Pansy Punch Art Flower Tutorial and Card

 


You know how I love flowers!!!  Each and every flower is my very favorite.  While browsing the web, I saw a Pansies made from the Butterfly Punch.  How clever!  You can see one of them over a Dawns, Do Stampin’ with Dawn.  Since I’m a One Stroke Certified Instructor, I had to make one the way I paint.  Here’s how I did it...

Punch 3 Whisper White Butterflies.  Cut the larger ends into tear drop shapes on 2 of the Butterflies, see photo above.  Cut the 3rd Butterfly in half and trim off a little of each edge on the top and cut the top off so its straight.  See lower right, photo above.  

Now using your daubers and Elegant Eggplant and So Saffron Ink Pads, color in your petals, by holding your finger on the edge and pulling the color onto the petal, try to pull the color into the center, the way a petal grows.  I held my finger onto the center point of the tear drop and pulled in all the Elegant Eggplant.  I let that dry, turned and pulled in the yellow.  Be sure to leave white space for the yellow, don’t color the entire petal in EE.  

Line up your petals as in the picture above.  I adhered mine with pop dots.
Now with your 1/4” hole punch, punch one in So Saffron and cut off the top of the circle as shown above.  With your 1/8” punch one in Garden Green.  Adhere with a touch of glue onto the center of the Pansy as shown in the upper right of the above photo.  Now add your lines with your black Micron.  You can also choose to match the darker color of your flower. 
Your Pansy center can be done either way, I chose to add a little white acrylic paint from a toothpick, making the “Pansy Smile”.  Some Pansy Smiles are more pronounced than others, depending on the variety. 
Supplies for today’s Pansy Card..

• Flower Pot Pocket Card Tutorial
  
• Tiny Tags Stamp Set 118091
  
• Scallop Edge Punch 112091
  
• Jewelry Tag Punch 117190
  
• Pumpkin Pie Card Stock
  
• Whisper White Cardstock
  
• Garden Green Cardstock
  
• Razzleberry Lemonade DSP 115675

Supplies for today’s Pansy Punch Art Flower Tutorial...

• Butterfly Punch 116629
  
• 2 Step Bird Punch 116629
  
• 1/4 inch Hole Punch
  
• 1/8 inch Hole Punch
  
• Whisper White Cardstock
  
• Garden Green Cardstock
  
• So Saffron Cardstock
  
• Stampin’ Up Daubers 102892
  
• Scissors
  
• Drop of Glue or 2 Way Glue Pen 100425 for Center dots
  
• Mini Glue Dots 103683

I hope you enjoy my Pansy Punch Art Flower Tutorial and Card.  Here’s some other flowers I’ve made using Punch Art and there tutorials.  Click on the picture for the tutorial.
 Poinsettia Punch Art Flower Tutorial...
Carla’s Trumpet Vine Punch Art Flower Tutorial...
Be sure to check on my Blog, under Tutorials for more Punch Art. 

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PPA 40 Monochromatic... Blues

 

Today’s card is for PPA Challenge, Monochromatic using Blues.  I chose to use Bashful Blue, only to realize I barely had enough DSP to do the Challenge.  But here’s my card.

I colored in my image using the Copy Cat Copics Technique from Butternut Sage.  Using Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Old Olive Re-inkers.  The body of the dragonfly is a mix of the greens and blues, which is a much richer, turquoise color on the card. 

I can’t wait to browse all the uploads today on the PPA.  Everyone is going to be using blue, I’m anxious to see all the different takes on the same color.

My supplies for today...

• Asian Artistry Stamp Set 114399
• With All My Heart Clear Stamp Set 118623
• With Love sentiment Retired – Yummy
• Bashful Blue DSP 112151
• Bashful Blue Cardstock
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Scallop Trim Border Punch 118402
• Modern Label Punch 116630
  • To layer... punch one out in the color you want to be the bottom layer, cut it in half, position and adhere underneath your punched sentiment.
• Technique Supplies...
  • Re-Inkers in Bashful Blue/Certainly Celery/Old Olive
  • 100% Pure Acetone, I got mine at Sally’s Beauty Supply.  Its cheap!
  • Blender Pens
    • Tip:  I use one pen for blues, one or two for greens, etc.  One side of the pen I use for coloring, actually dipping into the ink puddle and the other end of the same pen for blending the colors.

Here are a couple more cards I created with the Copy Cat Copics Technique.  Click on the pictures if you’d like to see more about that card.   

I can’t wait to see your Monochromatic Blue PPA Challenge Card, I’ll meet ya there.  Hugs, 

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All a Flutter Preview

Here’s another card I made using up my retired DSP, Bella Birds.  I added some older embellishments that I’m trying to use up.  My stash is in bad need of updating.  That awesome butterfly is from the Summer Mini, All a Flutter.  Its just the cutest! 

I’m going to write a special Mother’s Day greeting on the inside for one of my friends.  Her favorite color is this shade of blue.  Below is a pic of both cards from Bella Birds.  I hope this inspires you to use up some of that older DSP so you can update your stash too. 

Hugs to all...

