Getting Punchy!

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This week's challenge for my weekly blogger challenge group was to make a card that used punches as the focal point. I've been wanting to try a suspension card for a while, so I decided that this was the perfect opportunity.

You can find an easy to follow tutorial for suspension cards here on SCS. I pretty much followed the tutorial directions for this card with the exception of substituting monofilament fishing line left over from my classroom teaching days (great for hanging stuff from the ceiling!) for the dental floss used to suspend the punched image. Unlike dental floss, the monofilament line is clear, so I thought that would be a slight upgrade to the appearance of the card.

For this card, I used the five petal flower punch as the focal point. I inked the flower stamp from In the Spotlight in Groovy Guava ink, then used a Ruby Red marker to ink the dots around the solid flower image. I punched this out using the flower punch. It's the image that's suspended in the center window of the card.

I really like this color combination. Three of the colors together (Groovy Guava, So Saffron, and Ruby Red) make me think of fall, but the teal gives this color combo an extra burst of bright color.

Please be sure to check out the creations posted on the blogs of the other challenge participants. You can find a list of their blogs on the sidebar on the right. They are amazingly talented stampers! I'm looking forward to checking out their creations after I get home from work tonight.

Materials Used:
From Stampin' Up!: In the Spotlight, Priceless, and Dotted stamp sets; Groovy Guava, Close to Cocoa, and Ruby Red Classic inks; Ruby Red marker; So Saffron, Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, Taken with Teal, and Whisper White cardstock; So Saffron Prints Series designer paper; five petal flower punch; Sticky Strip, Coluzle and circle template
Other: red and yellow brads (Making Memories); teal grosgrain (AC Moore dollar ribbon bin); monofilament fishing line