Christmas Hurricane Candle

With Christmas only seven weeks away it's time to finish making cards and get them mailed before it's too late. Therefore the next few creations are all Christmas themed in nature.

First up is this lovely card featuring a hurricane candleholder.

The candle and decorations are of course all punch art. The glass portion is made from the large die in the Apothecary Accents set by SU. I cut this form vellum and stamped it with snowflakes in a pearl white to add a frosted/engraved design to my "glass".

Here is a close up of all the different pieces required for the hurricane candleholder.

I used the SU snowflake for my pine branches, a large holly punch for the other greenery and a large pinecone punch to decorate my candle. But you can use any greenery punch shapes or even small dies (Impression Obsession has several) to decorate your candle. The branches were cut from the Tim Holtz branch tre die sgape.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip - all SU, pearl white - Club Scrap.
Stamps: Festive Flurry - SU, Bright & Beautiful - SU
Dies: Apothecary Accents Thinlits - SU, Note Tag - SU, Branch Tree - Tim Holtz  Sizzix
Embossing folder: Lucky Stars - SU
Punches: Snowflake - SU, large holly - PB, large pinecone - PB, Jewelry Tag - SU, 3/8" circle - EK papershaper, (Candle instructions below)
Misc.: foam mounting squares, 5/8" red organza ribbon, white gel pen.

Full candle punch art instructions below (yes, it' my beloved Note Tag punch)

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Bird Bath Punch Art

This design came about while I was trying to make candle holders (upcoming project).
As I was putting together the various shapes I'd punched I realized this could easily be turned into a bird bath (and a water fountain) as well and these two pretty and serene designs were born.

First a closer look at the bird bath version.

 

This is a 5.5 x5.5" card. I first stamped the floral background then die cut my shape. Next I stamped the bird image, sponged on some colour and cut out just the bird. I assembled my punch art bird birth; then stampes it with the crackle texture. I added some shading with my daubers, inked all edges of my cardstock pieces and assembled the card front.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Stamps: Simply Sketched - SU, Serene Silhouettes - SU, Crackle - Impression Obsession

Ink: Always Artichoke, Eggplant Elegance, Basic Gray, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Real Red - all SU

Ink Markers: Always Artichoke, Perfect Plum, Eggplant Elegance - all SU

Dies: Banner Framelits - SU, Oval Framelite - SU

Misc.: pearl accents

 

And here is my second creation - a water fountain - using the same punh art design. 

 

This is a large 5.5 x 8.25" card. I first embossed a white piece of card 5.25 x 8" in size with the brick texture. Then cut the arch opening as well as the actual archway (2nd piece of card) using my Coluzzle. I hand cut 5 semi triangular stones. All pieces were sponged and inked along the edges. Next I created my punch art fountain. The base is made of 2 strips approx. 1/4" wide. The top one I angled the ends and the bottom one I rounded the corners using my note tag punch. I then stamped the crackle pattern, added shading and then stamped the moss texture to all pieces using my Lovely as a Tree stamp. I used this same stamp to create the greenery on my blue background. I also sponged the blue card with a little Marina Mist for a little texture. The water swirls were stamped with Versamark and clear embossed. I then assembled the archway. The stones on the arch were foam mounted, and then I again used foam squares to attach the arch over the background. The bushes are the tops of the tree stamp. I hand trimmed them and attached with additional foam squares on either side of the entry way.

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree - SU, Sincere Salutations - SU, Crackle - Impression Obsession, Flourishes - Autumn Leaves

Ink: Always Artichoke, Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Early Espresso - all SU,  Versamark,

Embossing folders: Brick - Sizzix - Tim Holtz, Tiny Mosaic - Provo Craft Cuttlebug

Misc. Foam mounting squares, Coluzzle arch template.

 

Punch art instructions below.

 

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Welcome Baby - Baby Bottles

This little design was not planned. The baby bottle came about purely by accident while playing with my Note tag punch.

You may be surprised how fast and simple these are to create. One punch, punched from three different colours and each double punched once. Very quick and easy. After I assembled my little bottles I added a little measurement guide with a pen. The bottles were mounted using foam squares.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Ink: Crushed Curry, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist, Basic Black - all SU
In Marker: Soft Sky - SU
Stamp: A Word For You - SU
Dies: Banner Framelits - SU, Lacey Ovals - Nestabilities - Spellbinders
Embossing folder: Square Lattice - SU
Misc.: 5/8" organza ribbon (blue or pink), foam mountign squares.

Full punch art instructions below.

 

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Chinese Lanterns Note Tag Style

When I played with the Note Tag punch and came up with the soup bowl from my last post I immediately noticed that the punched shape looked like a Chinese lantern. So today I am sharing my card featuring this little creation.

I left this card very clean and simple making the lanterns the focus.
I lightly sponged the blue background I glued to the front of my card. Then strung my lanterns (hung with a little wire loop) on butchers twine and adhered everything with glue dots. I stamped my greeting at the bottom of a 5.25 x 4" white card, cut my die and mounted it over top of my card front using foam squares.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamps: Art of the Orient - SU,  Feeling Sentimental - SU
Ink: Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip - All SU
Die: Window Framelit - SU
Misc.: black butcher twine, silver wire, foam squares.

Punch art instructions below.

 

 

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Let's do lunch

I love how cute this little lunch invitation looks.
My daughter and I love Japanese food so this was a perfect fit for a mother daughter lunch date.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Stamps: Kanji Collection 3 (background) - Stamp Workz, Definitely Decorative Tea Time (steam) - SU, Art of the Orient - SU

Die: Window Frames Framelits - SU

Ink: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Smokey Slate - all SU

Ink Marker: Basic Black - SU

Punch: 1" square for banner tails, Note Tag- see instructions below

Misc.: 1/4" black rhinestone.

Note: chopsticks were hand cut, greeting was PC generated, font is Oriental 

 

Punch art instructions below

 

And here is a little teaser of what's coming up.
Yes, as you may have guessed these all use the Note Tag punch.
How many punch art creations can you identify?

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