Ipod Card

I have cased this card from someone named Niki (sorry that's all that was on the watermark...bit early for Father's Day cards here in Oz but this is challenge 120 over at Late Night Stampers...I have since changed the greeting to Happy Birthday as I no longer have a Dad and my poor husband is techo challenged...so much so that he recently watched a whole movie in Italian because he didn't know how to change the language in the dvd  menu set up lol

Punch Art Ballerina Mouse

I was asked to make a card for a little girls 4th birthday. She loves dancing so I went with that theme..this started out as a teddy bear but it  looked more like a mouse so I added a tail lol..very simple to make using 1 3/8 circles punch, word window, 3/4 circle punch, 1/2 inch circle

Growing Green

I think this stamp set (Growing Green)  is d-e-v-i-n-e!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have made this for challenge 111 over at Late Night Stampers. I have used Pear Pizzazz cardstock and ink teamed with Rich Razzleberry.I love love love this set  and can't wait to use it again!

Butterfly Prints

This is a case from the idea book and catalogue. A lot of the products I have used are retitred but this was one of the cards we made for my new favourite charity Angels for the Forgotten If you get the chance please have a look at the link, it's such a marvellous cause. My stamping group had a charity card making day last Saturday and although we only had four ladies we managed to make 200 cards to donate for the foster children. I would like to thank Christine W who helped me prepare all the kits the week before and brought along sausages for a sausage sizzle on the day...thanks Christine I couldn't have done it without you...also thanks so much to Brooke, Katrina (who travelled all the way from NSW to help), my little mate Emily and my daughter Ebony who popped in towards the end to lend a hand..THANKYOU SO SO MUCH!

I would also like to thank all the generous ladies who come to my classes each week...in just under two weeks we have collected four boxes of beautiful supplies for the Angels for the Forgotten...beautiful baby clothes, colouring books, crayons, toiletries...the list goes on...I don't want to take a photo just yet, I will wait till the end of the month to show you all the lovely things...i must also take a picture of all the lovely cards we made..note to self...charge the camera battery

I managed to get a photo of Miss Emily and Katrina before my battery died!

Pony Party

I keep forgetting I have this set! The pony was stamped onto pink pirouette and cut out. The main and the tail was coloured with a Pretty In Pink marker and I added Dazzling Diamonds over the top...the ribbon was from my scrap stash..retired now. This is one of the cards we will be making on Saturday for our Charity Day. Stampin'Up! kindly donated some lovely supplies so we can make lots of cards for Angels for the Forgotten...I will tell you more about that in a week or so!

Animal Stories

Challenge 110 over at Late Night Stampers this week is to do a kids card...I pulled out a set I haven't used in a while called Animal Stories..the wagon for the giraffe is from the Choo Choo Set and I added some buttons for wheels.

Something Sweet

This is a version I did of a card last week...that one was girly, this one is more boyish? No idea, I don't have boys lol...but it's bright and colourful anyways

Pop Up Birthday Card

This little hippo is so cute ..I love using her on birthday cards... for the front I stamped the balloon from Crazy For Cupcakes and placed the hippo in front of that...she is from Pun Fun....Love that set!

On the inside there are balloons which pop up when you open the card...I just made this by playing around..I am sure there are lots of ways to make cards like this but mine is a regular card scored with a thin spine as you would do when covering a notebook. The pop up piece is cut from another piece of cardstock stuck to the inside. I rolled the bottom of the card with Retro Remix and added a sentiment from Heard from the heart

* I would like to thank all the wonderful ladies who attend my classes who very generously donated goods to the flood effort. I dropped them off at the Dream Centre in Carrara and they were very grateful. In all we collected two washing baskets (overflowing) full of toothpastes, toothbrushes, hair brushes, deoderants, shampoos, conditioners, cleaning products, gloves, garbage bags, scrubbing brushes, soap, cloths...the list goes on...hard to believe we achieved that within our small group all in just a couple of days...thankyou all for your kindness..after watching all the footage on TV about the clean up of Brisbane I have to say I am very proud to call myself a Queenslander...the number of volunteers has been astounding, I get a lump in my throat when I see complete strangers helping others...we are all mates after all. I feel so sad for all those who lost family and friends in the floods...there are no words for grief like that

More Petal Pizzazz

I keep coming back to these two stamp sets..Petal Pizzazz and Boroque Motifs..so very versatile.. I have layered three different flowers to form the main image and the background is stamped with the swirl from Boroque Motifs...This is a nice easy card and would be great to demo in workshops!

Aviary

This set is going to cop a thrashing, I LOVE it! I have used Concord Crush and Old Olive, the sentiment is from Well Scripted. I have to say the new designer paper pads are awesome!! I love the way they are packaged and its fantastic to have a paper to match all the cardstock..well done SU!

Birthday Penguin

I love how everyone has been using the owl punch to make penguins...so cute I just had to have a go... I have added balloons from the Party This way set...also using up some retired dsp

Tipsy Owl

 

I had to make a card for a male birthday ...something I am not very good at so I went with an owl who has had a few too many beers! The beer mug is from the Cheers to You  set which I have watercoloured and added some dazzling Diamonds to the froth...I think I may do a female version next, holding a martini!

