Punch Art Easter Bunny Treat Bag

This treat bag is from a template by B-C-E (Uk) Ltd called Bag 'N' a Box.  I did alter it slightly to make it taller.

The bunny is made from a variety of SU punches and topped off with a Peachy Keen face and Candi buttons.  In case you are wondering about the head - it is the SU ornament punch trimmed and used upside down.  The trim on top is from a Spellbinders Classic Edges One die set - except I used the part usually tossed out.  The aperture is cut out using Nestabilities Labels Ten.

Christmas Punch Art - thank you card

As we have been invited to spend Xmas day lunch with friends I thought I would make a thank you card which we can pop into the cheese basket we will be taking them. 

This is a small square card on which I used another one of my punch art plum puddings with the Cottage Cutz Holly Berry Mini die on top.  It is matted on a Spellbinders Floral Doily Motif and placed on cardstock on which I used an embossing folder called Leafy Flourish from Craft Concepts.  At last, a company that actually puts the name on the embossing folder and not on the packaging we throw away !

Punch Art - Xmas Pud

I must confess to having cased this Xmas pud from a craft blog but cannot for the life of me remember where.  I seem to recall it was a Stampin Up demonstrator and as I did not have the correct SU punches I had to use Spellbinders Classic Circles Large with the SU Scalloped Border punch.

The holly is a Cottage Cutz die called Holly Berry and I used the Spellbinders Pinking Circles Small for the outside of the circle.  The embossing folder is a SU one and the sentiment is from the JustRite set called Happy Everything Card Making set - this was one the mouse did not eat !!

Punch Art - Little Girl

When I saw this idea on a blog I knew I just had to try it out for my niece's birthday.  The hair reminds me so much of her.

For the hair behind the head I used 2  SU scalloped circles, the front section is a SU scalloped oval which I re punched smaller.  It was by sheer fluke I got it right the first time !  The head is the SU ornament punch and the face is Peachy Keen stamp.

The dress and pinafore are hand cut.  On the pinafore bottom I used a Nestabilities scalloped oval to get a slightly curved look.  The arms and legs are SU word window punch, the hands are a SU small heart, the shoes are the SU medium heart and the actual heart is the largest in the SU Heart to Heart punch which has 3 hearts in it.

The grass is a Magnolia die, the background paper is from my stash and as it was a tad too bright I laid some vellum over it to dull it down.  The side punch strips are from a MS punch.

I will not be posting for the following 2 weeks as we are leaving on an overseas trip on Sunday.  Usually I have some stock but this time I have been slightly pre occupied and have not managed to get ahead of myself.  I am really looking forward to popping into a craft store or two whilst in the UK.

Tag - Punch Art

A while back I did a few of cards with a Mr Acorn punch art I had cased from a craft site.  As I often do, I made a couple more which I kept one side.  So when it came to making this tag it was really easy just to select a couple of leaves, from the Marianne D die called Frames / Leaves, and put it altogether.  I did use Antique Linen Distress Ink on the edges of the tag, which is a Nestabilities Labels Twenty.  Just can't remember where I found that sentiment - sorry !  You will have to forgive me this week but I am posting only tags.  I have recently not spent as much time as I normally do at my craft table even though I am back in the moonboot with another injury to my foot - just for 4 weeks this time.

Instead, I have been devoting time to a special project - I was asked to become the godmother of a white Bengal tiger, Angelo who is only 3 years old and he is going blind.  How could I say no to a face like this :

He is such a big boy and even though he does not live close by, DH and I travelled 4 hours to meet him and his companion, Mich.

Their story is best told on the Jukani website.  To meet Angelo and Mich and all their companions at Jukani up close and personal was a very special experience and one which we will never forget.  Most of us with animals in our care know the feeling of how they worm their way into our hearts.  I just never counted on a 250Kg white Bengal tiger having the same effect on me !

 

Easter Duck baskets

Not sure if there is such a thing as an Easter Duck, but I thought it would look cute for little boys rather than the pink girly bunnies.

