Owl Punch Art - Tulips

It amazes me what people make, and this is very clever.  The owl punch is by far our most versatile punch and these cards remind me of how much I not only love tulips, but making them is very simple and rewarding.  There are a couple of ways to make the tulips - some very basic methods, to a method or two that is a little more complex.....

This is as basic as it gets, but on a background of layers, the simple owl with the feet cut off and a small amount of sponging, looks great !


Perfect Plum, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Bashful Blue are the colours used in this layout.

For the next look, punch out the owl and trim off the legs, then with your scallop border punch, scallop circle or scallop square punch, trim off the top of the owl's ears. Thanks to Addicted to stamping  for this idea. Add a little dimension by sponging the tulips and ....


Lucky Limade is the backing card with a strip of Daffodil Delight and Perfect Plum DSP.  Bashful Blue DSP is cut with the top note die and the tulips were punched in Perfect Plum and Daffodil Delight.

Closer so you can see the layering...

If you choose to use 2 owls to make a tulip, this is what you can achieve.  Two more petals are achieved by cutting one of the owls (with his feet cut off) in half and fanning it on the back of the body (so the ears are showing out) of the tulip/owl.  Add a bit of veination with a SU Marker, sponge a little and there you have it ... wow.  The leaves are hand cut simply by folding a scrap in half and cutting them to shape. 

Rich razzleberry base card, with whisper white embossed with Framed Tulips (121809).  The tulips are punched form rich razzleberry and the leaves are cut from wild wasabi

Then you can take it to the next step and depending if you have the old small oval punch that is now retired or a good eye and hand for cutting, you can achieve this by watching this video by Jackie Topia... or by watching the amazing paper flower expert Valita Designs and Fresh Folds.   It is the sponging that makes the flowers what they are.


The base card is pink pirouette, the topnote is cut from bashful blue DSP and the tulips are punched out of blushing bride and sponged with melon mambo.  The leaves are cut from wild wasabi.

And a littler closer to see the layers of the tulips and card...

Valita is an amazing flower crafter and she has an amazing site of flower making. Click on the following link Valita You-tube to view Valita demonstrating how to make not only the tulip owl, but how to make the most stunning paper flower cards you will ever see.  Make sure you have several hours as you will be entranced by her amazing talent...enjoy

There are many more variations on making a tulip, google it and you will be spoiled with lots of beautiful images.  I hope this inspires you to dust off the owl punch and start creating or give me a call and I can order one in for you.  Happy creating...

Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies

I love this embosslit - Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings, just one of the many formats of tools that can be used in the Big Shot or cuttlebug.  These dies not only cut out the shape but also emboss the shape, hence the name embosslit, and in this case the embossed shape is butterflies.  These cards are from my something OLD collection, but I would like to share them with you......

Yellow, blue and white; SU's Daffodil Delight (satin ribbon no longer available), Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White, is always a refreshing combination and with a little bling, although simple, I really like this card.  The wording is from the retired 119163 Cottage Garden

A little closer...

And another simple example using the butterflies on Whisper White.  The frames are drawn on using a rectangular card template.  This gives the uneven but straight lines...I like that look


Playing with colours and bling/pearls, again something very simple using Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Rose Red and Perfect Plum complemented with thank you stamps from the retired 115930 Thank You Kindly

and a litle closer....

And for a spot of colour I used the SU DSP and pleated ribbon from a past mini - how I LOVE this ribbon....


Get well soon is from the retired 116416 Sincere Salutations stamp set

 



My beautiful son loves this card, it is a spinner card I made for Ben's Grandmother, the colours inspired from the colour of the clothing we bought for her...Wisteria, Pink Pirouette, Certain Celery and of course whisper white. There is another example of making the card with Catherine Pooler.

The embossing folder is 155964 Elegant Bouquet is highlited with 102023 Dazzling Diamonds and coloured with coordinating markers.  The wording is from the beautiful 121500 Curly Cute. Love, love, love that lettering.

Enjoy creating using your Big Shot and Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies, exclusive to SU.  They are a must to have and wonderful to play with.

Happy crafting
Love
 

Christmas Card 24

This is the last of my Christmas Card posts, for 2012;  Merry Christmas to my dear and valued customers and friends, this is an example of the gift I gave to my hostesses, without them I could not achieve my targets, enjoy the company of others and have the opportunity to meet so many others, so thank you.

It is a simple version of an easel card, but Carolyn's (a fellow demonstrator) creativity and willingness to share, showed demonstrators how to dress it up into this very smart Calendar and post-it-note gift.  I was so taken with Carolyn's idea, I just had to make these.


This is just a very small sample of the cards I made.  I wish I could have given all of my customers one...if only there was a stop button on time...

This is the assembly closed.

  This is the assembly open - just clip the top card behind the post-it-note.  Works a treat.

And now for a little something in vintage code...blues again and near an hour of stamping, sponging and colouring the lace. 

 

Closed view - easy for sending...



I stained the bow with SU ink pads including Midnight Muse and Elegant Eggplant.

I hope those that did receive one likes them as much as I do; I enjoyed making them for YOU.  Thanks Carolyn for such a fantastic idea.

It was a mamoth task to dream I could have pulled together 22 card ideas, a thank you page (Christmas Card 23) and a gift page (Christmas Card 24).  It would not have happened with out the amazing talents of Rachael, the inspiration from other SU Demonstrators and my wonderful supportive customers and blog viewers.  Thank you to all of you, I've just ticked another achievement off my bucket list. 

Merry Christmas to you all

Christmas Card 23

This page is a thank you page to the lovely customers and friends who take the time to make me such beautiful Christmas Cards using SU products.  Below are but a few...

This is a card I received last year but hold dear to me heart.  Thank you for such a beautiful card Rachael, and all your help with blogging, facebook, photographing and editing, not to mention your valued friendship and custom.  This card represents you as a person, beautiful, many layers/talents, colourful and down to earth.

This is by a very dear work collegue who is new to card making - Heather Baker.  You have grown so much in such a short time.  I LOVE this card and was so proud to receive this.  Thank you.

This is another beautiful card I received from a very dear customer Diane.


Heart of Christmas was featured in the 2012 Holiday Catalogue and Diane has done it complete justice.  LOVE what you did with this stamp.

This is my second last post for Christmas Cards 2012.   See you at the next post...

Christmas Card 22

Vintage is something a dear customer of mine loves.  I made this card for her - my very first Christmas vintage card, so I hope she likes it.


Marina Mist ink pad dragged with Soft Sued.  Stamp set Ornament Keepsake (W128048 / C128051) & Greetings of the Season (W128030 / C128033), Antique Brad (117273) holding the Crochet Trim - Victoria (118481)

The bauble is on the double embossed background which is mounted on Champaign Glimmer paper which is mounted on Not Quite Navy.  The card is assembles on Marina Mist which I had dragged a linen finish ink pad all over.  The greeting is embossed in Pewter Embossing Powder (124114).

I'm getting a little vintage in to me LOL, I hope you like it too.