Here's another punch art Christmas card. I had fun making this one. I used all current SU punches.
I used the Christmas Punch stamp set for the sign. Real Red and Chocolate Chip Cardstock and the DSP hostess pack. I used silver cord and the tree ornaments die for the bulbs and coated them with crystal effects.
Scroll down for the punch art instructions.
Use Stampin' Up's Movers and Shapers die to make a quick and easy pizza box. You can download the free tutorial here. I found the chocolates at COSTCO and wrapped them in scraps of Designer Series Paper. 8 of them fit nicely inside the box.
I can't remember what this started out to be but I cut a pennant and started folding until it looked like something. So here we are. You can download the free tutorial here.
To add wings cut a large butterfly using Stampin' Ups Beautiful Butterflies die.
I’ve put together this collection of 12 original Christmas gift card/money holders. Some can be put in an envelope and given as a card and others are designed to hang on a Christmas tree. You will receive a tutorial for each Gift Card Holder including coloured photos and step by step instructions.
You can order these instructions for $8 USD. The instructions will be sent out via email, in most cases within 24 hours of receiving payment.
I have several of these little ornament albums hanging in my tree. Just slide the lid up the string to reveal the photo album inside. I add a little tag with the year, jounaling and some photos of some of the year's highlights. They're fun to look at each Christmas.
I also make a pink or blue version as a gift for "Baby's first Christmas. You can download the instructions here .
This project was a remake of a workshop wow I presented at a demo meeting 3 years ago when I first started as a demo. At the bottom of this post I added the samples I made for the meeting as well as the directions I drew up and scanned (yikes). My computer skills are still NOT great but I guess I've come farther than I thought. To personalize the ornament box, print it on a sheet of vellum and emboss it with embossing powder as soon as it comes out of the printer while the ink is still wet. With the new MDS this opens up a whole world of possiblilities.
This was my first chance to play with my sweet treat cups. To make the gingerbread man I traced the shape from a cookie cutter. The card ended up being a little top heavy so I made some 3D cardstock gifts at the bottom of the card for support. Next time I'll fold my card at the top instead of the side.
My Little Piggy card was made with SU punches and some Designer Series Paper.
Head - 1-1/4" circle punch, snout - 3/4" circle, feet - heart to heart, ears - 5 petal flower, Body - movers and shapers circle die and the 1-3/4" circle punch
I've seen a lot of requests lately for easy Christmas tree patterns. One of my favorites is the origami trees pictured on page 161 in the Stampin' Up cataloque. Here's a tutorial for an Origami Tree
Below are a couple more easy trees made with the pop up Tree die. For the first tree I used just the 2 largest pieces and tied on some elastic cord after stringing it with 1/2" circles. The other tree is made using the large tree shape from the die as a pattern. Trace 4 trees, fold them in half and glue them together.
This was another card made with the table setting die.I folded the napkin ring in half to form the card. For the skirt I punched out 10 scallop ovals and attached them to the front and back so the card would stand up. The collar is made with the scallop circle and the 1" punch. On the inside I used the tag from the table setting die folded in half to hide the edges of the scallop ovals.
Here are my punch poodles. I used Tempting Turquoise, White Naturals cardstock and Flock Together DSP.
I used faux snow made with SU products for the fur (Watch for a tutorial in the near future).
Punches: head fur-scallop oval, ears-small oval, face-full heart, nose & eyes-crop-o-dile, neck-word window, collar-1/2" & 3/4" circle, body-scallop circle, legs-modern label,leg fluff-trio flower, baby-heart to heart & trio flower, bone-modern label (trimmed), bowl-wide oval & small oval.
