Welcome Puppy Punch Art card

A good friend of mine recently became the proud owner of an absolutely adorable little Springer Spaniel puppy. I couldn't resist and had to make a card to commemorate the special occasion.

This of course involved my trademark of creativity - punch art.
I used the amazing new Fox Builder  punch for the bulk of this little fellow; the instructions can be found at the end of the post.

My card base and card front are both white cardstock.  card is basic 5.5 x 4.25" in size. Card front trimmed down to 5.25 x 4".
a heart die was sued to cut a center window. A small piece of tan cardstock was torn to resemble ground and attached to the card based making sure it fit into the bottom of the heart window area.
the puppy punch art was assembled (ears and head were popped with foam, and attached to the card suing another piece of 1/16" thick foam tape.

The heart was outlined in a dot border using a brown marker and the card front was then attached to the base with 1/8" thick foam (or just double layer the thinner tape).

The sentiment is a die cut from red card, and the heart was punched from the same colour.
The greeting was pieces together from 2 separate sets of sentiment stamps. i used makers on the stamps to isolate only the words I needed.

Finally the bottom of the card was finished with a brown border cut  with a border die.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: White. red - Recollection, tan and brown - Bazzill
Stamps: Stacks of Wishes (bay) - SU, Botanicals for You - SU
Markers: Chocolate Chip - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU
Dies: Heart Thinlits - SU, finishing Touches Thinlits - SU, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits - Su
Punch: Posh heart - Posh impressions, for punch art see below instructions
Misc.; black marker, white gel pen, foam mounting tape

Punch art instructions:

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Christmas in July Tags - Winter Fun

As promised today I am sharing the second of my Fox builder punch Christmas tags, the bundled up winter friend.

The little wintry fellow would look great with a few friends on a winter themed scrapbook page.

These can easily be used for cards as well. The bells also lend themselves well for New Years, Anniversaries and wedding themes.

The tag was die cut from black cardstock and the top was reinforced with a round tap punch piece folded over the top edge. A 3/16" eyelet was added and coordinating ribbon tied through the hole.

The punch art piece was attached using a bit of foam tape. I also left enough space that a name or To/ From:,  can be added using a gel pen.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Recollections
Die: Two tags - SU
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Blushing Bride - all SU
Punches: Round Tab - SU, Fox Builder - SU, Owl Builder - SU
Misc.: 5/8' Hunter green organza ribbon, black marker, white gel pen, foam mounting tape/squares, 3/16" or 1/4" eyelet, rose/red chalk

Punch art instructions:

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Christmas in July Tags - Bells

I know I'm cutting it close but I have a couple of Christmas in July tags using the Fox Builder punch; two Christmas tags.
The first is this pretty bell swag.

This can easily be used for cards as well. They also lend themselves well for New Years, Anniversaries and wedding themes.

The tag was die cut from black cardstock and the top was reinforced with a round tap punch piece folded over the top edge. A 3/16" eyelet was added and coordinating ribbon tied through the hole.

The punch art piece was attached using a bit of foam tape. I also left enough space that a name or To/ From:,  can be added using a gel pen.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Recollections
Die: Two tags - SU
Ink: Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow - all SU
Punches: Round Tab - SU, Fox Builder - SU, Owl Builder - SU
Misc.: Always Artichoke seam binding (SU), black marker, white gel pen, foam mounting tape/squares, 3/16" or 1/4" eyelet

Punch art instructions:

And here is a sneak peek at the second tag I made, instructions coming up next post.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon - more Fox Builder punch art coming up next. 

Foxy Bookmarks

I have two small creations to share today, both made with the Fox Builder punch.
These can be used for cards or even scrapbook pages but I chose to make little tag style bookmarks with them instead.

The little chick would be great for a spring or Easter theme and the ice cream cone is perfect summer and celebrations.

   

The tags were die cut from teal green cardstock and the edges inked in a coordinating colour.
The top was reinforced with a little oval punch shape folded in half over the top edge. Then a 3/16 (or use 1 1/4") eyelet was added and a tassel tied through the eyelet.

The punch art pieces were attached to the tag with foam tape for a little added dimension. I sued a 1/16" thickness so as not to add too much bulk.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Die: Two Tags - SU
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Yellow, Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Watermelon Wonder - All SU
Punches: small oval - SU, Fox Builder - SU, Petite Pennants - SU
Misc.: mini tassels, 3/16 or 1/4" eyelet, black marker, white gel pen, foam tape/mounting squares

Punch art instructions:

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Foxy Turtles

I am so sorry it's taken me this long to come back and post more of my Fox Builder punch art.
Life has been really busy as of late and I have not had much time to write instructions.
I did manage to get all the photos taken (4 more creation after today's).

