Crafty Cow Creations: bow tie punch

i don't generally do clean and simple

i am more of a crazy and colourful kinda chick

so when i saw the challenge at casology this week

involving the TROPICAL theme

i had to do a picture that has been

playing around in my head for awhile

so here is my idea-still not quite right but this can be a work in progress-a beginning of an idea

i have been playing around with the smooshing technique

-basically put i splodged ink all over my glass cutting mat,

spritzed with water,

jiggled with the ink to make them all run nicely together

and then plonked a piece of paper on top of it.

simple really and a very cool random technique

my girl's dress was made using the bow tie punch

hat with an oval

hair and arms with the bird punch

waves were just randomly torn out of dsp

sentiment done with the rotary stamp

cheers ears

kia ora!

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welcome from Keryn Campbell's blog

i am showing off the new bow tie punch in the new catalogue as well as the painted petals stamp set
here are my creations!!!

if you know me you will know that when i get a new punch i have to try it out and see what else it does apart from the obvious...i mean why get a bow tie punch and ONLY use it for bow ties right??!??

first card is a fairy card.
i used the bow tie punch for the fairy body, wings, mushroom bottom, fairy arms and legs and crown.
background is done with the painted petals stamp set

inside i kept the same theme going with the stamps

this card is a cute little (albeit a bit weird lol), pukeko-a native new zealand bird that is just the most silliest but most awesome bird there is.
here it is made from the bow tie punch with painted petals in the background.
i also brought out my fringe scissors for the grass and the bird punch for the shrubs.