Owl Tags

Aug 29, 2010 | Bingo, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Punch Art, Tags | 3 comments

I’m back with more Owls!  But I didn’t make these for this project.  These are my double duty owls.  They were originally on the picks on my cupcakes for the Open House I had earlier this month.  Read this post.

I told everyone to keep their owls off of their cupcakes and use them for another project.  So that was exactly what I did with the ones that were left.  I re-purposed them into tags.

The owls were done in the new Stampin’ Up! In-Colors so the tags of course are color coordinated with the owls.  I cut a piece of 3×3 card stock to match the owl.  I used the So Many Thanks stamp set up in the corner.  And added a strip of the matching In-Color Designer Series Paper at the bottom of the tag.

I used this batch of tags for a group of orders from a workshop I had recently.  And the hostess got a special gift from me – one of the Play Date shopping bags that we were able to buy at convention this year.

I have my tag on the plastic bag that contains her order and the shopping bags came with their own owl tags already on them.

I hope she likes it!

Today is Tyler’s birthday – he is 17.  We will be celebrating with dinner tonight.  Last night we drove down to GT to pick up Kyle so he could be home.  Greg will drive him back tonight after dinner.  So the whole family will be back together for at least a little while today.

If you are looking for Monika’s Blog Bingo – it is right below here.

It’s BINGO TIME!  Today we are starting Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  The players have been finalized and all Bingo Cards were emailed out yesterday so we are ready to play.  I’m currently taking names for Round 4 – there are a few spots still left.   See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.

Here is piece #1 – the pear image from the Cheap Talk stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).

Have a great day!

Owl Notes

Aug 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, class, In Colors, Punch Art | 8 comments

Hey everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  I had a fun stamping class on Friday and a quiet Saturday morning (I was home alone – all the boys were gone).  Sunday afternoon we went to Georgia Tech for the New Student Convocation – Kyle is an official Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket with his very own Rat Cap.  I know the Rat Cap is an old tradition but some how during the years that I was there I don’t think they gave one to every freshman like they do now – I don’t think I every had one and Greg doesn’t remember having one either and neither of us remember going to the Convocation Ceremony.   I’ll post a couple of pictures probably tomorrow.

On to a stamping project.  I saw this cute little project at the airport while we waited to find out about our canceled flight.  I didn’t actually get one of these but a demonstrator I met at the airport was nice enough to let me see hers and take pictures.  It was the cutest idea and I don’t know who made it.

It is a mini post-it note holder.  I made a few modifications from the original one that I saw but it is the same basic project.

The holder is cut from the Stampin’ Up! Two Tags die using the Big Shot Die-Cut machine.  This is the tag that folds over.  I also used the Big Shot to cut the letters for “notes” using the Billboard Alphabet Sizzlit Strip die.

The front is decorated using the new Owl Punch (can you tell I really like this punch) and also the Bird punch for the branch.

We made this in my class on Friday and in the morning class I told the girls that I didn’t like the little hole showing from the tag but I couldn’t decide what to do with it.  Someone suggested that we cover it with another leaf punch and that is exactly what we did.

I decided to add the post it notes on the inside with a hole so they could go on the ring – I was afraid they would fall out otherwise.  I know in my purse they would.  The swap that I saw just had them attached on the inside but not going through the ring.  I took a normal sized mini post-it note pad and split it into four pieces – so this is 1/4 of a pad.  The Crop-A-Dile will punch through it and the card stock tag with no problem.

I added some of the Peach Parfait Ribbon to the book ring.

It’s a cute little project don’t you think?

Are you ready for Monika’s Blog Bingo!  I heard yesterday that one person had all 4 pieces called so far but no Bingo yet.

I am continuing with Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now  which is close to being full too.  See this POST for more details.

Here is piece #5 – the cupcake image from the Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Owl – Convention inspired

Aug 17, 2010 | Cards, In Colors, Open House, Punch Art | 0 comments

At my Stampin’ Up! Open House event on Saturday I had a few Make & Take projects for everyone.  One was this card using the new Owl Punch – I had already made all of the cupcake owls so I thought it would be fun to use one on a card too.

If you went to the Stampin’ Up! Convention this card may look a little bit familiar.  It is based on a card that Heather Summers Demonstrated on stage during one of our classes.  I used the In-Color Designer Series Paper for mine and she used various colors of card stock for hers.  A few minor differences but basically the same card that she created.  I think everyone liked this card.  I demoed the same card at Becky’s workshop on Sunday and everyone there loved it too.  This little owl punch is going to be very popular!

If you want to play BLOG BINGO with me – see this post for the details.  It will be fun so don’t miss out.  BINGO UPDATE: Round 1 is full so I’m taking names for the second round.

And for those of you that were at my Open House and saw Jennifer (9 months pregnant!) she had her baby on Monday, August 16th at 2:26 pm – Shelby Jean was 5-1/2 pounds and 18-3/4″.  Everyone is doing well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

  • Card stock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
  • Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and Stampin’ Write Markers
  • Stamps: Word Play
  • Two Step Owl Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch
  • Designer Series Paper Pack – In Color (Level 1 Hostess set)
  • Stampin’ Sponge
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen

To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.

Owl Cupcakes

Aug 14, 2010 | Birthday, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Punch Art | 9 comments

Cute, Cute, Cute!  I made In-Color Owl Cupcakes for my Open House.  Looky – Looky……..

Aren’t they cute? I had to laugh when I uploaded the pictures and my photo editing software actually tried to to the automatic red eye fix and created an updated version of my picture!

