Lego Punch Art card

Friday night Veterans United hosted a movie night in the park for their employees and the their families.  They gave out fun Lego freebies and fun give-a-ways!  My children were excited that there were two concession stands with free goodies.  What a fun night!  Above is the card that I made for our family to sign as thanks for a wonderful family fun night!

Enjoy and happy stamping!
Stef

Stamps:
Sassy Salutations

Colors:
Daffodil Delight
Real Red
Tangerine Tangelo

Supplies:
Envelope Punch Board (corner rounder)
Dimensionals
Punch, circle...very small
Embossing folder, Perfect Polka Dots

Sandcastle card (summer punch art)

 

I can't take the credit for this card...I CASED it off of Dawn O's site.  (-:  This is the card I will be sending in my monthly demo swap.  Below I have a little tutorial in case you fall in love with the card like I did!  Dawn used the spiral punch (retired) on her sandcastle but I sold my punch AND could only use current merchandise in the swap.

Lightly adhere scallop circles to a scrap of paper to help with punching.

Off center the punch again to give the sun its fun shape.

Remove the sun from the scrap of paper.

Slip the Sahara Sand strip down the top and pull out most of it through design.  This will enable you to punch only the top.

Dimensions of the punches and shapes.

Stamps:  Bring on the Cake

Colors:  Daffodil Delight, Sahara Sand (of course!), Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue (base), and Marina Mist (of course for the water!)

Punches: Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle, Word Window, Tag

Goodies:  Sponges, Color Spritzer, Snail

Happy stamping!
Stef

It Has Been A Long Time...

But that is an understatement.  I have stamped a bit off and on, but they were more sympathy cards.  I just couldn't bring myself to show them.  Then there was a card for my Grandpa, but I sort of forgot to take a picture of it.  Anyway....

I have stamped some cards that do have pictures.  This is a card that I made for my Mom for Mother's Day.  Since it doesn't need to be mailed, its thickness doesn't matter.

I used the Blossom Petals Builder punch for the petals....lots of them.  Pool Party, So Saffron, and Whisper White are the colors, and Messages for Mom was used for the sentiment.

Let me know if you have any questions...Julie

Uncle Sam Punch Art card

Howdy!  For my monthly swap I wanted to do something patriotic because it was Memorial Day yesterday.  Also, one of the theme options was Fourth of July...lol!  He was super easy to create.  I combined several cards that I found online to come up with this fun one.  I borrowed Dawn O's Uncle Sam and Connie B's layout...voila!  (-:  My creative juices were "rusty" so this project gave me a jump start.

For the hat I punched out a Cherry Cobbler square and a white one.  I trimmed a few "slices" off of the cherry square and adhered them to the white one.  A Midnight Muse Word Window punch completes the hat for the brim.

I put a 1 1/4" circle (sponged first) on top of the white scallop circle.  A small circle from the punch pack works well for the nose (sponged first).  I used a Black marker to draw the eyes and mouth.

Punches:  Scallop Edge, 1 ¼” square, 1 ¼” circle, punch pack circle, 2 ½” circle, Word Window, Scallop circle

Accessories:  Sponges, Snail, Bone folder, Cherry Cobbler ribbon, Dimensionals, Square Lattice folder, Big Shot

Colors:  Midnight Muse (new), Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette and Bashful Blue

Happy Stamping!

Stefanie

Mickey punch art

The kids have been begging to go to Disney World so we made a savings jar. 

Valuable lesson #1 Money does not grow on trees, just leaves.

Valuable lesson #2 Enjoy the journey.

Valuable lesson #3 Any excuse is a good excuse to stamp! 

Supplies:
Strawberry jam jar from Aldi
Big Shot
Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Sticky Strip
1 3/4" circle punch and 1" circle punch (mouse head and ears)
2 1/2" circle punch and 1 3/4" circle punch (for lid)
Decorative Label punch (for lid)
Satin Ribbon, Real Red
Grosgrain Ribbon, Whisper White (covers words on lid edge)

Colors:
Basic Black
Real Red
Whisper White

Stamp Set:
Word Play

Enjoy and happy stamping!
Stef

Punch Art Favors

I am so excited to do my first ever blog post.  It was hard to choose which project to debut first.  I have done several projects lately.  (Which is amazing in and of itself...)


How about some punch art favors.  I gave these to my children with their valentines. 

These rocket ships for my two boys...

and these little owls for my two girls.


They are mounted with glue dots on Pearson's mint patties (available at Walmart) which are still foil wrapped.  (They are similar to York Peppermint Patties.)  Since they are wrapped in foil, the wrapper doesn't show when viewed from the top.  The kids have really enjoyed these little favors.


If you would like to create them, here is what you need:
Rocket
Punches: Wide oval, 1" circle (to do cut out at the end), 1/2" circle, 1/4" circle (which is a standard handheld), small oval, 1 3/8" circle for the back (helps keep it closed if you are passing these out)
Paper: Brushed Silver, Daffodil Delight (shown sponged with Tangerine Tango ink), and Real Red or Tangerine Tango
Other: Pearson's Mint Patties, Paper snips to cut the flame detail, 2 Way Glue pen, glue dots

Owl
Punches: Wide oval, 1" circle (to cut out portion between the "ears"), small oval, 1/4" circle (halves form the feet), 1 3/8" circle to keep back closed
Paper: Early Espresso, Melon Mambo or Concord Crush, Pink Pirouette or Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango
Other: Paper snips, Square Lattice TIEF, 7mm Wiggly Eyes, 2 Way Glue pen, glue dots, Pearson's Mint Patties

Bonus Tip:  I find that reverse tweezers are really helpful in positioning small punch art pieces.

Let us know if you have any questions...Julie