Category: Punch

Million and One

Cards, Gorgeous Grunge, Million and One, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Petite Petals, Punch, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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This simple card makes a nice impact.  Grab your Color Coach and pick a color and a neutral that you like together and then one color that is either darker or lighter than your neutral.  For this card I used Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede and Early Espresso.  Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede (I stamped off the Soft Suede to make it softer) are down the side using Gorgeous Grunge and the sentiment is in Early Espresso.  Each Petite Petal flower has a rhinestone in the center. 

The color combo here is Pink Pirouette, Smokey Slate (stamped off) and Basic Gray with pearls in the center.  To round the bottom corners, I used the Envelope Punch Board.  It’s much easier to use than the corner punch.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Million and One, Petite Petals, Gorgeous Grunge
Cardstock – Whisper White
Ink – Pink Pirouette, Smokey Slate, Basic Gray or Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Etc – Petite Petals punch, rhinestones/pearls, Envelope Punch Board

I lined the insides with Pink Pirouette or Bermuda Bay and Whisper White – which makes the card more finished and sturdy.  Hugs, Fran

Spiral Rose Bouquet

Big Shot, Easter, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Mother's Day, Occasions Mini, Punch, Special Projects, Spiral Rose die, Spring Mini, Valentines
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I made these Spiral Rose Dum-Dum lollipop roses for another project and had lots of them left over just sitting on my desk.  So…..I made this!  The base is a little, plastic Easter basket – 50 cents at the grocery store – with a 3″ Styrofoam ball pushed inside.  I pushed the sticks into the ball and it covered almost all of the Styrofoam.  For the few spots that were showing, I punched some tiny flowers in Wild Wasabi and used corsage pins to stick them in the spaces.

I decided to add a little butterfly for some “bling!”  I used a piece of wire and glued it between 2 butterflies punched out of Silver Glimmer paper.  After it dried, I added two small butterflies and some rhinestones colored with a Black Copic. 

To make the roses, die cut a Spiral Rose die and punch a hole in the tab at the center that is large enough to push your stick through.  Then use your bone folder to curl the Sprial Rose.  Once it curls, you might want to roll it up with your fingers to give it more shape.  You don’t need to glue it – just push your Dum-Dum stick through the center and add a green flower punch to the bottom to look like leaves. 

Supplies
Cardstock – Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Silver Glimmer paper
Etc – Spiral Rose die, Flower punch, rhinestones, small basket, Styrofoam ball, wire

Then you have a sweet gift for a friend – or a cute decoration for yourself.  Hugs, Fran

Four You

Four You, Mini Catalogs, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets
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And one more Scallop Tag Topper punch fancy fold!  This one uses 2 techniques on top of the fold – a fringed flower and a Chevron punch lattice.  The lattice piece is done by punching 2 pieces of cardstock 1 1/2 x 6 with the Chevron punch.  You will end up with 2 pieces of “arrows.”  Flip one over and tuck the points of the top one (now facing downwards) under the points of the bottom one (facing upwards)  Then you can slide them until you get the look you want.  The fringed flower uses the Fringe scissors.  Cut a 1 1/2 x 12″ piece of DSP and fold it in half long ways so that it is now 3/4 x 12.  Use the fringe scissors and cut the fringe down the long side.  I use a bamboo skewer to start rolling it and use hot glue to hold it together.  Once the glue has dried, start curling the fringe with your fingers until it looks like a flower.

Supplies
Stamp Set – Four You
Cardstcok – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Ink – Basic Black
Etc – Fringe Scissors, Large and small butterfly punches, Chevron punches, Bird punch (leaves), Sweet Sorbet accessories pack (twine), Scallop Tag Topper punch

More snow/rain/ice headed our way so I thought butterflies were appropriate!  Hugs, Fran

My Friend

Cards, My Friend, Punch, Stamp Sets
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Here’s another Scallop Tap Topper fancy fold card – this time with butterflies.  This is a very simple card but the use of rhinestones for the center of the butterflies gives it some “pop.”  I colored the rhinestones with a Copic marker – love that idea!  I can have any color rhinestone (or pearl) by simply coloring them with a Copic marker or a Sharpie.

Supplies
Stamp Set – My Friend
Cardstock – Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Scallop Tag Topper punch, Large and small butterfly punches, rhinestones, Summer Starfruit ribbon

Did you try this fold yet?  (Are you hooked?!)  Hugs, Fran

Sweet Stems

Banner Greetings, Cards, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Sweet Stems
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Have you seen this fancy fold made with the Scallop Tag Topper punch?  Such a nice, flat fold that is easy to decorate.  I used Sweet Stems and Banner Greeting and the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series paper for this one.  The black ribbon started life as Crumb Cake taffeta!  I ran it over my Stazon pad until I was happy with the color and then let it dry.  For the flower, I stamped it twice and then cut it out and stacked the pieces.  Dazzling Details adds just a bit of sparkle to the center. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Sweet Stems, Banner Greetings
Cardstock – Sahara Sand, Sweet Sorbet DSP, Whisper White
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, (Jet Black Stazon for ribbon)
Etc – taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, Scallop Tag Topper punch, Dazzling Details

I really like these two pieces of DSP together.  Hugs, Fran

You’re Lovely Tag

Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets, You're Lovely
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A sweet little tag featuring You’re Lovely from the Sale a bration catalog!  This one was done on watercolor paper and has the Wildflower Meadow embossing folder on the background.  (Hard to see – but it’s there!)  This card measures 3 x 3.

