Punched Art Penguin/Elizabeth Shaw Mint Novelty …..

Now …. I am being very lazy here, trying to save time by being economical with words and typing, but hope you can still get the gist of how I have put this paper punched penguin together …..

These are the three punches I used ….

….. and these are the punched parts I have used to put “Percy” together …… not a lot to him really!

I’ve just popped him on a makeshift background to show how he would look on a Christmas card…. but you know what I am going to say next …… he would make an excellent embellishment for an Elizabeth Shaw Mint Crisp….

……… by just adding a matching plain black circle on the back!

Butterfly Card

All the papers I have used for this card come from the Madeline Collection 6” x 6” paper stack from Prima, mat and layered on silver and dark brown card.

The butterflies are made using a Woodware punch. I’ve added small pearls down the centre of each one for the finishing touch.

Flowers and Butterflies Card

This card measures 5ins x 5ins and is made using an ivory linen effect card.

Another less is more card today ….. I’ve used   of which  little wooden butterfly embellishments,  which come from a pack from Craft for Celebrations, (C2016),  8 birds and 8 butterflies  for £1.49, available from Hobbycraft. 

The layered flowers are made by using two different sizes of daisy punches. The finishing touches  the butterflies and flowers is made with a tiny flat backed pearls.

Popcorn Favour Boxes

A friend asked me to make some little gift boxes for her daughters 16th birthday sleepover, she quite liked the thought of a popcorn box, but also loved the Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punchies she had seen me use on another project.

I’ve used my Sizzix Bigz XL Takeout Box  Cat. No. 655420, for the project, which couldn’t be easier to put together.

I’ve printed the card using a free striped digi download design from http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/

I printed off five sets of the girls names, and cut them out using the smallest Nestabilities Label No. 4 I had, then layered them on red card.  To make the boxes individual and an extra special memento of the party, I put one girls name on the top of the box, and then added the other four friends names round the sides (I hope that makes sense).

The boxes are finished off with a Martha Stewart butterfly on the top and one of the sides. Done and dusted!

Wedding Card

 

Making cards to order can be a bit scary because some people have a very clear idea of what they want when they ask me.

The lady who wanted this card was very exact, she knew what she wanted written on the front and on both sides of the insert …..

The bride and groom is a download from Quickutz Silhouette, but  I shortened the arms and intertwined them to fit the card blank better.

The flowers are made using a variety of punches with clear flat backed gems in the centre.

The font I have used on the front and inside is Papyrus.

Daisy Thank You Card

I’m not sure about this card ….

The daisies are made using two different sized daisy punches, with a flat backed gem in the centre.  I think it’s too busy!

Waste Not, Want Not

Yesterday I made cards using my Kars wooden flower embellishments and all I had left was the little wooden tray they came in ….. so this is what I did with it….

I know the grey’s a bit ugh and the tray’s a bit rough, but this was a five minute job, using up all the scraps of paper from the cards for my own amusement and it’s destined for one of the shelves in my craft room..

Sorry about the wet glue, I’m as impatient as ever!

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

I make quite a few of this card design throughout the year, each one is slightly different, mainly because I can’t remember what I did the last time!

I’ve used a variety of punches for the flowers and foliage, keeping colours to gold, cream and beige.  

I’ve used shades of yellow flat backed gems, but think I will have a look to see if RhinestonesOnline have some gold nail heads that would be suitable.

I don’t know why, but I was given a pile of this gold A4 paper but don’t use it very often for inserts, but it goes through the printer a treat and carries the golden theme through perfectly.

18th Birthday Card Using Quickutz Silhouette and Punches

There isn’t too much to this card.  The background is a DCWV paper from Granny’s Kitchen (I think). The numbers and letters were cut on my Quickutz Silhouette.  The design is finished off using small daisy punchies with a red flat backed gem centre and faux stitching using a white gel pen.

Simples!

Little Princess Beans

I love pink Smarties, but they only seem to be around at certain times of the year, like Christmas.

I’ve put them in small jars (IKEA – Rajtan, 4 for £1.99) and embellished them using a variety of punches for the front, back and lid, gems, self adhesive ribbon and Princess stickers from Accessorize (£1.75p per pack).

I’ve decorated the front and the back of the jars, using a different sticker on each one.

Card Toppers Made From Gift Tags

Card toppers can be quite expensive, but there are some really lovely 3D gift tags around at the moment that can be turned into brilliant embellishments for cards.  This pack of 18 cost £1.99, which works out at 11p each.  I got them from one of those Christmas shops that spring up at this time of year. What I like about them is that they are already very  glittery.

All I’ve done is cut off the front panels and then mat and layer them on silver and gingham paper  downloaded from   (http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com),  adding a few bits and pieces like googly eyes, sprigs of holly and little round black Glitterati stickers on the snowman’s mouth and buttons for even more dimension.

The card measures 12cm x 12cm and the centre gingham panel measures 9cm x 9cm.

The snowflakes are made using a snowflake punch.

Christmas Wreath Card

Above are the original pictures

I started writing up this post and looked at the pictures that went with it and realised that the card was PANTS!  The holly leaves on the right hand side were completely out of kilter to the other side, it looked a mess …… so I started again.

 

I think the second version looks a lot better (but, if I do it again, I might not mat and layer the centre but just work directly on the card blank.

 

The wreath is made using a variety of  punches, mostly flowers and holly leaves, except for the white snowflakes in the middle of the red flowers, which accentuates the Christmas theme.

I’ve used flat back gems and sets of three little dots to complete the design.

Scalloped Square Snowman Card

I’ve made this card for Craft Fairy’s  challenge http://craftfairy.blogspot.com/ which this week is to make a card using a scalloped square die. I’ve chosen to use a Nestabilities scalloped square which I have backed it on silver card.

The snowman is a from a digi scrapbooking set that I’ve just cut out, adding simple decoupage layers for his scarf and small buttons.  The card is finished off with a large  silver table confetti snowflake and snowflake punchies, embellished with blue flat backed gems.

White and Gold Flower Card

This card breaks one of my few  rules of card making – it’s always cream and gold or white and silver but the lady who ordered this card asked for “very pretty, using white and gold”

It’s a design I have used several times before, but this time I have used the specific words of the sender.

Perhaps not a combination I would have chosen, the white is too harsh against the warm gold. I have never punched flowers using this gold paper before and I like the effect ….. perhaps for small Christmas wreath card ……