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Punch Parfait Potpourri

Aloha, all!

How do you like all that alliteration in the topic today? Perfect for this post!

The topic comes from all the "p" words that are appropriate for today's pretty project: Punch Potpourri (as in the Level 1 Hostess set) and Peach Parfait (as in the orange-ish color that's featured as part of the presentation. Hmmm. Let's count the "p"s in this post so far! Or not.

Punch Parfait Project

I copied the overall design of this card from a project featured in a recent issue of the Stampin' Up! magazine, Stampin' Success. (Great magazine with tons of ideas – but just for Stampin' Up! demonstrators.) All of the images are from Punch Potpourri, and all coordinate with one of Stampin' Up!'s fabulous punches.

The two flowers are part of the Boho Blossoms Extra-Large Punch, with the top one first stamped in Marina Mist and the bottom flower stamped with Peach Parfait.
The butterfly, stamped in Peach Parfait is punched with the Butterfly Extra-Large Punch.
The heart, which in this project is stamped directly onto the card stock and not punched out, could have been punched with the Full Heart Extra-Large Punch.
Finally, the lovely Marina Mist Bird is punched with the Two-Step Bird Extra-Large Punch.

Oh, and then there are the other embellishments: I cut a strip of Peach Parfait card stock and ran it through Stampin' Up!'s Crimper (remember I said earlier this week that I was really into texture as an added element these days?). And I added a Button and a Brad in the Marine Mist color. Unfortunately, as Peach Parfait is just a temporary Stampin' Up! "In Color," there are no brads or buttons in that color. But I think that the Pumpkin Pie Brad fits the bill for this card just fine.

This is a stamp set that will get lots of use in Robin's Craft Room, and one that I think you'll love to have to use with all those punches. In fact, I'm going to feature this stamp set and all those punches in one of my product classes this fall – we'll make several different cards and at least one 3-D project featuring this stamp set and these punches with colors of your choice in early November. I've almost got my class schedule for the fall and early winter completed, and I'm going to be sending out my class schedule to people on my mailing list early next week. If you'd like to get the brochure, just sign up for my newsletter and you'll be among the first to get the list and have first dibs on the limited class space!

Here's the layout for today's card. Have fun! And wish my newest recruit, Dana, good luck on her first workshop on Friday night!!! Go, Dana!