Spring Colours for The Paper Players

The colour challenge at The Paper Players got my attention as the Subtles Collection is my favourite SU colour group. I made a card in a box with punched Spring flowers (Stamp Set - Beautiful Bunch) for a friend of mine.  The recipient will be her grandmother in Canada who is turning 86 this year.

   

The card base is made from some specialty paper I bought from an art supplies shop in Sydney (Eckersley's Art & Craft , York Street) called paper weave and the leaves are punched from the Bird Builder Punch.

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Thanks, Claire and the DT -

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/pp294-challenge-winners.html


 
Thank you catluvr2 at Splitcoast Stampers -
 Congratulations! In the General Stamping forum, you're in the FAVORITES for the week ending May 15. See post #68.

Paper Succulents made from Stampin' Up! Punches and Dies

Succulents are the latest trend in Home Decor; you can spot them in just about every gift shop - real ones, plastic or felt replicas, pictures, stationery items etc. ... so it made perfect sense to create some paper ones with Stampin' Up! supplies.

After a bit of a search on Pinterest, I came across a great tutorial by Allison Okamitsu. I decided to CASE all her gorgeous samples and only changed the colour for one of them.  Wow! I am totally hooked on paper succulents. Thanks for the creative inspiration, Allison.  I even added a little one of my 'own' to the bowl and can see myself making a few more in the not too distant future.

 The grey bowl and rocks were purchased from Spotlight (Australia).

Make sure you check out Allison's tutorial for inspiration.  I have included the 'recipe' below for easy reference -

1.  Flower Fair Framelits Die, Mossy Meadow Card Stock and Ink, Gorgeous Grunge Stamp - Cut 5
2.  Fun Flower Punch, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock and Ink, Beautiful Bunch Stamp - Punch 6
3.  Botanical Builder Framelits (centre piece), Pistachio Pudding Card Stock - Cut 5 (my idea)
4.  Flower from Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Wild Wasabi Card Stock and Ink, Pictogram Punches Stamp - Punch 3 for each one
5.  Bouquet Bigz Large Die, Garden Green Card Stock and Ink, Gorgeous Grunge Stamp - Cut 3
6.  Bouquet Bigz Large Die, Mint Macaron Card Stock - Cut 6
 

  

That was a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon in the school holidays.  I'm looking forward to making more 3D paper succulents and am pretty stoked that the upcoming catty has a new stamp set called Live, Love Grow with images of succulents!!  That will definitely make it onto my first order for the new 2016/17 SU catalogue.

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