Florals in Bloom for As You See It Challenge #348

 As You See It Challenge #348 is a Theme Challenge entitled Spots or Stripes, designed by Team Member Jan C., and since two of my team mates already chose spots, I thought I had better choose Stripes for my design. I found some striped DSP in the Florals in Bloom Suite, and using products from that suite, let it take me from there! The Florals in Bloom Suite is one of the new suites in the new 2025/26 Annual Catalogue.

Here's the challenge banner:

And here's a full sized photo of my card:

• The base is Secret Sea, a new 2025 - 2027 In Colour and on that is a layer of the Florals in Bloom, 12" x 12" DSP in Cloud Cover, another of the new In Colours. 
• The diagonal stripe is in Secret Sea and Cloud Cover as well.
• The floral die cuts come from the Pretty Florals dies, all a part of this suite! I used Secret Sea, Cloud Cover and Darling Duckling cardstock for the florals.
• The sentiment is die cut using the Sweet Blooms dies and Secret Sea and Darling Duckling cardstock.

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Pretty Florals Bundle [165179]	Sweet Blooms Bundle (English) [165189]	Florals In Bloom 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [166643]	Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]	Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165621]
Darling Duckling 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165622]	2025–2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls [165192]	Pretty Florals Dies [165178]	Sweet Blooms Dies (English) [165186]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]

Hearts and Hugs for As You See It Challenge #347

I just love doing Recipe challenges! They are so much fun! It's like a chopped challenge on a food network. Everyone has the same ingredients to work with, but the final products turn out differently for everyone! I had to rely on some retired products to complete my Recipe challenge this time, because I didn't have any new animal stamp sets. So I got out my Hearts & Hugs bundle which, as of writing this post, is still available on the Last Chance list. Here's the Challenge Banner:
 

Here's how I put all my elements together:

• This is a gate fold card. I used a Crumb Cake card base of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 2 1/8" on both ends of the long side to get the gate fold.
• In about the middle of each "gate side" I added an 8" piece of Baker's Twine, glued down and covered with the additions below:
• I covered the outside "gates" with Pretty Peacock cardstock cut at 1 7/8" x 5 1/4", then on top of that added some of the Perennial Lavender DSP (which is carrying over into the new Annual Catalogue, by the way) cut at 1 5/8" x 5". 
• In the center of the card I added another piece of the Perennial Lavender DSP, with a gingham design, cut at 5 1/4" x 4".
• I stamped the mouse and the hamster (?) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White cardstock and coloured them in with Stampin' Blends Markers. I used Gray Granite, Copper Clay and Peach Pie, and Poppy Parade.
• I die cut the images and mounted them with dimensionals on panels consisting of a Pretty Peacock backing and an embossed Basic White front. The die sets I used for these panels were Stylish Shapes and Unbounded Love. The embossing folders were Basics and Timber 3D EFs.
• The sentiments were from the Hearts & Hugs stamp set again and they were stamped with the Memento ink on Basic White, and die cut and backed using the Stylish Shapes Banners. I had to adjust the length of the shortest one.
• These were added to the card front and inside as shown.

That gave me all 5 elements: animals, colouring, die cuts, twine and texture or embossing.

I hope you give it a try!

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Hearts & Hugs Cling Stamp Set (English) [163659]	Hearts & Hugs Bundle (English) [163667]	Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162593]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161675]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147275]	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886]
Copper Clay Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161662]	Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163827]	Linen Thread [104199]	Hearts & Hugs Dies [163666]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]
Unbounded Love Dies [163383]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Seal+ [149699]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]

Punch Art Elsa for As You See It Challenge #346

 This week, As You See It Challenges has a Fill In The Blank challenge created by yours truly, and the sentence you have to finish by filling in the blank is: The one discontinued/retired crafting tool I will never get rid of is____. 

I have to fill in that blank with a plural, though. It's punches. Why? Because I fancy myself a punch art aficionado. At least I've done a lot of it! "Why would you do that to yourself?" you might ask, and with good reason. Well, because my grandkids love the cards I make them using punch art, and once I started, they wouldn't let me stop! Therefore, I hang onto every punch that is really useful for making things other than for what it was intended! Like the owl builder punch: it's great for making big cartoon eyes, used along with the 1/2" Circle punch. The Fox Builder punch makes wonderful tresses of hair and braids, and the Lemon Builder punch is a great base shape for faces, with a little trimming. The Vases punch makes great necks, and there are so many more! Anyway to illustrate, I CASED a card I made about 5 years ago for my youngest granddaughter. You can see it here.

And here is the redo:

• I will never get rid of the **Fox Builder Punch because that fox tail has helped me create hair so many times and it was instrumental in me being able to make that great braid, by weaving those fox tails together, and trimming one pair down to a narrower size so that the braid tapers. Because Elsa's hair is so platinum blonde I used a combination of Whisper White and Very Vanilla cardstock to create it. The very tip of the braid is one of the 3 leaves on the **Bough Punch.
• Elsa's head shape was closest to and big enough for the **Lemon Builder Punch with the wider bump at the top and the narrower one at the chin. I also trimmed off the "jowls" a bit. Lol!
• The nose is what's punched out when you punch the hole for the Detailed Trio Punch. The mouth is created using two punches with the **Lemon Builder Punch at the "chin end".
• The eyes needed shaping and are time consuming but they are started in Whisper White with the 1/2" punch and shaped exactly alike, one used to trace the other. Her neck is one of the vases from the **Vases Builder Punch and her shoulders and upper chest is the **Story Label Punch, in Powder Pink.
• Her dress is made from Pastel Ombre Glimmer Paper. The shoulders and front are an arc double punched with the Story Label punch. Her arms attach underneath and are also punched from Pastel Ombre Glimmer Paper with the **Word Window Punch - which is another I will never give up, just for this purpose.

If you want to see other punch art I've done you can click HERE.

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Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144243]	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924]	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108]	2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781]
So Swirly Embossing Folder [163791]	Pastel Ombre Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [164851]