Thankful!

Here is a quick post for a card that was needed this week. I made this Thanksgiving turkey for a Thank you card.  My husband wanted a Thank you card for the nurse that helps him with his therapy.  I saw this on Pinterest and used Stampin up punches, the large oval punch for his head and feathers, and then tab punch for legs, circle punch for body, hands and beak are the 5-point flower punch and also the scallop punch his lower body.  The sentiment is also an old Stampin up stamp collection. Love the googly eyes!!    Punch art is so much fun to create animals and just about anything you want and you will find it all on Pinterest!

From the deck

First snow fall last night and even though, we know winter is upon us and can be dreaded, it is so pretty!  It probably will be gone by this afternoon or tomorrow but we can enjoy it for a little while and no worries I am sure more will be on the way!

Red, white & blue!

Punch art Asters

It has been hard to work in my craftroom since my family has gotten back from California.  It has been hot and I don't have air conditioning in my room.  I do have a fan which helps but some days it just isn't enough.  But we have had some cooler days and since we are heading into fall, I will be making more cards because September is another big birthday month in our family. From the book Paper Bouquet by Susan Tierney Cockburn I have made the Asters which are fun.  Same technique as the Echinacea (which was on a previous blog post) which is cupping the individual flower and layering them together.  The bird is from Heartfelt Creations/Spellbinders colored with copic markers. For the background it is the cuttlebug embossed folder and then I used Tim Holtz distressed inks peeled paint to color the Sizzix Top Note image.   Thanks for looking and enjoy!

Happy Birthday Hal!

My brother has a big birthday coming next week and he is a big time Yankee's Fan!!  He has been a Yankee's Fan since elementary school and that is a long time ago since he will be turning 55!  So to celebrate his favorite team, I made him a pin-stripe game shirt for his card.

The "v" neck of the shirt is made from Stampin up's photo corner punch and the triangles for the raglan sleeve is from Stampin up's tag punch which I cut to make triangles.  Again the tag punch was used for the pocket and sizzix for the numbers and letters.  Nestabilities for the ball and sentiment.  I used Tim Holtz distressed inks to make the ball a little "used" and outlined the stitching on the ball with red marker.  Just added some buttons to finish off the shirt.

Since we are in Red Sox country, just couldn't resist a little teasing for the inside of the card.  But I figured by the time Hal got this card, who knows, probably the Yankees will be in first place and Hal's birthday will be perfect!!  Happy Birthday brother!!!