Addicted to Stamping

Serene Scenery Daisies

Stampin' Up's Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack is one of those products that you don't think you need but then can't live without. Since you only get a glimpse of the corner of each sheet in the catalogue you really have to see it in person to appreciate it.  One side of the paper is a realistic print and the other side is like regular DSP. 

Today I was using the Blossom Punch and needed several of the smallest flower for a punch art Santa card I'm working on. Whenever I can I like to punch all of the shapes from a punch then use up all of the pieces. It's kind of like a fun little challenge. So.....I ended up with a whole pile of daisies, reached for my new "go to" DSP and made a few daisy cards.

Some other products I used was the 1/8" Gold Ribbon, Gold Metallic Thread (LOVE that stuff), the 1/2" Circle Punch for the large Daisy centers and the Owl Punch for the small Daisy centers. The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder Stamp Set. I stamped the sentiment in Delightful Dijon, the frame in Early Espresso and sponged around the edges with Crumb Cake Ink. I also sponged around the Daffodil Delight centers with Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink.

 

You Rock

I've been working on a new punch art class featuring the new Stampin' Up punches. My favorites are the ones with lots of different shapes like the Fox Builder and Blossom Builder punches. For the rock I tore and crumpled a piece of Smokey Slate card stock. Here are the punches I used for the face; eye brows: Acorn Builder, eyes: 1" Circle, pupils: 3/4" Circle, nose: Blossom Builder. The Stamp Set I used for the sentiment is Crazy for You.

Festive Flower Punch Art Scarecrow

Happy Halloween everyone! I've got my treat bags ready to go for all the little trick-or-treaters tonight so now I have time for one of my favorite activities....punch art.

Here's a simple punch art scarecrow using Stampin' Up's new Festive Flower Punch.

I used raffia for the hair but you can substitute some strips of card stock trimmed with the Fringe Scissors.  

 

Fry Box Sleigh

Here's my Fryday project for this week. This idea came from Mary Beth, the owner of Marshville Chocolates. She thought the Fry Box would make a nice sleigh and it did. Yay!!! This can be a simple project or you can step it up with some punch art. Stampin' Up's muslin bags or 4" x 6" cello bags fit nicely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work of Art

Here's another card made with the Work of Art stamp set. I never thought I could get so attached to blobs but they really go with everything, even punch art. I made the picture frame from wooden stir sticks and rubbed on some Chocolate Chip ink with a stamping sponge. The punches used were the owl builder, large oval, 1-3/4" circle, 1/2" circle and the pansy punch

Flower Boxes

Oh My Gosh! I saw the prettiest flower box cards yesterday on Pinterest made by Loll Thompson. I didn't have the die she used for the flower box or the stamps so I made a Stampin' Up version. I don't currently have a stamp set with tiny folliage but I'll be watching for one when the new catty comes out this spring so I can make more of these cards. I used the Papaya Collage stamp set for the folliage. To make the flowers  look 3D I punched them out of colored card stock using punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, drew some lines in the centre with a darker shade marker, laid the flowers on a piercing mat and pressed the centres with a scoring tool.  Once the flowers were glued into place I added some dots to the centre with a White Gel Pen.

 

For the first flower box on the first card I cut a 1"x 3" and 4-1/4" x 1/2"  pieces of card stock. I rounded the corners of the narrower strip with the corner rounder. For the rustic flower box I cut a 3-1/2"x 1-1/2" piece of card stock and angled the ends with a pair of scissors.

Carrot Treat Holder

I wanted to make some quick easy favors using some of the new products from Stampin' Up's Occasions Mini catalogue. To make this treat holder I cut a strip of Pumpkin Pie Card Stock 2" x 8- 1/2" and scored it at 3-1/2" and 5" then punched both ends with the Tag Punch. To make the carrot top I snipped the edges of a 9" square of green tissue paper using the Fringe Scissors. I stamped the  Wood Grain horizontally across the carrot using Tangerine Tango Ink to give it some color, taped my treats in the bottom and held the whole thing together with a brad.

For the dirt at the bottom I tore the top edge of a 2" piece of Chocolate card stock and glued it to the bottom edge of the carrot.

Plant Sticks

I was asked to make a couple of projects with the ladies auxilary of our volunteer fire department. I used some of the punch art characters from my Cute Critters and More Cute Critters punch art classes to make plant sticks that the ladies can stick in a pot of spring flowers. To make the sticks I used the head and body of the punch art characters and glued them onto a wooden stir stick.

Punch Art Graduation

When I need a card for a special occasion and don't have a suitable stamp I usually head for my punches. I made this graduation card using the new Triangle Punch. I colored one of the Silver Mini Brads with a black sharpie, poked a hole in the centre of the cap and inserted the brad along with the tassel. The tassel is made from White Baker's Twine. If you don't know how to make a tassel scroll down and have a peek at the video tutorial

 

Artisan Label Punch

Don't you just love the punches that have coordinating stamp sets? It's wonderful for those of us who are scissor-impared. I used a couple of the stamps from the Label Love stamp set and the coordinating Artisan Label and Small Heart Punch to make this wedding card.

I folded one of the Tea Lace Paper Doilies to fit behind the Artisan Label for the dress. Three of the medium sized pearls were used on the bodice and three of the smallest were colored with a black sharpie and used on the tux shirt. Make a snip in the top of the Label and fold down the edges to form the collar of the shirt.