Stamp with Annette

It's Polar Bear Day!

To celebrate, we made this cute project at my Kids' Fun Club this month:

It has Tic Tacs inside:

I used the 1 3/8" circle punch for his head. His snout is the large oval, trimmed, so it isn't quite so wide. His nose is a 1/4" circle punch, trimmed. His ears are the wings from the Bird Builder Punch. To make his eyes, I punch two holes with the Crop-a-Dile and placed a strip of Basic Black card stock behind them.

I had all of the pieces punch and trimmed for the girls to sponge and glue together. This project was a hit!

We have had such a crazy winter this year, but ironically, today is not polar bear weather. Mid 50's today and mid 70's tomorrow. I'll take it!

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Hello Kitty Punch Art

I let a few days get away from me without posting again. This had me a little busy:

This is Zoey. I guess you can tell from her outfit. She turned one yesterday. We had a party on Saturday. We were surprised and delighted at the number of people who wanted to wish her a happy day. I made this...

because it's what Emily wanted. I made this...

 
because I just couldn't help myself. I kept telling myself, "She's one. She doesn't even care if she gets a card. She will like the box the best." But I kept going. And four hours or so later, I had a card I liked. If there is interest, I will do a tutorial. But I will have to know you want it, so leave me a quick comment.

Have a super day, and happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Brrrr... It's cold outside!

Of course, it is January. And I don't even want to think about how long it's been since I blogged. But I have a couple of winter themed projects to share with you, so here I am. :-) We made this card at stamp club Monday night:

It's hard to see all of the detail with all of the white. But I love how this looks in real life! It's a standard 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 inch Whisper White card. The layer is 4 X 5 1/4, run through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurries embossing folder, edges distressed with the Cutter Kit. I added some Basic Pearls to three of the embossed snowflakes. The mittens are made using the Extra-Large Oval and Heart to Heart punches. 1/2 X 1 1/2 inch strips make the cuffs on the mittens. (I used the corner rounder on all of the corners.) I glued the heart to the back of the oval and ran it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polk-a-Dots embossing folder. The cuffs were embossed using the Stripes embossing Folder and then glued to the ovals.  The little rectangle in the bottom right corner says "thank you" (Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set), stamped in Whisper White Craft ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I used the Cutter Kit on the edges of this piece as well. The mitten on top and the greeting were attached to the card using Dimensionals. I used Mini Glue Dots to attach the other pieces. Love, love, love how this turned out! Lot's of texture. Here's an angle shot, so maybe you can see some of the texture a little better:

Come on back tomorrow for a different kind of mitten project, along with a pattern!

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Fall is in the air...somewhere!

Here in north Texas it does not feel like fall yet, but I know it's coming! We made this card at stamp club this month:

I love this idea of turning the Doily Triple Layer punch into a tree! The trunk was made by using the oval punch on either side of a strip of Early Espresso card stock. The leaves on the ground are the "confetti" you get when you use the Doily punch. Fun stuff!

Other supplies include: Teeny Tiny Wishes and Day of Gratitude stamp sets, Old Olive, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, and Baja Breeze card stocks, Scallop Circle punch (to make clouds in the background), Eyelet Border punch, Decorative Label punch, Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, silver brad, and a stapler.

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Some Halloween Punch Art

Stamp club was tonight! We had a great time. The girls loved making this:

We wrapped Basic Black card stock aroung a mini bag of popcorn. The ghost is the owl punch. The pumpkin is made with the large oval punch. The greeting was punched with the new decorative label punch.

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Owl punch mania!

Aagh! It's Thursday already! Not sure what happened to my week. But I've been playing with the new Two-Step Owl Punch lately, so I thought I would show you some ideas. Before I show you what I've done, I need to tell you that I didn't come up with most of these ideas. I love punch art! But most of the time, my brain just doesn't "see" the different ways to use the punched shapes, so these ideas are not original. Most of them I have seen several places, so I don't know who came up with them first. I love that the stamping community shares to willingly!

Ok, the first thing I have is a magnetic bookmark. We made this at stamp club on Monday, and I put an owl on mine.

I love this idea! We folded a 7" piece of Crumb Cake card stock and placed it on the Two Tags die so that it would cut the scalloped end and not the straight end.

The bookmark opens and goes over the page in your book. Magnets hold it to the page.

I had the owl punch and scraps of card stock for the girls to make their own creations on their bookmarks. These are the other ideas I had for them:

 

Make a tulip/flower! Trim off the feet. Place the "head" end of the owl in the scallop trim border punch. Use a strip of scrap card stock for a stem. Trim petals from 5-Petal Flower punch for leaves.

Make a ghost! Trim off the feet. Use the heart for new feet. What a cute trick-or-treater for a Halloween card.

Make a girl! Trim off the feet. Use a 1" circle punch to make face, bangs (1/2 a circle) and headband (a sliver of a circle). Use a marker to add features.

Make a monster! Trim off the feet. Add strips of card stock for antennae. I've also seen this as a one-eyed monster. Too cute!

Make a penguin! Trim off the ears/horns. Trim off black feet and replace with Pumpkin Pie feet. The nose/beak is the point from the star punch.

Tip: When doing punch art, I like to use the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue or the Two-Way Glue Pen to attach all of the little pieces.

