A Touch From the Heart

Lovin' this Bunny

As I was blog hopping one day, I came across Beth Rush's blog.  Her adorable bunny inspired my Easter decor project.  

I have this little wall space between the entrance to the mudroom and Dennis' office.  My papercrafted decor item will work perfectly!

I used the Designer Rosette die from the Occasions Mini Catalog to make the Certainly Celery rosette.  

The bunny sits upon a 3 1/2" So Saffron circle.  

The punch art bunny is created using the following punches:  Ornament Punch, Build a Blossom punch, Owl punch, 3/4" circle punch, Heart to Heart punch.  

So cute!!!!!  

P.S.  I just noticed that his bow tie fell off!  Oh no!!!  It was a bow tied with Pink Piroutte Taffeta ribbon.  

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Getting Punchy

Every Christmas, I make a special bird card to send to my in-laws.  They love to sit on their screened in porch and watch the antics of the birds as they visit the bird feeders.  They have one big red cardinal that is so incredibly bossy over the other birds.   Every once in a while the smaller birds will chase him away.....but more often than not, the cardinal gets to eat from the feeder first.

 

After seeing a few of the punch art cardinals on some of the stamping blogs I frequent, I just had to give it a try!  I knew it would be the perfect card for my in-laws!

To create the cardinal, all you need is the Two Step Bird Punch.  I punched the body once from Real Red cardstock.  I then punched the wing two times using Real Red cardstock.  I put some Tombow Liquid Glue on the back of the bird's head and attached one wing to resemble the crown the cardinal is so famous for.  I then placed the second wing where you would expect a wing to be.....just popped up on a dimensional to make it look more realistic. 

To make him look like a cardinal, I took my Basic Black marker and drew in his face.  I then punched just the beak using a scrap of Pumpkin Pie cardstock.  All that's needed is a little white gel pen dot for his eye.

The rest of the card is pretty easy to put together.  I used my Big Shot for the Chocolate Chip layer and the scallop square. 

The Old Olive layer is fashioned using the Direct-to-Paper technique.  

Click HERE to watch my video on the Direct-to-Paper technique.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how you can use your punches for items other than the original shape.  What will you make next with your punches?

All of the items used on today's card are available from Stampin' Up!   Ordering is easy......you can either email me your order or place an online order through my demonstrator website.

Card Recipe

stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes
paper:  Crumb Cake, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Naturals White
ink:  Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
accessories:  Two Step Bird Punch, Big Shot, Square Lattice embossing folder, Real Red 5/8" grosgrain, paper piercing tool, Basic Black marker, White Signo Gel Pen

Whoo's Birthday is it?

 
Is it your birthday today?  If it is.....Happy Birthday, my friend!

This week's Blogger's Challenge is to make a birthday card.  I was tempted to pull out a traditional birthday stamp set, but decided to take a different route.

This little owl always makes me smile.  Whoo could imagine how easy it would be to make him using the new Two Step Owl punch?  His body and little eyeballs are Chocolate Chip.  His belly is some dsp from the Greenhouse Gala paper pack.  I tuck in a little piece of Pumpkin Pie to make his beak.  His eyes are Crumb Cake and Whisper White.

The branch is cut using my Big Shot and the Little Leaves Sizzlit.

See the scalloped square?  It's a sneak peek of a new Bigz die coming in the Holiday Mini catalog.  Love it.....it's the perfect size for adding to a card.  Bonus....there's a smaller scalloped square on it too that coordinates with the Scalloped Square punch.  Woo hoo!

This amazing color combo (or most of it) came from the Color Coach.  The coach told me to use Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Baja Breeze together.  I added the Not Quite Navy as the base card.  I love how this all looks together!!!!!

This card is really easy to put together.....so I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty details.  I'll leave the card recipe at the bottom of the post so you know exactly which products I used. 

You know that if you have a question, just shoot me an email or leave a comment on this post.  I'll be happy to explain anything you need! 

I'll be back tomorrow with the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch challenge project!  It's very elegant!!!

P.S.  Do you love using ribbon like I do?  There's still room in my Ribbon Shares if you're interested. 

Until next time.....Happy Stamping everyone!

If you've fallen in love with this project, you can order the items used to make it through my demonstrator website.  Just click on "Shop Now" to enter my online store.  Shopping is fun and easy......available 24/7. 

Card Recipe

stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes
paper:  Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Greenhouse Gala dsp
ink:  Early Espresso
accessories:  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Bigz Scallop Square (coming Sept 1st), Two Step Owl punch, Small Oval punch, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Early Espresso 1/4" grosgrain, Little Leaves Sizzlit

Stamping 411 Sketch (sort of)

Over the past two weeks, I've been watching as much of the Winter Olympics as I can.  So, my taking the liberty of tweaking this week's sketch challenge has been totally inspired by the freestyle events I've been watching on TV.

The general design is there......I just expanded the center panel so my card would be balanced.  It's that big 'ol flowers fault......it wouldn't be happy sitting on a smaller piece of cardstock.  Yup, that's my story, and I'm sticking with it.........

This card is for my co-worker who just got engaged.  She is so giddy with excitement...it's so much fun to watch!!!

The base card is my all time favorite color:  Chocolate Chip.

The next layer is Whisper White that has been run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder.

The sparkly patterned paper strip measures 1 1/4" x 5 1/4".   It's from the Sending Love DSP pack in the Occasions Mini catalog.

All the drama on this card comes from this amazing flower.  These flowers have been popping up all over the stamping blogs, and I've been itchin' to make one.  I followed the tutorial on Corie's blog.   Thanks Corie!!! 

I made mine with Vellum Cardstock.  I love the results but it's not so easy to keep the center as tight as ones made with patterned paper (plus the petals can snap off if you play with it too much....so just be careful if you choose to play with the vellum).

The Mellow Moss leaves come from my Little Leaves Sizzlit.  I added some linework with a Versamarker.  It add some nice depth to the die cuts.

The little butterfly was made with the Beautiful Wings embosslit and Barely Banana cardstock. 

After the entire card was assembled, I spritzed it with my homemade Frost White Shimmer Mist (fill a travel size spritzer bottle 2/3 full of rubbing alcohol....add about a tsp of Frost White Shimmer Paint.....shake well before spritzing onto your projects).

Well, even though I was a rebel this week, I love my card.  I think Margi and Ryan will love it as well!!!!

Are you ready to take the challenge (and possibly be a bit rebellious)?  If you choose to make a project using this sketch, be sure to link it to the Stamping 411 blog using the Mr. Linky widget at the bottom.

We love to see what you make!!!!

Until next time.....Happy Stamping everyone!!!

Card Recipe

paper:  Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Barely Banana, Vellum Cardstock, Sending Love DSP
accessories:  Scallop Circle punch, brad, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Little Leaves sizzlit, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder