Baby Boom - II

Morning all.

Yes, another doctor in the practice where I work (there are 7 GP's in all of varying ages!) had a double blessing in her life recently. She became a Grandmother twice withing 6 weeks, both grandsons. I guess she opened her Grandmother account with a bang!! To celebrate the occasion, I made a card for both her and her husband to congratulate them on their grandchildren. I based it around the pram in the last post.

 

 

The pram is the same size as the card in the previous post, but this time Bashful Blue instead of Whisper White.

 

 

The sky is sponged using the same technique  as I used in the Puff the Magic Dragon and Angry Birds cards here and here. You will also find the link for it there.

 

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I think the sentiment fitted the card perfectly. The new Grandmother LOVED it too, so I was also very happy!!

 

Thanks for popping by. Still more baby fun coming!

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Pear Pizzaz and Barely Banana (both ret)

Ink: (SU) Marina Mist

Stamps: So Happy For You (ret SAB '12)

Punches and Dies: SU Scallop Border Punch, Martha Stewart Grass Punch, Nestabilities Classic Circles, Carla Craft CP1 Heart Punch, Nestabilities Fancy Tag Dies

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Acetate template for sponged sky

 

Lynda xx

 

 

 

 

 

Angry Birds - II

Morning all.

Please forgive the length between posts of late. Someone appears to have left the gate open on my life and all is coming and going MUCH quicker than I would like!!!

I wish to share with you the 2nd of the Angry Birds cards I did. You will find all the links for tutorials etc in my previous post here. This one involves the YELLOW angry bird.....

 

Once again I used Paula Dobson's cloud making technique to do the sky of which the link is in my previous post. I love the look that it gives and it cleans so very easily too....a BIG bonus!!

 

 

Here is the yellow bird close up. If you can believe it, the hardest thing to do was the darn eyebrows!!! Thankfully I had an epiphany....I used a triangle punch and I trimmed 2 of the sides. Worked a charm!

 

 

Here is the bird and his sling shot. Yes...I persevered with the PVA and the rubber band, but this time I knew what I was up for and was prepared.

 

 

Thanks for popping by and for you patience with my tardy posting. Be back soon....I promise.

 

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Pacific Point, Basic Black, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzaz, generic yellow textured CS and blue glitter CS fm Alice's

Ink: (SU) Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede (sponging the sling shot)

Punches: Pretty mych same as prev Angry Birds post with the addition of Carla Craft CP-11C heart punch (bird's body), Francheville triangle punch, Carla Craft CP1 Sun punch (hair and tail), Carla Craft CP8 Heart Punch (beak)

Other Bits: as per prev post, plus Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet

 

Lynda xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angry Birds - I

Morning all.

I finally jumped on the Angry Birds bandwagon. I only played the game (for the 1st time) not so long ago. When I am out shopping, I see them everywhere...on T-shirts, plush toys, activity books...you name it, they are there. Therefore, it was not a hard stretch to make them into a card!! If you put it into your Google search engine, it goes NUTS!! There are also many fantastic examples on SCS.

I was lucky enough to find a brilliant Angry Birds tutorial by Niki Toll here. It was really easy to follow and the results were so much fun!! I got the inspiration for my card here. This was the result.....

 

The hardest darn thing to do was to get the darn rubber band to stick to the CS!!! Finally with tweezers and a lot of PVA...I got there!! I textured the sling shot with with the Cuttlebug "Branches" EF and then sponged the embossed bits with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink. Came up alright I think! 

 

One of my favourite bits of doing this card was the sky!! I got the idea from the uber talented Paula Dobson here. Needless to say, since having the acetate template, I have used it heaps!! I cut out different sized scalloped circles and ovals and then put them together with DS tape.  Gives such a good result....

 

 

Here is the red Angry Bird a little closer up.....

 

 

....angry wee bird ain't he???

 

Thanks for popping by....I gotta fly (yes pun intended!!) I have another Angry Bird to share with you soon as well as much more!

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pear Pizzaz (ret), Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: (SU) Stazon, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Stamps: Clear happy birthday stamp fm stash

Punches: As per Niki's tuorial and CP8 Carla Craft heart, Martha Stewart Grass Punch

Other bits: Dimensionals, generic rubberband

 

Lynda xx

Magic Puff

Morning all.

Today I have another Punch Art Project for you. I got the tutorial from the amazing Tami White here. There is also a down loadable pdf which lists all the punch bits that you will need.

This card was for a demo friend's little boy. I had a lot of fun doing it. Before I discovered stamping, I was a dedicated punch art freak. I love the fact that I can combine the two now. Here is my version of Tami's card...

The colour combo took me out of my comfort zone (ie using Peach Parfait!!) but other than that it was pretty much as to Tami's tute. The only minor difference is that I sponged the cloudy background to the card and I also embossed the "horns" using the Cuttlebug "Spiderweb" embossing folder. Gave some great texture.

 

Here are the clouds a tad closer up, part of the horns and the pretty, sparkly 4......

 

 

 

The "Happy Birthday" was achieved by partially colouring in a stamp with a black SWM (Stamp and Write Marker) and presto.......

 

 

 

Thanks for popping by. Soooooooooo much more to come with more blingy numbers, not so happy birds and a little bit of girly stuff to even it all up. I really enjoy reading your comments.

 

Stuff uesd:

CS: (SU) Always Artichoke, Peach Parfait (ret), Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: (SU) SWM in Basic Black, Bashful Blue

Stamps: (SU) Birthday Wish (ret)

Punches: As per Tami's Tutorial

Other Bits: Dimensionals, SU Square Lattice EF, Orange Glitter CS fm Alice's, Cuttlebug Spiderweb Embossing Folder

 

Lynda xx

 

 

Punch Lion

Tuesdays on Swap Sisters is Punch Art...a skill very close to my heart. This week the fun was 2-fold. 1...complete the animal and 2...use it in a card/3D/Scrapbook page. The first animal was a lion...and he was very cute. Here he is before I put him on the card...

and here is the card I came up with to put him on....

and a close up of the background....

Initially he did not have a tail, so I double punched a small and large oval and attached a small heart. I used Pocket Silhouettes for the 'grass' and also tried to 'sponge' the sky again, but infortunately you can't see it that well. I also used the "Sanded" BGS on the card to add some rough texture. I am not totally happy with the way the area behind the lion turned out...but I learned a lot putting it together.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: (SU) More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Choc Chip SWM

Stamps: (SU) Pocket Silhouettes, Sanded BGS

Punches: too many to list

Lynda xx