Michelle's Crafty Corner

A Punch Penguin in the Snow

I saw this penguin on Jackie Topa's blog (I think?) and I just had to make one!!!  Isn't he just the cutest!!  It is made using the large oval punch, the medium oval, the 5 petal flower punch (beak) and the 1 3/8" Circle Punch.  He went together so easy and was fun to make.  He is standing on Whisper White snow that just screamed for some Frost White Shimmer Paint.  The background is sponged on Whisper White using Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue and Night of Navy and the stars are from the Christmas Punch L2 Hostess set stamped in Whisper White Craft ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice.  I hope you like it - I had sooooo much fun making this card!!

Cory's Birthday!

Sorry I have not posted in a few days – I have had this awful flu/cold and I have done next to nothing besides work or cook for Thanksgiving.  If it wasn’t for the Typepad “schedule” feature, it would have been even longer!  Eek!!!

 

Today is my son’s 15^th birthday (can you believe he is 15?!) so I had to post his birthday card and his picture – this picture shows him playing with my niece.  He is getting soooo grown up but such a teenager!!  It is a good thing God gives them to us with years of loving, cute and cuddly before they become teenagers!!!!!!  Cory is still generally a really good kid but wow, he is different and I am now completely stupid and everything else that I was told was coming.  Thankfully, Cory waited a long time to hit this phase and he is only obnoxious about 1/2 the time - I still see glimpses of the angel that used to be my son.  Meanwhile, he seems to save his teenager-ishness just for me.  From all accounts, he is still polite and respectful to others so just another indication that the angel will be back to me in time...patience, patience, patience!!!!

 

The card front has tiny barbed wire (sorry the glue is not quite dry – it will be invisible once it dries completely) and an embossed layer using the Big Shot and a Texturz plate.  The stamp is from the Wanted set. 

 

The card inside uses a really cool technique I borrowed from the Stampin’Up! Regional Workshop Wow DVD and was invented by Alison Fereday (Stampin’Up! has the BEST resources for its demos!!).  It uses the medium window sheets cut in strips that are adhered to an accordion fold so that when you open the card, the letters move and bounce around – pretty spectacular in person but looks kinda flat in the picture.

 

With the accordion fold, the card was a little fat so I custom made an envy for it to go in…

 

 

All of this is done in Really Rust, Old Olive and More Mustard CS.  The DSP is retired but I saved it just to use for Cory since it is the only DSP that he was actually interested in so you will have to forgive me on that one. 

Pattern Pines #2

Hey Facebook world and the blog-o-spere!  Here is another spiffy card using the Pattern Pines hostess stamp set from the Holiday Mini (the MOST fabulous Mini catty EVER!!).    The Handsome Hunter CS is embossed using the Big Shot and the Finial Press embossing folder.  The stamp is done in Handsome Hunter classic ink and then layered on Bravo Burgundy and "popped" with some Dimensionals over some Bravo Burgundy ribbon.  Easy, peasy, quick and breezy!!!

 Ciao' Bellas - Buffy ;)

I'm on Facebook now!!

This is just the coolest - my blog posts now go to Facebook!  Yes, I am Buffy Knight in the Facebook world and yes, there is a story there but you have to get to know me before I will tell you J I am new to Facebook and my buds are sending me all kinds of nifty little things but I can't figure out how to get to them????  Thanks to everyone who has sent me the nifty little things and now I have another thing in the digital world to conquer - getting to those flowers and coffee and other stuff is now a vendetta!!  I...WILL...FIGURE...IT...OUT!!!!!!

So back to my crafty little world, here is a "punchy" little card I made for Christmas using the photo corners punch, the small star punch and a nifty little punch technique on the side using the slit punch.  I had a lot of fun making this card and I love it when I can think of all kinds of different ways to use my Stampin'Up! goodies!  Enjoy!

Don't forget about the fab sale going on now!  TTFN - Michelle
 

Pattern Pines #1

I love the Patterned Pines hostess set in the Holiday Mini - it is so VERSATILE and I have made lots of cards with it that I will be sharing with you over the next few weeks.  This is the first one and it uses Real Red ink and the Christmas Cocoa FLOCKED pattern paper.  The flocked paper is just the coolest!  I used the 1/16" hole punch and then threaded some silver cord (also from the Holiday Mini) for decoration and added a Fire and Ice Rhinestone Brad as a topper.  Simple but really nice!

