Time is passing so quickly! I just love all the tropical themed products in
Stampin' Up!'s Summer Mini Catalog but the mini only goes through August 31 and it's the 17th already! Yikes! So today I have taken the opportunity to use four of the Summer Mini products on my card for the current
Blogger's Challenge Birthday Challenge card!
Pure
Tempting Turquoise is the background color for my tropical creation. A layer of
Old Olive run through the
Big Shot with the
Square Lattice Embossing Folder reminds of woven tropical mats and is the bottom layer, topped with a splash of color from the
Island Oasis Designer Series Paper bordered with
Rose Red trim (done with the
Pinking Hearts Border Punch). Multiple palm fronds are stamped in Old Olive on the turquoise behind the flower for that breezy tropical feel.
The flower was created primarily with die cuts using the
Island Floral BigZ Die and the
Big Shot machine. Both the
Rose Red and
Pumpkin Pie flowers were die cut; the
Saffron flower was stamped with the 5 Petal flower stamp from the
Punched Posies Hostess set then punched out with the
5 Petal Flower Punch. The large
Pumpkin Pie flower has also been dry embossed with the Flourish design from the
Texturz Plates Backgrounds I set and the
Big Shot. Dazzling Diamonds bling up the flower center! The flower was adhered with
Dimensionals.
The birthday greeting stamp is from
Perfect Punches (2010-2011 Catalog), stamped in
Rose Red and punched out with the
Wide Oval Punch. Don't you just love all these wonderful punches? They give such professional results and are so quick and easy to use!
The good news is that the
Square Lattice Embossing Folder and the
Island Blossoms BigZ die have been carried over to the new 2010-2011 Catalog; the sad news is that the
Tropical Oasis Designer Paper and the
Tropical Party set were not : ( If you want these, you will definitely need to order them before August 31st!
You can see the other
Blogger's Challenge players' creations did by clicking on
this link then clicking on their name to go to their blogs!
Any of these products can be ordered from your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, or if you don't have one, I'd be happy to help you. Just
email me here.
Thanks for visiting me today! I plan to be posting more soon since I'm feeling better again.
Margaret
The box is Chocolate Chip cardstock die cut with the Big Shot and the Fancy Favor Box Die and wrapped with a swath of the Greenhouse Gala DSP. Peeking out underneath are scallops of Marina Mist made with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. The greeting has the same Marina Mist scallops under the sentiment from Favorite Thoughts set (Summer Mini only) and stamped with a light Marina Mist crown from the new Artistic Etchings set.
Other items include a mini purse-size hand sanitizer and several chocolate bars wrapped with the DSP and new In Color ribbons added. I also included a tube of hand cream (not shown) and a bag or key tag made with Stampin' Up! Longboard Chipboard, Greenhouse DSP, Friends Never Fade stamp set and a Mini Vintage Tag. The flower is covered with Crystal Effects for a shiny, dimensional surface and centered with one of our new Jewel Basics Rhinestone for bling!
The circular floral stamp was stamped in Pear Pizzazz then punched out with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch and layered onto a circle of Crumb Cake punched out with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch. A hole was punched through the center of this with the larger hole punch on the Crop-a-Dile and the new Pear Pizzazz ribbon threaded through and tied with a length of Linen Thread for a nice touch.
