Saturday IC - The Coolest Shelf!

Supplies Used: Ink -- Glorious Green. Paper: SU Green Galore, White. Embellishments: Ribbon by Dots and Dashes (from Mike's) and Acrylic Sentiment (unknown). Tools: Flower Punch Tool kit, Cuttle bug, Punch Bunch "Begonia Petal Punch", SU "Looks Like Spring" punch.

The Inspiration Challenge over on SCS today is featuring PB Teen (Pottery Barn Teen). I found so much I want to buy there...but I finally zeroed in on this fantastic shelf for my inspiration piece! I LOVE this thing! I just think it is so cool, the way it looks like a shadow box or window and yet the "portrait" can change everyday if you wanted, just by changing out what you put on your shelf! I showed it to DH and he promises he'll make me some. So I'm telling everyone about his promise so I can hold him to it!! Anyhow...the card...the card...So I focused on the poppies sitting on the shelf...because ... I wanted to use more of my new flower punches!! Hee hee...!! I started by punching petals out of Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink cardstock using this humong-o (I don't know how to spell that) Begonia Petals Punch from Punch Bunch. Next I punched several different smaller flowers out of Summer Sun to use as the centers of the flowers. I wasn't really sure how I was going to make the centers (you'll notice they're all different!) so I just tried them all. I did a little sponging with some brown chalk ink on the edges of all the yellow centers. Next I "stirred" the petals (a legit term in flower shaping girls!!) with my nifty flower punch crafting tool (see yesterday's post) to get the paper fibers to break down a little and the edges to curl. Assembled 5 of the petals together by attaching them with Zip Dry glue to the Summer Sun centers. Used a fine felt tip pen to add some black dots to the centers (after all, they are supposed to be poppies!). Next I used a Glorious Green marker to ink up just the stem part of one of the flowers from the new SU Echos of Kindness Hostess Set (which is really a lovely set BTW) and stamped it onto a panel of Green Galore. Used my Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder to emboss a white panel so there'd be some texture to the "frame" and finally, I finished it off with a little teeny acrylic sentiment and dotted ribbon. So, what do you think?? Thanks for checking in all! Sweet Dreams! Anne