Punch Art Class

Here are samples from another punch art class. We created a variety of flowers this time as you’ll see below.

Tag Punch Star
Small tag, large tag
Tutorial from Splitcoaststampers

Pinwheel Flower
¾” circle, 1 ¼” Square, large tag
Tutorial by Laurie Lenertz, inspired by Paula Goff. I don’t have a link to the tutorial, but I will e-mail it to anyone that requests it.

Dahlia Fold Flower
1/8” circle, 1 ¼” circle, 1 3/8” circle
Tutorial from Splitcoaststampers

Flower
¾” circle, Small oval, Bird w/Leaves and Flower die (leaves), hand cut stem
For the stem, you could use the Siwrly Sizzlits decorative strip die. It’s pretty, and a lot easier than hand cutting
CASEd from dandI93

Tulip
Large oval for petals. Hand cut stem and leaves.
CASEd from LeeAnn Greff (also known as flowerbugnd1 on SCS). Be sure to check out the punch art section on her blog.

Cone Flower
¾” circle, scallop circle, small oval. Hand cut stem.
CASEd from Joanne at Mainly Flowers

I won’t be readily available to answer comments or e-mails this week, but please go ahead and send them and I will respond as soon as I can. Thank you, and have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Punch Art Class

I’m behind in posting samples from our punch art classes. Sorry about that! This is our third class, from back in May. The main focus was oval punches but we did use a variety of other punches too.

All of the punch art below was CASEd or inspired by someone. I can’t be certain of the source for each piece, but I will list a direct link to the person I know I directly CASEd from.

Bee
Small oval, 1/16” circle, 1/8” circle, ½” circle

Butterfly
Small oval, large oval, 1/8” circle, horizontal slot

Frog
¼” circle, ½” circle, 1 3/8” circle, small oval, large oval, horizontal slot

Skunk
1/8” circle, ¼” circle, 1” circle, 1 3/8” circle, 1 ¾” circle, small oval, large oval, word window, Heart to Heart
Made from Heather Summers' online Simply Punches One class.

Flamingo
1/8” circle, ¼” circle, ¾” circle, 1 ¼” circle, small oval, large oval, large photo corner, scallop circle
CASEd from Mercedes Weber’s SCS gallery.

Crab
¼” circle, ½” circle, small oval, wide oval, small photo corner, tab punch, 5-petal flower
Made from Heather Summers' online Simply Punches One class.

I created the skunk and crab from Heather Summers' online Simply Punches One class. She now has three punch art online classes available for purchase. If you want to learn how to make 20 pieces of punch art for a great price, be sure to check out her classes.

I hope you enjoyed viewing these class samples. I have one more punch art class to post, which I will try to post soon. Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Punch Art Class

I just realized I didn’t post the punch art we created in our February punch art class. Sorry about that! Here they are now:

We focused on using circle punches in this class, although a few other punches did sneak in ;)

Here are the individual punch art and a list of the punches used:


Pig
Punches used: 1 ¾” circle, 1 3/8” circle, ½” circle, ¼” circle, 1/8” circle, Large Star, Word Window

CASEd from Mercedes Weber in her SCS Gallery

Lion
Punches used: 1 ¼” circle, 1 3/8” circle, ½” circle, ¼” circle, 1/16” circle, Small Oval, Scallop circle

CASEd from Mercedes Weber in her SCS Gallery

Leprechaun
Punches used: 1 ¼” circle, ½” circle, ¼” circle, 5-petal flower, Scallop Circle, Key Tag, Word Window, ¼” square
CASEd from Samantha Parisi at http://rubberstampingdiva.com/?p=429



Baby Carriage
Punches used: 1 ¾” circle, ½” circle, ¼” circle, 1/8” circle
Inspired by someone on Splitcoaststampers (I apologize for not remembering your name)

Ice Cream Cone
Punch used: Scallop Circle
CASEd from Lynda at http://stampingdoc.blogspot.com/2008/10/crimper-ice-cream-cone.html



Cherries
Punch art: 1 ¾” circle, ¾” circle
CASEd from Lynda at http://stampingdoc.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-punch-zoo-book.html

We added these punch art to the book we previously created. You can view that post here.

