Tips & techniques on how to sell your handmade crafts easily, confidently & successfully : Using Stampin up punches to build a tiered cake card

Hi there readers, I do hope it's warm and bright where you are? It's bitterly cold here today and the weather cannot make up its mind if it's Winter or Spring, alternating by the hour! Very mixed messages!

Today's card is heavy on spring colours and is based around the challenge themes this week over at Create with Connie & Mary CCMC 242 and CAS-ual Fridays CFC93 .. take a peek ...

My layered cake card is made entirely from punch shapes, layered onto Whisper White (106549 £6.25 for 40 A4 sheets) & core'dinations primrose petals cardstock (129322 £6.25 for 12 12"x12" sheets) from the Spring/Summer catalogue with the only stamping on the cute little tag which is attached by a tiny safety pin from the Vintage Trinkets collection 118764 £5.50 for 48 pieces).

The ribbon is the mouth watering Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon (126845 £7.95 for 9.1m). The punches used were Modern Label (119849 £15.50), scallop square (119884 £15.50), 1.25" square (119865 £14.25) and the papers used were In colour 2012-2014 Designer Series paper stack (126910 £19.50 for 40 12"x12" sheets double sided patterned papers).

That's all from me for today, catch up again soon!

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