Fun fishing - Punch Art

As it is still the crazy birthday month of July, today I have another birthday card for you. This time I tried my hand at punch art. Now I did try CASing (Copy And Share), I browsed Pintrest to see if I could find an image that I wanted. I found plenty, just nothing that I was after. I don't tend to use punch art a great deal, even when I am CASing, so this was a stretch.

Here is my first attempt at making my own punch art. Hope it gives you some inspiration to design your own. I would love to see it if you do. Feel free to add a link in the comments to any of your work.

To create the fishing rod I used the word window punch with Basic Black card stock. I then used Crumb Cake and cut a narrow piece of cardstock and with my trimmer I tapered it, to make one end slightly narrower than the other. The reel and top end of the rod were punched out of circles from the Owl Builder Punch. I made the hook by double cutting with the word window punch, also out of crumb cake cardstock. The worm was cut free hand to create its shape, then sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.

The fish was created out of Marina Mist and Smoky Slate card stock. I used the oval punch for the body, double punching the marina mist to create the shape I was after. The tail is from the small heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. The fin was from the same punch and cut in half. I used snips, to cut the mouth. No set way to do this, it was just another free hand aspect.

The background of this card uses images from Wetlands and Sprinkles of Life, with a touch of sponging of Pacific Point for the water.

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Rosalie

Another sketch challenge- this time for Aussie Crafters

Once more I decided to step outside my comfort zone and try something new. This time the challenge was designed by a different group, Aussie Crafters.

I have only just recently joined the Aussie Crafters Facebook group. This group is open to people from Australia who do all types of craft. They have a new swap, challenge and sketch each month. They are open to every level of crafters from beginners to advanced. I have found it a great place to get inspiration. Every person has their very own way of crafting, so this is exposing me to so many different styles.

This was the sketch for February.

This was my entry for this challenge. It was certainly very different from my normal creations.

Crazy Crafters July Blog Hop NEW 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! Catalogue

Thanks for joining The Crazy Crafters team blog hop for July. This is my first time joining the line up.

This month we are excited to show you Stampin' Up! products available now in the 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue. We hope you enjoy your travels through our hop and discover some interesting ways to use the products. 

This is the seventh stop in our Annual Catalogue blog hop line. You should have just come from Tamie Holt at Tamie Luvs Craft 2 , if this is your first stop then you can work your way to every blog from here. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations. 

What makes this blog hop even more special for me, besides it being my first, is that it is my daughter's 9th Birthday. Common practice at her school, is for the birthday child to bring in a treat for each of the class members. For this project I was given a lot of direction. My daughter chose the colours, the stamps, the punches, in fact everything.

She chose a cute little circle "surprise" stamp from the Amazing Birthday stamp set (p. 48). This stamp set had three similar sized stamps for her to chose from, so as you can imagine designing took a lot of time and debating. 

She then decided that she wanted to pretty it up a bit and used a handy little stamp from the Hello There hostess stamp set (p. 237). This stamp worked so well to become an outer circle around her greeting.

We then punched out a love heart for each treat tags using the heart from the new Itty Bitty Punch Pack (p. 222) and heat embossed my daughter's name on each one using the Back to Basics Alphabet stamp set (p. 98). The size of the letters were prefect for this project. 

Then we assembled the tags and tied them on with 3.2mm silver ribbon (p. 206).

All ready for back to school tomorrow.

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES:

Amazing Birthday stamp set (wood 134225 $49.95 AUD, clear 134228 $25.95 AUD)
Hello There Hostess stamp set (wood 133919 $21 AUD, clear 133922 $16 AUD)
Back to Basics Alphabet stamp set 133742 $27.95 AUD
2-3/8 "Scallop Circle Punch 118874 $ 29.95 AUD
1-3/4"Circle punch 119850 $29.95 AUD
Itty Bitty Punch Pack Accents 133787 $ 29.95 AUD
1/8 "Silver Ribbon 132137 $ 8.95 AUD
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad 126950 $9.95 AUD
Wisteria Wonder A4 cardstock 124389 $11.95 AUD
Versa Mark 1022283 $12.95 AUD
Silver Embossing Powder 109131 $8.95 AUD

Blog Line up-

1. Carolina Evans at Studio Evans
2. Laura Britten at Stamping with Laura Jane
3. Kylie Bertucci at Crafty Kylie
4. Sue Wdowik at Nigh Nigh Birdie 
5. Angela Lorenz at Angs Crafty Cards
6. Tamie Holt at Tamie Luvs Craft 2
7. Rose Desmond at Stampin with Rosalie
8. Nicole Spicer at Handmade By Nicole Spicer
9. Fiona Bradley at Just Spiffing
10. Teena Maher at Stamping With Teena

Another go at Work of Art

With school holidays in full swing here in Victoria I thought I would take a little time out from playing at the park, watching movies, play dates and the like.

The Work of Art stamp set was sitting on my shelf just waiting to be used again. This time I thought I would throw in some of the new DSP and some punches into the mix.

This card uses Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack and matching new in-colours, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey. The corner looked a little plain so I added a flower made using the Pettie Petals Punch and the flower from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.

Thanks for dropping by,

Rosalie