Little Grinch

These little Grinch cello bags are just too stinking cute!!!! I cased the idea from another demo. You can see Beth's blog here

I used Wild Wasabi for the Grinch face, More Mustard eyes, Cherry Cobbler hat, and white for the trim.

Punches used: Curly Label, pennant, large scallop circle, 2 1/2 circle, owl builder, doily (i used the scrap the doily punch makes to use for the nose), little flower from the small punch pack. Stamp set used for word, Got Treats. Filled the bags with apple Jelly Bellys.

Best glue to use for the little pieces is Tombo Liquid glue. Mouth was free handed using black marker.

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Karen

Punch Art Snowman

Well I liked the Santa Twizzle so much that I had to come up with a snowman. I was struggling with something white to put in the cello bag. I finally decided to use snow caps. Looks like he has "dirty" snowballs. LOL

Punches used: 2 1/2 and 1 3/4 circle for body and head. Modern Label for the scarf done in Marina Mist. Frostwood Lodge designer paper also punched with 2 1/2 circle for vest. I cut a V shape in the bottom of the designer paper circle to make it look like a vest. Eyes made using Owl punch. Hat is small oval and 1 1/4 circle punch. Buttons are from the button embosslet. Carrot nose was just free cut from pumpkin pie. Arms are from the snowflake punch.

Sorry this post is a bit late. Blogspot was giving me a hard time last night as it didn't want to upload the picture.

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Karen

Santa Twizzles

Are these just too cute!!! I've been seeing them around on the web, not sure who came up with the idea first. Just had to make some of my own. This is one of the projects we will be making at my upcoming stamp camp. Tags till Christmas stamp set used, the rest is all punches.

I used bakers twine to attach the word.

I'm also not sure which I like better for the pom pom on his hat. I used the 1/2 circle punch with the glitter silver paper, and also used sparkle pom poms that I picked up at Hobby Lobby this week. I guess for the camp I'll use the glitter paper, but I really like the added texture of the sparkle pom pom.

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Karen

SUStars Blog Hop Holiday Hoopla

Welcome to the Holiday Hoopla blog hop. If you missed the other blogs you can start at the top by visiting the SUStars Blog

Or you may have arrived here from Shelly Peck

For my part of this Hoopla I made a card luminary. Base card is Not Quite Navy. I punched the upper side of the card with the 2 1/2 inch circle punch. On the inside of the card I attached a piece of vellum over the opening. Roof was made using strips of scallops from Tasteful Trim Big Shot die. Smaller scallop on the chimney was made using scallop boarder punch. Reindeer made using stocking punch. For the word Santa I typed it up on computer paper. I wanted it to appear that one of Santa's reindeer was getting worried about how long the "old gent" was taking to come back on the roof.

From the side view you can see the battery operated votive candle. Pictures don't do it justice. The card is really very pretty.

On the inside I layered a piece of vanilla cardstock and stamped "Christmas Greetings" from the Grateful Greetings stamp set, its centered to show through the vellum circle when the card is closed.

This is a very simple easel card using the scallop circle Big Shot die. To make the candy wreath I took one of the skinny cello bags and filled with little red and green candies, formed a circle with it and tied a bow on top. I stamped the pine cones from the Pines and Poinsettias stamp set on white cardstock, punched with 2 1/2 circle punch and attached the candy wreath to it using glue dots.

Hope you are enjoying your tour of the Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop. Next up is
Shari Dudek

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Karen

Snowflake

Show of hands...how many looked at Day of Gratitude and saw only a Thanksgiving day stamp set? For some reason with the large medallion in this set I saw a snowflake. I stamped it with VersaMark on glossy cardstock then embossed it with the pewter embossing powder from the holiday mini. Next I sponged it with Bashful Blue. Its layered on Night of Navy, and Marina Mist cardstock. Merry Christmas stamp from Come to Bethlehem, and I also used the lace ribbon punch with Marina Mist cardstock, and white with the snowflake punch.

It was so windy yesterday. Wind banged against the back of the house all day. Suppose to be warmer today, but I'm no holding my breath. I finally packed up the summer clothes and broke out the winter ones. I hate to admit summer is over, but I know it is.

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Karen

Fall Leaves

So me and hubby went for a drive yesterday to take in the Fall colors. Of course did either one of us remember to bring the camera? Nope no camera. I came home with all those colors still fresh in my mind and put together this card.

Colors used: Rich Razzleberry, Peach Parfait, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, and Sahara Sand. Other things used, Day of Gratitude, Medallion background, doily punch, designer paper, and embossing folder.

Skip is working day shift today as the kids have the day off. I don't remember having all these days off when I was going to school. Heck I remember trudging through snow that was over my knees. No bus for me I walked over a mile to get to my high school. OMG it has happened! I've turned into an old person regaling "I remember when I was in school" stories. Shoot me now. "SIGH"

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Karen

Cat in the Hat

I know, I know....two posts in one day! I finished up this Cat in the Hat card late last night and didn't get it posted. Took awhile to figure out how to make him. Since I did the Grinch card I just had to make the Cat too! His face started out with the ornament punch, then I cut one side to make his cheek. Hat was made with 1 inch circle punch that I cut the top and bottom off of to make flat. Neck, and hat brim,window punch, small heart and circle from the triple punch used for the bow.

He was a challenge, but fun to make.

Gotta run my breakfast is done. Skip made me breakfast seeing how its my birthday. Brrr its cold outside! Not getting out of the lower 50's today.

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Karen

Happy 4th of July!

Wishing all my readers a very happy and safe 4th of July!!


I wanted to make a flag card and really didn't know what stamp set I had that would work. Since I've been working with The Open Sea and it was still on my desk it got my brain working out of the box. Since I associate this set with deep blue seas I thought it would be perfect for a flag. The background stamp that comes with the set became the stripes, and the compass became the stars. For those stars I stamped them with Whisper White ink on Night of Navy, embossed them with clear embossing powder then sponged the edges with more white. The word stamp It's A Celebration! is from Afterthoughts it was a Hostess set from the 2010-2011 catalog.

Won't be doing a lot today. Worked like a dog yesterday cleaning for my sis-in-law. Today I'm taking it easy, and most I think I'll do is grill a hot dog, but I think I'll get hubby to do that!

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Karen

Happy Easter...And Matchbox Dresser

Looking forward to my family being here for Easter dinner. We are going to sit down to dinner around 2 o'clock. Making a ham. Will be the last time the kids are both here as John will be leaving soon to work at Cedar Point.


I'm so excited to share my new project with you. I made this dresser from Sizzix Matchbox, and Top Note die. So much fun to make. Basically you make 4 matchboxes from the die and adhere them together. I used wide red line tape as I wanted to make sure it held together. The top and bottom you need to cut additional cardboard from the Top Note die to make it stronger. I used the cardboard piece that came with the designer paper for that.



I didn't start out to create the easel top for the dresser but decided the top needed something. So I got to use my new button Sizzlet die.



Hubby helped me out with the brad knobs for the drawers. I used build a brad and designer paper, but I didn't want the brad to be flush with the drawer as I wanted the drawer to pull out easily. He fixed me up with little black rubber grommets that are used with wires, so I added one on each brad before attaching them to the drawer. Worked perfectly! OMG I love the little feet I came up with. Yes they are just made from cardstock.

Hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed Easter.

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