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S’UP?
How cute is this card! I'm not the biggest punch art fan but this guy really caught my eye. We made this for card for Laurie's Line UP! and at a recent stamp camp.
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I’m All About That Face
This is the card that inspired the August calendar for the 2015 Calendar Project. When I saw that face in the Ray of Sunshine stamp set, I knew I had to have it. When I saw Justin Krieger's card made with this stamp set, I had to make it. I used the Scallop Circle Punch to create the Sun:
- Punch out the shape first with the Scallop Circle Punch
- Attach a strip of light-weight paper to it (I call the fish line technique). Use the strip of paper as a guide to hold and reposition your shape
- Insert the scallop back into the punch
- Offset the design half way between the scallops and re-punch
World Traveler
A quick post today to show this really cool masculine card. The Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper was sponged to feature land and water. It was a very easy card to put together. The picture doesn’t really do it justice.
Inspired by: Michele Reynolds
Bee Happy
The lovely and talented Kim Coulter used this adorable bee on front of our menu folder at a demonstrator event we had this past January. I showed the menu (plus all the other charming things Kim made for this event) to my customers and they asked to make The Bee. It was something I had in my mind all year but I just hadn’t really got around to it. When the new 2014-2015 Annual Catalog was released, I saw a stamp from the Sweet Stuff stamp set that just called out for The Bee. Here’s what I camp up with:
Here is a list of the 20 body parts to make The Bee and the products needed to make the card:
|
Qty |
Color |
Punch/Image/Part |
|
2 |
Basic Black |
Ornament Punch (MDS with e-cutter) |
|
1 |
Crushed Curry |
Ornament Punch (MDS with e-cutter) |
|
2 |
Basic Black |
1 ¾” Circle Punch |
|
2 |
Crushed Curry |
1 ¾” Circle Punch |
|
2 |
Crushed Curry |
1” Circle Punch |
|
1 |
Crushed Curry |
¾” Circle Punch |
|
4 |
Basic Black |
½” Circle Punch |
|
2 |
White Vellum |
Extra Large Oval Punch |
|
2 |
Whisper White |
Bird Punch Wing |
|
2 |
Basis Black |
⅛” x 1¼” Strip |
Feathers but no Birds
I have been inspired by some of the cards I have seen that use die cuts from Stampin’s UP’s e-cutter files. So I purchased an electronic cutting tool and merged the feather from My Digital Studio’s (MDS), Feathered Woodcuts Kit. This digital image was originally a now retired stamp set. In the digital environment it can also be used to make a die cut. The SVG image of the feather was merged into the ecutter's design software. I then used the trace tool to outline the image that created the cut line. Next I filled the page so that I could cut a bunch of them. I hit the cut button and that was it; they were done. Then I got cut happy.
Here’s how I used the die cuts:
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black & Back to Black Designer Series Paper
Ink: Stazon Black
Stamp: Remembering Your Birthday
Tools & Accessories: Whisper White ⅝ Satin Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones
MDS: Feather Woodcuts Kit
Non Stampin’ UP!: E-cutter, Black Sharpie
Hooray for Today
The colors in this card are so bright & cheerful they want to make you stand up & holler.
Inspired by: Justin Krieger
Stamp Set: Geometrical
Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Kaleidoscope Designer Paper Series
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Triangle Punch, Chevron Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals