Chervon Thanks

As soon as I saw the Chervon Border Punch in the Holiday catalog, I pictured ribbon running through the cut out. Of course, it can be used in many other ways but that was what my mind's eye saw to start with. I know I'll have fun discovering other ways of using this great punch!

Materials:
Venetian Romance DSP (#130144)
Bermuda Bay cardstock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" and 1 1/2 x 5/12"
Baked Brown Sugar cardstock  2 x 3" plus a small scrap
Simply Sketched stamp set (Hostess #129672)
Pumpkin Pie 1/2" Grosgrain Striped Ribbon (#110715)
Hung Up Cute Clips (#129389)
3/16" Corner Punch (#119871)
Chevron Border Punch (#132154)
Tangerine Tango marker
Gumball Green marker
Baked Brown Sugar In Color ink pad
white cardstock scraps

I have just fallen in love with the Venetian Romance Designer Paper! My romantic side just loves the colors and patterns in this pack!

1. Use the corner rounder to round all 4 corners on the patterned paper. Lay it aside.
2. Punch the Chevron pattern in the Bermuda Bay cardstock. You might want to practice a bit the first time you use this punch. When I first used it, it took me a minute to realize how to line up the cardstock in order to get the punches correct. It's not really hard. It just requires a little more watching than some punches do.
3. Weave a 6" piece of ribbon through the center of the chevron design. Apply adhesive to the back sides of the  punch and to the ribbon. Press this to the left hand side of the patterned paper, leaving about 1/4" of patterned paper on the left.
4. Use the 2 different colored markers to apply ink to the stamp. Give the stamp a "huff" to moisturize the ink and stamp on white cardstock. Cut the flower out close to the stamp edges. Adhere it to the 2 x 3" Baked Brown Sugar cardstock. Place that near the top right side of the paper.
5. Stamp the "thanks so much" greeting with Baked Brown Sugar ink. Cut it out. Adhere it to a small piece of brown cardstock. Cut to have about 1/8" brown border around the stamped greeting. Adhere it to the bottom right of the card.
6. Slide the arrow clip to the bottom right of the patterned paper. Be sure it is pointing the same direction as the chevron.
7. Apply adhesive to the back of the patterned paper and place it on the Baked Brown Sugar cardstock. Put all of this on to your card base.

Hummingbird

Sorry I don't have a project or technique for you today. The truth is that I've been super busy. Between grandchildren, church & my garden, I'm doing good to have time to even think. I even had to start putting up my summer crookneck squash this week. I mean, I love fresh squash but how many days in a row can you eat it! lol Hope you enjoy this card.

1. The background paper for this card was made using the waxed paper technique. To see how to do this click here.

2. The floral image and the hummingbird is from the Elements of Style(#120045) stamp set. The hummingbird is stamp with Melon Mambo classic ink and cut out around the outside edges of the image.


3. The floral image was colored with Melon Mambo, Pixie Pink, Old Olive and Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write Markers. To see how to stamp multiple colors with one stamp click here.

4. Tie 1/2" Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon(#113883) around the card in a knot. Adjust the ribbon so that the knot is in the upper 1/4 of the card.

5. Adhere your colored image overlapping the ribbon. Place the hummingbird so that is beak is near one of the flowers. Use Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430) on the back of the bird so that he pops above the flowers.

6. The "Thanks" greeting is from Perfect Punches (#120516) stamp set in Melon Mambo classic ink. It was punched out with the scallop oval (#119856) punch. One of the advantages of using SU! punches with SU! stamps is that so many of them go together. It's much easier to use the punch to cut something like this out than it is to use your scissors!

7. Again, this was popped up with some Stampin' Dimensionals on the back.

8. Now adhere the entire card front to your card base and you are ready for a super stamped greeting on the inside or one of your own handwritten greetings.