Penguin Punch Art

 

Still pondering punch art here. It is so much fun :-). The inspiration for this little guy came from a project by Dawn Olchefske, which you can see here. Thanks Dawn!

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black plain cardstock and Glossy White cardstock
Stamps: Best Yet
Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink
Accessories: Distressed Lines, Divine Swirls, Tiny Bubbles and Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folders, Crystal Effects, Chunky Sprinkles, Styled Silver Hodge Podge, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch, 1 inch Circle Punch, 5-Petal Flower Punch, Designer Label Punch, Spring Bouquet Punch, 1/4 inch Circle Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip and SNAIL Adhesive.

I wish this scene was making me feel a bit cooler. I'd like to be swimming in a glacial pool right now :-).

Hope your day is a good one!

(Blogged to: Hot N Cold - Katy Perry).

Dinotopia...

... Last night I sat down to make a scrap page. Since I've had dinosaur punch art on my mind of late, I decided it would be a 12 x 12 dinosaur-themed page.

It didn't come out on paper nearly as groovy as it looked in my head (funny that ;-). I don't think that photo is the right one for the page....not at all. But anyway...I'm posting it here, because it took FOREVAH to make, and I like how the punch art turned out! I'll ponder the photo and re-jig if I figure out how to fix it.

I've blotted out a little poem (using Photoshop) that I composed and wrote around the edge of the page (on the Chocolate Chip frame) in White Gel Pen, its for our eyes only.

The photo is one of our son, aged two, and with food all over his face. Nothing to do with dinosaurs, but it looked like he was kinda surprised and possibly about to scream...which I thought fitted the dinosaur theme. I found that I don't have any decent photos of him playing with his dinosaurs, and he wouldn't consent to an impromptu sitting. Maybe once I rectify that situation I'll have something better to put there.

I'm going to leave it at that. Its too hot to be thinking this hard.

(Blogged to: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen).

Just Add Ink Challenge #3

This week's Just Add Ink Challenge is a fun sketch challenge, and here is the sketch:

My card is somewhat inspired by this beautiful creation by Delys Cram, who is one of the very talented Just Add Ink design team. Thanks for the inspiration Delys!

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Summer Sun and Not Quite Navy plain cardstock and Close To Cocoa textured cardstock
Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink
Stamps: Animal Stories and Inspired By Nature
Accessories: Chit Chat rub-ons, 5 Petal Flower punch, D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder, Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug Folder, Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug Folder, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip and SNAIL Adhesive.


This was a fun card to make. I really like making little scenes on my cards. It is so much fun seeing how life-like you can make them appear.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog, and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave. You make my day!

 

(Blogged to: The Rhythm of the Night - Corona).

Some rainy day dinosaur punch art...

I have finally finished the third birthday card that we needed for this weekend's events. Just in the nick of time too ;-).

I have had this card on my 'to do' list for some time...in fact, ever since I saw this lovely card by Nicole Derendorf. Thank you Nicole for providing me with this great punch art idea.

Here is my take on this Stegosaurus-ish dinosaur:

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and Summer Sun plain and Kiwi Kiss Textured
Ink: Close to Cocoa and Old Olive Classic Ink
Accessories: Chit Chat rub-ons, wide oval punch, large oval punch, small oval punch, boho blossoms punch, 3/4 inch circle punch, d'vine swirl cuttlebug folder, mesh texture cuttlebug folder, dimensionals, sticky strip and SNAIL adhesive.

I have been having a lot of fun with the punch art...but it is a tad time consuming and fiddly.

Gotta go wrap the presents and get myself organised now.
Sayonara,

(Blogged to: I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King).

Ice Cream Punch Art...

 ... makes me want to eat ice cream! Who woulda thunk it?

The birthday girl tomorrow is an ice cream fan, so I thought I'd make some ice cream punch art for her. There are lots of groovy ice cream punch art ideas around, but I think mine is closest to this one by Lynda and this one by Ros Davidson. Thank you for the inspiration Lynda and Ros.

 

 

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Barely Banana, Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip plain, and Whisper White textured
Ink: Close to Cocoa Classic Ink
Accessories: Chocolate Chip patterns DSP, chit chat rub-ons, scallop punch, scallop border punch, 3/4 inch circle punch, wide oval punch, scoring tool, sponge daubers, swirly cuttlebug folder, white gel pen, dimensionals and SNAIL adhesive.


Now that I'm thinking of my stomach...I'd better go help hubby with the dinner. We are having BBQ kebabs.

Ciao ciao,

(Blogged to: Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung).

Dinosaur Punch Art

 

 We have a couple of birthday parties to attend this weekend, so I am trying to get myself prepared (...I know, with a WHOLE day spare...WOW such preparedness ;-).

I made this card, after being inspired by Brandi's awesome dragon punch art here. Brandi got the idea from Kim here. Thanks for the inspiration girls!

  

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Summer Sun, Whisper White plain, Tangerine Tango Textured

Ink: Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink

Stamps: Think Happy Thoughts

Punches: Wide Oval, Large Oval, Small Oval, Boho Blossoms, 1/2 inch Circle, 1/4 inch Circle, 1 1/4 inch Circle, 3/4 inch Circle

Accessories: Tangerine Tango Patterns DSP, small circle metal-edged tag, Love Birds Rub-Ons, Tangerine Tango striped grosgrain ribbon, Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder, crimper, white gel pen, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots and SNAIL Adhesive.