The box is made from Nesties Mega Rectangles - 2 of them, laid landscape and scored at 1½" and 4½", then along the bottom, which is the longer side, score at 1".  On the bottom 1" side cut on the 2 vertical score lines up to the 1" mark and fold boxes in making 2 halves.  Tape and pop together.  For the handle I twisted some twine, punched a hole on either side and knotted the twine on the inside.

For the duck I was wanting to get my Cricut out to make it but as I was in an ankle brace and using 2 crutches that day I could not manage it by myself, so I went to plan B which was to make a duck up using punches.  Normally I would have a look on my computer to see whose design I could copy but I actually made this one up all by myself.  The recipe is as follows :

The bowtie is made with the remnants of the SU Spiral Border punch which you overlap.  I also sponged all the pieces and bent in the one wing to hold the basket.  The grass is my usual MS icicles border punch trimmed.

Punch Art Mouse

This card started off with me wanting to use the CottageCutz Peeker Pocket die.  I also wanted to copy a mouse I had seen on a blog, I think it was from Paper Punch Addiction's Kim Score.  I did not have the correct size circle punch for the outer ears so had to use Nesties circles which I think turned out better with the ridges.

The head is the SU ornament punch, the arms are also SU - word window punch, the face is from Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed.

Background papers are CM and I used a MS border punch for the sides.  The sentiment is from SU as are the punches it is stamped on.  The bowtie is from my stash.

Punch Art Sheep

This card was cased from KB Papercraft for DH on the occasion of our wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago.

The sheep are really easy to put together, the only different punch I used was for the ears - I prefer to use an ovoid punch as I think the ears look cuter.  I added a bit of bling to the female sheep and popped them onto paper from a FabScraps pad I have.  The dotty background paper is from the same pad.  The 'grass' is a MS icicle border punch trimmed - one day I will find a punch or die with the type of grass I am looking for !  The sentiment is from a Clear Dollar set called Thoughtful Notes.

PUNCH ART - MR ACORN

Last year on 26 October I posted a Mr Acorn card which I cased from Stamp and Scrap with Frenchie.  At the time I made a couple more of these delightful characters and thought I should now start to use them up.

The dotted background paper is my usual CM, with the brown zig zags being from the SU Bigz XL die called Tasteful Trim.  I then used a Nestabilities die and 2 different sizes of the Go Kreate Frilly Square #1 die.  The papers used with the dies are all from my stash.

The sentiment is a SU one punched out using the SU Word Window punch.

PUNCH ART - SNOWMAN

Another punch art figure which I cased from Ink Me Baby One More Time.  This dear little snowman is quick and easy to make and seeing I had the Peachy Keen snowman faces, I did not have to try and draw one on.

The punches used are all SU as is the sentiment.

STAMPIN UP - MOOSE FANCY FAVOR BOX

Looking at this picture it has just struck me there is nothing Christmasy about it.  Will have to put a suitable tag around the handle to rectify that as I made it for Xmas.

Of all the SU Bigz XL dies (can be used in the Big Shot but not the CB) my favourite it definitely the Fancy Favour Box.  I used Distress Ink on the sides of the box and attached the handle with brads.  The decoration on the handle is from a new SU die, also a Bigz XL one, called Tasteful Trim. 

The moose was cased from a card I saw on  Card Scraps blog .   I did alter the moose to suit the punches I had using a CB leaf die for the antlers, part of the SU Two Step Bird punch for the ears, the head is a SU retired punch and the nose / mouth section is a SU Wide Oval.  The arms are SU Word Window and the gift is made using Nestabilites long rectangles.

STAMPIN UP - FANCY FAVOR BOX

With Christmas being just around the corner I thought I had better get a move on in making a couple of boxes.  I cased this one from the Add Ink and Stamp.blog and followed the detailed instructions.

The long scalloped white trim is from a SU Bigz XL die called Tasteful Trim as is Santa's beard.  The moustache was made using 2 SU ovals.  I could not find a suitable punch for the hat so used a Nestabilities egg shaped die which seemed to do the trick.  The snowflake is from a MS punch.

