2012 Artisan Award Entry #4 Plantable Seeded Flower Card

Each year, Stampin' Up! selects 10 demonstrators to become members of the Artisan Design Team to showcase their creativity throughout the year. For this year's contest the application samples had to consist of five cards, three scrapbook pages and two three-dimensional projects.

Well, I did not win this award but I had so much fun creating my projects. Also I think I probably had more than my fair share of awards lately (New Demonstrator Starter Kit Contest, Stampin' Up! demonstrator magazine March 2011 Art Contest "mama & papa", Milwaukee Regional Workshop Wow, Stampin' Connection Contest Ideas 2012), I really can't complain.

The winners have officially been announced (congratulations to all of them!!!) so I can start posting my projects. Let's start with the first card:

I made this flower from card stock scraps and flower seeds. It can be planted and with a little care flowers will grow. How cool is that????


How to make the SEEDED CARD STOCK:

1. Feed Real Red card stock through shredder or tear into small pieces.
2. Fill blender about 1/3 full with scraps, add warm water to the top.
3. Blend into pulp.
4.  Mix in seeds.
5. Spread mixture evenly over mesh or screen and squeeze out water.
6. Let dry completely.
7. Punch out flower.

Materials used:

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Real Red, Brights Collection Patterns DSP

Stamps:           Raining Flowers, Create A Cupcake, Tiny Tags

Ink / Marker:     Staz On Jet Black, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black

Accessories:     Fancy Flower Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Bitty Buttons, Linen Thread, 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon Real Red, Blender Pen, Stamping Sponges, Stamp-a-ma-jig, MDS (for the “plant me and flowers will grow”), Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, flowers seeds

Lace Ribbon Rosette and Raining Flowers

This card was made using the Lace Ribbon Border Punch and the Simply Scored scoring tool for the rosette which really makes the card pop. The stamp set is Raining Flowers, one of my favorites.

Materials used:

Stamp Sets: Raining Flowers (122765 w / 122767 c)

Card Stock / Paper: Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Regals DSP

Ink: Lucky Limeade, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon Lucky Limeade, Designer Buttons Regals, 3/8" Quilted Satin Ribbon Cherry CobblerSimply Scored, Lache Ribbon Border Punch 

Precious Butterfly For You

I am very pleased about how this card turned out, especially the color combination.


Stamp Set: Precious Butterflies (122515 w / 122517 c)
Card Stock / Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Night Of Navy (100867) Rose Red ((102544), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Lucky Limeade (122935), Rose Red (101778), Night Of Navy (102977)
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones119246), (119247), Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362), 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon (121884), Elegant Lines EF (119277), Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138)

Precious Butterflies Friendship Card

I love this stamp set and I am sad it will retire at the end of the month. But the good news is there will be so many cool new stamp sets in the new catalog...... I can hardly wait until it comes live June 1st.


Stamp Set: Precious Butterflies (122515 w / 122517 c)
Card Stock / Paper: Wisteria Wonder (122922), Lucky Limeade (122926), Calypso Coral (122925), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Lucky Limeade (122935), Calypso Coral (122939), Wisteria Wonder (122936)
Accessories: Basic Pearls (119247), Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362), Itty Bitty shapes Punch Pack (118309), 1/8" Organdy Ribbon Calypso Coral (127279r)

Retiring Accessories

Get them while they last....

Hundreds of accessories from the 2011-2012 catalogs are retiring, and this is your chance to get them before they're gone. Available April 25 - May 31, 2012, or while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in asap! View the complete list as a .pdf or get an overview including pictures on the Stampin'Up! website.


For the retiring Definitely Decorative there is a .pdf as well or the online store.

Retiring Stamps 2012

The new Stampin' Up! catalog 2012-2013 will go life on June 1st, 2012 (a month earlier than in the past). I can hardly wait to see the new catalog, but that also means we have to say good bye to a bunch of stamp sets that are in the current catalog (some of them I am very sad to see go). The retiring stamp sets are only available April 15 - May 31, 2012. If you would like to order any of these sets please let me now before May 31^st.

Tutorial Sensei Wu

One of the nicest compliments is when people ask for instructions on how to make a card. I received so many requests for a tutorial on how to make Sensei Wu that I happily sat down to put it together. Thank you everybody for your wonderful comments.


Here is an explosion chart of all the pieces I used and how I cut and punched them: