IC179 Elmo Windy Kite

The Inspiration Challenge challenged my Punch Art capabilities. . . The challenge was to take one of the Bonjour Mon coussinn's pillows and make a card. Here is the picture of the pillow and the card I made. I had to make the picture in a 12X12 page, take a picture of it -- then put it on a card. That works well.

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.