Twelve days of Christmas Cards 2015 - Day 12 {punch art angels}

 

It's the last day lovely people! Only a few more sleeps till we celebrate Christmas day, so here is my final card (and probably final post till next year... sometime!)
This was another project I made and have never showed it, it's quite old sadly but it's too lovely to not show it for my 12th day of Christmas! Now they aren't toy soldiers but they stand firm and strong and look much better!!
ANGELS! Made from the petal cone die and a whole bunch of other punches! I saw the idea HERE and HERE. The children love this kind of thing, punch art is certainly a fav for all ages and there are HEAPS of amazing ideas all over the Internet!!!

 

 

 

 

So what was your favourite day of Christmas cards??? I'd have to say I've loved sharing them all!
I hope and pray that your Christmas season is full of love and peace and joy and that you are touched by God's love as we celebrate the best gift of all - Jesus!
Merry Christmas Everyone!

Flowers for Spring - Petal Potpourri

With the Spring sunshine I've been making lots of flower cards! Oh how lovely all the gardens are looking at the moment!!
This little card is actually a seed packet with matching gift bag that I demonstrated at my Mother/Child class. The girls had the best time stamping flowers and punching them out!

I've used quite a few retired things including the Concord crush card/stock.... do you remember that?? Such a deep purple!! The stamp set is also a retired Stamping Up set but was perfect for this sweet smelling project!

The spiral flower die has helped to create the flowers on the bag, along with some sparkly dazzling diamonds! LOVE! Check out that fun DSP, it's from the School house DSP, just perfect for any occasion!! Talking about school, we are on holidays right now so hopefully I'll be around again soon to show some more crafting goodies!!

Mmmm Chocolate (punch art card)

 

It's the weekend!! YAY!!! I'm not sure about you but generally that means that I get to eat FUN FOOD! Chocolate used to be top of my list for a Friday night movie but I'm being healthy for the Winter so homemade sugar-free brownies with cream go down just as nice!!

This card however was made for Hannah's Drama teacher. Hannah and the other students of Just Imagine Drama school just recently put on the Charlie and the Chocolate factory production! It was decided to get Rubi (the teacher) a gift of flowers and a card for everyone to sign. Well I soon put up my hand to make the card and with a fun theme like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the choice of design was easy!

 

I saw THIS great card which inspired my creation. I love the foil bit, makes it look more "life-like" and the gorgeous wooden element finishes it all off beautifully! Needless to say Rubi LOVED it and so did the students.... they wanted to eat some! Hee he!!

So whatever you are doing this weekend, may it be filled with some yummy treats, wonderful company and loads of fun!

Batman Punch art

My very clever son was needing a birthday card for his friend. Zeke LOVES punch art and is very good at it, so with a theme of DC he hit Pinterest and found THIS inspiring card to case!

 

I'm so pleased for him with how it turned out, he was pretty pleased with himself also, and the birthday boy?? He LOVED IT, said it was COOL!
All with the word window punch, oval punch, scissors and yellow and black card stock.... EASY!

Punch art - Cat card

I have another cat card to show you today, one using punch art. I saw THIS card and gave it my Sharnee touch for a dear friend that has recently lost her very special pussy cat.
I tried to make it look like her furry friend which was grey with a white tummy and paws.

The punches I used were large oval, selection of small circles, window punch, bird builder punch and small flower punch. I was pretty happy with the end result! Punch art sure is a lot of fun!

Just add Ink challenge #252 - A sketch (Horse Punch art)

 

It's a busy time of the year for birthdays in my circle of friends and family! This Friday my sweet little Sophia will turn 9 and she is having a Horse Theme Party. So with that idea in mind and the very groovy sketch from Just Add Ink I came up with this....

 

 

I did find the punch art inspiration from HERE to make my horse but added my own little touches like the burlap ribbon mane. I'm sooo happy with the rosette proudly displaying Sophia's birthday number!!

This sketch was a lot of fun, must remember to use it again in the future!

