensionals!
The branch the owl is sitting on is punched from the "Two-step Bird" punch, the pom-pom on his hat is with the 1/2" Circle punch, and the circle behind the owl is cut from the In-Color Designer Paper Pack Level 1 hostess and the 3" Circle Die for the Big Shot in the Occasions Mini!
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Swaps don't usually have an inside, they are usually just fronts, so for the inside of this card I used stamps from "Party Hearty" on page 54 of the Big Catalog, stamped with Concord Crush ink and punched with the 1 3/4" Circle punch!
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You may have already viewed this card in this post:
but this was the other card Jennifer wanted me to post, so I am re-posting it again along with the inside!
I used the "Perfect Polka Dots" Textured Impressions Folder on the Pink Pirouette background layer and the Pink Pirouette flower layer. The flower I cut out with the "Fun Flowers" Big Shot Die from the Occasions Mini. The flower center was punched from the Occasions Mini "Red Glimmer" paper with a 1/2" Circle punch. For the leaves I punched Wild Wasabi cardstock with the Small Oval punch, folded them in 1/2 along a pre-scored line, then ran them through the "Paper Crimper" to get the "leafy" look! The tag was stamped with one of the Hostess Level 2 sets, "Cute by the Inch", and then puched with the Small Tag punch, then layered on a Red Glimmer Large Tag. The red brad from the "Glimmer Brights" brads on page 31 of the Occasions Mini perfectly match the Red Glimmer paper, I hope we get more paper to match these!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2011
Here's the inside, words from the Level 2 Hostess set, "Something to Celebrate" from the Occasions mini, inked with Wild Wasabi and Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Markers, and punched with the Decorative Label punch!
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