Vellum Flowers

 Here is a card we made a couple of months ago at stamp club (see what you are missing?). The flowers are from the Stampin' Up! Mixed Bunch stamp set. I stamped them with Versamark™ and embossed them with Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo embossing powder. They were punched out with the coordinating Blossom Punch.  I paper pierced around the edge of the Whisper White card stock and used a Stampin' Write marker to make the faux stitching. 

  Vellum is so fun to work with! I like card stock vellum for embossing as it is thicker and doesn't wrinkle as much. 


 

Happy Birthday Mixed Bunch Medallion

    Seems like no matter how much ribbon I buy I don't  have the color I need.  On this card I simply used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch to punch a strip of paper that looks like ribbon! The medallion stamp is from the Stampin' Up!™ Mixed Bunch stamp set. I used Stampin' Write™ markers in Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, and Poppy Parade to color the medallion and then spritzed it with a little water to mute the colors. The sentiment is from the soon to be retired stamp set called On Your Birthday.

Good-bye Poppy Parade!

A pretty simple card! I used Poppy Parade for the card base. The flowers were stamped with  Stazon™ Black and colored with a Poppy Parade Stampin' Write™ marker. They were punched (no fussy cutting!) with the matching Blossom Punch. I added a couple of buttons from my stash, a little retiring 1/4" Basic Black grosgrain and a couple of Little Leaves in Always Artichoke. I don't always stock up on the retiring In-Colors but I did purchase an extra pack of Poppy Parade, just in case. 

  I am posting this while out of town visiting relatives.  I went bowling today for the first time in quite awhile. Let's just say that I did not throw any gutter balls, I did not fall, I got a couple of strikes and broke 100. After not bowling for several years, my goals are simple; keep the ball on the lane and don't do anything embarrassing! 
  

A Trio of Mixed Bunch Flowers

 I CASE'd this card from the Stampin' Success magazine for demonstrators.

 I don't know about you but I have a tendency to grab the same colors over and over again. I rarely grab Perfect Plum or Rose Red, no reason I just don't grab them. This card uses Perfect Plum, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red and Wild Wasabi. The stamp set is Stampin' Up! Mixed Bunch. The blossom punch was used to punch out the stamped flowers and the Square Lattice embossing folder added a little texture to the background.


  I have a whole box of new unopened goodies sitting in my basement just calling my name (Rhonda, Rhonda come play with all our beautiful goodnes!)....I didn't work today but spent the entire day running errands. You know, really exciting ones like getting hay for the bunnies, buying toilet paper and paper towels, mailing packages and returning a T-shirt that looked better on a hanger than on me. Sigh...Hang on goodies I'm on my way!

Calyso Coral Mixed Bunch Card

I like "fussy" cutting most of the time, however, these matching stamps and punches are much quicker! The flower image is from the Stampin' Up!™ set called Mixed Bunch and it fits perfectly in the Blossom punch. The flower is stamped in Calypso Coral with some Dazzling Details added and a couple of rhinestones.