Category: Punch Art

All Occasion Cards, Birthday Cards, Just Because Cards, Punch Art, Stampin' Up!, Thank You Cards

You’re Just the Sweetest

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Hello everyone! Today’s card is simple and sweet. It makes me think of my mom, who loves oranges. I think this sentiment works fantastically for a “thank you” card or a “birthday” card. You could even send it to a friend for a “just because” card. Versatility is always a plus, am I right? 🙂Oranges

The sentiment comes from the stamp set “Apple of My Eye”. This set has really grown on me. I recommend Pinterest-ing for a few minutes to browse more adorable card ideas with this stamp set. 🙂

What I love most about this sweet little card is the glint of Wink of Stella that is brushed over both oranges.  This picture below doesn’t do the sparkliness justice, but I hope you can see a little bit of it.Oranges Close Up

Stampin’ Up! has recently partnered with the company that makes these glitter brushes and now offers the Wink of Stella glitter brushes in clear and gold. 

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We are in our final month of Sale-A-Bration. If you would like more information on how you can earn FREE product from now until March 31st, leave me a comment or see my previous posts, “Flowering Fields Sympathy” & “A Watermelon Just for You”.

I hope you are inspired to do some creating with this adorable stamp set and/or the Wink of Stella Glitter Brushes. I know you’ll enjoy yourself!

~Stephanie

Supplies used on this card*: Apple of My Eye stamp set, Whisper White cardstock, Crumb Cake cardstock, Memento Black Classic Stampin’ Pad, Tangelo Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad, Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad, 1 3/4″ Circle Punches, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Wink of Stella Glitter Brush – clear, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Snail Permanent Adhesive.

*All supplies are available in my online store (see picture link to the right, near the top).

Birthday Cards, Punch Art, Stampin' Up!

Neapolitan Birthday

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Hello everyone! Today I have another sketch challenge for you. This one is from Freshly Made Sketches. I always enjoy the sketches from this challenge blog. I really like the unique vertical sentiment on this sketch. FMS210

I am glad the sketch reminds the papercrafter that any shape can be used. I was inspired to pull out my Sprinkles of Life stamp set and my Tree Builder punch. I chose to make my ice cream Neapolitan because I ate some the other day and it was delicious. Reminds me of my childhood. 🙂IceCream2

Here is a close up of the ice cream scoops. All the stamping is done in Soft Suede. When I stamped the “Happy Birthday” it kind of looked lonely so I filled in around it with a curly line stamp from Tin of Cards stamp set. I really like how it turned out.

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The Sprinkles of Life stamp set is the Ronald McDonald House stamp set for this year’s annual catalog. Part of the proceeds of this stamp set support the Ronald McDonald House charities. It is a very versatile set. Check out Pinterest for more project ideas.

Thanks for reading! I hope you have been inspired by this sketch, stamp set, or punch. 🙂

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie

Punch Art, Stampin' Up!, Wedding Cards

Owl Wedding

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Hello everyone! I’ve been browsing Pinterest for more cute owl cards. I just had to make this adorable owl wedding card. Here is the link to the original card.

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I think if I made this card again (which I can definitely see happening 🙂 ), I would probably experiment with different layering behind the owl images.

Here are the dimensions of the card base & layers: Whisper White base= 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ (scored at 4 1/4″), Basic Gray layer= 4 x 4 1/4″, Basic Black layer= 3 1/2 x 4 1/4″, Whisper White layer= 3 x 4 1/4″, Basic Black strip= 4 x 3/4″.

Owl Wedding Close Up

My favorite parts of this card are the owl bride’s dress and crown. It’s crazy how a little glimmer paper and some rhinestones can make an owl look like a girl. 🙂

I hope you are inspired by this post. Re-creating this card was a lot of fun! I invite you to check out my Owl Builder Punch board on Pinterest.

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie

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Birthday Cards, Designer Series Paper Cards, Fab Friday Cards, Punch Art, Stampin' Up!, Techniques

Out on a Limb for FabFri73

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Hello all!  I am pleased to introduce you to another challenge blog that I have discovered. It is called Fab Friday and is another challenge blog run by Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.

One of the design team members for Fab Friday  is Brian King, who is also on the design teams for two other challenge blogs I follow: the Global Design Project & Pals Paper Arts. The interesting thing about the Fab Friday challenges is that they run for two weeks, rather than one week like all other challenge blogs I’ve seen.

