Punch Art 2 ~ Bear

November 24, 2013November 24, 2013Leave a comment

Here is the second in my series of punch art embellishments, this is based on ‘Bertie Bear’ by Pat Carr (an Australian SU designer)

As you can see the Owl punch has come into play again for the body and the little fur tuft on the top of his head. The arms and feet use the ‘wing’ from the Bird Builder Punch.

All the pieces are cut from Crumb Cake and were sponged in ‘Soft Suede’ ink. The nose and tuft were cut from Soft Suede card stock. I used the Chocolate Chip stampin marker to put on his features and cute little toes.

This turned out to be a very versatile embellishment as I used the him for a recent scrap book layout:

….. as well as a card for my recently arrived great-niece, Isla

If you’d like any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! and my team I’d most definitely like to hear from you!

Punch Art – Book worm

November 17, 2013Leave a comment

I love to make my own embellishments for my scrap book pages. This often involves pulling out all of my paper punches and scraps of card stock and to footle about until I get something that looks good and is repeatable in my scrap camps.

At least one of my pages contains a punch art embellishment. To help my ‘scrappers’ create their own little gem I create an exploded version for them to follow. I thought I would share some of these in a series of posts.

This little guy featured in the ‘school days’ scrap pages in the October scrap camp. He is made from a series of Stampin’ Up’s circle punches as well as the eyes from the Owl Punch

And here is the finished scrap book layout:

Stampin’ Up’s ~ Gorgeous Grunge & Oh Hello

November 14, 2013Leave a comment

Gorgeous Grunge…… curious choice of words… I have to admit that I did not really see the stamp set when the new catalog was released in June, I am more into flowers and doilies than splodges and skid marks!!! However we were given this set as part of our Convention 2013 goodies and I bought it home and put it in my stamp cupboard.

In late July I was designing some scrap book layouts for my August Scrap camp ~ the theme was ‘fun in the sun’ – I was looking for something that would give me a ‘sand-type’ texture to add dimension to my crumb cake cardstock ‘beach’ I browsed thru my stamp sets and there was ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ sitting there waiting patiently for me…… the little scattered dot pattern stamp gave me a perfect effect.

In August I was working on my September Scrap Camp designs, this time a travel theme, again looking for texture to add interest to the background of my pages…. there was Gorgeous Grunge again….. using the kinda ‘tyre skid’ effect at the bottom of my pages. I was really beginning to warm to this stamp set!

I also used the small ‘splodge’ on the Thanksgiving Banner featured in an earlier post.

November, December and January bring a lot of birthdays for the fellas in my family…… so out came the Gorgeous Grunge once again!

………. and again for a couple of ‘thank you’ cards same layout at the guy cards but using more ‘girly’ colors and the pretty flower from the ‘Oh Hello’ stamp set (which I got as part of my materials at Leadership training way back in January

So I guess the moral is to never judge a stamp set by it cover ~ this little DVD case was full of little gems! 🙂

Another day of Stampin’

November 7, 2013Leave a comment

Today is my birthday, I will not share which one it is but suffice to say I have had a few of them and this one is not a milestone year!

I spent most of the day preparing for a craft sale this coming Saturday ~ the Bobcats Bazaar at Celina High School in Texas. I really enjoyed making a bunch of these cute snack packs for puppies and NOEL, home decor banner.

Stampin’ Up ~ Joyful Christmas

November 5, 2013November 5, 2013Leave a comment

I went to an inspiration night last week and I have to say I was well and truly inspired by the projects we made.

This one used the Joyful Christmas Stamp Set. Heat embossed in silver on Shimmery White cardstock. We then spritzed it with water before using an Aqua Painter with Coastal Cabana and Island Indigo ink to flood in the color. After it was dry (which only took a few minutes) it was out with the scissors to ‘fussy-cut” the flower before adhering to Coastal Cabana cardstock with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The center was finished off with a bunch of rhinestones to add some extra bling!

Stampin Up Best of 25 years ~ November

November 2, 2013November 2, 2013Leave a comment

Is it winter yet? Even if snow isn’t on the ground yet, you can still celebrate the first snows of winter with some of our favorite snow images from the past 25 years! With the Best of Snow set, you also get the never-before-seen Let it Snow image which coordinates perfectly with the Bracket Label Punch. Announced today ~ a great new set for November’s ‘Best of’ Series

These sets are available until March 2014….. they contain a lot of past favorites as well as one brand new design each month. Each has a little ’25’ sticker, collect 6 and get a free stamp set to the value of $14.95….. a great deal.
oooo, just realized – this is my 40th post……. 🙂

LNS Treasure Hunt ~ and the winner is……..

October 30, 20132 Comments

The treasure hunt drew to a close last Friday…. the draw took place on Monday and the lucky winner of the US treasure hunt was….

LISA EISNER

Huge congratulations to her and happy shopping 🙂

The next Treasure Hunt will be in the spring….. if you ‘follow’ my blog you will get the information as soon at it is published.

I promised a handmade gift to one person who chose to ‘follow’ my blog and another for one person who let a comment on my blog ~ the winners are….

gegallas (for following)

Christy Q (for commenting)

please send me another comment with your contact details so I can get your prizes to you 🙂

A good afternoon’s work (playtime)

October 25, 20131 Comment

Had some of these little calendars kicking around my workbench, so decided to pull together some ink, paper and ribbon to create a little fridge magnet calendar. The base is made of chipboard cut 4×4, a little DSP added with some ribbon in a complementary colour. Flowers were stamped on Whisper White card stock using the Flower Shop Stamp set and punch (available as a bundle) few pieces of magnetic strip hot glued to the back and we have a cute stocking stuffer, hostess / teacher appreciation gift ready for the holiday season.

You can order this bundle directly from my website – just click the picture above. This week’s Hostess Code for week ending Sunday is KWH4TKW3 and you could win all the hostess $$$$$’s that accumulate during the week! One winner will be named at random

Stampin Up ~ 25 stamp sets @ 25% off!!!!

October 24, 2013Leave a comment

October 25th is Stampin’ Ups official 25th Anniversary – between October 22nd and 28th they are offering 25 different stamps sets for 25% off…. fabulous bargain! Some of these sets are also available in French,German and Spanish as well as English. Pictures of some cards and an chance to shop and win free product are toward the end of the post.

Here are 3 of the stamp sets included in the promotion:

Ornament Keepsakes ~ this set has matching framelits

Happy Day

Snowflake Soire

Apocathry Arts. this set has matching framelits

This offer is available until Monday 28th – you can order directly from my website – just click the ‘shop now’ button above. This week’s Hostess Code for week ending Sunday is KWH4TKW3 and you could win all the hostess $$$$$’s that accumulate during the week! One winner will be named at random

October Christmas/Holiday Card Stamp Camp

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013Leave a comment

Last weekend was the 3rd Christmas/ Holiday Card Stamp Camp for this year. We made 3 of each of these cards:

Contemporary ‘flip/flop’ card in Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay with silver ribbon and glimmer paper. The middle card in classic red and green, showcased the new ‘ Expressions Framelits’ and ‘Silver Foil’ card stock. The final card in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive ~ traditional colors with a contemporary design.

And here is the some of the band of happy stampers: