Brenna's Birthday Card

Hello, and welcome to Paula's Place. I'm so glad you stopped by to take a look at what I have for you today. 

I found this adorable frog on Debbie Henderson's blog and had to give it a try. My grand niece turned eleven years old so I made her this card. She loves frogs and bugs and outdoor things and this fit her perfectly. Notice the thought bubble, it's new from Stampin' Up. It says Hoppy Birthday. So cute. 

The frog was made with  a number of punches and the lily pad from an oval die which was then run through the Big Shot inside the perfect polka dot embossing folder. One of my favorite techniques. It gives card stock instant texture and depth and only takes about 10 seconds to do. I also ran the Bashful blue mat piece through the Big Shot using the swirls embossing folder from Cuttlebug which gives the impression of water. Perfect for the background. The flower was stamped in Stazon Black and colored with a blender pen and ink. Pumpkin pie and Pretty in Pink and punched out with the Boho Blossom punch. The Punches I used for the frog are as follows. 

Wide Oval punch-head  Then I used the black marker to draw a smile and nose. 

Large oval-Legs

1 3/4" circle punch- body

1 3/8" circle punch-body

Boho blossom punch-feet

Eyes-Green-1/2" circle punch, white-punch pack circle, black 1/4" circle punch also a white gel pen was used to give those highlights. 

Frog is made with Certainly Celery card stock and then sponged with the same color ink

Lily pad is made with Wild Wasabi card stock and sponged with the same color ink. 

I would love to hear from you. Tell me you stopped by and how you like Mr. Froggie. 

I almost forgot to mention the conversation bubble. It's from Designer Type Photopolymer Stamp Set. The first Photopolymer Stamp Set Stampin' Up has put out. I'm confident that there will be more sets in the new catalog coming out at the end of May. 

Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge 229

I am really gearing up my Christmas Card making now. Every challenge is going to be Christmas. I can hardly believe next week is Thanksgiving so times a tickin'. This is the season for the paper crafter. We live for the holidays because we send so many cards at this time of year. I used to make one design of card but now I have a tendency to make a variety of them. It's fun and there are so many possibilities.

This card features Mrs. Claus. She is very easy to make and I dressed her up with her red pearl earrings, sending a cheery sentiment from the stamp set Seasonal Sentiments. If you are interested in how to Mrs. Claus see below.  

Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Supplies:

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso markers

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper white, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Jolly Holiday dsp

Tools: 1 3/4", 1 3/8", 3/4" circle punches, scallop circle punch, Scallop border punch, ticket corner punch, basic pearls

Update on Mrs. Claus. Here is the link to the youtube video on how to make her from create with De. Thanks to De for such good instructions

Stamping 411 challenge 220

When I finished this card I realized that it is very appropriate for fall. I am happy with how this turned out. The sketches over at Stamping 411 sure do help when putting a card together and coupled with the Color Coach it's just down right simple.

Here are the measurements:

1. Layer One -- Cardstock cut at 5.5 x 8.5", scored and folded to make your Card Base
2. Layer Two -- DSP cut at 4 x 5.25". Trim again at 2", reverse the pattern and use both sides of the DSP. Separate with a ribbon or strip of cardstock or paper.
3. Layer Three -- Cardstock cut at 3.75 "x 2.5"
4. Layer Four -- DSP cut at 3.5" x 2.25" -- embellish with a circular or other shape -- add brads, to the corners.

I used Tempting Turquiose, Tangerine Tango and Old Olive for my colors. If you have any questions let me know. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Punch Potpourri

Here is a completely different type of card then I have been posting lately. This is from the regular 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catlog and uses one of the Hostess Sets, Punch Potpourri. With this set you get a butterfly, a bird and a heart and also 3 cute little flowers and all of these coordinate with Stampin' Up's punches. I love the look of stamping and then punching them out. Mary Fish made a similar card to the one pictured here which used  the Bird stamp and then was punched out with the large oval punch and trimmed on each end to form the vase. I love the modern look of this. I also used Just Believe stamp set for the flowers in the vase and the Retro Remix wheel for the background. Night of Navy card stock and ink was used for a monochromatic look. Although in the picture the ribbon looks like a different color it is navy ribbon, 1/4" grosgain.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card. I like to decorate the insides of all my cards but it is imperative when dark colored card stock is used for the base of the card.

If you have any questions let me know and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place

Easter Bunnies

Here is a whole bunch of Easter Bunnies. I made these five little Easter Baskets for my five grand nieces. They love it when I have a special treat for them on special days. I used In Color dsp on these and punched out what I needed to create the faces. Now when they turn the baskets around they will see the tail end of the bunny.

Isn't that cute, the little tail.

This box is made with just a 6" square of card stock, scored at 1 1/2" on all four sides. Cut 2 of the score lines on the same side up to the intersecting score line. Then turn it to the other side and do the same. Fold sides up and glue to form the box. Add ribbon and dsp.

Here is a closeup of the bunny face. I used 1 3/4" circle punch for head, small oval for pink in ears and large for the white, 1/2" circle punch for the cheeks, sponged with pretty in pink and dotted with basic black marker. The 1/4" circle punch for the eyes in black and the nose in pink. The whiskers and mouth were drawn on with markers. Then white gel pen to highlight the eyes. Very easy.

Any questions let me know.

Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Wish Big Swirls Into the News

Just a few more days until the Big Saleabration giveaway at Stampin' Up is in the history books for another year. You still have time to take advantage of placing an order and receiving FREE items. $50 order receive one FREE item, $100 order receive 2 FREE items really stock up and place $150 receive 3 FREE items plus hostess benefits. Just click here to go to my website and start shopping.

Here is what I used:

swirls scribbles die, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4 circle punch, Circle Scissors, Word Play, Basic Rhinestones, Whisper white cs, Basic Black cs, Blushing Bride cs & ribbon, Black Stazon ink, Newsprint dsp, Paper cutter for scoring

This is a card I made after seeing a similar one on splitcoaststampers. Here's the link for that one

I hope you enjoy this card and let me know by leaving a comment. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.  If you have any questions just email me and I will be happy to help you.

Triple Owl on Tangerine

 

Okay I'm back finally able to post another entry here. Had a wonderful time in Arizona but couldn't get any computer time. Too many mountains to climb. If you ever get the chance to go to Sedona, AZ you have to go just to see it and if you like to be outdoors and hike, well, it's just heaven. We were there for 16 days and went on that many hikes. It was amazing, every day we would say this is gorgeous. 

Back to my stamping world. Sale-a-bration has started and what that means for you is that you can spend, host or join to earn free product. This is the best time of the year. 

The card above, totally cased from Mary Fish, is one example of the stamp set Punch Bunch, available in wood or clear mount. Every stamp in the set has a coordinating punch, so stamping and cutting out is very quick.

The Card:

The owl was stamped in Night of Navy Ink on Whisper White card stock then punched out with the 2 step Owl punch,   Curly Cute Happy Birthday stamp was dipped in Night of Navy ink and applied to the vellum.

Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Tangerine, Whisper White card stock and vellum were used. Night of Navy and Tangerine ink. I used the heart punches heart to heart and the small heart. For the party hat I stamped Tangerine ink on Whisper White card stock using the strawberry from Tart and Tangy and punched it with one of the points from the large star punch. 

Also the 1 3/4" circle punch was used to create those beautiful big circles you see in Tangerine Three of them fit perfectly across the 5 1/4" span of the card. 

If you have any questions let me know. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.