Garden of Tulips

Okay, I am hooked!! As promised, I wanted to make another of Valita's tulip owl punch. They are so beautiful and creative, imagine using the SU owl punch!  I added a few "bugs" to the garden.  MS punch is the butterfly and sizzix for the grass and ladybug.  Now if only spring would really come here to Maine!!!

Spring Tulips

Valita's tulip owl punch card is so pretty, I wanted to give it a try for an Easter card for my mom.  I just got the spellbinders Labels #10 nestabilities and used it for the background behind the purple tulip with DP from SU.  Check out  Valita's blog for the instructions on the tulip and the leaves-had fun making it and gonna give it another try tomorrow.  Come back and see!  Valita's blog  is found at http://valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/

Spring Pop Up!

This card started out trying to do something with the paper that I purchased a while ago at Stamped Design in Dover, NH.  I usually like to use blues, pinks and purples but this time decided green is very much a spring color. !  I used the Fifth Avenue SU set for the outside. Copic marker- Chrome Orange, was used  for the flower. MS border punch and nesties for the frame of the flower.  Sizzix "little leaves" was used for the foliage. The picture shows the flower a little dull but Chrome Orange Copic Marker is actually very brillant as well as the paper!

Then you open up the card and it is a pop up card with flowers and butterflies. The style of the card is called an M fold design.   I colored the SU Stipple Butterfly with copic markers,  Chrome Orange and Canary Yellow.  MS butterfly  and fence border punches were used and  the Sizzix EF from SU (the name escapes me but it coordinates with Fifth Avenue Floral). The flowers are held on with acetate cut in 1/4 stripes. Check out Valita's blog at http://valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/2010/01/pop-up-balloon-card.html

Easter Fun!

Here is another cute bunny/chick card. Alot of punches used for these cute little creatures. My sister, Connie, gave me the instructions a while ago for the Stand Up Card, (She made me one for my birthday last year)  so this is my first experiment with this type of card.  It took me a couple of days to think about the design of the card but I hope you like it.  I was going to put Happy Easter on the bunny's feet but decided to put it in the inside of the card instead.  The bunny is all punches from SU, oval, heart, round. The grass is sizzix and the tiny butterflies are from K& Company Grand Adhesions

I used Velcro fasteners for the bunny but I think next time I am going to adhere the left side and use velcro for the right side. The center of the card is the sizzix easter basket and some pretty sticker eggs I found at Michael's. The cute little chick is smaller than what I have seen on SC but same idea using the 1 3/8 inch scallop punch from SU.  The sentiment is something I found on the internet which I thought was fun for an easter basket theme. The left side behind the bunny is just an assortment of flowers from punches and dies that I have with the vine being the SU bird punch.  Another idea for the next time is to use one of my Cuttlebug EF for the background behind the Easter basket.

More Easter cards to come!  Thanks for coming!

Happy Birthday Kyle!

My niece, Danielle,  is coming to visit with her new husband, Kyle!  We have never meant Kyle and his birthday was recently so at the party that we are having for the two of them we are going to give Kyle a birthday cake with cards. The first thing I thought of was their wedding.  Danielle's mother is my sister and most of our side of the family could not attend because the wedding was in Georgia and my dad was ill at the time.  But we saw many pictures and the one that stood out most was Danielle on the back of Kyle's John Deere  tractor after the ceremony going to the reception.  This photo is a hoot!  Sometime ago, I saw a punch art tractor and this is what I came up with for Kyle's card.  It was actually on Isaiah 40:31 blog and she was inspired by Jackie Topa.  Her blog address is http://jackietopa.typepad.com/addicted_to_stamping/2009/08/punch-art-tractor.html

The seat is a heart punch but I bet you could use 2 small oval punches. The steering wheel are 2 SU small  slit punches. Engine of the tractor is a large tag punch from SU.  The wheels are nesties scallop and circle.  I just typed "John Deere" on the computer really, really tiny and put it on the tractor because my handwriting would just mess up the card.   The smoke stack is SU word window punch and the smoke is just a small sizzix flower that I had.  Enjoy!  

Kiss Me, I'm Irish

I think is my last St Patrick's Day card fpr the year, although, I had fun making this Irish Chin guy!  I saw Alene's card  on SC and was inspired to try it. I think I have every tone of green on this one!  I wished I had sponged his nose so that it would show up a little better. Oh well, gives me a reason to do it again with a different design.   Lots of punches were used. SU wide oval, word window, ornament, and sizzix scribbles swirls, pots, nesties for his hair and sign.  I used copper colored metal for the pots. Alene said that she was inspired to make her card by Ellen Kemper, she does a great job with chin people. Check her out at http://blinkthinkink.blogspot.com/20...-in-green.html.

St Patrick's Hat

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day,  I wanted to try the nestabilities die hat.  I saw it on Joda25 gallery-very cute!  Tried a couple different versions.  The plaid hat embellishments are stickers from Joann's.  Very simple design using the label #8 and the brim and the black strips are 1/2 inch.  The buckle is a punch from EK success that I punched in gold paper.  I just thought this was such a cute and quick St Patty's Day card to send especially to a male which is always hard to do.  Thanks for looking!