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 Well, my little "by myself" vacation is over.  Sonny got home last night after playing golf in Pawley's Island for the past 5 days.  It was kind of fun being alone and doing and eating when and what I wanted.  I tried out 3 recipes from Green Chef that Ashley gave me and they all were delicious but nothing my hubby would eat!  One of them had couscous in it and another one cooked the pork with figs and had feta cheese on it.  All of that would have him doing a thumbs down!  I had never tried couscous before but really liked it so it went on my shopping list for another time.

I don't know if you have noticed but the Blog List on the left hand side looks like it has lost a lot of blogs.  BUT look closely at the bottom and you will see where it says "show all" after the 4 or 5 blogs that are displayed.  I guess this is a new feature for Blogger but you can still see all the blogs that you enjoy looking at.

Here are a few cards that I have made.

This card is a technique that I learned from on of the NC demo gals, Laurie Meier using the Stamparatus and grid paper to make a wreath builder.  The stamp set I used is the flower in Free As A Bird.  The sentiment is from Color and Contour.  I love the two In Colors together - Polished Pink and Evening Evergreen.

 

Here is another card using Polished Pink but this time with Soft Succulent.  The white scalloped cardstock is from the Scallop Contours Dies which can be bundled.  The flowers and sentiment are from Color and Contour.  I stamped the flower image first on the a piece of white card stock and fussy cut it.  I stamped the leaves onto the scalloped white cardstock and tied a piece of ribbon around the stem.  I used the Aqua Pen and Polished Pink ink to scatter a little pink over the card.

For this card, I embossed a piece of Granny Apple Green with the Brick & Mortar embossing folder and then adhered it to the card. I stamped the floral image (from Art Gallery) on scrap paper and  used the dies to cut it out before adhering it to the white cardstock .  I stamped the flowers again with Pale Papaya and cut them out with dies before adhering them on top of the image.  I used a little bit of Gilded Leafing on each of the flowers.  The DSP is from Fine Arts which has retired.

Pleased As Punch / NC Demo Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the NC Demos Blog Hop!  We are happy to share our punch-y projects with you this month.  You might have just come from Jo Anne's blog.  Great project, huh?  She always wow's us!

It's always fun to think about our theme and figure out what we will use ... in this case what punch we'll use!  Our monthly NC Demos Blog Hop is featuring PUNCHES.  I love punches!  Don't get me wrong - I like my dies too but it is so much easier to just punch out an image than having to run dies through the Big Shot.  

I decided to use the Rectangular Postage Punch for my two cards.  I don't think I have used that punch since Christmas!!  The good news is that it will be in the new catalog.  Another punch I used (and use all the time!!) is the Banners Pick A Punch.  I used it to "flag" the ends of the sentiment.

• For this card, begin with a white card base cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"  
• To the front, add a piece of Terracotta Tile cut at 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Emboss a piece of Petal Pink (4" x 5 1/4") with an embossing folder.  (I used Tasteful Textures.)
• Using a Blender Brush (or a dauber or sponge), lightly add a bit of Terracotta Tile ink over the Petal Pink card stock.   Adhere this piece to the card.
• Using the Rectangular Postage Punch, punch out 3 stamps from white card stock.
• Cut three pieces of Fine Art Floral DSP 1 1/8" x 1 3/4" and glue them to the punched white stamps.  Attach this piece to the white cardstock cut at 4 5/8" x 2 3/8"
• Stamp the sentiment (from Free As A Bird) on 1/2" white card stock strip using Terracotta Tile ink.  
• Flag the ends with the Banners Pick A Punch.
• Add the sentiment to the card front.

My second card is a bit different.  Again I used the Rectangle Postage Punch.

• Begin with a Pool Party card base cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"  
• Tie a piece of Coastal Cabana Sheer Ribbon around the next two layers before adhering them onto the Pool Party card.
• To the front of the card, adhere  a piece of white card stock measuring 4" x 5 1/4"
• Next, layer a piece of Fine Art Floral DSP (5" x 3 3/4") to the white card stock.
• Stamp the bird from Free As A Bird; use Stampin' Blends to color the bird; use the Rectangular Postage Punch to punch out the bird.
• Die cut a large and a small Stitched Nested Label.  
• Stamp the sentiment on the small label; cut one side; adhere to the bottom right.
• Die cut some leaves from the Free As A Bird dies and adhere to the large label.  Adhere to the top left.
• Attach the Rectangular Postage Punch with dimensionals.

Thank you for letting me share my cards with you.  Please stop by and see Laurie Meier's post

Amy Austin-Kinler
Jo Anne Hewins
Sharon Maranich  (you are here)
Laurie Meier
Tracie Evans Langley