I had a request for some coffee cozies with owls, so I used the punch as my pattern and cut them out of felt.

The feet were too little, so I just cut them off. I cut the white part of the eyes out with the Big Shot and the Big Bold Cupcakes Sizzlit. It didn't cut all the way through the felt but gave me a line to cut on where it didn't go through. I used embroidery thread to make French knots in the middle of the eyes. The red vest is hand stitched on the owl; then I used fabric glue to attach the owl to the cozy.

I think everyone needs the owl punch! Don't forget, you can place an order anytime from my Stampin' Up! site. Just click on the Shop Now button!

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Chalkboard Fun

I was so excited when our chalkboard Decor Elements sheets came out! I ordered some right away with this project in mind:

This is just an inexpensive square plate. I measured the center and cut my chalkboard sheet to size. I put stars on it today, but have different accents to use throughout the year. Between our punches and the Big Shot, the possibilities are endless! I have done cupcakes for birthdays, flowers for spring and summer, leaves and pumpkins for fall... You get the idea. The stars were punched with the extra-large star punch from Whisper White, Pacific Point and Cherry Cobbler card stocks. (Have I mentioned that I love this new red? It's as yummy as it's name!) I ran the card stock through the Big Shot with the Perfect Details Texturz Plate to add, well, a little texture. :-)

I punched the stars first and then added the texture. Wrong way to do it! The stars slid around on the plate, and I had to redo some of them. Instead, you should run a piece of card stock through the Big Shot, and then punch out your shapes. I stuck them to the plate with mini glues dots. When it's time to change the accents, I can just take these off and put on some new ones. If you do it carefully, you can reuse the accents.

I have contemplated a class on this project. If you would be interested, let me know! You can leave a comment here, or zip me an email. :-)

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

Big Shot Baby Card Tutorial

Ok, when working online, save often! I had this tutorial started, the power blinked, and now I get to start over. Hmm. I should know better. :-)  Here we go!

This is the final card that I made at Sharon's last week.

I love this little lamb! This card combines the Big Shot and punch art. What a fun project!

We will start with the lamb. You need these punches:

scallop circle, small oval, and 5-petal flower

Punch two scallop circles from Whisper White card stock. You want one scallop circle to remain whole. On the second scallop circle trim three scallops two times. You want two little pieces with three scallops each.

Punch one small oval from Blush Blossom card stock, and cut it in half. (This is a retiring color, but I think Pink Pirouette will work in the future.) We will only be using one half.

Punch one 5-petal flower from Basic Black card stock. Trim so that you have a piece with two petals. These are your lamb's legs.

Glue one of the half-ovals to the full scallop circle. I like to use the 2-Way Glue Pen or Tombo Multi when doing punch art. If you use the Tombo Multi, just remember that a little dab'll do ya!

Glue one of the 3-scallop pieces to the top of your half-oval.

Glue the second 3-scallop piece above the first, so that the straight sides are meeting. Now your lamb has a head. :-)

Glue the Basic Black piece to the back of the scallop circle to create legs for your lamb.

Use the bullet tip of the Basic Black Stampin' Write marker to make some eyes.

Tie a knot in a piece of grosgrain ribbon (I used Certainly Celery on this one), and attach it with a mini glue dot.

Now for the card to put your lamb on. I changed the colors, so you would be able to see the placement better on the die. Black on black is hard to see in a photo!

You need the Big Shot and the Scallop Circle Bigz Die.

You need a 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" piece of card stock (mine is Barely Banana) folded to 5 1/2" X 4 1/4". Place the fold on the die so that five scallops are above the fold on the card stock. Run your sandwich through the Big Shot (cutting plate, die, card stock, cutting plate).

Your card comes out looking like this. The flat part is the fold at the top of your card.

To cut the layer for your card, line up your scallop card with the scallop circle on the die. Place a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" piece of card stock on top of your card where you will want your layer to be. I wanted my layer parallel to the top fold. Carefully remove the card, leaving the layer piece (Certainly Celery here) and run the die through the Big Shot (sandwich = cutting pad, die, card stock, cutting pad).

You get a piece like this that should fit on the bottom half of your card front.

Adhere the Certainly Celery layer to the Barely Banana card. Attach lamb punch art. Stamp greeting. (Mine is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped with VersaMark and embossed in white.) I added a Whisper White taffeta bow to the fold.

What a fun baby card! Thanks for hangin' in 'til the end! Now, go make some sheep!

Happy stamping!

Annette

June Stamp Club Project

This is one of the cards we did at stamp club this month. I cased this card from demo Dawn Griffeth:

Colors are Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery. Stamp set is For All You Do. The vase was made by snipping the end off of the ornament punch. We used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit with the Big Shot to make the butterfly. A little Dazzling Diamonds glitter in the center of the flowers adds the perfect touch. Beautiful card in person!

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette

I had a monkey left over...

Did you see the monkey thank you cards I made to send to my students? Well, I had a monkey left over, just sitting on my stamp table. So when I needed a sign for my ice cream last night, I couldn't help but use the monkey and some bananas to dress it up:

I always label this ice cream, when I take it somewhere, because it has nuts in it. It's a little more work than just vanilla, but, oh my, it's worth it! It went pretty fast at the youth group fund raiser last night.

Just a fun little project. :-)

Happy stamping, everyone!

Annette