The new Owl Punch is very cute – I made a whole bunch to add to my cupcakes.  The cupcakes have edible glitter on them that my friend Sue gave me.  I used the In Color Designer Series Paper pack – the Hostess Level 1 pack. I actually used a marker to make the little pupils for the eyes – I had so many on my table that I decided gluing on those tiny little punched circle was going to take way too long.  It was much easier to make all the owls look in different directions using the marker.  When I work with small punched pieces I like to use craft tweezers and a 2-way glue pen.

Everyone got to take home their owl – just pull it off the stick and then they can add it to a card or tag or something else.

My Open House was a whole lot of fun.  Be sure to come back on Monday for a fun blog game!

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

  • Card stock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
  • Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and Stampin’ Write Markers
  • Stamps: none
  • Two Step Owl Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
  • Stampin’ Sponge
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen

To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.

Bobble-head Dog

Jul 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Punch Art, Stampin' Up! Convention | 5 comments

My Bobble-head Dog card was very popular at the two meetings I shared it at.  He is really cute in person.  First I made them for a full-card swap for the UDI dinner and then I also used it as my demo at the Udderly Awesome gathering.   I told everyone at my demo that I would share some more details on how I made the punch-art dog and the card since they didn’t actually get one.  Everyone also wanted to know where the inspiration came from so I wanted to show you that too.  Here is the link to my original post during convention – CLICK HERE – there are more pictures and some of the creation process on that post.

The swap for the UDI dinner had some specific guidelines and based on those I was thinking of ideas in my head.  Every day I walk into the house from my car and past a metal dog that hangs on the wall – that became my inspiration for this card.  Looking at him gave me the idea for the Bobble-head – after I had my idea I just had to figure out how to get it to do what I wanted.

Here is a picture that Sandy took of me doing the demonstration at the Udderly Awesome gathering – I got there late so if you left early you missed it.  I didn’t even remember Sandy taking the picture but I was looking directly at the camera so I guess I knew it was happening at the time.

The head on the dog bobbles or spins or whatever you want to call it.

I created a separate Cherry Cobbler panel that I punched a small circle in using the new little circle in the punch pack.

I used a jumbo brad and put it through the hole.  Because it isn’t tight it wobbles around in the hole.

I attached this panel to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals to keep it raised so the brad could move.

The dog head is glued to the top of the jumbo brad – I used the Tombow glue for this.  The dogs body is then attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals so that it tucks behind the head.

Here are some details on the punches I used to create the dog.  All the white pieces were sponged with Black StazOn ink.

Head = Wide Oval punch

Tongue = end of Wide Oval punch (then add chunky red glitter)

Snout = Jumbo Heart punch – with the point folded over

Nose = tip of Jumbo Heart punch (then add chunky black glitter)

Eyes = large circle punch from the Crop-A-Dile and white gel pen

Ears = Modern label punch – with one end rounded

Body = Wide Oval Punch

Legs = Modern Label punch – cut in half – mark toes with black marker

Tail = thin strip of black card stock cut on the paper trimmer and curled around a skewer

Big spot = piece from the butterfly punch

Small spots = random pieces of card stock or black marker

Bone = Modern Label punch – trim out the insides to make it skinny – words were printed using My Digital Studio on card stock and then punched

I hope that answered the rest of the questions that people had about this card.  I was so excited that everyone loved it so much.

Thanks for checking in with me today!

Dogs are Everywhere!

Jul 23, 2010 | Cards, My Digital Studio, Punch Art, Stampin' Up! Events | 7 comments

I joined a new demonstrator group earlier this year – a group that shares ideas and business tips.  They have a dinner and swap at convention so I signed up to attend along with my 3 room mates.  The card swap for had some specific rules or guidelines that  I found quite challenging.  I decided that the reason I waited so long to make all of my swaps for convention was because I was struggling with what to do with this one.  So here are the specifics that I had to work with:

– Colors: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White

– Theme: Whimsical or Funny

– Royal in nature with bling

Somehow for me the whimsical/funny didn’t go with royal bling – but I thought through it and played around with various ideas until I finally came up with something and everyone I have showed my end result to has loved it!  I’m so excited that they liked it and I hope the ladies I’m swapping with like it too!

Here are all the pieces of my card.  It was a lot of pieces and next time I need to do a swap with not so many pieces and steps.  Can you see what it is – little heads and little bodies…..

Here they are all finished – do you see the dog bones, the dog, the newspaper rolled up in his mouth?

It is my punch art dog and I forgot to take a picture of my inspiration – it is a piece of metal art that hangs on the wall by the garage door.  This piece happens to have the head and legs that move so my card is supposed to resemble that – so I call it my bobble-head card.

The dog is made out of punches and the legs are dangling – they are attached with brads so they move.  The head moves because I attached it to a jumbo brad that is then inserted through a hole on the embossed Cherry Cobbler layer and it rotates around.

My “bling” on my card include 3 brads on the left side and some chunky glitter – I don’t know how easily you can see it in the picture so here is a close up of his head.  The nose is covered in black chunky glitter and his tongue is covered in red chunky glitter.

The newspaper in his mouth is a piece from the new News Print Designer Series paper.  The tail is a thin strip of Basic Black card stock curled around a skewer to make it curl up.  I shaded all the punched pieces with Black StazOn ink – for me the regular basic black looks to much like purple when I use it for sponging.  I added spots cut/punched from pieces of black card stock or with a black marker.

He really is a funny little dog with a bobble-head.  I’m also going to demo this card at the Udderly Awesome gathering at convention.  I hope I don’t get to nervous showing it in front of people.  I did pre-assemble most of the dog parts ahead of time.  I’ll come back after convention and add more on the punched pieces for the dog.

And I forgot to get a picture of the inside.  By the way the “Heard the News” was made using My Digital Studio and printed on card stock and punched out.  I’ll show you later how to create the bone shape.

Have a “dog-gone” great day!