My Happy Stamping Place

Rudolph

I have another punch art project for you cuz I just can't get enough of it!  This is a Rudolph treat holder using the Sweet treat cups from the Holiday mini catalog from Stampin' Up!.

His head is made with the Oval Scallop Sizzix die cut.  You just use the middle piece.  You put the 1 3/4" circle punch all of the way in from the bottom of the oval and punch for the sweet treat holder.  The eyes are made with 2 white circles punched from the 1" circle punch.  The eyelids are the 1" punch cut in half.  The eyes are Bermuda Bay with the 3/4" circle punch and the 1/2" circle punch in Basic Black.  Sponge the outside of his head and the eyelids with chocolate chip ink.  The antlers are 2 of the snowflake punched in chocolate chip.  You trim off two of the snowflake arms.  I put glue dots around the front rim of the treat holder and attached inside the hole of this nose.  I then placed the treats in, peeled off the back adhesive and put a slit punch in the top of the largest circle from the circles#2 sizzix die cut and adhered that down for the treats.  Just put a glimmer in his eyes with the white uniball gel pen and you're done. Pretty easy!

Thanks for stopping by today!
 

Holiday Gift card holder

Who couldn't use gift card holders at this time of year?  I really like the simple design of this one.

You punch the front with the Word Window punch to make a slot for your gift card to go in.  Then on the place designer paper over the front.  The trick is you just adhere the four sides - no adhesive in the middle or your gift card wont go in!  Here's a pic of the inside:

Recipe:  Stamps: Punch Pals

Ink:  Jet Black Stazon, Real Red, Old Olive, Summer Sun, Sahara Sand, Black watercolor crayon to color in the hat.

Paper:  Soft Suede, Whisper White, Real Red, Christmas Cocoa designer paper from the holiday mini catalog.

Other:  1 3/4" circle punch, scallop circle from the pennants Sizzix die, word window punch, modern label punch, velcro, dazzling diamonds glitter, 2-way glue pen, stampin' dimensionals.

I hope you have fun making these gift card holders!  Thanks for stopping by.
 
 

Nick's card and the sock mystery

Yesterday was my husband, Doug's birthday.  During the Luigi punch art session, Nick and I also collaborated on this card for Doug.

My husband is a very handy guy so the Totally Tool stamp set is perfect for him!  He built me a beautiful craft room, he totally refinished our basement, can do repairs, and has built himself a man cave in our garage.  I think it's his love of working with his hands that makes him understand about my paper crafting obsession.  He's also been so supportive of this wonderful hobby and business that I have. Anyhoo, back to the card.   Nick stamped the image in jet black stazon on whisper white cardstock.  He colored it in with an aquapainter and the Basic gray and close to cocoa ink pad.  The corrugated paper came from a mailer packaging I received.  I love the texure it gives the project.  The brads were some I had in my stash.  The only adhesive that was up to the challenge of holding the corrugated paper to the focal image was the Mono Multi glue.  It's a white liquid glue that drys clear.  It sets pretty quickly and is very strong.  Nick wheeled the base of the card with the Texture jumbo wheel and Basic Gray ink.

Now for the Sock Mystery.  For the past couple of weeks I keep finding 1 white sock on my living room floor.  The strange thing is that it appears after my husband has gone to work and my kids are off at school.  It doesn't happen everyday.  But it appears about 3-4 times a week.  It is always one of my boys' socks.  I never see Lucy our cat with the sock but I figure she must be taking it from the hamper upstairs near their bedrooms and bringing it down.  My kids want me to set up a webcam to catch her in the act.  I'm not ready to go to those extremes......yet! Here's Lucy and the sock I found today.

Just hanging out with the sock.  She looks innocent enough.  I think that crafty cat is just trying to play with my mind.  What do you think?  Have you ever had a pet do something like this?  I'd love to hear your stories!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!
 
 

Video Game punch art

If you have boys like me, chances are they are into video games.  I have Nick who's 11 and Sam who's 9.  They are really into video games, especially Mario games.  Nick was bored last weekend and was talking to me in my craft room.  He got a vision about making Luigi(Mario's side-kick).  So we went to work making a punch art Luigi.  He selected his colors and started building him and then I showed him my punches, die cuts, etc.  that would help make Luigi.  This is what our collaborative effort came up with.

Nick free hand cut the shape of the head.  We used the Sizzix Oval scallop die cut for the hat brim and the Sizzix large circle for the hat.  The bushy eyebrows are done by punching into black cardstock with the 1 3/4" circle punch and then punching over it with the wide oval punch.  I trimmed and tweaked till we got the eyebrows to Nick's liking.  The ears are the wide oval punch, the nose is the 1 3/8" circle punch, the eyes are the large oval punch and the small oval punch and white uniball gel pen for the glimmer in his eye.  The mouth is the 1 1/4" circle punch cut in half and a strip of white for the teeth.  I drew in the teeth but Nick said that was too realistic for a video character so we left that out.  I free hand cut the mustache and did lots of sponging.  He was impressed with how all of my crafting tools could make a character he loves. He's giving this to his little brother with his Christmas present because Sam loves Luigi.  Maybe because his favorite color is green.

It's my husband, Doug's birthday today.  Nick made him a card(during the same crafting session) that I will post tomorrow cuz I don't want to spoil the surprise!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good one!