Supplies
Stamp Set – You’re Lovely (SA
Cardstock – Daffodil Delight, watercolor paper
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
Etc – Deco Label Framelits, Small butterfly punch, Wildflower Meadow embossing folder, pearls, aquapainter

I watercolored with ink in the lid of the ink pad.  Hugs, Fran

You Make Me Happy Pivot

Big Shot, Cards, Embossing Folder, Framelit Dies, Happy Watercolor, Lots of Thanks, Mini Catalogs, Pop It Up, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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This must be my favorite suite of products in the mini catalog – Happy Watercolor and Designer Series paper that matches.  Here I used Karen Burniston’s Katie Label Pivot Pop It Up to make a card using the Watercolor Wonder DSP to show off the sentiment. 

The paper has such pretty designs!  A pivot card is a nice way to show them off.  And I love polka dots so the Distressed Dots embossing folder was perfect here. (and it’s a Saleabration item!)

I even used it on the Pansy Punch!

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Happy Watercolor, Lots of Thanks
Card stock – Whisper White, Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Stampin Write Markers – Gumball Green, Island Indigo
Etc – Katie Label Pivot Framelit, Pansy Punch, Candy Dots, Distressed Dots embossing folder (SA

This DSP is so pretty.  It might be my favorite piece in the package!  Hugs, Fran

Saleabration Banner Blast

Banner Blast, Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Just Saying, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets
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Sale abration starts today! And some of the free product available is the darling set Banner Blast – and a cute banner punch.  I cased the card above and then – just kept going to make a set!

The card base is the note cards from

To finish things off, I made a little box that will hold 4-5 of these cards.  It would have held more – but I used Dimensionals under all the banners!  (4 is a nice number for a set!) 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Banner Blast (SA, Just Saying
Card Stock – Notecards, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party
Ink – Real Red, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Jet Black Stazon
Etc – On Film Framelits, Candy Dots, Baker’s Twine (SA, Talk Bubble Framelits

Nothing like taking one idea and going crazy with it!  Thanks to the person who came up with the original card – I have searched all over the place to find it and have had no success.  Was it you?  Hugs, Fran

Life in the Forest

Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Holidays, Just Saying, Life in the Forest, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Pop It Up, Punch, Stamp Sets, Thinlit
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Starting out the week with a funny card! The front is Just Sayin and Life in the Forest. 

Doesn’t he looked shocked!  This card is for a very special person who will (I hope) appreciate the humor.

The inside features Karen Burniston’s Garden Bench insert and Tree Thinlits along with all the little creatures and their reactions!  I used her floating floor template for the base.  You can find the template here.  The talk bubbles were done in MDS.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Just Sayin, Life in the Forest
Card stock – Soft Sky, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, In Color Pattern pack
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Island Indigo
Etc – Pop It Up Garden Bench and Tree Thinlits, Chevron punch, MDS 2, markers

Life in the Forest is another one of those sets that I purchase just for this one idea!  I’m going to have to put my brain to the test now and see what else I can do with it!  Hugs, Fran

Birthday Pop

Another Great Year, Big Shot, Big Shot Pop N Cuts, Birthday, Cards, Countless Sayings, Framelit Dies, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Pop It Up, Punch, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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Here’s another card featuring Another Great Year on the front and using the same technique that I showed you here to do the banners.  The only difference is that I colored the “loops” before I added the Dazzling Details.  The card base is the SU exclusive Pop N cuts base die with Birthday Basic Designer Series paper. There are lots of fun prints in this one!

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Inside I used Karen Burniston’s new Pop It Up die – which work perfectly inside any size card – called Lots of Pop.  The owl is the owl punch (!) and the presents on the floor are just square punches.  They are mainly there to hold up the balloons because they are on wires.

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“Happy” is from Countless Sayings II – a photopolymer stamp set.  I’m eating my words on these photopolymer stamps.  They are fun to use.  Change – it takes me a while

Another Great Year 02 side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here you can see the “innards” of the card.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Another Great Year, Countess Sayings II
Card stock – Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Island Indigo, Birthday Basics DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Pop N Cuts base, Owl Builder punch, small oval punch, Pop It Up Lots of Pop Framelit, square punch, Dazzling Details

Now to clean up the mess around me – and maybe try to stick to one stamp set at a time for a while.  Maybe.  Hugs, Fran