VC Rocks Blog Hop

Welcome to the first VC Rocks Blog Hop. If you came from Lori's blog, you're on the right track. If you started here, don't worry you can follow the blogs and it will bring you full circle.

Today I am showing yet another card that I created for a swap using Island Oasis DSP. I tried to show as many different patterns of the paper as possible, while still making it reasonable to reproduce. I came up with the pinwheel design. This is NOT my original design and there are many other tutorials out there for this, but this is what I did.

Supplies:

1 1/4" square punch

Word Window Punch

Build a Brad

3/4" circle punch

Cardstock  (Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red)

DSP (Island Oasis)

Ink (Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red)

Tropical Party Stamp Set

Pocket Sillouettes (sentiment)

Directions:

1. Cut two 2 5/8" squares out of Rose Red cardstock

2. Fold both squares in half both ways and along the diagonals to find the centers.

3. Align the squares so the score lines on one of the squares folded in half line up with the score lines on the other square along the diagonal and the centers are on top of each other.

4. Punch four 1 1/4" squares out of one design of DSP and four more out of another design of DSP.

5. Start layering the squares on top of the base you created in step 3, alternating DSP designs. The last square will need to be tucked under the first square to finish the pinwheel look.

6. Punch out 3/4" circle out of another design of DSP and assemble the Build a Brad.

7. Put the Build a Brad in the center of your now completed pinwheel.
8. Finish the card as desired. I used Island Party to add a subtle design to the Pumpkin Pie cardstock and the word window punch to display my greeting on the Rose Red cardstock.

Hope you enjoyed this stop and now you are on your way to see the beautiful creation of Ellen Kemper here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tropical Party Share

Sorry again for the late post. I just got back from dropping off TC at the SD Armory for him to fly out to Fort Hood for six weeks of training and then around a year in Afghanistan. It feels like he just got back and now he's already gone. I'm already sad and lonely. I'm hoping I can go see him the beginning of June when he has pass. If anyone knows of any good flight details, let me know!


Anyways, back to the regularly scheduled program - stamping! Today's share is a swap I CASED from another swap that I received and the produced for an All About Men swap. I used Tropical Party and the square lattice embossing folder from the Summer Mini. The colors are Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, and Basic Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tropical Share

Today's share features a few things from the new Summer Mini. These items are Island Oasis DSP, Tropical Party stamp set, Itty Bitty Bits punch, and Lattice Square Impressions plate. The colors are Temptin Turquoise, Whisper White, So Saffron, Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive.