I googled stampin up punch apple as my starting point and found Sophia's tutorial from Andrew Walford's blog for creating a punch apple. The tree template the teacher provided was a regular letter size paper so I had to scale down from the size of Sophia's apples.
I used the new 2 1/2" circle punch as my base instead and the leaves were made with the 1" circle punch. Other changes include using the Word Window punch as my stem as I tired to freehand it and it didn't look so great. I did freehand the trunk and branches and ran it through the Square Lattice embossing folder for some additional texture. I sponged the tree around the branches in Chocolate Chip. My son put the apples on the tree using dimensionals. We had to add a family banner so I used the new Decorative Label punch and then used a strip of cardstock left over from making the leaves to make the grass. (The photo was edited to remove my family's names from the other apples.)
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Cardstock: Always Artichoke (105119), Chocolate Chip (102128), Real Red (102482), Very Vanilla (101650), Whisper White (100730), & Kiwi Kiss (retired so substitute Certainly Celery 105125 or Pear Pizzazz 119795)
Classic Ink: Always Artichoke (105219), Bravo Burgandy (105214), & Chocolate Chip (100908)
Markers: Chocolate Chip (100071) - I drew the veins on the leaves as it didn't come out as well for me using the Hobby Blade.
Punches: 1/8" Circle (Retired, but can use the Crop-A-Dile 108362), 1" Circle (119868), 2 1/2" Circle (New in Holiday 2010 Mini 120906), Decorative Label (New in Holiday 2010 Mini 120907), Full Heart (119883), & Word Window (119857)
Tools & Supplies:
Big Shot (113439), Square Lattice Embossing Folder (119976), Stamping Sponges (101610), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
Thanks for stopping by!
Amy