Delightful Decorations

Here is a card using the Delightful Decorations set from the Holiday Mini and Baroque Motifs and All Holidays from the Big Catty.  The background is Bravo Burgundy and the ornament and greeting are also stamped in Bravo Burgundy , the "tree" is Old Olive - I love this color combo!  The ornament is tied with gold elastic cord through some punched circles using my matt pack and the piercing tool (better known as the  "pokey thing").  This card is SUPER quick and easy and I will probably be making more of these babies!  TTFN!

Peace and Joy Dasher

Here is an interesting card - the stamp set is one of my favorites, Dasher and the words are cut using the Big Shot and the Sizzlets Join in the Cheer Decorative Strip Die.  The strip die actually has Peace&Joy&Love&Cheer but I cut off the two words with my paper snips to fit on my card.  I cut the circle with my Circle Scissors and used Real Red Ink for Dasher and sponged some Glorious Green around the edges for dimension.  I embellished his "horns" with some Dazzling Diamonds just for fun.  The DSP is from Merry Moments from the big catty.  This card was fun and oh so quick!! 

Time for Christmas...

It is time to move to the Christmas season from a stampin' and craftin' perspective.  Stampin'Up! has introduced Shimmer Paint in the Holiday Mini (did I mention this year's Holiday Mini is the BEST EVER????).  Shimmer Paint is really cool and can be used in many different ways.  Below, I have used Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint on Vellum over Very Vanilla.  The stamp set is Serene Snowflakes (also from the totally FAB Holiday Mini) and I used a sponge dauber to put the Shimmer Paint on the stamp.  The base is Night of Navy and it is embellished with 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.  I took two pictures so hopefully you can see the Shimmer Paint effect - it is soooooo cool in real life and I don't think the pictures capture how great it is!

Take a look at the Holiday Mini - just click the link in the sidebar.  Enjoy!!

Michelle
 
 

Maddy's Birthday party project...a stationary purse!

I had a really fun time at Maddy's birthday party with 7 of her friends - Maddy is 9.  We made stationary purses and Build-A-Brad bracelets.  The stationary purse is below with a picture of the inside and outside.  The outside has a Faux Alligator embossed Top Note flap and embossed sides.  The sample is in Bermuda Bay textured cardstock but we made them at the party out of Melon Mambo.  Inside the purse, there is a place for standard sized cards, 3X3 note cards and PostIt notes inside the little "wallet".  The cards are held in 3" pieces of Stampin'Up! cello bags glued on with Snail.  The standard cards have sponged clouds and a balloon made with the Sweet Treats set from the Holiday Mini.  For the the note cards, the girls could choose from any of the stamps in the Pun Fun sets and could decorate/color however they wanted! The pen is held on with a Velcro dot.  The girls did such a great job on the purses and cards!!!  There were lots of creative designs and coloring on the cards and they all turned out T-rrific!!!!!  They also had fun with the bracelets but I forgot to take a picture of them and they are all gone now - ugh!!!

 This was a fun project and I think the girls like it, too!  TTFN!

Michelle

Fall Scrapbook pages...

Below is the scrapbook layout from the last demo club at Sue Berreth's house.  It is soooo beautiful and I am going to put pictures in from our last camping trip to Garner State Park which was in the fall just as the leaves were changing BUT it may be a few weeks until I get it done so I wanted to show you now (patience is not always one of my virtues!)  The page uses the Autumn Splendor stamp set and Autumn Meadows DSP from the Holiday Mini and the letters were cut with the Big Shot using the Alphabet Simple Dies. 

I love, love, love fall and fall colors but this will probably be the last (or almost last?) fall post because I have to move into Christmas in HIGH gear very soon!  I am currently working on some fabulous and fun party items for one of my wondeful club ladies' daughter right now and I hope to get those posted very soon!!  I am having BIG fun designing them and making sure they are sturdy for a 9 year old girl!!

TTFN!  Michelle