New techniques!!

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I was playing working in my craft room and I thought I'd try out some of the workshop wows I saw at Regionals.

So first off I tried some new punch art flowers.... And then I used it to decorate this photo frame:

Then I tried another flower and the 'bargello' technique for the quilted pattern in the background.

The sentiment is from the new hostess only set "Happiest  Birthday Wishes"

If you are coming to my class on Friday, you just may see one or both of these techniques! Please email stampingwithrichelle@iinet.net.au for more information :)

Thanks for looking,

Special order puppy punch art

Hi Everyone,


This card was a special order for Jenny, one of the lovely ladies I've met at The Glades Art and Produce Markets in Byford.


So this card is for the special lil' fella in her life:

The punch art is inspired by Pat Carr, a wonderfully talented demo here in Perth and who doesn't have a blog but makes some truly wonderful punch art creatures!! She showed this puppy at the Stamp Camp I attended last year.


I also made these super cute cupcake toppers with some puppy images Jenny gave me.

Thanks for looking,

Clean and Simple 123

Hi Everyone,

Phew!!! It's taken a while but I'm back with a Clean and Simple Card for Challenge #123.

This is the sketch -

And this is my card -

The koala is totally cased from fellow demonstrator Pat Carr, who showed us this cute lil' critter way back at Regional training in September last year.

Isn't she cutie!


Thanks for looking,

JAI # 49 - Just Add Summer

Hi Everyone,

I'm a day late with this post, but that's the thing about holidays - you get distracted and lose track of what day it is!

I've been playing around with some punch art characters yesterday and late into last night (in between dealing with a rush trip the our local after hours GP with Miss 4 (who has an ear infection for the first time EVER!)) and this is one card I made with the Just Add Ink #47 Challenge to Just Add Summer.

Of course, by the time I'd actually finished it, the challenge had closed :(

By the way, this is in no way a punch art self portrait... Well, maybe if you squint and pretend she's dancing it may be...I love to dance and summer time is always full of parties!! I just wish I could get out to more, but that's not my role at the moment as a mum!! Oh, and I don't have red hair either! :P


Thanks for looking,

New version of my Punch Art Penguin

Hi Everyone,

Another scheduled post....

Ages ago, I shared a green punch art penguin with you, and I totally forgot about the red version I made a few weeks ago....

Here's the new red penguin:

And here's the link to the green penguin if you can't remember it!

Thanks for looking,

Stamp {Day} Camp

Hi Everyone,

Over the weekend, Andrea had her annual stamp camp. Once again I was only able to attend for the day, but what a day it was! Thank you to Andrea and everyone else there! My mum came with me and we decided that we wouldn't take anything extra with us to do as last year we filled the entire day by making all the Shoebox Swaps.

For those that don't know what a Shoebox Swap is, its when you design a card and provide everything needed to make the card on the day (so basically what I do for anyone who attends my classes/workshops). The idea is to make everyone's card and then you have a gorgeous collection to add to your stash. We had about 18 to make and got 14 of those done. Mum and I didn't worry about making one another's cards as we decided we could do that any time and had 2 left to complete after tea but a phone call came through from my hubby about Miss 3 being sick so we had to race off home.

Anyway, this is my card for the Shoebox Swap and I'll photograph the ones we made and post that another day...

Materials Used:
Big Shot & Top Note Die
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Only Orange & Handsome Hunter (Only Orange and Handsome Hunter are both retiring at the end of the month)
Red Gingham Ribbon (retiring)
1" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Heart to Heart & Oval Punches
White Gel Pen

In amongst the card making, we also had morning & arvo tea, lunch and a 2 page quiz! Even as a demonstrator, I didn't get all the questions right... It was a marvellous day,only dampened by having to leave early and the trememdous amount of rain we had in the afternoon - there was massive puddles to drive through on the way home across parts of the road. And Miss 3 is fine, just a tummy bug, but she was back to herself by breakfast time - kids are amazing how quickly they bounce back from being sick!!

Oh and I did see this card somewhere out in blog land, I just can't find the right person to credit the idea... I'll keep searching through my notes and if I find it, I'll update my post.

Have a great day everyone!

Thanks for looking,

Mojo Monday & Makeesha's Challenge #34

Hi Everyone,

This is the first of 2 quick posts tonight. I had an enjoyable afternoon to myself - a rare event with 2 little kids and a hubby that used to time his early finishes very poorly and interrupt my free time! Sometimes I really do agree that having a husband is like having 3 kids... At least this one is big enough to help cook and clean sometimes.

So, this afternoon, I created this card using the colour challenge set by Makeesha Byl and the sketch layout from Mojo Monday (I don't remember the last time I took part in a mojo monday challenge before it closed.

And this is my card...

Looking at it tonight, there's a couple of things I'd change but I'm not really telling you that as there are no mistakes only a unique touch when it comes to card making! LOL!!


Thanks for looking,

Sesame Street Card

Hi All,

I made this card for a friend's little boy who just turned 2!

Isn't it cute! I've seen the idea of the characters on Splitcoast Stampers several times and I can't remember the actual person or the link. If it's yours, please let me know and I'll update this page with a link to your blog.




Thanks for looking,

Fairy Punch Art

Hi All,

This is a busy time in Stampin' with Richelle land cos here's another post! Woohoo!! I'm sure I'm setting some records this week. lol :)

Ok, I've been trying all week to use Makeesha's Inkspirations Colour Challenge #12 and whilst I've had a few ideas, the 1 I'm about to show you is my favourite!!

I've been doing some searching for a fairy picture to use on Charlotte's 3rd b'day invites and came across this punch art fairy on a blog and I've traced the idea back to Samantha. I've changed the colours of my fairy to suit Makeesha's colour challenge. And I've used different sized circles for my fairy's head and body, and using the small circle punch, I've given my fairy a headband... awww......I've also doubled my fairy's wings and then covered them in dazzling diamonds.

 

And here's a pic of the card from the side so you can see my faux embossing of the regal rose love hearts...

Now the task is to make a whole heap of these over the wkend to hand out to Charlotte's friends. Maybe I will be able to rope in Lee to help with the punching out.

Hope you like my fairy as much as I do!! And if you would like any more details, please email me or leave a comment.  :D


Thanks for looking,