Archive for October, 2009

Hello Creative Friends,
Today I’m sharing another punch art project.  This one is a turkey which I’ve placed on a tent card. 

Tent cards are easy to make and are fun for dressing up tables and you can add candy bags inside of them to make a take home favor.    Just cut your card stock to 11 1/2 x 3 1/2  measurements, scoring at 1 1/2, then 5 1/2, and 9 1/2.  Fold at the score lines and overlap the bottom folds and adhere with Sticky Strip.

Stampin’ Up! Punches Used:
Scallop Circle Punch  (Underbelly and Wings)
Scallop Oval Punch  (Feathers)
1 3/4 Inch Circle Punch (Belly)
Small Oval Punch   (Head)
Three Heart Punch   (Heart for Waddle)
Five Petal Punch   (Tip for Beak)
Flower Trio   ( Feet)

I did sponge around the edges with Creamy Caramel ink on all the pieces just to give it some definition.  The eyes are dotted on with a black ink marker.  I placed the feathers on the back of the tent card and the body on the front.

You can see by the side view that I placed in a cello bag of candy corn.  The wording is from the Gifts of the Earth stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog and all of the punches used are found on pages 186-187 of the current Idea Book & Catalog.

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Hello Creative Friends,
Hope you’ve had a good week.  Today I’m sharing a punch art owl that I’ve done with the Stampin’ Up! punches.  I’ve placed him on a white kraft bag tied up with some 1 1/4″  Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.

I made a verse tag to attach with Proverbs 2:1 –To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding.     I ran the words off with the computer using Black Jack font.

Punches Used:
Scallop Circle Punch (stomach and wings)
Round Tab Punch (face/head)
Trio Flower Punch (feet)
5-Petal Flower (tip for beak)
3/4 Inch Circle (outer eye)
1/2 Inch Circle (inner eye)
1/8 Circle  (eye dot)

I also used the Corner Rounder Punch for my verse tag.  I love making quick tags with that, especially to add verses to projects.  

Here’s a few more of my favorite “wisdom” verses.

Proverbs 4:5–”Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not…”
Proverbs 4:7–”Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom…”
Proverbs 16:16–”How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!…”

Related Devotionals:
Wisdom Getters
What To Know

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Have a creative day,


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Hello Creative Friends,
Hope you are all having a good week.  Today I’m sharing some little Thanksgiving boxes.  I love things for the Thanksgiving table and these would be fun little favors for each place setting.

I made blank note cards for the inside that I decorated, then  scored, folded up, and tied with Linen Thread.  This project could be used as little gift boxes for you to write a special “thank you” note to each of your guests.  I always think it’s a wonderful thing when you tell someone what a blessing they are and this is a great time of year to do so in a special way.

You could also keep the notes blank for your guests to take home and write their blessings down.    Add tags with names to the boxes to make them into place holders.

The boxes are made with the Stampin’ Up! Matchbox Die for the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine and are decorated with the Gifts of the Earth and the Autumn Days stamp sets.  The worded image is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set and the Designer Series Paper is Autumn Traditions.

I wanted the stamped image with the pumpkin (top box) to look aged so I stamped it with Really Rust Ink on Whisper White card stock.  Then I inked up my Brayer with Creamy Caramel Ink and rolled over the stamped image and sponged the edges.  I put faux stitching along the edges of that one.

Have a great day,


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