Festive Flower Builder Punch Frangipani

I was making a white poinsettia & as I was punching the first flower I could see was a  Frangipani, one of my favourite summer flowers & they are plentiful up here on the GC & in many colours. I used the smaller of the 2 petals on this one & sponged the centre of the petals with Daffodil Delight before curling the right side with a skewer, super easy.
Oh & it's Shimmery White Cardstock , gorgeous!

Box Pleated dress in Attic Boutique

 It's time for an updated box pleated dress & Attic Boutique DSP is perfect for just that. I received an email requesting more detailed instructions, a video would be best so I will work on that if not step by step pics over the weekend & post soon. I recently saw on Angela's blog her very clever idea on how to make ribbon buckles & my dress just had to have one, I used smaller punches for my buckle which is a bit more fiddlier but mini glue dots to the rescue keeping it all in place. I made the Jewellery tag longer & the fabulous stamped image is from "Oval All" stamp set, I also used "Creative Elements" for the flourishes & inside the card has 40 die cut in Glimmer Paper (carried over from the summer mini -yay!) with Timeless Type Junior Alphabet sizzlets & mounted on the smallest Framelits Labels Collection die cut out in Pool Party, I used some matching Twine on the tag to tie those colours in.
I have two 40th cards to make this week so back with another soon.

Punch Art Bee BE MINE, VALENTINE

I like to keep up to date with Stampin' Up! -obviously here in Oz but also in other countries & this punch art bee I stumbled upon while checking out USA's recent leadership conference, unfortunately creator unknown as pic was taken from a display board. I tweeked a couple of bits, the face, which looked to be hand cut out of the ornament punch, I used the Full Heart punch & fed it back into the wide Oval to oval off the chin. I also added a heart for the nose from the Heart to Heart Punch instead of a round one, (apologies for using a chipped heart & since the pic was taken I have replaced it) i used Vellum CS for the wings, I didn't add pink circles for cheeks & my eyes slightly differ. It's hard to see the red shimmer in the pic but the Glimmer paper really makes this super cute. For the background I inked up block E with Crumb Cake & stamped it on the Whisper White.
Ingredients:
Candy Conversations stamp, Ornament, Full Heart, Heart to Heart, Butterfly, Itty Bitty Punch's, Red Glimmer, Basic Black, Whisper White & Vellum CS, Crumb Cake ink, Black & Red markers.

kids art class at worthalook

On Friday 30th September I will be running another 2hr papercraft class for kids at the gorgeous "worthalook" gift shop in Broadbeach from 10am - 12pm.
It's such a pleasure to watch & see the excitement of a child stamping & creating. Book a place for your child today as spaces are limited.

A special thank you

 How special do you feel when you receive a package full of gorgeous, inspiring, handmade creations like these? well I'll tell you because I felt super special when Sandy handed me THE case (Sandy Thank you, you knew & remembered I wanted just the case when it was available with products contained & you have ever so kindly parted with yours) wrapped up in my favourite Ribbon & tied in a big bow. I could see inside was a gorgeous "Flower Fest" handmade box & the excitement & oh's just kept going, as I opened it I saw all the new in colours used on beautiful gift cards & matching crochets flowers adorned them. (Sandy thank you for the crocheted flowers you made extra for me, I look forward to using those on some special cards soon). Sandy had tried to explain to me on the phone how she had a class that everyone so enjoyed making the milk carton sheep & matching cards & also the Christmas one, I imagined they would be cute but IRL they are super cute & a must CASE. I keep telling Sandy to start a blog so we can all see all her gorgeous creations & I'm hoping that will happen soon.

 Thank you so so much Sandy, I am blessed & so lucky to have you on my team.