I’ll try to post the punch art we created in last week’s class soon. Until then, have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Sketch Challenge Week #29

I found out that my card for this week’s sketch challenge also works for Thursday’s inspiration challenge on UDI. When I viewed the inspiration challenge, I was surprised to see that the theme was frogs, which is the theme of my card. So that works out well and I didn’t even plan it that way :)

Check out the sketch challenge for this week at UDI.

I wanted to make a card with a frog on it because I had a couple of extra punch art frogs from my last punch art class. I decided to create a get well card for a friend who is battling cancer in the hospital.

Stamp set: Inspired by Nature, Sincere Salutations
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Olive Green, Summer Sun, Pixie Pink, Whisper White card stock
Ink: Summer Sun, Garden Green, Old Olive, Pixie Pink, Only Orange classic ink
Accessories: Punches: Horizontal Slot, Boho Blossoms, 1 ¾” circle, 1 3/8” circle, ½” circle, ¼” circle, Large oval, Small oval, Stampin’ Sponge, Crimper, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, paper trimmer, scissors

The frog is adhered on Stampin’ Dimensionals to give it a slight 3D effect. The flower is 4 layers so it stands up nicely on the card. Here’s a close up view:

I crimped the “lily pad” to give it some texture but I don’t think you can see that very well in this picture. The bulrushes are simply Chocolate Chip card stock punched from the Horizontal Slot punch.

If you would like to participate in the sketch challenge, post a comment and link to your blog, or upload to your Splitcoast gallery using the keyword DivaSC29. Go to UDI for more information about the challenge and to view the other Divas’ work.

I had fun making this card. I hope you had fun looking at it :)

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Punch Art Runner card

I wanted to make a birthday card for a nephew of mine who runs in competitions, so I created a punch art person running. Although, it might look like my person is tripping and about to fall. Oops! LOL

Paper: Night of Navy, Glorious Green, More Mustard, Blush Blossom, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White card stock
Ink: Brilliant Blue Stampin’ write marker, Bashful Blue Classic ink
Accessories: Punches: Word Window, Small Tag, 1 ¼” square punch, 1/8” circle, 1” circle, 2-way glue pen, SNAIL adhesive, sponge, stencil, paper cutter, paper snips

I kept the background of the card plain so the focal point would be the running person. I didn’t have a number stamp set on hand so I stenciled the number 15 with an old plastic stencil. I sponged ink on the background a bit to soften the color and to look more like the sky. For the grass, I cut a strip of Garden Green card stock and then cut short slits to create the blades of grass. I cut some of the grass blades on an angle or cut the tip of grass blade off completely and bent a few of the blades to make it look more realistic.

So there you have it, my first attempt at creating my own punch art. Hopefully I’ll improve with practice! :)

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Stamp-A-Stack Birthday Cards

These are the cards we created last week at my Stamp-A-Stack birthday class. Below are pictures of the individual cards and the material list for each card. All but one card was CASEd (Copy And Share Everything).

Stamp sets: Pick A Petal, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Pumpkin Pie stampin’ write marker
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White card stock, Sweet Always DSP
Accessories: 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter
Inspired by: Alicia Tomicich-Wiley

Stamp sets: Polka Dot background
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, and Basic Black
Accessories: Punches- 1 ¼” circle, ¾” circle, ½” circle, scallop circle, 5-petal flower; Big Shot die-cut machine, Top Note Bigz die, SNAIL adhesive, scissors, paper cutter
Inspired by: Evelyn Hoffman

Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature, Upsy Daisy (sentiment stamp)
Ink: Always Artichoke, Bordering Blue, So Saffron, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip Classic ink
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Basic Black, scrap piece in any color
Accessories: Punches- ¼” circle, 1 ¾” circle; Big Shot die-cut machine, bird from Bird w/Leaves and Flower Bigz die, sponge, removable double sided tape, SNAIL adhesive, 2-way glue pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter
Original artwork by: Michelle Hoffman

Stamp sets: Upsy Daisy (sentiment stamp)
Ink: Whisper White Craft ink
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss card stock, Bella Rose DSP
Accessories: Punches- scallop edge, 5-petal flower, ½” circle; Big Shot die-cut machine, Sizzlits Spring Flowers die set, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon- 13”, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, 2-way glue pen, Stampin’ Dimensionals- 5, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter
Inspired by: Stephanie Luman and Linda Heller

Stamp sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Polka Dot background
Ink: Tangerine Tango Classic ink, Pumpkin Pie and Yoyo Yellow Stampin’ Write marker, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Baja Breeze
Accessories: ¾” circle punch, Tangerine Tango striped grosgrain ribbon- 12”, White gel pen, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, 2-way glue pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter, scissors
Inspired by: Renee Van Stralen

Some of these cards involved quite a few steps but overall they were fun to make. Hope you enjoyed viewing them. Have fun stampin' and creatin'!

