More flowers

Here are more flowers. I got into a FLOWER binge.

Punch Tulip

Here are more flowers made with punches. This one is a tulip. Can you tell?

Baskets of Flowers

I have been teaching making cards by using punches. This week I decided that I would use the punches to make flowers.

The class can chose from these three cards and use a punch to make it. Instructions for the Pocket Flower Pot) will be posted on this site very soon.

Sister Jackie's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Sister Jackie. . .

Jackie's birthday is today -- Here is her card.

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Happy Birthday Rey!!!!!

Rey collects hankerchiefs. Her favorite color is purple. Freda gets Origani paper. So
for Rey's birthday, I made her a card with purple and pink Origani paper to look like a handkerchief. Happy Birthday Rey!

Red and White - love it

Red and White: I am loving to do red and white cards. When we were teens, all three of us girls made red and white gingham skirts for the 4th of July celebration. Everytime I do a card in red and white, I remember our fun times around the 4th of July in my home town. Here are the different cards I did.

Get Well with dots

I liked the way the first red and white card came out, so I tried one as a get well card. I used my new punches, rectangular hole punch, curly punch, and my BIGZ moveable card punch. The ribbon, glitter, ink all match the red card stock because they are all the Stampin Up brand. That is soooooo nice.

Red and White

I liked the way the first red and white card came out, so I tried one as a get well card. I used my new punches, rectangular hole punch, curly punch, and my BIGZ moveable card punch. The ribbon, glitter, ink all match the red card stock because they are all the Stampin Up brand. That is soooooo nice.

Belated Birthday Card for my Twin

My twin sister celebrated her birthday a week ago. I did not get a card sent, so decided I needed to make one. Red and white are my favorite color combinations, so here is one I did for her.

Sesame Street Birthday Card

Sesame Street Birthday Card

A grandson in the neighborhood was turning 2 and loves Sesame Street -- so I stayed up most of the night designing the characters. Here is the finished card.

Keywords: “Paper Piecing" "Punch art" "Punch" "Grover" "Sesame Street" "Bert" "Big Bird" "All Holidays" "Birthday"

Stamps:

All Holidays, Contemporary Alphabet Numbers, Contemporary Alphabet

Paper: SU Brilliant Blue, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Bashful Blue, Vanilla Basic Gray Stripe

Ink: Brilliant Blue

Assessories: SU Punches: Wide Oval, Large Oval, Small Oval, Scallop Circle, Word Window, 1/2" Circle, Horizonal Slot, Snow Blossom, 3/4" Circle, 1" Circle, Cuttlebug Embossing: Forest Branches

Technique: Paper Piecing

Difficulty: 1 but time consuming

Grover Sesame Street

SU Punches used: Wide Oval, Large Oval, Scallop Circle, Word Window,
Note -- a rectangle was made, then the small oval was used to indent at the "waist line"
The white word windows were cut down for the eyes, but putting it back in the punch and only punching one side off.

Bert Seseme Street -SU Punches Needed

Here are the punches needed to make the Bert character. They include SU (Stampin Up's) Wide Oval, Large Oval, Word Window, 1/2" Circle, Horizonal Slot, Snow Blossom, 7/8 " square.

You can make paper eyes, or get these moveable eyes at your local craft store. I bought mine in the craft department at Walmart.

Cards Designs Color Me Silly, Basic Grey

I made my friend, Freda, this card. I liked it so well, I made a bunch more for thank you cards.
I love to take the paper and have it dictate my design. Not much stamping, but it is about the process after all.
(This paper is from "Basic Grey's Color Me Silly" line.)
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Freda's Nature Silouette

I got this SU stamp set "Nature Silhouettes" for cards for our men friends. But loved it so much, I wanted to make it into a feminine card. And, of course, with all the deer around this place, it is so appropriate.

This is one I made for Freda -- who is such a dear. . .

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One of a kind

This is my favorite card. It is from the stamp set "WANTED" -- a horse set, of course. Also, the greeting is from SU stamp set"One of a Kind"
I learned the faux bandanna technique from Wanda at http://www.starlightstamper.com/. I will post the inside of this card later. -- which of course are the horses.

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Card Making

I have been scrapbooking for years -- now to take those skills and transfer them to cards is a joy.
I have a friend who says it is like making a small piece of ART . . .and you don't have to keep it.

Look for some fun things here and a few tips. . .