Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Martha's Pansies



I bought a magazine called "Stamper's Sampler Take Ten" at Borders a couple of weeks ago.  It was a surprise that it cost $14.99 (magazines cost more than books sometimes!) but I have really enjoyed looking at all of the cards and ideas.  Here is a LINK to the web page for the magazine (along with a lot of other interesting publications by the same company).



There were quite a few cards based on a challenge which involved a basic A2 card (5.5 x 4.25 inches) with a strip removed from the front and the corners rounded.  I liked this style of card so I decided to give it a try.



Another recent purchase was this new Martha Stewart Pansy punch around the page set.  I have always loved pansies and I fell in love with this design - I am sure you will see it in many future projects!



When I made the card base I ended up with a one inch strip just sitting on my table - so I had to try the punch on it!  Here you can see the design I made by punching the strip from both sides evenly.



Then I started to experiment with different widths of paper strips.  The example at the top is a one inch strip and the one on the bottom is a one and a quarter inch strip.



I tried the punch on some DCWV glitter cardstock and it worked well.  I trimmed the ends straight and then decided that it would be a better idea to try to curve the cuts to make the flower petals.



Here you can see another dark purple strip where I did not make the straight cut and trimmed around the petal ends for a more pleasing cut.



Here are all of the pieces for this card.  The dark purple strip is 1.25 x 4.25 inches.  The pink cardstock is cut at 3 x 4 inches with two corners rounded to match the card base and embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  The pink glitter cardstock pansies are evenly centered and punched on both sides of a 1.25 inch strip and then trimmed.  The dark purple pansies are punched from a one inch strip of cardstock and trimmed.  The "love you" and the interlocked hearts are from the Cuttlebug Embossing and Die Set "Love Language."



 Here is the card with the base layers applied.  There are so many possibilities with this basic card form.



Here is a view of the assembled card flat on the table...


...and one more view of the card standing.

I got home after a long drive Tuesday so I can finally get caught up with a lot of pending projects and emails.  It will be nice to stay put for a while!

15 comments:

  1. Love your card. Just beautiful! And got to get that punch too! Thanks for sharing, Cindy

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  2. I like that simple card format, and the pansy punch. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Pansies are my favorite flower, so I got both punches, but I haven't used them yet. Thanks for showing some great ways to use them. Your card is very pretty!

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  4. That is a beautiful card, Thanks for sharing your experiments and measurements to get the strips of pansies to the look we want, That is a very helpful concept.
    Alyssa

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  5. I'm so in love with that punch....gotta shop for it. Thanks Diane for sharing.

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  6. OH, this is a beautiful card!! I like the idea of the way the actual card base is as well. I have to make a b-day card for my son (he is turning 20, *sniff*), and I want to make something fun for him. I have a more manly punch tho..LOL!! BUT, that MS punch is gorgeous!!! Probably going to have to get it! LOL

    Thanks for sharing all your great ideas Diane!!

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  7. Like you I love pansies. They make me think of my Grandad and when I was little, he is long gone. I bought this from the US a few weeks ago and it arrived in the UK last week. Not had time to play yet, you have fed my inspiration with some thoughts. Thank you.

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  8. Such a beautiful design. My garden is full of pansies in the summer. Gotta get that punch. Would you please give some thought to showing some ways to do the inside of the card also? I'm always lost when I get there!

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  9. This card is great. I have been stalking my M's for this punch set. They are always out of it. Thanks for showing the different widths.

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  10. I just found these punches yesterday and picked them up. I love the punching on the strips of paper. Going to give this a try today!

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  11. 2 Years of Blog! That is great! I am not sure how you keep up. I love your ideas and have used serveral of them.

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  12. Lovely gifts...and glad that you are continueing with your blog! Look forward to learning so much more...
    thanks again for your gift of time!
    Donna
    dne@charter.net

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  13. I love your blog. Your instructions are very detailed and clear; easy to understand. It's obvious you put a lot of time and hours into your blog. I have recently learned CDS largely from your how-to videos. Thank you so much.
    Could you tell me where to find the circle scallop cut file since your is with the plantin cartridge which I don't have. thank again,
    Carol
    jones61405@comcast.net

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  14. Congrats on 2 years of blogging! You are very clever. Love the cards using the daisy punch! Keep up the clever work!
    Carol
    jones61405@comcast.net

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  15. Beautiful card! I love the combination of colors. I also love the use of the Martha S. punch. I never thought of making a strip. Thanks so much for sharing.

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