punch art: ballerina

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I've worked with my punches so today I took them out for a spin. I created this card for a 5-year-old ballerina.

The dress was punched out of my homemade glitter cardstock and the large scallop circle punch.

Oh how I love that little rose from iamroses.com . It completes her outfit so beautifully.

I wanted to personalize the card with an appropriate sentiment so I created it with Word and printed it out. 

And to add to Gen's post of yesterday, here's her son William bringing me some Easter cheer... a special bunny cookie he decorated himself. Merci, mon adorable William. Stéphanie fait dire qu'il était vraiment bon (elle me l'a tout mangé!!!)

 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Raggedy Ann Valentine's Day Card

Hi everyone,

Today's project was CASEd from SCS (a Kim Score project). The structure of the card is a pop-up slider card. It was a lot of fun to make, but quite tedious. Nevertheless, I love how it turned out.

Here's what it looks like when it's standing up, with the help of a nifty cardstock mechanism. You just pull on the little blinged out heart and it slides. The background paper was embossed with hearts. At the forefront, a Raggedy Ann doll made with punched shapes.

 And the view when it's closed. It is designed to be same size as an A2 card.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Punched Wreath!

Hi everyone,

So here's the companion card of yesterday's post. This time it's a wreath and it was made with the same Martha Stewart punch as yesterday. I glued the leaves with Tombow Multi-Purpose Glue on a hoop shape i punched with 2 different circle punches.

The berries were made with Adirondack's Dimensional Pearls by Ranger. I can't say I'm crazy about this medium because of the way it dried... it went dull and kinda "wonky". But I managed to revamp most of them by going over them a second time.

Just like yesterday's project, I added liquid glue and Dazzling Diamonds randomly on the wreath.


Alright, so this is the last of my Christmas-related projects. Starting with my next post, which will be Thursday, I will be more seasonal :-)

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Punched Swag

Good day everyone!

This is the start of a brand new year and I trust everyone had a fantastic holidays. We are back in full force after a much needed break.  Gen and I decided that there would be no daily themes for our posts -- from now, anything goes! Oh, we're gonna have fun with it :-)

And I know that the holidays have come and gone and that a lot of you are a bit saturated with Christmas cards, but I really wanted to show you this one and I am proud of it.

The swag is basically a whole bunch of branches punched with a Martha Stewart Crafts punch, then glued unto the oval with Tombow Multi-purpose Glue.

After I've put together the swag, I added a bit of Liquid Glue and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds Glitter over the whole thing. I love that effect. The hollies are regular pearls that I colored with a red Copic Marker.

I made a few of these cards for special friends but are not given yet... better late than never!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Introducing Quickie Mini Monday !!

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.

Hi everyone,

When I received my order from the new Occasions Mini I was so eager to play that I made this simple and fast card using some of my new toys. This week's card is using the new stamp set Fox and Friends, the new Sale-a-bration DSP Welcome Neighbor and the new Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch from the mini catalogue. Also used, one of my own random button and Bermuda Bay Polka-Dot Grosgrain ribbon.

Since it's so easy to reproduce, I tried a bunch of different colors...

and made them twice...

So in 1 hour (sponsored by baby Sara's naptime), I made all of the 8 cards! I love to see lots and lots of the same thing don't you ?? The abundance... so pleasing to my eye.

Have a nice stampin' day!

Gen