Hi!  Wow what a busy week this has been.  From enjoying the boys Learning Journey at school (where we get to go in and view their work from last term and spend time with them in the classroom) to preparing for the upcoming school fete and I also had the honour of being asked by Stampin’ Up! to present a Workshop Wow at the Regional Seminar on Saturday.  

I had a fantastic time at Regionals yesterday and just love getting together with my stamping friends and learning new ideas and techniques (and a few sneak peaks of products soon to come).  We made some gorgeous make and take projects with a new stamp set and wheel from the upcoming Summer Mini and enjoyed some great presentations from other local demonstrators, and staff from Sydney and the US.

I decided to do my presentation on vellum petals made with the oval punches.  Here are the samples of the cards I presented:

For this card I have used Riding Hood Red, Kraft, Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White cardstock with sentiment from Occasional Greetings and the So Swirly jumbo wheel.  I’ve also added dazzling diamonds, 1″ circle punch, chunky glitter and clear rhinestones for the centre of the flower.

For this card I have used the “petals” as buttlerfly wings.  Cardstock is Lavender Lace and Certainly Celery with Washington Apple DSP, wide Celery grosgrain ribbon, the oval scallop punch and the large oval punch with the sentiment from Best Yet, Level 1 hostess set. I have made the butterfly body with clear rhinestone and the head is from the Ice Circle Rhinestones.

For this card I have glued the ovals onto the Sweet Always DSP rather than vellum to give a completely different effect.  Also when I’ve punched the ovals I have made the petals wider at the end to give it a heavier look.  This card uses Regal Rose, Choc Chip, Pumpkin Pie cardstock, the distressing tool from the cutter kit, sentiment from Stem Sayings, wide Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, choc chip grosgrain, and pumpkin grosgrain, 1″ and 3/4″ circle punches and a fire rhinestone brad.  For the leaves I have punched two ovals from Certainly Celery cardstock and run them through the crimper.

and finally, for my favourite of the lot, I have used the Scallop Oval Punch for this elegant effect on the petals.  I just love this card (if I do say so myself) with this gorgeous combination of Kraft, Choc Chip and Baja Breeze cardstock.   I have paper pierced the edge of the Kraft and also the stem of the flower and then gone over it with my white gel pen.  For the centre of the flower I have used the 1 1/4 ” circle punch of Parisian Breeze DSP and added a button from the Button Bouquet range.  I’ve also used the Curly Label punch and the stamp from the Cute & Curly set and added Baja Breeze striped grosgrain ribbon.

I’m hoping to make a tutorial on this technique over the next few days so don’t forget to come back and visit soon if you’d like to see how to make these.

Well, it’s time to get ready for another busy week!  Back soon.