Perfectlt Rustics challenge #39 - Animals {Punch art Fox}

 

After having a whole month on the last challenge we are up and running with a New year and a New Challenge over at Perfectly Rustics!! YAY!! I'm excited as the design team have come up with some super fun challenges for you all and can't wait to inspire you and see your wonderful creations as you play along with us!!
For this challenge we are talking about ANIMALS!! WOW there are soooo many possibilities with this one lovelies.....
Here is my inspiration for you.....

 All the bits and punches you need to make this cute

 punch art fox

How totally cute are these little fellas??!! Oh how I love how they turned out! Looking forward to seeing what you all do, I'll be sure to leave some comment love!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #247 - Little Red Riding Hood punch art card.

 

Hello there dear people!! How are you? How was your Christmas?? What plans do you have for new years?? What a wonderful time of the year it is, so relaxed and casual, so fun and enjoyable!

 

Well before the year is out I wanted to show you the card I made for sweet little Esther's 5th birthday (earlier in the month) She had a Little Red Ridding Hood theme and so with that as my inspiration and a fantastic sketch (which I flipped on the side...) from The Sweetest thing blog, Sweet Sunday sketches I came up with this....

I love how it turned out, complete with 5 little flowers picked in Red Riding Hood's basket!
( if you'd like to see more of Esther's birthday click HERE)

Just Add Ink challenge #241 {Yoda Punch art!}

 

I was needing a card for a six year old who loves Star Wars.... where do you go?? Just Add Ink is the answer with a really groovy sketch - YAY!! I have been wanting to make a punch art Yoda for a long time and so finally made the effort, sat down and with inspiration from HERE made my very own Yoda!

 

 

(My Son thinks he is..... sooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!)

 

I thought that the shiny stars in the background would be a nice touch and I loved the placement of the greeting on the sketch! I'd have to say it's a pretty cool card (if I do say so myself!) I'm keen to know what the birthday boy thinks when he gets it..... once across the straight... let's hope the force is with me!! hee he,

Perfectly Rustics Punch Art challenge #32

 

 Clown made by Zeke

Punch Art is a wonderful thing in the creative world!! It's really only left to your own imagination as to what you can come up with......
This fortnight at Perfectly Rustics we are celebrating the fabulous technique of PUNCH ART!!!

 

 

My son has made a card to inspire you this time!! Zeke needed a card for his friend who was turning 11! He loves racing cars and so with some help from Google (Zeke found THIS) he cased the card and made it his own!! Do your children get involved with some punch art??

 Mermaids by Sophia

There's NO REASON why you (or your kiddies) can't join in with us this challenge!! Can't wait to see what you come up with! YAY!

DIY PUNCH ART Mustaches {fancy Male cards}

 It's very important to make sure they look real!! hee he

Here I am trying on the Walrus!

(mustache names from HERE)

I'm here again as promised to show you how to make your very own Punch art Mustaches!!! This all began when I was feeling much too impatient to wait for the brand new Mustache die featured in the New Stampin' Up! Catalogue!!! So I had a play and here is a selection of what I've come up with to DIY!!

These are the punches I used:

 

 Elegant butterfly

Bird builder

Decorative label

Now for what to do:

 Mustache #1: IMPERIAL

bird punch

 

 Fold back the birds head and stick down,

(you need two) Then place side by side

Mustache #2: PETITE HANDLEBAR

bird wing punch

This one uses the bird wing, trim some of the wing 

down a little like pictured above. 

Once you've done one then place on top of the other and follow the shape!

Mustache #3: CHEVRON

 butterfly punch

 Turn butterfly upside down and trim off smaller wings,

 then cut out little "head" piece

Mustache #4: ENGLISH

Decorative label

 

 I'm sure you've seen this trick, it's a little bracket when on it's side 

but flip it horizontally and you have a Fancy mo!

Mustache #5: WALRUS

decorative label

Cut the scallop edgy bits off, then cut in half!

Use the wonderful new fringe scissors to finish it off!

 

 

Of course you can flip some of these ( like the top two on this card sample)

either way depending on the Mo you're after!!

from top: decorative label, wing, butterfly

and decorative label!

Now just pop your Mustache/s of choice on your card!!!

 DONE!!!

from top: wing, butterfly, decorative label & bird!

I hope that you go and give these a try!! They sure are a lot of fun and if you're anything like me you just won't be able to stop at one!!