370- Double Stroller Card

I am making yet another punch art stroller card for a girl at work. I decided to make a large joy fold card to give it a fun fold.

I wanted the wheel pattern to not be so bold as to overwhelm the card so I used versamark instead of ink to stamp the image

Recipe:

Stamps: Whimsy wheel

Paper: Mellow moss, Barely Banana, Whisper White

Accessories: versamark, scallop circle punch, eyelet border punch, 1/4" 1/2" circle punches, organza ribbon

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369- Stroller Card

This is the card that I made for Ranuka's baby Eashan. I wanted to make a nice punch art card and love the finished product

Recipe:

Paper: Bashful blue, barely banana, bashful blue dsp, whisper white

Accessories: Big shot, scallop edge punch, 1/2" 1/4" circle punches, scallop circle punch, scallop circle die

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360- Easter Card

This was a card I made for Heather Summers simply sunday sketch challenge #3. I wanted to make an Easter card and I made it using all the in colours except the Soft Suede

To make this card I clear embossed the it's beautiful wheel all over the card. I then sponged the 5 bright in colours all over it to create a print. I also cut out eggs from the pattern to make the Easter eggs.

Recipe:

Stamps: All Holidays, It's Beautiful wheel

Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Glossy White

Ink: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Scallop circle punch, 5-petal punch, playground buttons, ticket corner punch, curly label punch, 1/2" melon mambo grosgrain ribbon, clear embossing, coluzzle

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350- Happy St. Patrick's Day Card

This is my St Patrick's Day card for this year. I love how great the shamrock looks using the heart punch. I made a similar card last year but this one was definitely a 2.0 version. I used on of the a la carte layouts from the Stampin Success magazine.

I wanted there to be a pattern on the three strips of glorious green. I used the whisper white craft ink and wheeled on a pattern because I don't have any DSP in that colour. I then embossed the same pattern in white on textured Glorious Green cardstock so it would really pop.

Unfortunately I don't have a St. Patrick's day stamp but I thought that celebrate was appropriate as that's what we all do on this day!!! You could also use an invitation stamp as this would be perfect as an invitation to a St. Patty's day party.

I rarely seem to use the bold brights and have hardly used the greens from the series. I'm happy I used it and really have to try to not always stamp in the same colours.

Recipe:

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, Sweet Stems Wheel

Paper: Glorious Green, Whisper White, Glorious Green textured paper

Ink: Glorious Green, Whisper White

Accessories: Heart Punch, modern label punch, word window punch, 1/4" whisper white taffeta ribbon, build a brad, 1/2" and 3/4" circle punch, white embossing, ticket corner punch

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278- Baby Leo Spinner Card

I have a new little nephew that was born on Friday August 7th. He is another little Leo in the family so I wanted to make him a card with a punch art lion. Plus a spinner card is always fun for a little boy!

To make the mane you use the scallop circle punch. You take your punched image and place a glue dot in the centre. You then put it on your finger and put it back in the punch, turn it slightly and punch again- you will get this pointy effect which is great

Recipe:

Stamps: Inspired by nature, warm words

Paper: Soft suede, very vanilla, basic black, more mustard

Ink: Certainly celery, chocolate chip

Accessories: 1 3/8" 1 1/4" 1/2" 1/4" circle punches, marker, scallop circle punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, corner rounder, thread, pennies

246- We Are Siamese

My best friend Becca has two siamese cats and they were my inspiration for a new punch art card for her birthday.

I googled pictures of cartoon siamese cats and noticed the large pointy head. To do this I punched out two hearts with my full heart punch- I really love how it turned out.

Recipe:

Paper: Whisper white, basic black, pink pirouette, bashful blue, bashful blue DSP

Accessories: Full heart punch, word window punch, large and small ovals, 5 petal punch, 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches, corner rounder, white gel pen

239- Labrador Retriever Card

Alright so those of you who know me probably guessed that there would be a matching Tobey card to go with the Lola card- I mean how can I break up the pair?! So again I used this card by Heather Summers

I also used the bandanna technique on this card but this time with Real Red DSP.

Recipe:

Paper: Whisper white, Real Red DSP, basic black, real red

Ink: white gel pen

Accessories: Corner rounder, 1/2" 1/4" circle punches, small oval punch, word window punch, black ribbon

Well after posting these two dog cards I definitely feel that I have to make a card soon that shows the amazingness of one Mr. Baxter

238- Golden Retriever Card

I was up north this weekend and Julie and I got together to do some stamping. She definitely wanted to do some punch art so we thought dogs. I saw this card by Heather Summers and thought I would alter it a little to look like my dad's Golden Retriever Lola. So it is a mixture of a case and an inspiration card because look at that face- is she not just the cutest thing ever! I love that dog!

I also thought it was a great way to try the bandanna technique too because I needed a fun background. I used a piece of Bashful Blue DSP and traced out some of the spots on the paisley with my white gel pen. I love the final effect- we were never allowed to put bandannas on the dogs so I didn't want to put one around her neck but the pattern around her looks great.

