Batman Birthday Boy

Tomorrow is my grandson Tyler's birthday party and although I have a card, it wasn't specifically made with Tyler in mind. So this morning I went straight into my craft room with the invitation as inspiration and put together this custom-made card. After receiving the Batman invitation, I checked to see if he had a dress-up (he didn't) so part of Tyler's gift is a Batman outfit. Even though punch art is hardly my 'thing', I do like a matching card and gift!!!!


To make the Batman motif, I cut a yellow oval and a black one a size smaller with Ovals Collection Framelits. Using grid paper as a guide, I drew a grid in pencil on the back of the black oval to guide me with the punching. Choosing an assortment of punches, the Word Window, Modern Label Punch (retired) and the large Oval Punch, which is now really the smallest Stampin' Up!® sell I've punched an imitation of the insignia on the invitation.

Happy Birthday has been stamped using Watercolor Words, a photopolymer stamp introduced in the Stampin' Up!® Annual catalogue in June 2015. Love this casual scrawl!

I haven't been using my Little Letter Framelits lately, so this seemed a great occasion to personalise something and a touch of texture was added underneath with Chevron Textured Embossing Folder.

Happy Halloween if you're celebrating,
Cheers 
Rachel

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Happy Birthday By the Tide CCMC318

I've been playing around with a couple of my masculine card sets lately, because it is Father's Day in Australia this Sunday.So while I had The Great Outdoors and By The Tide still on my work table, I decided to have a go at making my husband's birthday card.

He loves fishing, it is probably his favourite leisure pursuit, but he doesn't often find time for it. I do like this soothing trio of colours at Create With Connie and Mary, and it has been quite a while since I played along with any of their challenges.



It's hard to resist adding a bright sun, stamped in Hello Honey with this well-used stamp from Kinda Eclectic.

The sentiments are actually three stamps from a retired set, For My Family. It was a particularly good one, so I have hung on to it. Only problem is, three stamps can be a bit tricky to line up and it was quite lucky that two out of three were reasonably straight. I added the 'to my' on a piece of Pool Party card and punched it with the Modern Label Punch.
It adds a nice point of interest to this rather simple design. There is just a layer of Hello Honey between the Whisper White and Pool Party, all very easy.

Thanks for reading my blog,
Rachel

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Wonderful Summer Flowers CTS #72 DD#98

I have some crafting time now, after driving my grandsons home to their parents yesterday. On checking out the challenges, I came across a pair that were perfect for my mood, Cas(e) this Sketch and Dynamic Duo.
I've been wanting to ink up Summer Silhouette for a while, and today was that day! Its such a fun set, and with all the different individual stamps included, you can create to your hearts content. Teeny Tiny Sentiments on a Word Window Punch piece and then a Modern Label Punch in Wisteria Wonder are the finishing touch.

So this morning, before anyone but the sun was up, I stamped, sliced and stuck away - and this was the result! I think it looks a bit like looking out a window into a garden.
I'm very happy with it, and now off to enjoy some of that Autumn sunshine.
Hope your day is as happy as mine...

Rachel

Just Believe Get Well card

I decided to play with two challenges this week, Freshly Made Sketches using the simple sketch above and Dynamic Duos who challenged with a Monochromatic colour duo this week. Neutrals such as black, white, vanilla and kraft are also allowed, but I found the two nominated colours a very challenging combination.

I've been needing Get Well cards lately, so decided that I would make another one for this challenge using Stampin' Up stamp set Just Believe, a lovely set of nine stamps featured on Page 77 of the current catalogue. I stamped the main stamp onto the lovely Shimmery White card (I love the subtle sheen it has) first with River Rock and then with Always Artichoke, intending for it to look like a shadow. Using the framelits label die I cut the image on my Big Shot, before cutting the size bigger in Always Artichoke card. It seemed to need some texture so I ran it through in the Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder. I used Textured Impressions Stripes with ink on one side run through the Big Shot, once in each direction, to make the River Rock Gingham card at the bottom of the card. The greeting was also from the Just Believe stamp set on Shimmery White and punched with the Modern Label Punch and layered onto a strip of Always Artichoke with notches cut each end to make it look like a banner. Finally, I popped some pearls in a few strategic spots and ended up with this.......

 

and inside I stamped a smaller version of the flowers from Just Believe and a greeting from Thoughts & Prayers (page 112) which says "Wishing you a quick and complete recovery. Get Well Soon".

And a little card with 'Just Believe' flower and Thank You

This is a card which I put in with my orders in February, using the Shimmery White card, small flowers & Thank you from Just Believe and the Sale-A-Bration frame and butterfly (no longer available, sadly).

I hope you get some stamping time this week, join me in one (or both) of the challenges,
                                   
                                                                           Rachel

Owl Be There!!!

I have had a slightly hectic week, getting ready for convention and working. I don't usually work five days a week, but it just so happened that I needed to attend a conference for work, and since the Principal said I could have a day in lieu, which would help out with the day and a half I am absent this coming week for Stampin Up Convention in Chilly Canberra, I went along willingly! As it happens, it rained like there was no tomorrow in Melbourne on Friday, so I quite enjoyed my day of education, food and laughter!

Now on to stamping, even though it was mostly about punching for this card!
I had an order for punches last week, and as one of them was the Owl Builder Punch, I decided to use mine to make the Thank You card. There is no end to the variety of ways you can use this little fellow, and I kept him fairly simple for this small card, only adding in eyelids by half punching the largest circle, and a wing with a half circle of the smaller Scalloped Circle Punch. He is perched on a branch from the Bird Builder Punch, which my customer had also purchased. I used the Modern Label Punch and Word Window Punch for the greeting, and I think that "Thank You" might be from a retired set. I know my customer is going to love playing with her new punches.

While I was in the mood, I punched out a second owl, the VERY basic model, and added him to the centre of a row of stamped owls. Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the owl from the retired Punch Bunch stamp set, from 2011 Sale-A-bration. Such a shame that it was available for a short time because this set was particularly cute, with baby, birthday and general stamps in the one pack.

After mounting the Crumb Cake panel onto a strip of Pool Party, edged with the Scallop Trim Border Punch, I threaded a button from the Neutrals Collection through Early Espresso Baker's Twine and wound it several times around the join. Quite quick and easy, but cute, don't you think?

And now, I'm off to pack my bag for Convention on Webnesday - WOOOHOOO!!!!