inspired by inside out

my kids have been at me for a while now 

to recreate the characters from the 

inside out movie as cards 

so seeing i am on much needed school holidays i have had time to sit down, 

chill out and 

get creative with my punches

   

let me first say these characters were not easy to do.

and i had to use my punches in weird and wonderful ways

hence no instructions or tutorial sorry but will try and give you some of the stampin up  punches i used to give you an idea

disgust

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, scallop 7/8" circle, owl 

anger

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, scallop 7/8" circle,  

joy

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 

 fear

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, scallop 7/8" circle, large scallop circle,scallop oval

sadness

punches used are 21/2" circle, 3/8" circle, bow tie, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 1" circle, 11/4" circle 

lettering was all done with 

little letters thinlits except for anger

-his i did freehand 

(oh i wish there were thinlits for those symbols!!)

 disgust had sticky out glittered eyelashes and her mouth was super dooper tricky

 the joy card also had joy from the berry merry stamp set in the background

sadness' glasses were done by punching 1" circle first then the 11/4" circle around it.

anger's fingers were done with a scallop oval punch

enjoy

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and if i have inspired you to make your own please share a link so i can see where ti took you and if you have any hints for me making them a second time around

...and tell me which one is your favourite character from the movie...personally i loved sadness-she was just adorable!!!

how to make captain underpants!!!!!!

tralala!!

in the famous words of captain underpants lol

here is my punch art captain underpants

the captain is made from the following punches

xl oval for body and undies, legs

7/8"scallop circle for feet and bottom of cape

11/4" scallop circle for hands and ear and ties of cape

large oval head and mouth

4cm strips starting at .5cm and going to 1cm

cape was free cut to fit.

background was sponged using turquoise and eggplant with a card stencil

have fun making!

cheers ears

lala loopsey name plaque

another loopsey post!

this time it is a name plaque done in paper

 i have used button eyes, added her name with die cut letters and used the very fab birthday basics dsp

i also added some pretty ribbon and some lov hearts to make it extra girly

cheers ears

la la loopsey

my girls love lala loopsey

i don't quite know why

but meh

they probably feel the same about my love of watching the news each night lol

here is some loopsey fun from this week made for a special birthday girl

 to make her face i used a 11/4" circle punch for her hair and face.

owl punch for the hair bows 

cupcake punch for dots on bows, eyes, and cheeks

 here's a close up of her face

 then i put it on a card-nice and simple
i got the sketch idea from retro sketches 

 i also made a special box for her present to go into that matched the card.

i recycled an old su button container

 just stuck sticky strip all over it and added ribbon and dsp to it and a suede flower

 my little "helper" with her punch art horse she made

 i also made a little hand bag for the rest of the present to match the card and container

 i made a door name plaque out of polymer clay

 i made some matching earrings as well

 here is the matching necklace

and the whole set of present-name plaque, earrings and necklace

cheers ears

hoot the owl

ok

confession time

i actually used my owl punch for it's intended purpose today.

it has been a while since i have made an owl from my owl punch lol

this was a custom order for a someone special's birthday

 a simple hoot banner with a large hoot and 2 smaller hoots.

 i also made some birthday cards as well seeing i may have gotten a bit carried away making mini hoots lol.

i know giggle and hoot are a favourite with our littlies at home....in fact some little person was a bit sad SHE wasn't the recipient of the hoot banner (reminder to self for 5th birthday plans)

crafty cow is always happy to make custom orders up. just send in your request and i will give you a quote

cheers ears

adventure time

my kids LOVE LOVE LOVE adventure time

the cartoon on tv at the moment

so they asked me to make jake and finn from the programme

 jake and finn travel around doing quests with princess bubblegum and lumpy space princess popping in every now and again

 finn is made using the following punches

owl (head, top, pants, sox)

oval (face, backpack)

corner (arms, shoes)

the punches i used to make jake  

oval (body)

1" circle (head)

owl (eyes, tail)

corner (legs)

for a video check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nr8tkdvZoY

cheers ears

maisy the mouse

i have a three year old who loves loves LOVES maisy the mouse

not sure who she is?

watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdLgaeAIKFs

she is so cute

just like my three year old

so my mission was to make maisy for miss 3

 the tricky bit was getting the head the right shape. a triangle was too pointy so i used a large scallop circle to get the shape i needed. i also used an oval to get the rounded bit at the back

the rest of the card is easy :>

large scallop circle die for skirt and ears

square for body and arms

modern label punch for hands, feet and legs

scallop oval for lacey bits on sleeves and neckline

owl punch for hearts and eyes

1 1/4" circle punch for the balloon

1/2" circle for her nose

tail was done by cutting around the edge of a cut-out oval

a great big shout out to the people who have come from the southern girls blogspot challenge-it is lovely to have a few new people checking out my punch art :> this card was done with their challenge in mind-it was die cuts and punch art!!! they must have known i was making something punchy today :>

okies cheers ears

angry birds birthday invitations

my son's latest 'thing' is angry birds.

it is a strangely satisfying game that can become quite addictive...not that i am or anything....<<sheepish look>>

go here if you want to know what i am talking about :>

anyways it is his birthday next month so we have started the party planning that is his birthday

he wants an angry birds party

(please note it was going to be a lego party but he luckily changed his mind JUST before i started making his invites lol)

this is what he got

 i used several punches and added a paper clip to the back so it would attach to the fridge.

now i took ages fiddling around with punches to get this guy 

and then lo and behold after i had made him i found this

so go and support kylie for the instructions as i wont be posting them up-ok?

i did use the inviting stamp set for the invite. 

the clear stamp of these is definately the way to go as you can add all the elements you want onto the clear block and put them where you want

now all i have to do is make the cake...sigh...

you should see what he has in store for me rofl

cheers ears

home made easter crayons

this was super dooper easy!

i pilfered all the broken and dodgey crayons from my kids pencil box and sorted them into colours into a muffin tin

 

then i put the crayons of the same colour into a plastic bag and smashed them into teeny tiny bits with a hammer!!! 

now most tutorials i have read about making these crayons say to use a knife and cut them into pea sized shapes-please please don't do it to yourself!! it will drive you mental and destroy a perfectly good knife :>

my way is far more therapeutic and the kids can do it too :>

 then put the bits into moulds of your choice-enough so they are not quite over flowing-does that make sense?

i grabbed some $2 easter egg silicone moulds and used them for this project but i must admit i am eyeing up my santa claus ice cube trays for xmas ones :>

place in your oven in a pyrex dish or metal tray that is about the size of your moulds. heat the oven to about 150c and leave in for between 10-15 mins. when you take them out give them a bit of a stir with a tooth pick or something similar to stir them up a bit. then place them, tray and all, into the freezer for about 10 mins. 

 

after 10 mins take them out and they should be hard enough to pop out and look like these. if they crack or break just place them back into the mould and re-melt them :>

how cool is that?!

cheers ears

upsy daisy...but not the stamp set!!!!!

i have a 2 year old who is obsessed with the tv programme called in the night garden her favourite character is upsy daisy i have checking out her dolly for a long time and being the punchy person that i am i have been figuring out what punches to use and where(Oh how sad am i??lol) i finally got around to making her this week and this is what i came up with

almost all the colours are stampin up although some of the colours are now retired sob sob. even the red-i made that with some bright red brayered over some only orange as i wanted a really bright bright bright red!!!! i then thought i had better put her with a card added a sentiment and some stars and the obligatory peice of ribbon

a close up shot to see i have used the flowers from petal pizazz on her top and the star from playful peices i also made her hair a bit bendier

her garden has flowers from trio flower punch and boho punch

now i am sure you will all want a tutorial and to be honest there are not enough hours in the day at the moment but i have taken a photo of all the shapes i used before i stuck them all together if that helps you punch crazy people out there lol let me know how you get on and please please share if you get the chance to make any of the other characters from the night garden as i would love to make them too for her cheers ears!

her