sailing away

another card in a box with a sailing theme

i have been making a few of these for the palmerston north night markets

i have a stall there

plenty of fussy cutting here and the yauchts were coloured using black stazon and an aqua painter with the ink from the lids of the ink pads.

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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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just add ink #252 just add sketch

my final week here at just add ink 

hope i have inspired some of you to take out your punches and use them :)

this week's inspiration is a sketch

quite unusual i must say

initially i was inspired to do an invader zim card

but figured he may be a bit too obscure for most of you lol

so went with my second inspiration of a fishing card

 here is my take on this week's sketch

 i used a variety of oval and circle punches to make this card.

i also went through all my blue and green leftover pieces of card and used them to get all the different colours

 the fishlips are the heart punch and the eye is the ornament punch

 inside i kept the theme going with the leftover punched out bits and using the same sentiment.

 my fish hook is a paperclip and i added some sequins to add some bling

here you can see the many many layers i have made!!!

thanks for joining me this month at just add ink

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creative blog hop

this week it is my turn for the creative blog hop!!

woohoo!

thanks christine!

this week i have been working on a card swap that i do every month with a group of friends including the clever miss sally 

our challenge for this month was herringbone and male birthday

can i just say that herringbone was not that easy and i found it hard to create something that was 'me'

here is what i came up with...still not entirely happy but there comes a point when you just have to let go and leave it hey?!

 a gate fold card with a herringbone design on the background using some black and white paper scraps.

in front is a rather spiffing gentleman using the age circle punch and word window for the hat, 1' and 3/4" circle punches for the monocle (punch the 3/4"first and then the 1" around the hole), and heart punch for his moustache

 inside i have used my rotary stamp for the sentiment

 here's a view of the herringbone pattern using scraps of dsp.

to make it i cut 1cm strips of dsp out. i stuck wide dst to the card and then slowly stuck down the strips

 when i finished making those i had another go at another herringbone card because i was not enjoying the process. this time i tried it on a circle just for kicks lol as you do. 

not entirely happy with this one either but wanted a crack at something different using the technique.

 here you can see all the different layers on the card.....and how wonky my sticking things on straight is lmao

now for the questions....

What are you working on now?

i  am currently designing some adult punch art classes utilising the owl punch in unusual ways. i also have another blog hop coming using stuff from the latest stampin up occasions catalogue so am waiting rather impatiently for my postie to arrive so i can play. later on this month i am at a stamp camp with my new zealand stampin up family so have to make up some card swaps for that

How does your work differ from others in your genre?.

i think my stuff is probably a bit weirder and quirkier than most stampin up demos. i am a self-confessed geek and LOVE punch art so a lot of my stuff reflects that. now and again i'll do a 2 stamp flower card just to freak everyone out and then go back to my punch art quirky stuff

Why do you create what you do?

i have 4 kids...i need some creative outlet!!! otherwise i think i would go mental. i have always created stuff from the early days of making models with plastercine, mosaics, painting, to my visual arts/education degree at uni to being a stampin up demo.

How does your creative process work? 

often i will see something and want to make it in punch art. i am inspired by those around me too and am an avid pinner of ideas of interest. i will also get asked/dared to make something...south park characters, pop-up penises, minecraft creepers to name a few. i am also inspired by my kids-my eldest in particular. when i get a new punch she is always in there cutting and jiggling it around and giving me ideas of what to make with it because...shock horror...we actually use it for its intended purpose lmao

hope that was interesting

stay tuned for the next blogs in line

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purple masculine card

let's face it

men's cards are quite tricky to get just right

not too girly

not too lame

and, for me, not too stereotypical.

i wanted a card that could be given to any man 

whether they are geeks, 

sports mad, 

retired or rev heads lol

easy....lol

not quite

but i think i may have got it with this one

 this card uses a new stamp set in the 2014/15 stampin up catalogue that goes live next month 

 a close up to see the layering on the card

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here fishy fishy

there's something cool about fishing

i like the relaxing waiting for the fish to bite part and then the frenzy that is the catching part

and finally the story telling part when the big one got away lololol

 here's a cute fishing card i amde suing punch art, stencils and brayering

 the fish was relatively easy to do

 i know because i made a few lol

 i used a 13/4" circle punch, ornament punch and 11/2" circle

 cut out the tail using the circle punch and cut a circle in half

hold onto the leftovers for the fisherman's hat

 attach tail and eye (save that other bit for the hat remember?)

attach half circle to fish

colour in eye and use a white gel pen for scales and a green marker for a cheek

then the fisher man

 you will need that leftover bit from the ornament punch and the petite pennant punch and the xl oval

 punch out as shown only taking a little bit of the scalloped triangle

 you should have this

 snip the scalloped edge off and attach to large triangle to make a nose

 remember that ornament bit leftover from the fish?

 cut the top bit off it for his hat

 then stick the other bit for his shirt

 trim off the edges to make it look better

i added a sentiment at the top using the word window.

to do the background i used a brayer and the scalloped edge punch as a stencil.

i used daffodil delight card and brayered on pistachio, cabana, turquoise and indigo

i punched out the trees from the merry litle bits punch set and stenciled them on with some gumball green.

all the details were done in marker

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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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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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