Floral Punch Craft - Begonia

I started this card by cutting an aperture from the front of the card with the plain square Nestibilities die then cut 2 pieces of contrasting coloured card the same size and the base card front, the lighter shade of these 2 pieces I used the cuttlebug birds and swirls folder and embossed the card, with the other piece I used the scalloped edge square die to cut an aperture from the center and layered these and stuck them onto the inside front of the base card.

I used the Spiral Bouquet by PTI to stamp the image on the base card then I outlined this with a quickie glue pen and added glammer dust.

I then made the Floral Punch Craft begonia using the Begonia Theme Punch I also needed the leaves to have shine as from what I can remember the begonia leaf has a waxy appearance, this was trial and error as I needed a glaze that would be flexible, I settled for a product called decopatch and it seems to have worked well.

Finishing by tying a ivory ribbon around the top of the card.

I've added a close up of the Floral Punch Craft here. if you click on the image you will see a close up image.

Edwardian Chocolate Caramel

Stared with a base card in chocolate then mad an overlay in the caramel colour and cut the edges using the oval Nestabilities I stamped one side with the leaves from PTI (Beautiful Blooms) and the other using the Edwadian Couple Stamp that was bought for me by a friend, both were stamped with brushed corderoy Distress ink, I took a damp brush and blended parts on the couple image. I used the cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to emboss a piece of the chocolate card and layered it all up and tying a chocolate ribbon around the caramel coloured card.

Using the same colours of card I made a daisy for the centre piece,

Pastel meets Black

I decided to give the Remember Stamp set a whirl in some different colours this time and used chalk inks by versamagic I wasn't sure what colour card I was going to have and at first tried the aqua mist colour as a base card but it wasn't giving me the impact I was looking for, then a piece of the aqua mist ribbom was laying on some black card so I took the design from there.

I love the fact that the Black and the aqua mist look so dramatic together.

Matching Card & Gifts

I loved working on these projects, it's really nice to give matching card and gifts all products used are from Papertrey Ink

I carried on the theme to gifts A clear topped tin and a frosted tie top bag.

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Remembering To Thank You

A new Stamp set from PTI - Remember. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the Swiss Dots onto the base card then layered the PTI Red card on top after adding the scalloped edge. Using white card stock I stamped the Poppies with Pure Poppy ink and added the green vines onto a seperate piece, cut ot the poppies and layered then on top of the vines I edged this card with red lines to simulate a stitched edge. I wrapped the top knotch ribbon around the card and tied into a knot.

I finished by cutting 2 circles with Nestabilities and stamping the sentiment onto the white one and added a ribbon between the layers.

All products used are from Papertrey Ink