Here is the most recent challenge:

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Here’s the card I came up with based on this color challenge. I am still having fun creating with my Owl Builder Punch. 🙂

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I also brought out my Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper. This DSP is unique because it is pre-embossed. Some sheets are white images embosssed on white sheets, while others are colored sheets embossed with clear images. I used a brayer to add the Rich Razzleberry ink to the a portion of white DSP with white embossed dots. I wiped off the excess ink with a tissue. Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper

Here’s a close up of this adorable owl. I embossed his green front with the Decorative Dots embossing folder for a little something extra.

Owl Close Up

The cute little branch comes from the Tree Builder Punch; also a very versatile punch.

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I hope you were inspired by today’s post. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think about this card and if you would have done anything differently.

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie

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Sparkles & Owls for PPA268

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I’ve been wanting to play around with my Owl Builder Punch since I got it several months ago. I’ve used the eye parts of the punch for other punch art cards, but I had yet to use the Owl Builder Punch to actually build an owl.  That is until yesterday!

Owl Builder Punch

This sketch (PPA268) from the Pals Paper Arts inspired me to put my Owl Builder Punch into action.

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As you can see, I deviated slightly from the original sketch. That’s the fun of sketches though – you don’t have to do EXACTLY what the sketch says. The purpose of sketches are for inspiration. I obviously couldn’t put two owls together, so I thought for awhile and decided a cute sparkly heart would be a complimentary shape.

Owl Card for PPA268

This close up almost does the sparkly heart justice. It’s so easy to make too! Here are the directions: 1) punch out the heart 2) press it into your Versamark pad 3) sprinkle on some Heat & Stick powder 4) heat the powder with your Heat Tool just until it turns shiny (it IS possible to overheat this Heat & Stick powder) 5) sprinkle on the Dazzling Diamonds glitter, and briefly heat set the glitter.

Owl Card Close Up

I used the 3rd and 4th smallest framelits from the Squares Collection Framelits for the two squares. I hadn’t done this for a long time, but I was inspired to emboss the envelope flap to match the background on my card.  Our Stampin’ Up! envelopes are awesome for embossing and stamping on. Owl Card with Envelope

I think this is my favorite card I’ve made in awhile. I want to keep it for decoration in my craft room and never give it away! I am also really starting to think about making this card again in different colors. A minty green? A lavender-like purple? A sweet pea pink? 🙂 What a cute birth announcement card!

I hope you are inspired to play around with papercrafting supplies you’ve had for awhile but haven’t gotten around to using yet. It is worth it!

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie

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Punch Art, Stampin' Up!

Punch Art!

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As promised. . . here are some super cute punch art cards! I CASEd (Copy and Share Everything) the designs for all four from Pinterest, but sometimes had to design my own backgrounds when I didn’t have the supplies used in the picture I was CASEing.  I will list all the punches needed for each design. If you have a question about other supplies used, please leave me a comment and I will let you know. 🙂

VW Beetle

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I thought this little bug was so cute in Daffodil Delight, but couldn’t help imagine what it would look like in other colors. Maybe I’ll have to try some more out. 🙂 This particular card feels like a wedding card to me. I picture the bride & groom waving from the back window, off to their honeymoon!

Punches used: Extra-large Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Owl Builder Punch, Word Window Punch, & Modern Label Punch (retired).  The last punch was used for the tires. Leave me a comment if you have an idea for a substitute that is still available for purchase.

Hula Girl

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I really love how this card came together. That hula girl is just adorable. Makes me want to go on a Hawaiian vacation!

Punches used: Large Oval Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch (fringed with Fringe Scissors), Tree Builder Punch, & Itty Bitty Punch Pack.

Airplane in the Clouds

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I had a lot of fun with this airplane. Since the cloud embossing folder is now retired, I had to come up with a substitute. I used the Tree Builder Punch to punch out a cloud. Then  I used the Paper Piercing Tool and Stampin’ Pierce Mat to “trace” a bunch of clouds on the cardstock. I think it turned out pretty well. 🙂

Punches used: 2″ Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Owl Builder Punch & 1 3/4″ Circle Punch (cut into quarters).

Frog on a Lilly Pad

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Thought this little frog was so charming. He just needs a crown. 🙂 He was super easy to make too: a few ovals, circles for a lilly pad and the Decorative Dots embossing folder for the water.

Punches used: Extra-Large Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Tree Builder Punch, Owl Builder Punch.  The Lilly Pad and white background are from retired Starburst Circle Framelits, but you could use the Circle Collection Framelits instead.

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie