Let's Go Sledding........

I found a fun snowman on a round sled on France's blog and fell in love. So had to give him a try. I am making some as ornaments and then am going to make some for some homemade cookbook pages I am doing for my 3 kids. I am thinking homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe and this on the page. These are so much fun to make and go pretty quickly.

I then got to thinking if we can do a snowman on a sled why can't we do kids on the sled to! So I put my cobwebs to work as my brain is just fried anymore, you know to much to do, not enough hours in a day type of thing. So I came up with this little guy and will also be doing more ornaments and page elements with the kids. I am also going to be making a little girl one and will share that one later on. So what do you think??

And beings this was not my idea and I don't have the right to give the recipe out for the snowman I will not be adding that info. Sorry but you can go to France's blog and see what she did. Even though I did change mine from hers a little bit. She used different punches than I did.

Wishing you all the Happiest of Holidays!

angel hugs

Debby

My Version of Frankie

Everyone seems to be making this card or something with this pattern like bags, boxes, notebooks you name it they are making it. Such cute idea's out there. I will be doing more with him to just need to get the time. Frankie, is so easy to make and with limited supplies you can make him too. Halloween is not that far away so I will be doing some Halloween projects and sharing them as time permits.

I have been taking care of my Mom who had a stroke as many of you know. My time in stamping and creating has been very limited. What little time I have had I have been trying to spend with my family instead of stamping. Today I got a chance to create Frankie so wanted to share him with you.

Supplies needed:

Certainly Celery Card stock

Basic Black, Whisper White Card stock

White Gel Pen

Black Marker

Scissors

Tab Punch

1 inch, 1/2 inch circle punch

adhesive

Pop dots

Basic card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in Certainly Celery.

With Certainly Celery and 1 inch punch you need one circle, cut in half for eyelids.

With 1 inch punch cut out 2 white circles. Eyes

With 1/2 inch punch cut out 2 black circles. Eyes

With Certainly Celery punch out a nose piece. This will be cut in half.

Sponge around eyelids and nose.

Add pot dots to back of eyelids.

Add nose to card stock kind of centering. Add the white eyes above and then the black circles. Then add little comma's with a white gel pen. Pull tab off of pop dots on back of eyelids and attach as shown in the sample.

Cut hair as you desire, adhere to top of card.

With black marker make scars in places you like. Then add the mouth, can be any kind of mouth. Add stitching to scars and mouth and he is complete.

Option: Some have added a arrow or make a card stock screw for his neck. I omitted that.

He is so easy to make and is such a cute card. I am thinking of making him into a coaster also.

Get started on your Halloween cards and have them ready.

Angel hugs

Here comes Peter Cottontail

Hopping down the bunny trail. He hopped right into my Easter Basket. As you all I know I made Peter Cottontail with his little butt sticking out of the basket so had to do one with his face too. I have had so much fun working with punches and my embossing folders. Now in case you missed my other card with his butt sticking out here it is along with the directions for it.

Here Peter making his rounds from basket to basket. Watch out he might hit your basket next. He loves to throw out your Easter eggs!

Directions are pretty much the same as the last one. Except you make his face and paws hanging over the basket instead of him sneaking into the basket. Naughty little bunny really is having fun throwing out all those eggs. Think he might of ate the jelly beans too!

Supplies needed:

Giga Scalloped Circle Punch

1/2", 1/4" circle punches

small oval punch

1/4" square punch (for his teeth)

grass punch or you can cut your own.

Embossing folder

4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch card front

His paws are done by cutting 2 - 1/2" circle punches and forming his little toes.

Cut two more of them and trim down for his cheeks, this was hard to do but just wing it and it they aren't round when you done no big deal, as long as they come close.

Punch 2 black eyes out of the 1/4" punch and do one in pretty in pink for his nose

Ears you need to punch two with the oval punch in white and two in pink. Trim the pink ones down for fit inside his ears.

Punch the Giga scalloped circle punch for the basket trim out the inside (see sample). Place bunny inside as show.

Punch out some eggs using the small oval punch. Trim to for eggs.

Punch out the grass and layer along the bottom of the card.

Run a piece of yoyo yellow through my sizzix with the cuttlebug folder for the background and layered it all on my card.