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Bordering Blue meets All Occasion Card

Remember Bella Birds?  I love it and its been retired for so long.  But I decided to start using up my retired and retiring colors for the next few posts. 

This card I classify as a Quick n Easy.  You can change the Embosslits Hi #115952 to anything, a stamped image, a flower or two or just whatever your favorite is.  The blue is Bordering Blue and I didn’t realize how much I like it til yesterday.  But, I doubt I will miss it with all those gorgeous rich new colors. 

I couldn’t get a clear pic of the inside but here it is anyway.  I’m going to use this card for a Mother’s Day for a friend of mine, with a special handwritten note on the inside.  I love the the look the Eyelet Border Punch #113692 gives to this card. 

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PPA 39 KISS Challenge

I brought out the new Island Oasis DSP from the Summer Mini (sales period begins May 1st) for my KISS Card today.  I just love the bold bright colors.  There is matching stamps, favor boxes, an album, plus a Bigz Die to go with this set.  Its is so cool. 

A couple layers and a few 5 petal flowers with matching buttons was all I used for my card today.   A Quick ‘n Easy as well as a KISS card today. 

Supplies for today's card...

• Island Oasis DSP 117173
• 5 Petal Flower Punch 109041
• Designer Buttons in Button Latte 116313
• Designer Buttons in Playground 114333
• Tempting Turquoise Cardstock
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Polka Dot Embossing Folder for Flower on inside 117335

Now its your turn, go upload your KISS card today at the PPA. 

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Popsicle Stick Card Tutorial

Here’s the Popsicle Card Tutorial I promised.    This is such a fun card for any age!!!  I originally saw these at Patty Stamps.

Here are the supplies we’ll be using...  (please note if you want three layers for the front image you will need the Pendant Die #113483 also.)

• 1 3/8 Circle Punch 104401
• Scallop Circle Punch   109043
• Corner Rounder   109407
• Pendant Die   113483  optional, a 2 layer image is still awesome!!!
• Stampin’ Dimensionals
• Tape Runner
• Scraps of Color to match your image.  I chose Real Red and Green Galore for this tutorial
• Chocolate Chip Textured Cardstock
• Scrap of Whisper White Cardstock
• Popsicle Stick
• Tart and Tangy Stamp Set  111514

Cut your Chocolate Chip Textured Cardstock to 5 1/2 by 3 3/4 and score at 2 3/4.  With the opening on your right, using your Corner Rounder Punch, punch the upper left corner and the two bottom corners, with the card closed.  Using your Pendant die and piece of 3” square cardstock placing it over the Scallop Circle without the seam line and zip it thru your Big Shot.  With your Scallop Circle Punch, punch a coordinating piece.  Stamp your image onto a piece of scrap white and punch that out with your 1 3/8 Circle Punch.  See photo below...

Now on the top right corner, on the front of your popsicle, punch out a bite with your Scallop Circle Punch, using 4 scallops and lining up as in the photos below...

Now using the same technique and only 3 scallops, do the same to the back unpunched corner of the Popsicle Card.  

With a piece of coordinating scrap, one that matches your image color.  Punch on the corner of the cardstock with your Scallop Circle Punch a piece with 3 scallops.  Now moving your punch further into the Cardstock, punch again using 5 scallops.  See below...

Taking the above piece, adhere to the right corner of your Popsicle Card, matching up the scallops on the inside...

Lets line up that Popsicle Stick...

See how I lined it up to fit between the sides of an A-2 Envelope?  Cool.  Now adhere with Red Line Tape or Scor-Pal Tape, on the back side of your card.  

Add a piece of Ribbon to the Popsicle stick, using either a knot or a bow.  Sliding it up and down is what opens and closes the card.  (Did you notice I switched cards on ya...  the bite was green, now its red.)   Now adhere your Tart and Tangy image to the front, layering it as you would like.  You can place it in the center of your card and have your sentiment on the inside or push it up a bit and have the sentiment below the image.

The Popsicle Card on the left is plain and the Popsicle Card on the right has the Scalloped Edges pierced, even though you don’t see it in the photo.  Here are the ones from my previous post.   You’ll see I only used 2 layers for the image.

For further details about the above card, see this post titled Popsicle Sticks .

Enjoy and have fun making these.  Hugs,

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Simple Flowers

I finally got the Sizzix Die, Birds and Blossoms 113485 and I just love it.  But then of course its flowers.  I purchased Parisian Breeze a about a month before it retired, at the same time I became a Demo.  I thought I would use it today, you can always use any paper your want for yours.  I’m usually a big color person, but I wanted to tone it down a bit.  This could be a Sympathy Card to a Birthday Card. 

I wrapped the ribbon, Masterpiece 116230, around the first layer, then using Stampin Dimensionals to pop up the second layer, I wrapped more ribbon around it and tied a bow so the ribbon from each layer looked as one.   I used the Scallop Border Punch, 112091 along all the bottom edges of my layers.  Using the Corner Rounder 109047 I punched into the top of the card on both sides.The gems in the center of the flowers are little self adhesive pearls.  I love collecting all the little gems.  They are so fun to add to your projects. 

Thanks for dropping by today.  I’d love for you to leave me a comment if you have the time. 

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