Males cards - Stampin up Sense of Time

Stampin up - Flower Folds Die card

Butterflies and dradonflies - Birthday card

It's a bit hard to see the detail, however the vine leaf on the right hand side of both cards has been cut out and raised using mounting block to give a 3D effect to match the butterflies and dragonfly. Another example of a simple card utilising only a small splash of colour.

Graduation Owl - Punch art card

It's that time of year and a work friends daughter has just finished her exams and will be graduating soon. She's not a really girly girl so I made her this card in light blue & brown tones. Think she'll like it?

Christmas card - Joy - Stampin Up Illuminations 2

Another of my Christmas cards for this year in my favourite Stampin Up colour, Rich Razzleberry and my favourite stamp set Stampin Up Vintage Vogue.

Christmas card - Joy - Stampin Up Illuminations

I've finally decided on a design for my Christmas cards this year using the 'Joy' stamp from Stampin Up Illuminations stamp set. I just love this stamp set. I'm sharing these early so family and friends - please be surprised when you get one in the post :)

Punch art Owl

I've seen many versions of these owls but I modified it slightly to suit the Stampin Up punches I had. I've tried to show how I achieved the owls head using the SU Circle Scallop punch and SU large circle punch. By punching out 3 of the scallops from the Circle Scallop head, it achieved a better shaped owl head and the removed sections became the owl wings.

Punch art Owls on a branch

I saw these owls using various Stampin Up punches and just loved them. Although I only had a couple of the required punches, I was able to easily make do with what I had. As per the blog where I CASE'd the idea (click here to view Sarah Makin's design), I've also included a picture of the punches I used. I copied the first card almost completely, then came up with my own layout (square card).

This is another great way of using the Stampin Up Curly Label punch which I what I used to create the top of the owls head. Note Sarah Makin used a different punch for a similar effect. The 2 Stampin Up circle punches used were sizes 3.5cm and 1.3cm.

Punch art Tigerlily

Males cards - Stampin Up Voila

Faux Technique - Grandfather clock

Howdy all on this glorious Sunday. Thought I'd share my latest favourite technique - Faux Technique. It's so easy yet gives a totally new look to stamps and cards.

I'm really proud of this Grandfather Clock as it's my own original design. Although the technique was easy, this entire card was fiddly, but it's a great male card which I'm sure we all agree are the most difficult cards to design.

Faux technique: Using black Stazon I stamped the clock from SU Sense of Time stamp set onto the shiney side of white tissue paper. The clock workings from SU Sense of Time were randomly stamped using SU Creamy Caramel. Leave to dry for about 5 mins. Then scrunch the tissue paper into a tight ball, carefully flatten out, and rescrunch again. This creates the crinkly effect. Very gently flatten out the tissue paper into a rough circle. Don't over flatten as the lumps and bumps are critical to creating the overall effect.

Prepare a square of white card by cutting out slightly bigger than the original clock stamp image. Cover the entire card in glue stick. Don't worry too much about the smaller clumps of glue as these add to the effect. Lay the tissue paper image right side down onto a piece of scrap paper to collect excess glue. Then lay the card glue side down over the tissue paper image. Using your fingers, very gently rub the entire card to ensure the tissue paper had adhered. If you rub too hard the tissue paper will be too flat on the card. Leave to dry for at least half an hour. I made 4-5 at a time to ensure I had spares for next time. I hate waiting for things to dry!!

Cut around the outside clock face and put the rest of the grandfather clock card together. I used SU Curly Label and Small Oval punches to create the shape. The top detail was punched using a standard hole punch. I used lots of layers and raised using SU Dimensionals to give a 3D effect. My crafty sister suggested using actual clock hands to give it a 'Wow' factor. I didn't have any but it's a great suggestion nonetheless.

Stampin Up Upsy Daisy

At last weekends crafty ladies catch up, we were lucky enough to have our Stampin Up Demonstrator, Charmaine Black join us to teach us some new techniques. I absolutely love Stampin Ups Upsy Daisy stamp set and had just made a similar card for my Mum's 60th. Knowing I was catching up with the lovely ladies, and thinking they would love the colour combo too, I made a special card for each of my crafty friends. I challenged myself to use exactly the same products/colours for all 4 cards, making each slightly different. Thankfully they loved them as much as I did!

Products used: I used the Stampin Up Upsy Daisy stamp set, SU designer papers and marker pens using SU Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point as my main colours.