Silhouette Sentiments Waterfall Card

I love the dainty little stamps in the Silhouette Sentiments set. I have colored them with Marina mist and Old Olive markers.

 This is the waterfall opened out...Marina Mist is such a pretty blue don't you think...
Don't forget to check back tomorrow for another ESAD bloghop!

Owl Birthday Card

I got my new woodgrain background stamp today...whoohoo! For this one I have used the XL owl punch (again) and the balloon from Crazy For Cupcakes (again). For the grass I just cut a strip of cardstock and cut really close snips all the way along..the balloon strings are linen thread...kinda cute I reckon!

This is the inside. I have given him some branches to perch on using the stem from the XL Bird punch...I am going back to my stamp room to play some more...see you soon!

Birthday Wishes

I have made this for my sisters birthday...she isn't into girly colours so I used Love Letters designer paper with Riding Hood Red, Basic Black and Very Vanilla..the stamps are from Crazy For Cupcakes...what a dreadful photo...I had to resort to taking it inside with a flash because I could be dead before this rotten rain eases up...I can't remember it ever being so wet!

And now I would like to wish my beautiful grand daughters a happy birthday....This is little Ella who was four yesterday xxxxx

And baby sister Sophie is one today...happy birthday "Soapy"!

It isn't big sister Emily's birthday but I will give her a mention too..mwah Emsy xx

This is the three of them a year ago...they sure do grow up fast!

Another birthday card

My beautiful middle daughter Jodie is turning 27 this week and I wanted to make her a birthday card using Early Expresso because I luuurve that colour! I have used the elegant lines embossing folder and the stamp sets are Great Friend and Notably Ornate. I have also used a bookplate from the hodgepodge hardware (you have to be special to get one of those!) , some pearls and Early Expresso satin ribbon..Hope she doesnt read my blog before tomorrow..haha

Party This Way

October is a busy month for birthdays at my place...My two youngest grand daughters are turning one and four and will be having a Sesame Street themed party on the weekend. I wanted to make them an Elmo card each but my attempt at trying to make original punch art looked naff (don't give up my day job, right?) so I decided to do paper piecing instead..for those of you who have never done paper piecing before it's actually quite easy... I found a free colouring page website (there are dozens, just google it) and downloaded the images I wanted..because they were too large I reduced the size on my copier. I then traced the image onto some vellum cardstock with a 2B pencil. You need to trace each piece seperately eg elmos body, his eyes and his mouth. You then place the vellum pencil side down onto your selected colours of cardstock and gently scibble all over the pencil lines to transfer your pattern. You then just just out your pieces and stick each piece onto black cardstock and trim them again with a fine border of black, then using your picture as a guide assemble all the pieces..your character will be a mirror image if done this way...had I had some dotto (D'OH) it's even simpler...cut each piece from your vellum and use dotto to attach it to your cardstock and cut along the lines. Matting them on the black gives a nice 3D appearance but if you can't be bothered you could always just outline the pieces with a fine tip pen.  For this first card I added some balloons from Party This Way and the strings are from the balloon in Crazy For Cupcakes

For the second card I used the greeting from Heard from the Heart and the sign from Party This way...I think Ella and Sophie will love these, they are huge Elmo fans...check back tomorrow, I have to make a card for my daughter Jodie...but she is too old for Elmo!

A bit more punch art

Thought I would share some more of my punch art creations. If you would like to make some of these yourself you can purchase the Zoo Animal tutorial from Paper Punch Addiction

I have had so much fun doing these punch art cards...in my previous obsession (as a scrapbooker) I would spend hours making paper piecings, so this really satisfies my " fiddling about" cravings.

I need a small circle punch so I can give my penguin cheeks next time...he is still cute though

And now for something non punch related..I have always wanted to have a go at a secret panel card but thought it would be too tricky for little old me so I have never attempted it...but I got brave this afternoon and had a go at one...and guess what...they are SO easy!!!!. I have used the Priceless stamp set which was a gift from my upline Angie Brown...HOW NICE IS THAT! It has been on my wish list for a long time so I was thrilled to get it (thankyou Angie!!) I am thinking those swirls will make a pretty Christmas card too...anway this is the outside of the secret panel card...just noticed how badly I muffed that punched edge...I could be arrested by the card making police for that poor effort!

This is the card opened up....

...and this is the secret panel opened up....and another blunder....should have used a different stamp instead of happy birthday again...that's another warrant out for my arrest. I had so much fun making this card I think I will do it as a project at my kids class next week...with some icky bugs perhaps!

If you would like to try one of these just google secret panel card...I did that and found some great you tube videos

I think that's enough creating for one day, I have a kitchen full of dirty dishes and a mountain of washing to fold..yay for me!! Don't forget to check back on teh 24th for the ESAD blog hop!

More Pun Fun

Its my grand daughter Emily's 7th birthday party this weekend. I made her this card using Pun Fun and the balloon from Crazy For Cupcakes...This is the party where I have volunteered (or rather my daughter roped me in!) to dress up as a pirate and do aaaarrrgghhts and crafts with the kids...will let you know how I get on with that!