Punch art Spiderman …

Inspired by a punch art card I saw on Pinterest, I decided to recreate it for my nephew’s birthday…

I used the spider web embossing folder from Stampin’ Up to add texture and then did

a little bit of sponging to add shading using sponge daubers and ink…

The punch art was adhered to a base card of bashful blue, with some whisper white clouds punched out using the cupcake punch. I placed Spiderman on a basic grey rectangle of cardstock to represent a building, and added lines freehand for the windows with my white gel pen. The hand-cut banner sentiment is from the itty bitty banners set, which I earned for free during sale-a-bration but is still available to purchase …

You can see the original card made by Natasha here

I really enjoyed making this card, so I hope my nephew likes it!

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Here’s what I used to make today’s cards – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: bashful blue, basic grey, whisper white, basic black, real red, pacific point; stamp sets: itty bitty banners; inks: basic grey, real red, night of navy; punches: large oval, small oval, large circle, word window, modern label, large heart, cupcake; accessories: spider web embossing folder, big shot, white gel pen, sponge daubers, stampin’ dimensionals, tombow mutlipurpose glue.

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Which came first … the Easter chicken or the egg?

I’m enjoying a lovely long Easter weekend with my family and made a little card and gift for my daughter…

I saw gift boxes similar to this on Margaret’s blog and fell in love with them.

Margaret is a fellow member of our Pink Ladies’ team and she is so talented,

you can check out her beautiful projects here.

and the lovely Anca, another fellow Pink Lady, showed us how to make these cute little chicks using the owl punch…

I love being a part of the Pink Ladies – it’s great to be a part of such a great team - everyone is so helpful and willing to share ideas, tips and projects.

Happy Easter!

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Here’s what I used to make today’s cards – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: so saffron, elegant egg plant, whisper white; stamp sets: teeny tiny wishes; inks: early espresso; punches: word window, modern label, owl, hole, itty bitty flower, 1 3/4″ circle; accessories: international bazaar dsp, whisper white taffeta ribbon, pumpkin pie stampin’ write marker pen, simply scored scoreboard.

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Quick and easy punch art Easter bunny and tutorial…

With Easter being early this year, despite the snow outside, I decided to make some super cute punch art  Easter cards for my friends and family, using Stampin’ Up punches and some of their gorgeous designer series paper.

The first one for my best friend, Debs, using the Birds of a Feather dsp –

I really like the pastel colours of the designs in this set of papers, and how cute the egg pattern looks on the flower pot.

I added a sentiment from the teeny tiny wishes set, stamped in marina mist, punched out with the word window punch and layered onto a modern label punched shape, with a few white gel pen doodle dots for highlights.  I also tied a small bow from 1/4″ stitched grosgrain ribbon, and adhered it with a glue dot.

A close up of the eyes …

I loved this cute little guy so much I made another, this time a 6″ x 6″ card using the Sunshine & Sprinkles dsp from the spring/summer catalogue …

I love those fluffy clouds and the pretty Easter colours of the striped paper too …

Would you like to make one of these cute bunnies yourself?  It’s really easy!

You will need the following Stampin’ Up punches …

 ornament
extra large oval
large oval
small oval
narrow oval (retired)
¾” circle

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and for the eyes and nose? ….

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the paper doily sizzlit – found on page 191 of the main catalogue …

you know those bits you usually poke out and throw away?  Well don’t dispose of them … they are the perfect shapes for eyes and noses!  Cut one doily in whisper white, and one in basic black.  Not only will you have a large supply of punched pieces to use on your cute bunnies, but you’ll have two gorgeous doilies for use on your other projects too!

I have a free tutorial showing how to make the punch art bunny here.

And there you have it - a super cute, quick and easy punch art bunny to use on your projects.  Just change up the colours and the bunny could be used for baby or children’s projects too.  Hope you have fun making him!

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Here’s what I used to make today’s cards – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: crumb cake or soft suede, whisper white, certainly celery, basic black, pretty in pink, daffodil delight, tempting turquoise, lucky limeade; stamp sets: teeny tiny wishes; inks: chocolate chip, pretty in pink, crumb cake, marina mist; punches: ornament, word window, modern label, extra large oval, large oval, oval, narrow oval (retired), ¾” circle; accessories: paper doily sizzlit, big shot, stampin’ write markers in basic grey and tempting turquoise, white gel pen, stampin dimensionals, tombow glue, glue dots, 1/4″ stitched grosgrain ribbon, paper snips, sponge daubers.

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Pinkies new seasonal catalogue blog hop…

Welcome to our first ever Pinkies Blog Hop.  We’ll be showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Autumn Winter Seasonal Catalogue.

Our blog hop buttons will help guide you on your way.

We love comments, so please do tell us what you think!

For today’s hop,  I took one sentiment, some designer series paper, cardstock and glitter

and made a set of 12 Christmas cards.

Cherry cobbler is a beautiful shade of Christmassy red, and embellishments were easy to make using the merry minis punch pack.

Next I used lucky limeade – almost traditional, but with a modern twist …

And for a completely modern look I used marina mist with very vanilla and whisper white …

beautiful blues with added dazzling diamonds and adhesive rhinestones for sparkle …

And finally, I used neutral colours, putting crumb cake with whisper white and very vanilla too …

with a splash of cherry cobbler here and there …

The patterns of the snow festival and festival of prints designer series paper complement each other beautifully, and the colours match and tone too, so both sets co-ordinate perfectly.

Here’s what you need to make today’s cards – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!

designer series paper (dsp): snow festival, festival of prints; cardstock: very vanilla, whisper white, cherry cobbler, lucky limeade, crumb cake, marina mist; stamp set: teeny tiny wishes; ink: early espresso; punches: modern label, merry minis punch pack, decorative label; accessories: adhesive rhinestones, stampin’ dimensionals, two way glue pen, dazzling diamonds.

I’d be delighted to order any of these items for you and have them delivered to your door at any UK address. To place your order, you can email me at lilybygilly@gmail.com , or call me on 0772 980 8152 and I’d be happy to help.

Now it’s time to hop along to Alison’s blog for more inspiring ideas …

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