Recipe:

Paper: Whisper white, so saffron, bashful blue DSP, basic black, real red

Ink: Basic black, white gel pen

Accessories: Corner rounder, 1/2" 1/4" circle punches, small oval punch, word window punch, so saffron 5/8" so saffron grosgrain ribbon

PS- three guesses who will be the focus of tomorrow's card...

236- Monkey Birthday Slider Card

I made this 8.5"x11" for Ranuka's birthday. She adores monkeys and she specifically asked for a monkey card. I don't own any stamps that could help with this so these are my little punch monkeys.

Recipe:

Stamps: It's your birthday

Paper: Kiwi kiss, walk in the park, chocolate chip, creamy caramel, basic black, whisper white, pink pirouette

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 5/8" chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, chocolate chip cordoroy brads, brad punch, 1 3/4" 1 1/4" 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches, large and small oval punches, corner rounder

214- Bella Bunny

As soon as I saw the colours for this week's colour challenge (CC211) I knew I wanted to make a punch art bunny. I decided to name her Bella Bunny because well- she's just pretty! I was inspired by Heather Summers to make the back of the card look like a bum.

Recipe:

Paper: Pretty in pink, Hawaii papaya DSP, Urban Garden DSP

Ink: Black

Accessories: 1 3/4", 1 1/4" 1/2", 1/4", 1/8" circle punches, large and small ovals, corner rounder, 5 petal punch, marker, cotton ball

213- Easter Basket Card

This week's technique challenge was to make an Easter Basket but I really don't need one. I don't have any children to give treats to but I still wanted to do something with a basket. I don't have any Easter stamps so I used punches and scraps to assemble this.

I first used the Sanded background stamp over the so saffrom before I cut out the basket. To make the basket I cut out the third largest oval from the coluzzle for the handle and cut a piece of cardstock into a trapezoid for the base.

The initial idea for the background was to do a sunset using the baby wipe technique and a brayer. To do this you have to use reinkers and unfortunately I just didn't have the right colours to do it. I do like the way it turned out though because it is textured and bright.

The eggs were punches out from scraps of DSP- a great way to use up all those pieces that you accumulate. I then put crystal effects on top of them to make them look glazed.

Recipe:

Stamps: All holidays, Sanded

Paper: Glossy white, baha breeze, so saffron, kiwi kiss, DSP scraps

Ink: Baha breeze, so saffron, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette, riding hood red

Accessories: Brayer, reinkers, coluzzle, hemp twine, cropodile, photo corners punch, mat pack, tag and small tag punches, large and small oval punches, Crystal Effects

196- Backyardigans Card

Shelina came over for stamp club and wanted to make a card for her nephew. She said his favorite show was the Backyardigans. I have never seen the show but I remembered seeing this card on a blog that I go to frequently. I didn't own all of the punches from the original but we improvised. I'm told the finished product does look like Pablo so mission accomplishesd

Recipe:

Paper: Real red, kiwi kiss, pacific point, whisper white, Summer Picnic DSP, Pacific Point DSP, tangerine tango

Accessories: 1 3/4" 1 1/4" 1" 3/4" 1/4" 1/2" circle punches, word window punch, white gel pen, boho blossoms punch, black marker, rich regals brads

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180- Punch Class Card 3

This card was the piece de resistance of the card class. As soon as I saw this card back in the fall I knew I had to do a punch art class- it was the inspiration behind the whole thing. And I was super happy that it was such a big hit. I mean who doesn't love Sesame Street?!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Kiwi kiss, pacific point, real red, yoyo yellow, whisper white, basic black, pumpkin pie

Ink: basic black

Accessories: scallop punch, double rectangle punch, small oval punch, 1" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, 1/4" circle punch

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179- Punch Class Card 2

I absolutely adored this card as soon as I saw it and knew that I wanted to include it in the punch class because it is just so fantastic. I love what you can create with punches! And I like that you can give the aged look to the card just by rubbing the ink spots on the individual pieces of cardstock. This was also the first time that I had ever used rub-ons and I have to say- so handy!! And super easy to use

Recipe:

Paper: Close to cocoa, elegant eggplant, old olive, chocolate chip, so saffron, whisper white, pumpkin pie

Ink: Close to cocoa, elegant eggplant, old olive, chocolate chip

Accessories: elegant eggplant 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, jumbo pewter eyelets, crop-o-dile, scallop edge punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, tab punch, scallop punch, large oval punch, boho blossoms punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, 1/4" circle punch, black marker

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178- Punch Class Card 1

Tonight I held a punch card class and it was so much fun! Thanks Katrina for hosting and to Tali for coming- it was a great night! I have been looking forward to this class for a while- I really wanted to play around with punches. It is my goal for this month- I want to keep doing more of these because they are just too fun.

So here is the first card. In my opinion this is one of the prettiest cards that I have ever done- it is just pink and floral and feminine. As soon as I saw the source card with the dress I knew I had to try one for myself and I will totally be doing this again.

Recipe:

Paper: Pink pirouette, whisper white, Bella Rose DSP

Accessories: Word window punch, tag punch, 1/4" pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, Top Notz Big Shot die

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