Unicorns

Hello! I hope you had a lovely Easter. Here is a card I made for my friend's daughter. It was her sixth birthday! I came across these cute unicorns here made by a German demonstrator called Dani. They are made from a combination of pieces punched with the Owl Builder (very sadly retiring) and the Fox Builder punches. Super-cute I think! Here is a little herd of them galloping across the grass:

 

 

We had some very nice weather just before Easter. Here is a photo from a lovely walk around the marine lake at West Kirby.

 

 



 

 

We also did some pottery painting. Here is my finished pineapple!

 

 

 

The unicorns are very snippet-friendly of course, so they are off to visit Di and Parsnip over at Pixie's Snippets Playground. I think Parsnip should be able to catch the pink unicorn for a quick trot around!!

 

Happy crafting! April x

Scrappy Owl

Hello! I think the Owl Builder punch was the first SU thing I ever bought and I still love it.

I make notecards to send samples of Jamberry nail wraps to my customers and the Owl Builder is great for creating 'scrappy owls' made up of bits of old dsp. All kinds of owl body parts end up in a small basket ready to be made into something interesting! It's a wonderful way of using up tiny pieces of paper.

Happy crafting! April x

Butterfly Aperture Card

Hello! Here's an aperture card that I have made for my Mum's birthday. I used Timeless Textures to stamp a piece of Whisper White card with a mixture of Peekaboo Peach, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip. I then die-cut a pair of butterflies. I used SU's new Layering Squares to cut the aperture. The remaining piece was then given the owl treatment!

 

 I'd like to send my butterflies off to Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge - A is for Apricot and/or Aperture. I hope peach kind of counts as apricot! They are also fluttering onto Parsnip's nose at Pixie's Snippets Playground - Hello Di! (and Spike). Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend! April x

52 CCT Technique Challenge

Silver hoof prints in the snow...two lady reindeer look adoringly at a photo of the handsome charmer, Rudolph. A similar scenario takes place when my friends and I watch Poldark on a Sunday evening...

This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown we have a technique challenge for you.

  

Now when I look at the punch art people manage to think of, I am always amazed. Sadly I can never work out by looking at my collection of punches which bits will make the perfect budgie wing or a chameleon's big toe! So I am returning to my 'Punch art go-to'. When in doubt, cut an owl with the SU Owl Builder punch and remove its feet. Cut two branches using the Bird Builder punch and add as reindeer antlers. Brilliant! I have used scraps of dsp and card to make my trio of reindeer. The silver 'hoof prints' are one of the stamps from Best Day Ever and the photo was made using the On Film Framelits. 

I do hope that you will join us over at 52CCT and show us your Christmas punch art! April x

I am also entering Rudolph and his girls in CHNC 222.

Festive Fry Boxes

 

Here are some festive boxes made using the Fry Box die. It is possibly my all-time favourite die!

Here are some more (with fab doughnut lip balms!)

 

 And finally, "Happy Christmas Crafting" from Spot, who is 'helping' to make gift tags! April x

 

Happy Easter!

 

I couldn't resist making this when I saw it on Sharon Cheng's website. You really can't improve on an owl wearing rabbit ears, but she has some wonderful punch art tutorials. So clever! Wishing you all a very happy Easter, April x

Easter Creations

 

I had a wonderful children's Easter workshop today, with some very talented crafters! We made a gift basket to put all our chocolate in, an Easter card and an owl bookmark.

 

Here is a fabulous fox from the Life in the Forest set of stamps. I love the use of colours here and the great lines.

A very pretty card that cleverly combines a lovely dotty owl with a gorgeous stamped background of Petite Petals. Stunning!

 A lovely gift basket with some beautiful blossoms. Great use of the Stampin' Write markers!

 

Another amazing gift basket. Fabulous colour combo here - I love it!

 

A stunning owl bookmark made with the Owl Builder punch. What a handsome fellow!

Here's another good-looking chappy...

 

And another one! A parliament of owls.

 

I love this little mouse!

A basket covered in lovely blossoms - very spring-like.

 

Finally, a photo of everyone working away. Well done girls!

 

 

 

Undefined

 

Here is my own stamp that I carved using Stampin' Up's Undefined kit. The stamp itself isn't all that pretty, but I'm happy with the image it produces. I've used Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar as the colours on this rather lovey-dovey card.

Here is a birthday card I recently made for a friend. It uses a stamp set and punch that will both be available during Sale-a-bration - Banner Blast and the co-ordinating Banner punch. Such a lovely stamp set - perfect for combining with the Owl Builder punch.

Craft Fair

 

I'm making lots of stuff for a Christmas Craft Fair at Hoylake Evangelical Church on Thursday, 21st November, 7.30-9.30pm. I'm sharing a stall with my crafty friend, Sam. We have done quite a few craft fairs over the years and always enjoy having a good chin-wag and a nosey at what other stall-holders are making. We saw some great knitted cacti a while back. They were even in their own greenhouse! Anyway, back to the making that is in progress. Here's a card using the lovely Ornament Keepsakes set. The petals of the poinsettia are baubles.

 Here's a reindeer candy cane holder. Rudolph is made using the versatile Owl Builder punch and I have made the holder using the Envelope Punch Board. That candy cane is clashing with my colour scheme, but never mind, I'll get over it!

 

Finally, another Ornament Keepsakes creation. 

I had such a lovely time at my last workshop. I was laughing (and die cutting) so much, I forgot to take any photos. However, some beautiful cards and boxes were made and it ended up being quite a late night!