Brisbane Regionals

I had a great day yesterday at the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane for Stampin' Up!'s anual regional. My presentation went well. I must admitt I was nervous because I had to wow fellow demonstrators, but I realised during the course of the day (I was on at 2pm) that I was with a great group of ladies who showed alot of support & really I had nothing to be nervous about, all the presenters chosen went well & we all learnt something new & what a great experience, I would definately do it again!!! I managed to get a measly 8 swap cards made (wish I had done more as there were so many gorgeous cards to swap with), I'll show you the ones that I did get soon. I changed completely my original design posted here as the stamp set "Tree Trimmings" is sadly retiring in a couple of days -back then I didn't think about that!
I demonstrated Punch Art using the Full Heart Punch & here are my sample cards;

The Bikini

Box Pleated Dress
9x9cm DSP scored at 1.5cm, 2cm, 3.5cm, 4cm, 5cm, 5.5cm, 7cm & 7.5cm.

My Swap cards

Christmas Decoration

Christmas Tree

Punch Art Bikini

Happy Holidays from "Merry Messages" is not a greeting I would use on my Christmas cards, but when I saw a bikini as I cut the Full Heart Punch image I reached straight for it, along with "Lazy Days" Wheel. Tangerine Tango is a colour I haven't really used much as it's very bright for me, but once again I reached straight for it along with the co-ordinating Striped Ribbon it goes very nicely with the bikini in Baja Breeze DSP.. I couldn't resist adding some frills on my bikini (see punch pic on how I did this) & used some silver cord (retired) for ties & bows. I hope you are inspired & have fun Designing your own Bikini line!

Punch Art for Stampin' Up! a Storm

Attendees made the Icecream card, Handbag Gift Card Wallet & Kokeshi card as 1 of 4projectson the day.

Here is another photo of a Gift Card Wallet I made with the gorgeous Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon.




















click here for the video tutorial from Chic n scratch for these GCW's, I resized mine to suit A4 cs that way you get 2 out of 1 A4 sheet & it still fits a std Gift Card.










Here it is open & because I used DS paper I added a piece of Sahara Sand CS so a greeting can be stamped & written.

Ice cream cone card

I've seen lots of ice cream cones since I have been surfing the net for Punch Art ideas & couldn't resist creating my own.
Supplies;
Rose Red, Regal Rose, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla & a teeny strip of Kiwi Kiss CS,
Tres Chic stamp, Scallop, 1/2" Circle punches, sponge, Pink Supanova Glitter & glue,
Paper Cutter (I used the scoring tool to score the Creamy Caramel CS every 1/2" both landscape & portrait) to create the waffle cone.

Frog punch art book mark

I made this frog yesterday in Green Galore, showed it to my husband & he said "make it into a bookmark", -what a great idea! so I got the wide red Grosgrain ribbon & folded in 1/2, I punched an extra 1 3/8" circle to staple the ribbon in between 2 circles close to the top, Mr Frogs head covers the staple at the front & you can punch a 1 1/4" circle to hide it on the back. Separate the ribbon & the page goes in between so it's like a clip, the head sits on top & off the the page.
Punches for the frog are; 1 3/8", 1/2" & 1/4" circle, large & small Oval & a flower from Spring Flower Bouquet for the feet.
How cute is the scallop lamb, I made it at Cass's house last week, along with the turtle. I have made a little lamb before with the 5 Petal flower punch cut -(3 petals for the head & ears & 2 petals for the legs) but I do prefer this one using the large oval for the head & 3/4" circle cut in half for the ears, the legs are the word window cut in half, I just adore the little Boho Blossom flower punched for the woolly fringe with the gingham ribbon bow- these make a super cute embellishment for a baby card or scrapbook layout.

Pick a Petal Lady Beetle card

What a great idea for "Pick A Petal" & " Stem Sayings" stamp sets. Totally Inspired! I have seen many versions of this "bug card" & here's mine! I've used the 1/2" punch for the body & head, I used my paper piercer & black marker for the antenna's & added a vintage black brad at each end, the DS paper is Old Olive, scalloped with the cnr rounder punch, the wings are from "Pick A Petal"stamped in Real Red ink & the card is finished with some Black Gingham Ribbon