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

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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pretty..oh so pretty...

i have gone a bit crazy over the last month or so making pennants using the new pennant die from stampin up.

now i have got my girly all out of my system i possibly need to make some more manly stuff

what do you think?

party in a jar!

woohoo! party in a jar! woohoo!

trying to reclaim my mojo which had gone and hidden in a dark corner of my craft space under a pile of scrap paper

i need to find it fast because the hummingbird craft markets are coming up quick and i have to be organised!!

so here is something you can come along and buy from me

it is a packet of 12 cupcake toppers and a small banner

and they all fit in nicely to a decorated jar

cheers ears

quarter fold card

now here's a new one for me!

i have to say that i have never done a quarter fold card or heard of one before

until we were asked to make one for the creative crew challenge

they are very easy to make and perfect for adding a photo in!

here is my offering

 i used black card stock with wasabi and white to off-set it a bit.

stamps were my jumbo rollers (sparling and sparkle and shine) with some versamark 

and then some wasabi embossing powder heated over the top.

be sure to use your embossing buddy to stop the static on your card collecting the powder.

border is from the pennant die.

also soem tiny tags added to the ribbon.

 here it is minus the ribbon

 unfolded with the photo inside. 

i also added some white inside so the kids can write xmas wishes to their grand parents :>

 one side was done with the sparkle and shine roller with a white star added to break up all the green

 sentiment is from season of joy and stamped in black

here is the card spread out before folding so you can see how it fits together.

it gets put together much like folding up a box with 4 flaps 

here are the measurements i used to make a card to fit a normal sized photo in (14x10cm) with where to put the folds in as well.

now if you know anything about me these measurements are approximate lol and may need a bit of tweaking hahahahaha

cheers ears

simple easy pennants

here are some simple pennants

i whipped up nice and quick

just used the retired pennant die to make these

cheers ears

waaaaaah!! sob... sob..... sob....

why am i so sad?

the 2010/2011 catalogue is retiring

and a lot of great things are saying their last goodbye

we girls at ESAD thought it would quite nice to give them a fitting farewell

and give you one last chance to see retiring items in action before they are gone....

forever!

debbie has shown you some great ideas for retiring stuff and now it is my turn!

i want to show you 4 of the punches retiring

corner punch

small oval

large star

designer label

these are all punches i use on a regular basis...

especially the small oval-if you don't have this already you should totally buy it NOW

it is soooo useful for everything lol

i use mine for around words, as flower petals, various body parts (ears, torsos,faces, noses), 

beaks, leaves...and the list goes on

 the designer label is soooo useful for those hodgepodge hardware frames which are also retiring

sure beats cutting around the frames and trying to get them to fit perfectly!

this punch is also good for skeleton faces

 i also use them to make frilly leaves for my flowers

also going is the pennant die which, apart from the obvious, 

also has 2 different scallop borders for you to use

down below is a scrapbooking page i have made using a variety of the punches and pennant die.

i have used the playdate designer series papers for this page.

 the flowers were made from the playdate dsp and some of the scallop circles from the pennant die. in the middle of the flowers are some hodge podge brads which are retiring.

at the top i have used the other side of the scallops from the pennant die to have a wave effect whilst down the bottom i have used the 2 types of scallop edging from the pennants to give a layered effect 

 on the side i have layered the small oval in a line to also give a scalloped effect

 on this page i have used the star punch, the photo corner punch and the merry details die to add cute embellishments to the page.

 using the xmas trees from the merry details die as arrows 

gives you another use for this die apart from xmas cards

up in the corner i have used the bottom of the big bold cupcakes die as a tag with a snowflake from the merry details die as an accent with a square rhinestone brad

all the things i have used in these two scrapbooking pages are retiring at the end of this month.

if you suddenly have realised you now cannot craft without any of these cool things don't hesitate to contact your favourite stampin up demo today to order these goodies before they sell out!!!

now quickly go and check out michelle's creations to see what else you will need in that retirement order!

what is ESAD you ask?

ESAD stands for "extra special australasian demonstrators" and we are an on-line group of stampin up demos from australia and new zealand. we love what we do and we love sharing it with our customers, friends, blog visitors and other stampin up demonstrators. we run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how and cyberstamps. we are always there to help and support each other as well when needed. so, if you are a stampin up demo in nz or oz, then feel free to join us at http://www.facebook.com/groups/esadsu/

okies cheers ears and enjoy your weekend