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Snow Kids

2009-11-10T08:09:03-05:00

If you've been on my blog before you may have noticed I LOVE punch art. The new ornament die makes perfect heads so I couldn't resist making a couple of snow kids. I used Whisper White craft ink to stamp snowflakes from the Delightful Decorations stamp set and removed stones from the small rhinestone brads to use in the centres. I used faux snow on the ground and snow balls. The tree and sentiment on the inside of the card is from the Season of Joy stamp set.

The characters are made from the following SU punches: head-ornament punch, hat-ornament punch & wide oval, hair-scallop oval, arm-small oval, body-wide oval, legs-modern punch, feet- heart to heart, mittens-heart to heart & 1/2" circle, snowball- 3/4" circle.

Cardstock sizes: Real Red 8.5" x 5.5", Black, 4"x 5.25", Bashful Blue 3.75"x 5", Bashful Blue (inside) 5.25"x 8.25" and Whisper White 5"x 8" scored 2" on each side of centre line.

Punch Art Puppy Card

2009-11-08T06:57:00-05:00

This punch art puppy is made from Stampin' Up punches. The dog house card folds at the top. I attached the green roof to hide the fold.

Head-1 1/4" circle, face and body-wide oval, legs and feet small oval, ears and eye patch-word window, grass-small star, name sign and bone-modern punch.

Textured Daisy

2009-11-07T07:00:00-05:00

I made this card ages ago. It was my first attempt at faux snow only it was yellow (OK, lets not go there). I wanted the centre of my daisy to be fuzzy so I grated some yellow cardstock and stuck it to a pop dot. To make the background I inked up a texture plate with old olive ink, embossed it and sponged old olive around the outer edges to soften the look

Santa Pillowbox

2009-11-06T22:45:18-05:00

I filled these Santa pillowbox ornaments with treats to hang in the Christmas Tree. Cut a pillowbox out of Real Red cardstock. Cut a scallop circle from Whisper White and fold the top over to make the hat band.

To make the face, punch a wide oval and 1/2" circle from Blush Blossom. Sponge on some pink for colour. Cut two of the petals from the 5 petal punch to make the mustache.

Kenzie's Christmas

2009-11-06T10:18:42-05:00

This was one of my scrapbook pages from last Christmas so I think the paper is retired. The colours are Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla. I used a gel pen to journal directly onto my photo. The letters were stamped with a stamp-a-ma-jig and embossed in silver. To make the lace I cut a thin strip and punched it with the eyelet strip then snipped the straight edge so it would bend to the curve.

My First Punch Art Card

2009-11-04T07:48:05-05:00

I was cleaning out some old stuff and came across the first punch art card I ever made. I earned the Alphabet stamp set with the Stampin' Start promotion and borrowed most of the punches. It's only been 3 years since I started with Stampin' Up but it feels like forever-ago.

The layout of this card was based on a children's story book I saw when I was in college and used this layout every Spring for my bulletin board.

Faux Snow Tree

2009-11-01T10:00:12-05:00

Here's another card using the faux snow technique. You can find the tutorial here.

I used the Jolliest Time of the Year stamp set and Sincere Salutations. The snowflakes are from the Delightful Decorations stamp set and embossed with clear.

Singing Mouse

2009-10-26T21:15:13-04:00

I made this poor little fella while on summer vacation and he's been living in a ziploc baggie ever since. I thought it might be time for him to make it onto a card.

He's made from Stampin' Up punches. Head-wide oval,feet & mouth-small oval, tummy-large oval, nose and inner ears-1/4" circle, ears 1/2" circle, neck-word window, body-1 3/4" circle, hands-trio flower, teeth-double rectangle, tree-snowflake punch.

The tree trunk and mouse's legs are cut free hand. To make the book cut a piece of Real Red cardstock 1.5 x 2". Trim the top and bottom slightly to make a V shape.

To make the string of lights I cut the bulbs with the Tree Decorations sizzlit and poked holes around the tree trunk to string in silver cord. It doesn't show up in the photo but I added dazzling diamonds to the tree branches and snowdrifts then covered the light bulbs and the mouse's nose with crystal effects.

To visit his friend "the singing reindeer" click here

Medallion

2009-10-20T08:00:52-04:00

This one looks better in person (honest). I was playing with the new Bride Specialty Paper but it doesn't show up in the photo. I embossed the medallion with black embossing powder.

Shimmer Cartridges

2009-10-15T07:31:00-04:00

I love the new shimmer paint SU sells. I put some Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint in an uninked cartridge so I could use it with my wheels. To ink up the cartridge I poured a small amount of paint on the wheel and spread it out with the tip of my bone folder. I kept turning the wheel and repeating the process until the whole cartridge was inked.

I inked another cartridge with frost white to use with my snowflake wheel. That one is very pretty as well.

Since this is paint and not ink as soon as I'm finished stamping I store the cartridge in a plastic ziploc bag to keep it from drying out. If I get tired of my shimmer cartridges I plan to wash them out and reuse them.