So today I am sharing this lovely little pair of turtles.

The card is a little uninspired, I know. I had the punch art completed weeks ago but was stumped at how to use it. They looked like a pair  in love so that;s where the theme came from.

I kept this card very simple and used several scrap pieces of coordinating patterned paper.
the punch shapes and dies were cut form sienna cardstock.
I do really like the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits and they worked very well for this card.

the turtles were mounted using foam onto cream cardstock cut with the label die. I added a little bit of ribbon and some scattered rhinestones for my finishing touches.

Aren't these two just adorable?

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Recollections
Patterned paper: MME Reunion paper pad, 6 x 6"
Dies: Sunshine Wishes Thinlits - SU, Labels Framelits - SU
Ink: Sahara Sand, Wild Wasabi, Crushed Curry - all SU
Punches: tiny heart (1/4") - PB, posh heart - Posh Impressions,
               for punch art turtles see below instruction sheet
Misc.: Always artichoke ribbon, white gel pen, black marker, foam mounting squares/tape, rhinstones, rose/red chalk

Punch art instructions:

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Foxy lion punch art

I sure hope you didn't think I was done with the Fox Builder punch, because I have more than six further creations already done and just need to create a finished project with a few more.

The first one of this second set of creations that is complete is this adorable little lion.

Admittedly I didn't use just the Fox Builder Punch. I thought the lion looked so much better with the addition of two shapes from different punches.

This is a really simple card. The base is black cardstock. Next I added two pieces cut with the banner dies. Then I cut a white circle from white cardstock, attached the little lion and attached it to the card front using foam squares.

Both the sentiment and little accent at the top are also die cut from white card. For finishing touches I randomly added several sizes of clear rhinestones.

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned paper: MME Reunion 6 x 6" paper pad

Ink: Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake - All SU

Dies: Banner Thinlits - SU, Circle Framelits - SU, Sunshine Wishes - SU

Punches; Fox Builder, 1 3/4" Scallop circle, Owl builder - all SU

Misc.: foam mounting squares, black marker, white gel pen, rhinestones.

Lion punch art instructions:

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Foxy Birthday Party

Back a few months ago when I first got my hands on the SU acorn punch I didn't have much time to play with it, but looking at it I immediately saw a wonderful face shape. I decided to finally use it and teamed it up with the Fox Builder punch to make these cute party friends.

This is an over sized card, 5.5 x 8.25". The back ground paper has been embossed with music notes to accent the celebration theme. I also created several balloon bunches between the happy smiling faces surrounding the birthday banner.

The faces have been attached using a single layer of foam squares as were the middle layer of balloons. The front layer of balloons were attached with doubled foam squares for more depth.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Recollections, Bazzill
Stamps: Wacky Wishes - SU, Crazy about You - SU, Balloon Builders - SU, ||Doll faces - Provo Craft
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Night o fNavy, Mossy meadow, Crushed Curry - all SU
Punches: Balloon Bouquet, Fox Builder, Owl Builder, Acorn - SU
Die: Banner Thinlits - SU
Embossing Folder: Music Sheet - Spellbinder
Misc.: white gel pen, rose/red chalk, foam mounting squares/tape

Punch art Instructions for faces: (note I added the little hands afterwards, using the large circle from the Owl builder punch)

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Camping Punch Art Card

This punch art creation came about purely by accident.

I was trying to come up what a father's day card design while still playing with the new fox builder punch. My dad used to go hunting and fishing with a neighbour every year when I was a teenager. Having that in mind I somehow came up with the little tent and canoe design.

Teamed up with the tree builder punch it made for a pretty cute camping scene.

I again used the Swirly Scribbles border, this time to create the lake. The circle shape from the same die set (slightly trimmed in size) made lovely sun. Both where matted on a slightly different shade f cardstock and trimmed to match the die. The sandy background was hand cut.

For the cloudy sky background i again added ink using a brayer to the raised side of an embossing folder and then  embossed the white cardstock.

The instructions for the canoe and tent can be found below.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Recollections and Bazzill
Ink:Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip - SU
Die: Swirly Scribbles Thinlits - SU
Punch: Tree Builder and Fox Builder - SU
Embossing folder: Clouds by Darice
Misc.: white gel pen

Punch art instructions:

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