With just having arrived back from a short break I have no finished projects to pop onto the blog.  I have, however, been looking through a few other blogs and think you might be interested in the following punch art projects :

• Paper Perfect Designs - Bookmarks
• Calla Lily Studio - Christmas Carolers
• Created by You - How to make an ice-cream cone
• Paper Punch Addiction - Snowman ornament
• Flower Sparkle - Dandelion bookmarks
• http://stampingaddict.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-pattern.html
• Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie - cute card
• Splitcoaststampers - Golfer
• Sarahs Ink Spot - Mr & Mrs Claus cards
• Splitcoaststampers - Get well Owl

Hope to be back to normal by Friday.  I have a couple of new cute stamps I want to try out.

PUNCH ART - MR ACORN

When I saw this idea  from Stamp and Scrap with Frenchie, who even has a video on how to make the acorn, I just knew I had to try it out. 

For the face I used the SU ornament punch, the mouth is a SU small oval offset and punched twice, the hat is SU medium and wide ovals and the top of the hat is a Fiskars punch.  The nose and eyes are brads, the eyebrows are hand drawn and the cheeks are done with a SU sponge dauber and SU Rose Red ink.  I sponged around the face using Tea Dye Distress ink and used a white gel pen for the dots on the cheeks and marks on the hat.  For the fringe and bow I used some raffia I had over from a flower arrangement.


The leaves are Hero Arts Real Leaves coloured in using SU crayons and a blender pen.  I did the same leaves with Tea Dye Distress ink to stamp on a piece of green bazzil for the background.  The sentiment is from the SU set called Well Scripted and the label punch is an EK Success one bought locally.  I used Tea Dye Distress ink on the stick-on paper ribbon.

PUNCH ART SNOWMAN

I cased this snowman from a blog called Bonnies Creative Place.  The scarf and face plus the sentiment are Peachy Keen stamps and the snowflakes are from a MS border punch.

For the snowman I used SU wide oval for his body and a smaller oval for the arms and legs.  The hands and boots are from a heart punch.  The hat is a Fiskars punch with the brim being a Peachy Keen stamp.  I made the fence from SU Word Window punch and the background paper is from a pad I bought at Simply Creative.  The 'snow' background is made using the CB Swiss Dot folder.

PUNCH ART - CHEERY FLOWERS

When I spotted this card on Kim Score's site Paper Punch Addiction I just knew I had to give it a bash.  What makes it so delightful is the Peachy Keen face stamps.  I have quite a few of them and they come in so handy.

The background papers are from a SU pad I got as a freebie, the ribbons (green one glued onto the beige) is from Flourishes, the grass is a MS border punch, the circles were cut using the CM cutting system and the punches used were a number of different ones.

I still have to add a sentiment and will do so when I want to use the card. 

PUNCH ART - ANNIE CARD

A while back I posted my punch art Annie character.  This is how I put it onto a card - plain and simple for a 12 year old boy.  The wording has glitter on it, the background papers are CM and from my stash. 

PUNCH ART - TWEETY PIE

I cased this cutie from my usual punch art inspiration site, Blinkin', Thinkin' & Inkin'.  It was surprisingly easy to make and I was fortunate to have all the SU punches it required. 

This card was for DH's birthday earlier on this week.  I was flat out of ideas with only a couple of days to go and thought punch art was going to be the easiest and quickest.

        PUNCH ART - ANNIE

A young friend is in a school production of "Annie" and I thought I would make him a card for the occasion.

As it is only in June I have not yet made the card.  With the exception of the hands, which are from a small Fiskars punch, the rest of the young lady is made from SU punches. 

Ellen Kemper from the Blinkin', Thinkin', & Inkin' blog gave me the starting point and then I took it from there.

   DOG WITH AN ATTITUDE !

When I saw this dog on the Addicted to Stamping blog I knew I had to copy him.  Just love the attitude.

As luck would have it I had all the relevant punches, ovals for the ears and body, circle face, eyes and feet, hearts for the muzzle, nose and arms, SU Word Window for the neck and the new SU two step bird punch (branch) for the tail.  The grass is MS Icicles border punch and the background paper came free with a magazine ages ago.  The lettering is a CB alphabet die set.

This card is for a friend and will read inside "another Birthday !!!"