That's it real easy and fun to make.

Angel Hugs

Peter Cottontail Nosey Bunny

Peter is a nosey little bunny and about to fall in the Easter basket. See he has already booted out some of the eggs. Naughty little bunny. Here's hoping we all have a better bunny stopping bye our house delivering the goodies.

Also don't forget about CBC6 Chrissy's Belli challenge for the week. You have a day or two left to enter her contest. Check out Chrissy's blog here.

Supplies needed for this project:

Summer Sun, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Tempting Turquoise, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Pink Passion. All of these are run though embossing folders for texture except for the Old Olive one.

Punches needed is small oval punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, giga punch for basket and a grass punch

Small Piece of ribbon

1/4" pompom

1/4 sheet of Summer Sun embossed with embossing folder, glue to main card.

Punch out basket in Close to Cocoa. Now from here I just winged cutting out the handle so have no pattern for this. Just got lucky I guess.

With the WW punch out 2 small ovals and one 1 1/4 circle. Cut down your feet (ovals) some as otherwise his feet is a little to big. Chalk them in with pink for the bottom of his feet.

With PIP, TT and PP cut out from small oval punch. Now these you will have to shape into eggs. I just trimmed mine until I thought they looked like eggs. I have a small egg punch somewhere but he up and left me.

Then Punch out the grass with Old Olive. I did 3 of these and it takes about 2 1/2 of them to fit across the bottom of the card.

Follow the sample shown for the basket, bunny and eggs.

Then I stamped a saying on WW and mounted this to Old Olive and onto the upper part of the card. Depending on your saying your measurements will vary so I am not adding measurements for this.

Hope you enjoyed today's project. He is a blast to watch come alive as your making him. I will be making more of them, most likely in different colors for friends and family. Use your imagination and let it flow.

Angel Hugs

Hippo Better get Better

I made this get well card for a teenager that has just finished up 2 years of cancer treatments. She now has a flu virus and ear infection from her immune system being low. I am hoping this cheers her up. Her Mom and I are on a group together for stamping. I sure hope her daughter likes this. It is also another card for Chrissy's Belli Challenge, if you haven't checked it out already check out Chrissy's blog and take the challenge. Link your card to her blog and have a chance to win a prize.

Supplies Needed:

Silver Card stock- I didn't have any gray but this turned out so shinny and cute with the silver I am glad I used it.

White and Pretty in Pink and scraps of black card stock

Mauve Mist and Basic Black Ink Pads

Sizzix Bookplates die cut also done in the silver

Two pink eyelets

1" circle punch

1/2" circle punch

1/4" circle punch

word punch

large oval punch cut two

corner rounder with tab on sides removed

Stamp main card in Mauve mist with a small background stamp. Mine has mini butterflies on it.

Stamp Pretty in Pink card stock with stamp and ink. These are cut at 2 1/8 square for behind the hippo and one is cut at 4 1/4" x 1 3/8"

Cut 2 1/4 square of silver for behind the hippo.

Cut a 1" x 4 1/4" strip of silver and use your corner rounder to make the scallops on the side. Mount this on the main card and then the larger pink piece near that leaving a little of the scalloped edge showing.

On WW stamp your word Better get Better and cut out place your bookplate over this and put in eyelets. Add glue dots and stick to card in lower right hand corner.

Make your Hippo by following the sample. Pop dot him to the pink stamped card stock piece and then to the silver and mount to the main card just off of the Pink strip.

Hope you enjoyed today's project.

Angel Hugs

Punchy Leprechaun

On SCS I seen a card I had to make. My Mom is full blooded Irish and I had to make this card for her. Wish I would of had a smaller circle punch for his nose but he looks ok. Anyway, Emmy, sent me this link to get the directions for the Leprechaun, she had also made one and shared on SCS. Jodie Vasbinder, is the creator of this Leprechaun and did a wonderful job. While you are checking out the directions for this card take a look at Jodie's other creations.

He was so much fun to make. I have been in a slump lately and not been stamping and when I seen this little guy I just had to give it a shot. So thanks Emmy and Jodie for bringing me out of my slump. So what do you all think of my Leprechaun?

Luck of the Irish to you.

Angel Hugs