Halloween Stampin' Up! Punch Art

There are so many cute Halloween ideas and I want to do them all! 

There will be many (including these three) at the October Stamp Along.

But one does not live by Halloween alone so there will be many other themes also. 

That means I will have extra "haul and carry" but it will be worth it for you to have extra choices!

It isn't until the 14th so I still have time to do a few more! 

Remember the one with the chevrons down the side? Well, I saved those scraps and they make awesome spider legs! The spiders I encounter are never this cute! I'm glad they aren't this big either!

The witch was on Patty Bennett's blog and was just so darling that I had to share it with you! She requires the Dress Up framlits as well as the Petite Pennants punch, scallop oval punch, and large oval punch. I mad mine just a little differently than Patty made hers. 

Thanks, Patty! 

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Stamp Along, Punch Art, and Bumming

Stamp Along is coming! 

I have gotten so many ideas at convention that it is hard to pick which ones to share first! 

The one in the front right is made with the new thinlits die. I knew that was one that had to be shared right away! Remember when we had to measure and cut and measure and score to make one of these? 

Now, you just run it through the Big Shot with the die and it is cut, scored, and ready to decorate! 

Fantastic! 

You can see that there are some Christmas, Birthday, Thinking of You, and Guy Cards. 

There are a few more to come yet, also. They are still running around in my head though. 

Hope to see you Monday at the Library! 

Which ones will you make?

Punch Art Swaps

This Little Minnions Card was one from Pam Ison in the convention swap. 

Aren't they cute? 

These two were from Sandy Carlson. They are so clean and easy to do. 

I think the golf one may be at the Stamp Along on Monday. 

Could you use a golf card? 

Bumming

Last week I took a day and went bumming. A just for me day! 

It is good to do that once in awhile! 

I ended up doing a late breakfast with a friend and it was wonderful! 

Good food; good company!

After that, I went on and met my sister and went to a quilt show. 

We had a good time looking at the beautiful quilts then went out for a sandwich. 

More good food; good company! 

This was my favorite quilt. It was right at the entrance. 

Needless to say, I didn't touch any of the quilts! 

The trouble with bumming is when you have such a wonderful day, you want to do more of it! 

This week I took another day and it, too, was wonderful! 

I will tell you a little about that next time.

Thanks for stopping! 

Meow!

I wouldn't want to meet up with this cat! It has quite an attitude. 

I think it has to do with the eyes. 

Some of them looked more friendly than others. 

The cat is on a background of crumb cake that has been textured at the top with the woodgrain folder. 

The table cloth is one half of a 3" square that had the gingham wheel applied with Real Red ink. 

Next, I added the strip of red to edge the table. 

The white, wide oval made the body. The black wide oval was put back through the punch to make the smaller ovals for the spots on the cat. The middle section was put on the back for the top of the head. 

I slipped this part in behind the table edge. The ears are tips of the pennant punch and are tucked in behind the body. 

The tail, made from the word window punch with an end of the word window in white that is fussy cut at one end and attached to the end of the tail is also tucked in behind the body.

Legs are made from one Modern Label punch that has the little label from the punch pack in white added for feet at each end. It is then cut in half and added to the front of the body.

Two white circles from the punch pack are added for cheeks. I sliced very narrow strips of black card stock and placed them across the cheeks and secured them with the pink heart from the Owl Builder punch. The eyes are also made from that heart from the Owl Builder but it had to be cut in half. The angle and the dots in the middle that are applied with a marker are what causes that attitude! 

If you make a cat of your own, please send me a picture. I would love to see yours! 

Thanks for stopping.

Inspiration comes from all over!

Today I am showing you the fox!

Here are the punches that I used.

I sponged all of the edges with the Tangerine Tango ink. 

I love this little guy BUT was it ever LABOR intense! 

Making one or two isn't too bad but I had 20 + 1 to make for the swap! 

I started with the Soft Suede card stock put through the Big Shot in the Woodgrain folder. I punched out the 2 1/2" circle and layered on Early Espresso card stock.

This is where I got all the circles for the crib that I showed you yesterday! 

Next, I put the full heart in the opening.

Here I added the feet. 

The tail is tucked behind the full heart. 

The head is assembled separately.

Then it is added to the card.

Cutting that tiny heart in half for the eyes is not easy but worth it. The little bit of white gell pen in the center of each eye puts on the finishing touch that is needed. 

Where did I get the idea to do this little guy? 

I checked on Pinterest and saw these two pins. 

How do you think I did?

Thanks for stopping by today. 

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