Dynamic Duos #12

 I LOVE Poppy Parade.  I almost cried this year when it left the colour circuit.  Oh well.  I'm still hanging on to my supplies in case they ever bring it back (which I'm desperately hoping they will do).  Anywho, the challenge at Dynamic Duos this week is black and Poppy Parade, with a side of punches, if you please.

I must say that I haven't really used the Blossom Builder punch a whole lot.  I've had it forever, but it just isn't one of my go-to punches.  However, I've been seeing a bunch of theses decadent flowers lately so I pulled it out today to give it a shot.  It was a little time consuming, but well worth the effort.  I think I might bring a stack of paper in next time I'm watching a movie and make a few more.

The lovely flourish in the background is from Everything Eleanor.  I'm a lover of everything flourish (I even have a tattoo of a butterfly, the wing pattern of which is a bunch of flourishes).  They are simple yet elegant, and match many different styles of images.  Rather than just stamping the background like this, which would have been lovely too, I decided to use the delft tile technique.  Just adds another little extra.

Well, back to homework for the day.  Reading about Freud's psychoanalytic theory gets a little dry after five hours of it....

Workshop Thank Yous

I had a great workshop a couple of weekends ago and the ladies' orders should be in early this week.  I wanted to make them thank you cards to put in with their orders and here's what I came up with.  The Botanical Gazette designer paper is just beautiful and works perfectly with the Nature Walk stamp set.

I got another chance to use my Build a blossom set, and love how it turned out with the dark colour.







Stamps:  Nature Walk (121997), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370), Build a Blossom (121923)
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler (119685), Night of Navy (100867), Crumb Cake (120953), Early Espresso (119686), Botanical Gazette (121783)
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler (119669), Night of Navy (102997), Early Espresso (119670)
Extras: Blossom Petals Punch (121808), Modern Label Punch (119849), Embosslits Beautiful Wings (118138)

 

 

Build a Blossom

As soon as I saw the spring mini catalogue, I knew I had to have this.  The stamp set and punch give you limitless combinations of gorgeous flowers to make.  This is the first time I've played with this set and I am absolutely in love.  Today's task was to make some elegant cards, but next time I think I'll give it a try again with a more playful colour scheme and see what comes out!


Stamps:  Build a Blossom (121994), Simple Friendship (113397), En Francais (109521)
Ink: Perfect Plum (101437), Pear Pizazz (119784)
Paper: Crumb Cake (120963), Perfect Plum (101899), Pear Pizazz (119795)
Extras:  Clear Embossing Powder (109130)

Stamps:  Build a Blossom (121994), Baroque Border wheel (109675)
Ink: Poppy Parade (119782), Pear Pizazz (119784)
Paper: Night of Navy (100867), Poppy Parade (119793), Crumb Cake (120963)