Harajuku Punch Art Card

If you know Gwen Stefani, you know the line that she has...Harajuku Lovers: a fun, hip, and whimsical line!

I decided to take one of her Harajuku girls and make it my inspiration for a punch art card swap.

Using the 3/4" Circle, Owl, Wide Oval, and Word Window Punches, I was able to create the girl.

The body was punched with the Wide Oval. Then, the oval was reinserted into the punch and trimmed to get a "thinner" body. Finally, I trimmed the bottom straight with a pair of scissors. The "tights" were made with the 1-1/4" Wide Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.

So fun!

{Project Details}
Stamp: Contempo Christmas (118734-W/120594-c) and Dear Santa (123832-w/123834-c).
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, and Regal Rose Classic Ink Pads; Whisper White Craft Kraft Ink Pad.
Paper: Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Real Red, and Whisper White Card Stock; 2010 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack.
Accessories: 3/4" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Owl 2 step, Wide Oval, and Word Window Punches. Big Shot and Perfect Pennant Bigz Die; 1-1/4" Cherry Cobbler Wide Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.
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Bliss Note Cards

Workshops are so much fun! Its a party every time! We play (stamp), eat, and meet new friends! What's better than that?!

This sample, using the Bliss stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog, was one of 4 note cards that we made at our workshop .

1. 3" x 6" card stock and fold in half to get 3" x 3" note card.
2. Stamp the background image in versamark and off set it by stamping on the side of the note card.
3. Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the greeting onto the card stock (in this case, So Saffron). 
4. Cut the image out with the Wide Oval Punch (2" x 1-3/8" Oval).
5. Using the Decorative Label Punch, cut out a piece from the Natural White Card Stock.
6. Adhere the Natural White card stock to the note card.
7. Cut a banner out of the Early Espresso Card Stock with the Petal Cone Die. (Trim to size)
8. Layer the punched pieces using stampin' dimensionals onto the card.

Simple and fun!

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Ghiradelli Chocolate Favors

As part of the Ronald McDonald House Charity for Orange County, local Southern California demonstrators and friends get together to make holiday treats for former and current residents of the house. My special friends and customers came and helped me make these wonderful party favors. Very simple, easy, and made with LOTS of love.

1. Using a variety of colored card stock, we rolled out the boxes with the Big Shot and SU's exclusive  Sizzix XL Bitty Box & Envelope Die. 
2. Placed sticky strips on the 4 small tabs and assembled the box.
3. After placing three chocolates inside, we decorated the box with a belly band from 1" x 7" designer series paper. 
4. With the Big Shot and Flower Folds Die (another SU Bigz XL exclusive), we rolled out our flower accent for the top. (TIP: To dress up the flowers even more, we ran the card stock through the big shot with texturz plates and embossing folders of various patterns.) Adhere the layers of the flower to each other starting with the larger one with Stampin' Dimensionals.
   
5. We stamped the wide oval image from the Christmas Punch stamp set onto Whisper White card stock and punched out with the coordinating Wide Oval Punch. 
6. Adhered to the center of the flower with Stampin' Dimensionals. 
7. Finally, fluff up the petals to give it more depth.
   

The package is just as delicious as the contents inside!

{PROJECT DETAILS}
Stamp: Christmas Punch (115366-Hostess Level 2)

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Real Red Classic Ink Pad.

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Whisper White Card Stock; Kiwi Kiss Textured Card Stock (retired); Holiday Treasures Designer Paper (retired).

Accessories: Big Shot, Bigz XL Bitty Box & Envelope and Flower Folds Die; Wide Oval Punch; Stampin' Dimensionals.



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