surfing adventure

so this summer i have spent an awful amount of time sitting in the glorious sunshine watchimg the kids swimming at the school pool or the free park pool

i thought it was a good time to finally cut out all those pre-stamped images i had and do 'something' with them!

here is a stamp from a retired set called extreme surfer (i think?) with the phrase from the retired sail away set (not sure?).

i used a retired dsp called high tide (methinks!)

vague aren't i?

please let em know if i am wrong lol

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get well dude

here is a card in a box

for a surfer boy who is not a 100%

 surfer is made using the bow tie punch for his body with a circle punch for his head

the boogie board is freehand as i had previously made one out of the feather dies but it looked as if it had been munched on by a hungry shark lololol

 the waves were cut out with small circles and dude was cut out with the little abc thinlits

 a space was left at the back of the card to write on

to make the waves i layered marina mist and coastal cabana with a stencil i made from card and punches

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how to make a skylander pinata

this is eruptor

he is a skylander

my son wanted him as a pinata for his birthday

so we got a balloon

covered it with a layer of newspaper and glue

glue was half water/half pva

next layer was lined white paper

then another layer of newspaper
 when it was dry
(a good 24 hours seeing ti was pouring with rain here)
i also ahve to admit to
trying to speed up the drying process by
putting it near the oven as it cooled down
...bad move..
the balloon popped
and pinata imploded
like a black hole..
.so we had to start again...sigh

next layer was adding the arms, legs and fin using a cereal box and a heap of masking tape

arms were cones and legs were cylinders

 

then we covered all of that with lined paper

 when that had dried (24 hours-no oven...i learnt my lesson lmao)

 we glued down the crepe paper

this is easiest done by using a brush and paintign the glue onto teh pinata nd then adding the paper

complete pain in the butt doing it with your fingers

sticks every-freaking-where!

 addded eyes and mouth with coloured card and left it to dry for 24 hours

fin had yellow crepe paper over the red

arms were shoved full of newspaper and just the top bits had crepe paper shoved in and covered

nice sharp triangle teeth lol

 then i cut a small incision in the back of his head to squeeze the lollies in

 just like this-all the lollies were in packets 

so they didn't get all dirty when they fell on the floor

i put in about 6 different packets

 for each of the kids so 

eruptor weighed quite a bit 

by the time we were finshed and he was quite full!!!

here's the birthday boy having a smash!

eruptor lasted about 12 smashes

he was not as strong as previous years-only 3 layers which was good

his arms and legs fell off pretty quick though lololololol

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how to make batman face in punch art

 batman is easy

oober easy

1-3/4" circle punch for head-black card

triangle punch cut in half for his ears-black card

another triangle punch-just snip the tip off for his nose

triangle punch for eyes-white card cut in half

mouth is a designer label punch (retired) but you could probably use the ticket punch also

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minecraft birthday card

my son is obsessed with minecraft

so are all his friends

so it was just a matter of time before  

i was asked to make a card and a name plaque lol

 card in a box minecraft birthday card

used the square punches A LOT!!!

plus tag it set and the blast off stamp set and hexagon punch

 brick texture on grey was made using a brick embossing folder

 i dig you from tag it stamp set and arrows made using hexagon punch

 card in a box is a 6cmx6cm square size

embossing texture inked up with some basic grey ink

font for name from internet and adapted into card with some basic grey ink

creeper is done in gumball green

pick axe handle was made using the zigzag from tasteful trim die

hope the birthday boy loves it as much as the giver lolol

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ps more minecraft party ideas here

exterminate crappy birthday presents!!!!

got a special order in this week from my son

he wanted me to make a purple dalek name plaque for his bestie

so like any adoring mother i did as i was told

lololol

 basic dalek punch art figure

 plenty of sponging to give it some extra depth

 added it to a piece of chipboard with dsp and kids name

dalek lazer blasts are made with glitter card

i added crystal effects to get it all shiny and more awesome looking

gave it to birthday boy today and first time in my life i have seen him speechless with mouth open and nothing coming out

awesome :> 

my job here is done :>

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supreme dalek birthday

daleks do not take orders

but i do

especially when it involves a 10 year old boy 

who is slightly obsessed by doctor who

this is an updated version of a dalek compared to the old one i did a while back.

this one is bigger and has more details

 i must admit to hardly using any punches-mainly the little circles for it's domes, circle die for it's head and the mosaic punch for it's arm.

the rest is strips of card

 circle upon circle for the domey womey knobbley wobbley bits 

(that's time lord lingo fwiw)

 i also used a bit of silver ink daubered around the edges of stuff to give it a bit of a lift and some depth.

 here's the very simple card front

inspired by the folks at retro sketches

stamp is from lots of bots-now sadly retired

 the inside is inspired by a building block card tutorial from split coast stampers

card from the top

the inside with the dalek saying ce-le-brate, ce-le-brate instead of exterminate

far nicer for the birthday child methinks lol

so that is the card done

now to make the gift

stay tuned :>

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harry the dinosaur

another day

another name plaque

this time for a dinosaur fan:>

 ooooo i had sooooo much fun with my new fringe scissors!!!!

 crystal effects on the lava makes it look more fab

used a leafy dsp (retired) for the background

hope this little fella likes his new home

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thomas the tank engine

thomas the tank engine is a favourite all around the world

we love him here too

here is a tutorial on how to make him

...although my measurements might be a bit dodgey lol

 i used the following punches

owl punch for lights, eyes, 

cupcake punch for eye balls, candle part for chimney

1 1/4" circle for face

1" for mouth

xl oval for roof

strips of blue in 7x3, 7x4, 6x2, 6x4 all cm

strips of grey 7x2 with edges trimmed to 6cm

strip of red 7x11/2cm

strip of black 7x1cm

word window

 make these bits first 

then add blue bits together and wriggle them around to get the right proportion-some overlap quite a bit to get some layering going

 then add the other bits-some with dimensionals to give some layering 

then draw in the facial features with marker-mine looks a bit crazy-obviously has been hauling too much freight today lmao

this is what i used mine for-a name plaque for a special little boy :>

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NINJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my 8 year old loves ninjas

he thinks they are pretty cool

he practices his ninja moves on the trampoline on a regular basis lol complete with the cool noises that go with them

combine that with his love for lego and...yup...you guessed it...lego ninjago

so it was no surprise that he requested one for a bestie for his birthday

one door sign please mum

and a banner with his name on it with ninjas too please

okies...i can do that!!!

 easy birthday gift

looks cool

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MINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG

the minions from the despicable me movies are just ADORABLE

and we are HUUUUUUUGE fans of them at our place

here are a few ideas i have made lately with minions in mind

 big minion and little minion made from punch art

googley eyes are a definate must :>

 i used the square punch with its edges rounded using a corner punch. 

hands are from boho blossoms flower and word window used for a variety of things

 this guy is waaay smaller and his hands are from the feet of the owl punch

 here is another minion i made lol

my son had book week at school and wanted to go as a minion. easy outfit-yellow beanie with an eye on it. blue dungarees and a yellow long sleeve top. hands had black gloves-eeeeeeasy peasy outift!!!

 minion cupcake toppers from square punch and corners rounded

big minions made from an A5 size card

hands made from blossom punch

 i used these big minions to make banners

 

i also made some birthday cards with minions 

  

 inside the card

now go forth and make minions!!

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