Chipmunk Punch Art

Today I have a cute little chipmunk punch art card to share.
I made this little fellow the same day I made the squirrel, but it took me a few days to write the instructions.

 

The greeting is from "Pretty Petites" by SU

Punches for greeting: petite curly lable - SU and 1 1/4" scallop circle - SU

Sall jute bow

Cardstock: Bazzill

Inks: Colorbox

Chipmunks head and paws are raised with foam dots

 

Here's a closer look at the background:

 

The leaves are the small birch punch by PB.

The tree trunk was hand cut from cardstock that I embossed with my SU Woodgrain embossing folder.

 

And here are the instructions for my little chipmunk:

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Squirrel Punch Art

I just love SU's larger punches. They have some great shapes that allow for creating very nice sized pieces. I remember 10-15 years ago when the largest punch shape was a "large" approx. 1" in size. Most finished punch art was very small (1-2 inches) and missing so much detail. With all the wonderful larger shape's available now it is so muhc more fun to creating punch art pieces.

I've been playing with various shapes trying to make some cute woodland characters.
Not sure if I've nailed it yet, but here is the first little critter I came up with, my squirrel.

 

She'd be all too happy to share her acorn with you.

Supplies:

Cardstock Bazzil, Inks: Colorbox and a few older SU markers,

Greeting is from "A Round Arrray" by SU.

Punches for the greeting: 7/8" Scallop Cirlce - SU, and the hexagon - SU

 

Here's a closer look at the background I created:

 

I used the Woodgrain Embossing Folder by SU and then cut a tree trunk shape from the embossed cardstock. The pine needes are the S.giant fern by PB.

 

And full instructions for the little squirrel punch art is below.

 

Thanks for looking, come back soon for more cute punch art.

Scarecrow Punch Art

For my next fall themed punch art project I made two scarecrows - Mr. & Mrs. Scarecrow to be precise.

The finished cards look as follows:

 

  

 

I didn't add a greeting to the front, this way they can be used for various occassion.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock Bazzill

Patterned paper: Karen Foster

Die: Spellbinders Label 18 (largest)

Ink: Colorbox

Ribbon: 1/4" light brown grosgrain and natural cotton seam binding

Natural raffia

White gel pen

 

The basic punch pieces for both are the same, so I created a combined instruction sheet (see below).

The only thing not noted on the "recipe" is the little added decorative piece on their hats.

 

Mr. Scarecrow's little crow friend was made using SU Bird Builder and SU Owl Builder (for the little feet).

 

Mrs. Scarecrow's sunflower was made using a medium Daisy punch (PB), 3/8" circle (EK papershaper) and the smallest leaf from SU Blossom Builder.

 

Punch art instructions below:

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Papa Crow Punch Art

And without further ado, today I haves the last missing member of our happy little crow family - Papa Crow.

I created an autumn farm scene for his card background:

 

The hay stack was cut free hand. The ladder as made from cardstock strips. The little rake is a medium Emagination punch and the weeds are a large grass punch by PB.

The fence was made using SU Word Window and the cloud in the sky was punched from embossed cardstock (Cuttlebug Bubbles) with PBs s.giant cloud punch.

 

 Here is Papa Crow in the field:

 

 

I added a little "wheat stem" made from 3 leafy stems (SU - Birdbuilder punch).  He's also carrying a little greeting hung with twine  (SU Teeny Tiny Wishes, Word Window and Modern Label).

Cardstock is all Bazzill, inks are Colorbox. I also used some of my EK markers on the haystack.

 

Punch art instructions for Papa Crow are below.

 

Thanks for looking. Come back soon to see more fall themed punch art.

Momma Crow Punch Art

As promised, today I am sharing my second crow punch art.

Little momma also needed a fitting fall themed background, so I made some corn cobs - instructions can be found in this post from last year. The only change is that I used a smaller oval punch- the large oval by SU and I embossed the cardtsock with my Cuttlebug "Mosaic" embossing folder.

 

The clouds are a s.giant cloud punch by PB and the sign post is an ACCU Cut die.

Greeting stamp is from "Small Script" by SU

Oh, I had forgotten this in the previous post; I embossed the white cardstock before punching my clouds using  my Cuttlebug Bubbles embossing folder.

Inks are all by Colorbox, cardstock is Bazzill.

 

Here is the finished project:

 

I thought little momma needed a little something, so she has a small sunflower in her beak.
The flower was made with two small daisies (PB, 1 tiny sun (PB) and the leaf stem from SU Bird Builder.

Instructions for Little Momma are below.

 

Come back for Papa Crow's instructions in my next post.

Thanks for Looking!