Stampin’ Up Botanical Tags Sunflowers

Hello Everyone ~ I have a Stampin’ Up Botanical Tags Sunflowers idea that was C.A.S.E.d from the catalog.

I got a bit accomplished yesterday but it was not a hectic day.  I had water aerobics and after the class we stayed and floated around a bit.  Zoie and I came home and had lunch.  We then took off to run errands.  We went to the produce stand to get a watermelon as she has eaten all that I had.  After that we went to the Dollar store as I was looking for a tin container I saw in a video I wanted to use for my table.  Did not find the container but did pick up a few things.  We even got Zoie some craft kits to work on.  Then for a treat we went to Froyo.  When we got back home I headed to my studio and she came with me.  While I made a video and a card she did the kits we had gotten for her.  It was plainting so she had fun.  By then it was time for dinner and after dinner I put my 2 bar stools together.  I got it totally put together but 4 stubborn screws I cannot get.  I left it and may try and see if I can get them today.  I was excited and wanted to get them put together but I will have to wait to see what it will look like at my counter.

I needed a card for today and while I was looking for a stamp set to do a sketch I was going to use for tomorrow I ran across an idea I wanted to try.  On page 31 of the annual catalog, they explained how to use the Botanical Tags to make sunflowers.  I have these dies so I had to try this idea.  I followed the directions on the page to get my Crushed Curry petals.  Then I cut another one out using Soft Suede (Chocolate Chip is a better color but sadly it is retired).  I used my snips to cut off the petals from the Soft Suede one.  I then used glue to attach the 2 cut outs.  This was a challenge as it is not symmetrical so you had to keep shifting the Soft Suede piece until it matched up.  To color in the center so it was not open, I used a 1 3/8″ circle punch and some Soft Suede card stock.  I then glued the flower to the circle.  I also used the leaf spray in the framelits to cut out 3 in Garden Green.  After  I made 3 of the flowers and the leaf sprays I checked out my stash of backgrounds from a previous play day.  I found one that would work so I cut it down.  I added some retired Crushed Curry ribbon I had and then added the flowers and leaf sprays.  This panel was added to a Garden Green card base.  Here is my completed Stampin’ Up Botanical Tags Sunflowers creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inside of card and envelope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up supplies used for my creation