Stamp Class Projects

We made some fun Christmas projects in our basic stamp class on Wednesday. I lent one of the projects out so I can’t take a picture of the projects grouped together. Sorry about that!

Ornament box- tutorial by Barb M

Stamp set: Greeting from Season of Joy
Paper: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Ski Slope DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip classic ink, Real Red jumbo cartridge
Accessories: Stampin’ Around Jumbo handle, gold cord, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, scissors, paper cutter, Stamp-a-ma-jig.

Inside- Ornament box tutorial by Barb M

Stamp set: Greeting from Season of Joy
Paper: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Ski Slope DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip classic ink, Real Red jumbo cartridge
Accessories: Stampin’ Around Jumbo handle, gold cord, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, scissors, paper cutter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, ornament (supply list for ornament is below)

Glitter & Reinker glass ornament- tutorial by Amy Rysavy

Ink: Real Red
Accessories: Glass ball ornament, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, rubber gloves, small container, 8” length of gold cord.

Frosty the Snowman card- video tutorial by Dawn Griffith

Stamp set: Holidays & Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Ink: Pretty in Pink classic ink, Whisper White Craft ink
Accessories: ½” circle punch, 1” circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, 1 ¼” circle punch, Trio Flower punch, dauber, White gel pen, 2-way glue pen or glue dots, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig.

Candy Cane Mouse Holder- video tutorial by Dawn Griffith

Stamp set: Sanded background stamp
Paper: Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Ink: Creamy Caramel
Accessories: White gel pen, Wide oval punch, Large oval punch, ¼” circle punch, ½” circle punch, hobby blade, small cutting mat, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, scissors, candy cane.

Note: I didn’t use Dawn’s template for the ears. Instead, I used the Wide Oval and Large Oval punches to create the ears.

These make pretty cute gifts and are quick to make. I plan to make the Frosty the Snowman card for all the families on my list who have children, and I will be giving a few people the ornament and box for Christmas to let them know I’m thinking of them.

This class* is available by mail for $14 (includes $5 shipping and handling). Everything will be cut and scored for you and instructions included. If you live locally, we’ll make other arrangements so you will not have to pay for S&H unless preferred.
*Please note that the glass ornament and the supplies for it will not be provided.

If you make any of these projects, I’d love to see them! Please post a link in the comments section so I may view your creations :)

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Sincerely,

Michelle

Punch Art and book

Back in September and October, we had punch art classes. In the first one, we decorated a 5” x 5” art journal and created a few Autumn/Thanksgiving punch art. In the second class, we added 10 more punch art to the book. We will continue to have punch art classes until we’ve made all the punch art we want to :)

Book with three tabbed categories: Seasonal, Animals, and Other.

Stamp set: Ticker Tape Alphabet
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Glorious Green CS, Summer Picnic DSP
Ink: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Glorious Green, Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange Classic Ink, Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker
Accessories: 5” x 5” art journal, spiral punch, Real Red, Whisper White and Basic Black grosgrain ribbons, sticky strip, SNAIL, scissors, paper trimmer


Seasonal: Circle punch pumpkins, Oval punch pumpkins, Circle and Oval punch turkey, Scallop and Circle punch turkey.

Seasonal: Designer Label punch Rudolph, Scallop and Circle punch Santa, Scallop punch wreath, Oval punch Christmas tree

Animals: Circle punch turtle

Other: Tab punch purse, Tab punch basket, Square punch schoolhouse, Tag punch tea cup

Other: Word Window punch candles

I got the idea for the class and book from Emiko. You can view her Punchabilities here.

Most of the punch work was inspired by memory_lane at Splitcoaststampers.

I hope this project has inspired you. If you want to join our class, whether in person or through the mail, please contact me to make arrangements.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!