Flower Frenzy for As You See It Challenges

I love the colours that Amanda used in this week's As You See It Challenge #49 and I was excited to get started on it.

It looks icy cool and mouthwatering, doesn't it?  I thought it would be a perfect challenge for the new Cupcake  Party stamp set that coordinates with the Cupcake Builder Punch.  The trouble is, I don't have it yet.  It's on my wishlist, but that didn't help me for this challenge.

So, my next thought was Flower Frenzy Bigz L die and here is the result:

• I kept it simple because of the big flowers and just added a sentiment from Yippee Skippee in the top right.
• I put three 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" sheets of cardstock through the Big Shot with the Flower Frenzy Bigz L die all at once: 1 sheet of Blackberry Bliss, one of Strawberry Slush and one of Very Vanilla - all very foody colours!  Then I mixed and matched pieces until I created the three flowers you see.
• I used my bone folder to give the petals some shape and create interest with the 3D effects.

Aaaannnndd, that's about it!  I have to say that I've used the Flower Frenzy Bigz L die several times since I got it in June and it is so useful for creating quick and cute embellishments for cards, gifts, boxes and other things as well.  I feel that I have already got my money's worth from it!  Check out these projects.

I will be setting up shop at the Westbank Farmer's Market on Saturday!  I will have some great deals, great prizes and games, some retired products for sale as well as some kits and I am looking forward to meeting you!  Come and say hello!

Have a great weekend, and I hope you will try this latest challenge from As You See It Challenges this week!  Thanks for dropping by!

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Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [133642]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Flower Frenzy Bigz L Die [133728]	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine [113439]	Bone Folder [102300]

Never Too Much Happy for Dynamic Duos

Do you think it's possible to have too much happiness?  I'm not sure about that.  Could it be that too much happiness would stop feeling like happiness and that we can only know happiness when we've experienced sadness? Kind of like the lyrics for Let Her Go by Passenger:

             

That's kind of depressing to think about, so I'm going to go with the stamp I used on my card for Dynamic Duos Challenge # 94,

You Can Never Have Too Much Happy!

• I used a Whisper White card base which I only do rarely, but it was the right neutral to use in this case, with the Basic Black and Crushed Curry, which I used instead of the retired More Mustard.
• I wanted a light, springy feel and the use of negative space, so I got out my Bitty Butterfly punch and some Crushed Curry DSP from two collections, Eastern Elegance, and the Regals Designer Series Paper Stack.  
• The sentiment is from the Yippee Skippee stamp set and it fits perfectly on one of the Banner Framelits with room for a little black butterfly, the positive space to one of my negative spaces here.

• To get the Basic Black squares with the butterfly shape so perfectly centered, it's much easier to punch the butterfly first and then use one of the Squares Collection framelits and center the butterfly in the middle of it, then die cut using the Big Shot. (And the Magnetic Platform, which holds the framelit firmly in place while you're rolling it through the Big Shot.)
• To showcase the negative space, each black square was mounted with dimensionals on a square of Crushed Curry DSP, so the shadows cast would accentuate the punched hole.
• When mounting the squares on the card base, it is much easier to adhere the top and bottom square  a set distance from the edges and then center the third square between them.

Here are the regular Weekly Deals for the week of March 18 - 24:

CRISP CANTALOUPE 3/8" RUFFLE STRETCH TRIM Price: $12.50 $9.38	GRAD PARTY ENSEMBLE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $10.95 $6.57	IN COLOR BOUTIQUE DETAILS Price: $11.50 $8.63	PEWTER STAMPIN' EMBOSS POWDER Price: $5.95 $4.46
SCALLOP TRIM BORDER PUNCH Price: $20.95 $15.71	SILVER GLASS GLITTER Price: $4.95 $3.71	TEMPTING TURQUOISE STAMPIN' EMBOSS POWDER Price: $5.95 $4.46	VINTAGE TRINKETS ACCENTS & ELEMENTS Price: $7.50 $5.63

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TWO-gether It's Always Better!

Well, what a shock we got about a week ago!!  You see, my up-line, Tamara, was also a kind of surrogate daughter to me.  She lived with us for three years, during which time my own daughters were away at school or on a missions trip.  She helped to ease the pain of that suddenly empty house and we will always love her for that and for her own sweet self.  She is now married and has two adorable kids, but that is about to change!  You see, Tamara is expecting again and she has been quite ill with morning sickness and fatigue. She went for a routine ultrasound last week and got some astounding news.  She is expecting TWINS! WOW!  Her family of four will increase to six in a few short months.  As wonderful as two babies are, it takes a lot of adjustment to figure out all the logistics and ramifications of a twin pregnancy.

Because Tamara is one of the Design Team at As You See It Challenges, we decided to change our As You See It Challenge #028 this week to uplift Tamara and her hubby as they make this adjustment.  Our Challenge theme this week is TWO!  And I wanted to relay the message that Tamara and her family will get by TWO-gether with all their family and friends helping them out.

• I dug out two stamp sets:  Baby, We've Grown for the bunnies and Yippee Skippee for the sentiment, "Never Underestimate the Power of Two"!
• I did some masking in order to have one of the bunnies behind the other.  I stamped the red bunny first on Whisper White, then stamped again on a Post-It Note close to the top where the sticky strip is.  I cut out the Post-It Note rabbit and stuck in on the red rabbit I had just stamped.  It forms a mask so that when I stamped the Coastal Cabana rabbit, the part of the stamp that fell on the mask wouldn't show after I peeled the mask off.
• I used my Coastal Cabana Spritzer to spray a Tea Lace Doily a Coastal Cabana colour.

• I cut out the bunnies using one of the Starburst Framelits. You'll notice two Whisper White starbursts there.  I didn't like the job I did with rabbits the first time and rather than tear the Crumb Cake piece underneath I just used dimensionals to pop another one over top.
• I wanted a little more colour in the starbursts, so I die cut an additional Starburst in Real Red, the same size as the Crumb Cake one and staggered them a little so you can see small pops of red underneath.
• I used the Banners framelits to die cut the sentiment and a Coastal Cabana layer.
• The DSP used is from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stacks.

I hope seeing all these cards helps to cheer Tamara and give her encouragement for the future.

Blog Candy Give Away

I've had lots of interest on my Blog Candy Give Away.  You still have lots of time to enter.  Leave a comment on Wednesday's post before Saturday, Mar. 15 at 12 midnight.  I will reveal the winner on Sunday morning.

Here's what you could win:

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