Oh what a WEEK! and fun Pumpkin Tag

For all of my followers - you may have seen my posts; or FB lives; or been part of my postponed events - but, I threw my back out bad a week ago.  I can move sometimes - but most of the time the pain is excruciating when I try to walk.  So mostly I rest and sit - heat - then ice - then heat, etc.  I thought I was on my way to getting better - but a couple hours ago - I was stopped in my tracks!  Yikes!! So will continue to take it easy for a bit.  

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I wanted to post this cute little gift tag I made on my morning "Coffee and A Card" Facebook Live today.  I am not often a huge fan of punch art - but these pumpkins are so easy and cute - I just had to share.  It uses the In Good Taste DSP and the Gather Together Stamp set.  But mostly uses punches -

It's two layers - so you can write your name and message on the second piece without it showing.  I just think this would be so cute on a Fall Hostess gift - maybe hung around the neck of a bottle of wine - or tied onto a bag of treats!

For full details on this tag and a video on how I made it - you can check out my video - https://www.facebook.com/818228691544155/videos/378183963327754 - be sure to leave a comment by midnight 10/24/2020 for a chance to win it.  See you all soon! ~Maureen

Don't forget to check out our Designer Series Paper sale - it ends on October 31, 2020 - and includes the "In Good Taste" paper we used on this project - www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net

And don't forget to use my current hostess code - M6SY73UF -

 

Amazing Flamingo Card

Today I'm sharing the most amazing card we did at Fall '15 Stamp camp - this flamingo card!  There were so many pieces to putting this together - it was a bit overwhelming :)  But I loved the end result.  The different parts of the flamingos came from the SU! bird builder punch - and by tipping, turning, sponging and putting the pieces together - you turn out these amazing little birds.

I had to take another picture of the card from the side so you could see all the detail and dimension in this card - so cute - even down to the little flip flop.  The clouds were sponged using the top of the tree portion as a stencil, from the Tree Builder Punch.

This just might be a special anniversary card for hubby this year - as I don't think I could mail this one off - need to keep as inspiration!   Hope you liked it too!  ~Maureen
The products below were used to make this card - click on any image to be taken to my online store - 

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Basic Black 12" X 12" Cardstock

$6.00

Whisper White Medium Envelopes

$6.50

Glue Dots

$5.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Basic Black Baker's Twine

$3.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

$5.00

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$17.00

Bird Builder Punch

$18.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Tree Builder Punch

$18.00

Cute and Easy Candy Corn

At my last downline meeting I demonstrated this quick tip for making candy corn for all of those Halloween projects you have planned.  Just take three sizes of circles - punch the smallest in white, the middle size in yellow and the largest in orange.  Glue those layers together as shown - one on top of the next. 

Then using your snips, cut the circle into eighths.  Look - voila - adorable candy corn and sooooo very simple.  See what you can create using these and send me a photo or link. Watch for an upcoming project where I use them too!

See you soon ~Maureen

June Christmas Cards I

Today I want to share the first of two Christmas Cards we made at this month's Christmas Card class.  Since there are currently not a log of Christmas sets available - I had to get creative - so I used our new Mosaic Madness set and punch to create ornaments.   Not an original idea - I've seen many samples of cards similar on Pinterest - but this is my creation.

We also used the "Sassy Salutations" set which is on sale this month - but ONLY through tomorrow.  It is such a fun set.  We finished off the ornaments with a linen thread bow and some little gems to give it sparkle.  Sorry the picture was so dark - guess the flash didn't go off.  But hope you get the idea :)  ~Maureen

Downline Demonstration

A Big THANK YOU to Kathy B for demonstrating some fun ideas at last week's Downline meeting.  She stepped in at the last minute to help me out - and it was soooo appreciated.  First she demoed some great punch art for St. Patty's Day.

Here's a close-up of what she used to put her images together, so you can try them too.

Next she demoed color blocking with direct to paper technique.  She used post-it notes to block off parts of the cardstock.

Then using stamp pads she applied ink directly to the card, leaving a beautiful background palet to stamp on.

After completing the colors she wanted she stamped images in black to pop.  Look how pretty!!

Thanks again Kathy for your willingness to share with our group!! ~Maureen

Cute Little Gobbler!!

So I wanted to share a cute little idea you could still put together for your Thanksgiving Dinner!  This adorable little punch art turkey.  I've seen many ideas for these all over the web, but wanted to try my own little version of it - so we did these at my montly stamp club last week. 

Here the chart of what you'll need to punch from the SU Owl Builder punch to be ready to assemble your very own turkey.

Then we used the beautiful medallion from the Day of Gratitude set - we inked the stamp with More Mustard, then daubed the edges with Cajun Craze directly on the rubber stamp and then stamped on the cardstock.  Gives you such a pretty two tone image.  Then you can cut out around the edges with a scissors if you want the little peaks, or if you don't mind more rounded edges (see samples below on the wine tags) with a little vanilla cardstock showing you can cut out with the Floral Frames framelit on the Big Shot.

As you can see in the picture above we cut across the medallion taking 3 of the peaks off and then layered this behind the larger part of the medallion to give double tail feathers.  You can then attach it to a ring of cardstock for a napkin ring.

Here it is with a napkin (or a rolled paper towel :) as shown here - or,

Here it is attached to a tag that can be hung on a wine bottle or bottle of cider for a cute little hostess thank you.  The tag is cut out with the Two Tags Bigz Die and the Big Shot!  Just look at these cuties!!

Before I go today, I want to share this great tip - I've shared before but I think it's worth repeating.  If you need to punch something in a piece of cardstock that is so small that you can not see the edges to center it - try punching the punch shape out of a post-it note first (be sure to punch some of the sticky part), then attach that to the cardstock you'll be punching - exactly where you want the punch to go.

Then when you feed it into your punch you can see exactly where to punch your hole.  How great is that - perfection every time!!

Here's wishing you all a perfect Thanksgiving Day too - spend it with those you love.  Stop back soon!!!  ~Maureen