Happy Veteran's Day

Thanks to all the men and women who have served in the military!

Stampin Up Hexagon punch

Christmas window

I did a really simple card today. I punched out 4 squares and used a big stamp to cover each of the squares. Then I positioned them equally apart from each other to get a pretend window look. I used a Christmas stamp for the sentiment.

Turkey Time

Tonight's inspiration comes from this page: http://321stamp.typepad.com/321_stamp_launching_creat/2008/10/punch-art-turkey-tutorial.html
My husband suggested that I do a punch art turkey and so I did.

All punches are Stampin' Up. I used 1 3/4" scallop circle punch minus 5 of scallops so that one side is flat. 1" square for the hat. 1" circle for the head. 1 3/8" circle for the body. Boho blossom punch for the beak (one petal of the flower) and the feet.

For the feathers I used double-sided paper and folded the sides in to the middle.

I placed the body on the feathers and here is the finished product of the turkey. Once I figured out I didn't have any Thanksgiving stamps that I could use I decided to use my Silhouette Cameo for the wording.

Angels among us

I have decided to include a link to where I find my inspiration for each card. Tonight was another Pinterest find. Here is the link to my inspiration: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Free+Punch+Art+Ideas&view=detail&id=3952A3BF7505D584E897F4E272E6912D3AD206C4#a
I have been looking at doing punch art for quite sometime, but never had the right punches. I decided to get all the right punches so I could start and I love punch art so far. It's fun, quick, and easy.

All punches are Stampin up. From left to right the owl punch was used for the hair. I used the 1" circle punch for the face. I used the bitty shape circle and 1/2" circle or the halo. Pennant for the dress. Half a 1 3/4" scallop for the wings. Half a 1" circle for bangs.

Oh Christmas Tree

The Christmas tree for this card was made with the same punch (Stampin' Up mosaic punch)I used a few days ago for a different type of Christmas tree. I cut the diamond with my Creative Memories cutting system. While trying to find a sentiment to fit at the bottom of the card I found out that I don't have any Christmas stamps that will fit that area. Eventually there will be a sentiment on this card. 

Non-traditional Christmas Colors

Tonight's card was inspired by Pinterest yet again. Most of my ideas come from ideas I see on Pinterest. I chose to do non-traditional colors because it is not set in stone that the only colors for Christmas are red and green. Here is my card.

The card base is 10" x 5" folded in half to make a 5" x 5" card. The blue overlay is 4.5" x 4.5". The pink squares are 1 3/4" and the blue squares are 1 5/8" (it's the tick mark halfway between 3/4" and 1/2"). I embossed the blue squares with snowflakes. I cut out 1 1/4" circles for the snowmen faces and adhered them to the blue squares then cut around the edge to get the excess off. I cut the noses freehand and drew the smile on.

Season's Greetings

Tonight as I was headed into my craft room to organize I was itching to create something instead. I decided to make a Christmas card. It felt so good to be in my craft room creating again. It has been far too long, but sometimes life throws us a curve ball and we just need to follow the path.

My base card is cut at 10" x 7" to make a 5" x 7" card when folded in half. The red overlay is 4.5" x 6.5". The ivory overlay is 4" x 6".

I used two punches that I bought through Stampin' Up. The one for the ornaments is the mosaic punch and for the base of the tree I used a pennant punch and cut the tip of the pennant off. I put dimensionals on the tree pieces to raise them up just a little bit. I saw this idea on Pinterest, but decided to change it up a bit and make it my own creation.

I used one of the many stamps that I have for the Season's Greetings sentiment.