I hope the recipient likes it. I know my kids do...so that should be a good sign.

See you,

(Blogged to: Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon).

I Heart U....

...I am still thinking about the fun Just Add Ink challenge - Just Add Hearts here. So this afternoon I sat down and made the following 6 x 6 scrapbook page:

... made using the Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin' Kit.

I also made the following little card..because all the stuff was already out, and the colours are so yummy looking, they were beckoning to me!

Well, Grey's Anatomy is about to start...so I've gotta run!

:-)

(Blogged to: My Kitchen Rules).

PS. In my rush to get to Grey's last night I forgot to mention that I have run a bunch of Pioneer Woman Photoshop actions on the scrap layout photo of hubby. The original photo is in colour, and was taken with my Christmas present, which was a little Canon PowerShot D10 (which is waterproof to 10m...and I was standing in water when I took the photo...but not in 10m of it ;-). But I digress...I think the actions were: Old West, followed by Soft and Faded, with some Quick Edge Burn thrown in for good measure...but then mostly cropped off.

Two challenges, one card...

...I love multi-tasking ;-).

I made this card with two challenges in mind. The first challenge is the Just Add Ink Challenge 2, and the challenge is to make a project and 'Just Add Hearts'....which I have done here...LOTS!

While I was surfing around last night I also saw Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #54, and decided I would use her sketch too:

I sketched out my card last night while I was watching the premiere of the new season of House (it was a very good episode IMO), and then made it up this morning (after we'd dropped miss 5.5 to her very first day of school...it was a fun, tearless event on both sides...just ;-).

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Textured Chocolate Chip and Whisper White, and So Saffron Plain cardstock
Accessories: Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin' Kit, Chit Chat Rub-Ons, Heart to Heart Punch, 5/16" Chocolate Chip Brads, Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities, miscellaneous plastic heart, Dimensionals, crystal effects and SNAIL adhesive.

The little brown 'petals' around the focal circle are the tops of the small heart from the Heart to Heart punch. Also, I've stuck the clear pink plastic heart on using Crystal Effects, which you can't see through the plastic...yeah!

I am very happy with the way this card turned out. Thanks for taking a peek.

Hope you have a great day!

(Blogged to: Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer).

Christmas Cards and Caprese Salad...

I have a few more beautiful Christmas cards that were sent to me by stamping friends, that I have been meaning to put up here to share with you.

The first one is by my wonderfully talented, blogging buddy Debbie (I loved it when I saw it on her blog, and it is even better IRL). Santa's beard and fur trim is all covered in Dazzling Diamonds...very sparkly!:

 

This next beautiful card one is from my good stamping friend (and sideline) Veronica. The reindeer panel is embossed gold....and it looks lovely:

...and last, but certainly not least, this very stylish card is by another good stamping friend, Di (another card that looks even better IRL...especially with all the bling that covers the tree):

 

Thanks again for your lovely cards and Christmas wishes girls!

I also just wanted to show you a picture of our lunch.......yummy Caprese salad (well, its almost a Caprese salad...I've used Cow's milk Bocconcini instead of Buffalo Milk Mozzarella...close but not exactly the same) on crusty bread stick slices. We LOVE this in my family:

Ingredients:

- crusty bread stick,
- extra virgin olive oil (I like trying out various Australian olive oils),
- roma tomatoes, or other extra tasty tomatoes,
- bocconcini (I like South Cape),
- fresh basil (YUMMY).....need to get some more growing in the herb garden, and
- salt flakes (I love Murray River gourmet salt flakes).

This is so delicious, :-).

(Blogged to: Hope For Haiti Now - Various Artists)

Hope you've had a trunkload of fun!

 Long time no blog. Sorry for just kinda falling off the radar there....but summer holidays will do that to you sometimes. I hope that you all had a lovely peaceful Christmas and New Year, and are looking forward to a fun and smile-filled 2010 (that still seems like a really weird number to me....2010....makes me think of George Jetson and space ships for some reason...Hhhhmmmmmmm)!

Anyhoo, here I am with a small blog offering. I made this card some weeks agao, but didn't have everything I needed to finish it at the time, so I put it aside, and kinda forgot about it (as I said before, summer holidays will do that to you ;-).

List of Ingredients:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze and Whisper White
Ink: Baja Breeze and Tangerine Tango
Stamps: Animal Stories
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Sponge, Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Crimper, Chocolate Chip 5/16" Brads, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Stipple Brush, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip and Dimensionals.


Its been such a long time since I picked up any of my craft stuff that I had to go get the catalogue so I could work out what everything I used was called!

You probably can't see from the photo, but the Tangerine Tango background layer has been inked along the edges (with a sponge), in Tangerine Tango....probably why you can't see it, eh? Gee I'm quick today :-). Also, I've stippled the Baja Breeze elephant with Tangerine Tango on his back. Doubt there are many elephants coloured thus in the real world...but there are in my head ;-).

Take it easy this weekend!

(Blogged to: Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams)