Addicted to Stamping

Debossing With Punches

I finally had a few minutes to make a video. I squeezed in a few techniques: debossing, making self adhesive ribbon and using your punches where they weren't intended to go. This technique works well for one layer punched cards or sweet treat cards like the ones below. The sample card in the video shows how to cover the slit with ribbon and on the samples below I used card stock strips and DSP.

   

Birthday Debossing

I think many of us have been doing the debossing technique for I while, only I didn't know it had a name or that it was a technique. I've just been using it to hide the stretch marks and other imperfections. So here's a birthday card using the debossing technique which is basically gluing card stock to your background and running it through your big shot with an embossing folder.

To punch the centre flower in the card I made a slice in the card front large enough to insert my punch then hid the slice with ribbon. I backed the punched shapes with celery then glued white flowers to the front. After all the pieces were glued on I embossed the card with the lattice embossing folder. The flower centers are the gold smooch accent ink. To get the lovely water stain in the top right corner, leave your card laying on a wet diaper wipe overnight.

Scrubs & Lollypops

Here's a simple punch art get well card. The pocket is made from the large tag punch. I punched a small hole behind the pocket so I could insert the sucker. The stethoscope is made from the wide oval, 1/2" Circle and heart punches. To make the neckline, I cut a "V" and glued a strip of card stock along the opening. The card stock is Baja Breeze and Whisper White.

Workshop Wow Presentations

I finally had time to go through some of my notes from the Hamilton Regional so I thought I would share some of the things I can’t wait to try.  I don’t know the names of all the presenters. Hopefully SU will have them listed somewhere.

Heather Summers did some really cute scrapbooks that were a variation of Felicity's Star Card . She made the pieces 8x8 instead of 4x4. Her samples were adorable.

One of the Wow presentations was gluing shapes to your background card stock and embossing it with an embossing folder.

One presenter demoed water coloring. She purposely ran a big smudge off the side and showed us how to correct it. She kept going over it with her aqua painter and dabbing at the spot with a Kleenex until you couldn’t tell it was there. Even Shelli was wowed by that one.

One presenter showed stamping on paint chips. Her samples were gorgeous. Hopefully she’ll post them on SC.

I think it might have been one of her samples that used the dotted scallop border punch with a slit cut between every other set of dots and ribbon woven through.

One presenter showed these cool fan cards. She used 5 shapes all the same and put a dimensional on the top left back and top front right of each shape. She put a brad in the bottom so when you pull the top shape they all fan out and the dimensionals act as stoppers.

The theme of my workshop wow was getting more from your punches. I posted, samples, instruction sheets and some videos of the projects I presented.

 

 

 

Glitter Ornaments

Here's another set of projects from my workshop wow presentation. You can download the written instructions here Download Glitter Ornaments or scroll down to watch the video tutorial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hamilton Regional

Yesterday was an awesome day! I got to be a presenter at Regionals and meet Shelli for the first time as we were setting up our presentations on stage in the morning. She had one end of the table and I had the other with Heather Summers (one of my favourite presenters) sandwiched between us. I must have gotten a little too excited and shorted out my iron because it wouldn’t work for my presentation.  

I’m sure the guests who suffer from motion sickness needed to take some gravel after watching my hands shake on the big screen and I was waaay over on time. But other than that my presentation didn’t go too badly.  Here are some of the projects I presented. I’m working right now on getting all of the instructions posted so watch for those shortly.

 

Punch Art Campfire

This is a card I made for a masculine card swap I joined. I used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set and did some masking & sponging with Soft Suede Ink. Scroll down for the cheat sheet on how to make the  campfire from the two-step bird punch.

    

My Manly Card

I was working on some punch art projects and realized I haven't really done much with the cog punch so I decided to dust it off and make a few cards. Here's one of them. I cut a window in the card front with my paper cutter and trimmed down the scrap piece to make a mat for my sentiment. I used the cogs to reattach the mat to the frame of the card front.

Supplies: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Brushed Silver card stock, Cog Double Punch, Silver Brads, Party This Way stamp set.

Punch Art Class

It's HERE!!!!

I am so excited to share my new punch art creations with you!  I’ve included 8 unique cards in a variety of skill levels.

How does the class work?

• When you order the class I will send you an email with the login information and password. You can access the website whenever it’s convenient. You can download the class to your computer or visit the website to view the class

What’s Included?

• -A full color photo of each card.
• -A video demonstrating how to make each card.
• -Written instructions have been compiled in a pdf to use as a quick reference or print them out to use as class handouts for your customers.

-A full size cheat sheet of each punched character. You can print out the cheat sheets and keep them in a binder for a quick reference.

What can I do with the class?

You have my permission to print out any of the written material for personal use or to share with your customers. The cheat sheets are close to true size when printed on 8 ½” x 11” paper so they can be stored in a binder for quick reference. Some of you have started punch clubs so you can print out the cheat sheets for your customer binders.

To order this class click on the Pay Pal link below. The cost is $20 CAD.  The login information will be emailed to you usually within 48 hours of receiving your payment or if you are Canadian, go to http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/jackietopa/ , place a  $40 order and receive the class FOR FREE! Email me once you've placed your order and I'll send you the login information

 

Punch Art Spider

Here's a sneak peek at the new format I'll be using for my upcoming punch art class. The class will consist of 8 original punch art cards including a full color photo of each card, written instructions that can be used for class handouts, a video and a cheat sheet. You can find more details here

 

Written Instructions Download PunchArtSpider