Being 'Udderly' Thankful

Thought: I saw this cute little guy a while back and thought I need to make a card out of him! He was originally made(I hope I am giving credit where it is rightfully due;)) by Dawn O

,as a topper for our SU! 1x8 bags.

I was working on an idea to go along with my Awash with Flowers class last month.  I was trying to think out of the box and thought of using the solid flower images looked like spots on a cow, so...

I started with a whisper white card and stamped the solid flower images from the Awash with Flowers set in basic black ink.  I used blush blossom,basic black,basic grey,whisper white,early espresso card stocks and basic grey from the neutrals DSP pack, for my punch art.  I took some pics of my punch art so you can see how I did my fellow:

Blush Blossom: decorative label,large oval(snout),and word window(tongue) Basic Black: Curly Label,Owl punch(eyes),Blossom Petals Builder(ears),itty bitty circle(cut in half -snout)  Early Espresso: Itty Bitty circle(eyes-white gel pen for highlights)

Whisper White:  wide oval(belly-stamp with small flowers in Awash with Flowers),large oval(words),boho blossoms(largest flower cut from corner and rounded to owl punch),2 owls both with feet cut away and 1 with the ears cut off  Basic Black: A small scrap(see throw out NOTHING!) strip layered across bottom,punched with jewelry tag punch and rounded at top for hooves

 *Note* as many know I am a paper scrap LOVER! I try to get the most out of all my paper.  To do this I used a square piece of blush blossom and punch my images from the center of this, leaving the edges so they can still layer behind the basic grey DSP.

I wanted my cow to be peeking out of the stall, and saying something 'mooovelous'!  I used the occasions alphabet and with a basic black marker changed my t's to d's.

 and what little cow does not need a bell??

I attached our mini jingle bell on my pool party bakers twine.

Finish!!

 Aren't I Moovelous??

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Ice Skates...

Thought:...One more Stocking Card

Are you getting sick of them yet?  'Cuz I do have some more ideas for this stocking ;))

So for this card I used rich razzleberry card stok as my base with a layer of whisper white then, wild wasabi card stock.  The wasabi was ran through my big shot and our new letterpress plate "Festive finishes" which is available in our holiday mini. I used versamark ink and sponged with a little platinum shimmer paint.

 I stamped 2 stockings in razzleberry ink with the snowflake stocking image in our 'Stitched Stocking' stamp set.  I punched those 2 images out with our 'stocking builder' punch. Using my mat pack I evenly placed some holes for my laces.  The laces were white bakers twine colored with razzleberry ink.I laced thru the holes and tied in a bow at the top. My origanal thought was to have them hanging from the branch but I did not make my laces long enough, so I just improvised ;)

I added a little of our dazzling details on the snowflakes for a little 'bling'!

The skate blades are actually the branch from out bird builder punch!! I punched out the branch in our silver glimmer paper. I trimmed the leaves off.  Using some of the scraps, I made the thin attachments for the blades.  I don't know-do they have a name??

Attach as shown ;))

I added a little tag with some scraps at the bottom with my modern label punch, word window punch and the sentiment from our 'Got Treats' stamp set.

Finished ;))

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Uncle Sam meet the SU! cupcake punch!

Happy Independence Day America!!

This is a card I made to celebrate our glorious country, as well as our brave men and women whom protect us everyday!

If you may have not noticed by now, I have a 'thing' for my cupcake punch!

Well,maybe, I have a 'thing' for all my punches ;)

I am always trying to imagine what else you can make out of these shapes,so here is what I came up with:

 Uncle Sam!!

Now imagine all the possibilities,huh? I'm already thinking leprechaun and the bride of Frankenstein!!

Well, let me tell you the rest of this card in case you want to CASE him ;).  The card base is in whisper white. I ran it through our Big Shot and our dots embossing folder(what did I ever do before this? Life was soooo 1-dimensional!) I added a strip of night of night of navy card stock,edged with our eyelet border punch and faux stitched with our white gel pen, and a strip of DSP from our nautical expeditions pack.  Above it, I tied a knot with our 1-1/4"striped grosgrain ribbon. I cut this in half and frayed the edge with my scissors.  I used our NEW!!! pennant stamp set and punch in cherry cobbler and night of navy to create my flags,and a piece of out cherry cobbler bakers twine for the mast?(don't know what you call the rope on a flagpole-do you? lol)

For Uncle Sam, he is a 1' circle punch in very vanilla cs sponged with some pretty in pink ink.  His nose is actually the cherry from our cupcake punch with the stem trimmed off of course! Isn't that nose just too cute? LOVE it! I used my thin edge of our markers in basic black to draw in Sam's expression. I used the top or 'icing part of the cupcake for his beard and, as shown in above pictures, a piece of whisper white cs,with some scrap strips of real red(see, this is why you save those scraps!! The brim of his hat is another scrap of night of navy that was cut with our dotted scallop ribbon punch,and just cut in half. 

Have a blessed and safe holiday!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris 

The Big Easy....Chair!

The Big Easy....Chair

I know, what goes through my head?  Ever since I saw the cupcake punch, I saw a lampshade?  maybe that is because hubby is an electrician, I don't know...  LOL

So for my little living room setting: My card base is very vanilla with a piece of DSP from the nuetrals DSP pack.  I thought it looked a little like wallpaper? Not from my house, but Nana's maybe ;)  I stamped a scrap piece of sahara sand with our woodgrain stamp in espresso ink.  I punched a large oval out of that scrap to make my table top.  I sponged around the edges with espresso ink and cut a straight line of the bottom of the oval.  I also ran some of the woodgrain through the big shot with the rectangle clearlits die. I used my 1-1/4" square to create a frame, by punching a full and then a partial square inside the frame.  I stamped a piece of soft suede cs with the image from Create a Cupcake stamp set and punched with our coordinating Build a Cupcake Punch.  I used a thin piece of scrap as the pole to the lamp and a piece of soft suede that was punched with the round tab punch(this is actually the piece that is usually left behind-what a great way to use a scrap;)))!)  Piece these together and add to card front!

 For the easy chair:  I used some very vanilla cs ran through the big shot and the dot emboss folder.  I cut out a modern label(the bottom edge trimmed straight0 from this, 2 small ovals, 2 half pieces of the large oval and 1 word window. I also used another piece of the woodgrain scrap (from the above described) as a top to my chair. I added a small scrap under the word window to give the seat a little more puff.  I pieced all pieces together and glued to my card front.


To finish off my frame: I used a piece of very vanilla cs that I had printed a saying from My Digital Studio from the Wishes and Greetings stamp set. I just substituted the word 'day' for 'memories this season'.  You could put whatever saying that you like though! I then lined the saying  in my clearlits rectangle die and ran through the big shot.

  I stamped some of the flowers from the Create a Cupcake stamp set in sahara sand on this rectangular piece. I then put the frame over the words and attached to the wallpaper of my living room.  Here is my finished living room:

Hope you enjoyed and have a "Bright day!"

Until Next Thought,

Kris