Bride and Groom Wedding Card

I made this wedding card for my niece and her husband.

I found the template on Lynn Pratt's website and pretty much CASE it!  I change a few things to match with the wedding color and theme.  Ignore the buttons as I decided to add it on the jacket instead.  No adhesive residue left behind thanks to the Adhesive Remover!

I also embossed the envelope flap to match the dress.

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Wishing your day is as beautiful as ever!

Danee

Toys Story - Jessie's Hats

Back in March, we took the kids to see Disney on Ice - Toys Story 3.  After I made the Cinco de Mayo hats from the last post, it hits me that it's perfect to make Toys Story character hats.

These are Jessie's hats - perfect as favors for kid's party! 

Make sure the hat is curled first before you draw the stitches with the White Gel pen - it smears!  Woody's hat can be made the same way with brown color.

Have fun!

Danee

Tool Time - Paper Snips

Can you guess what this is?  One of the many inspirations I get is from my kid's interests.  It can be anything they bring home from school to shirts they like to wear and books they like to read.  The answer to this will be on the next post.

To get the precision of the cut for the eyebrows, sometimes I need to use scissors to do the job.  I owe many pairs of scissors, but Stampin' Up! Paper Snips is the best of all!  Its sharp and pointy tips do the trick of getting these fine thin cuts.

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Until next time...have a wonderful day!

Danee

Sweet Treat Lion and More

I hope you had a wonderful Easter!  We sure had lots of FUN activities!  I was inspired by Angie Juda's lion punch art video to create this version of the Sweet Treat Lion.  I got lots of Treat Cups (#116802) when they first came out but never really had time to use all the cups I bought.  So this year I am trying to use them up!  Plus this year, the stamps and accessories are going to be retired one month earlier!  We are going to have a brand new catalog on June 1st instead of July!

As promised on the Sweet Treat Chick post, here is what you get when you pull the animal's heads off.  Animal bookmarks!!!  These serve as trap doors.  I had to trim the lion's bookmark down just a little bit as 3" circle for the body did not fit well.  Therefore, you see giant shape animals because I have to use the 3-1/2" Circle Die instead. :)

I think the adults had more fun looking and wanting these animals because the kids were having too much fun Egg Hunting, pulling and getting a ride on the wagon!  It was such a glorious day to celebrate Easter yesterday!  What's one of my favorite things to enjoy yesterday?

OMG, my own Bakerella at home!!!  Remember I said that some of my inspirations come from Bakerella and that I have some great bakers in my family?  Well,  I am introducing you to Vy Passetti's blog.  Vy is my niece.  She and her dad are really amazing artists in our family!

Finally, thank you everyone who left a comment on the Chick Critters post.  You are my inspirations as well!  Just like some of you, I never heard of Stampin' Up! until my co-worker Trina talked about it to me at work.  Even though I never went to a workshop, I was so willing to pay her $10 for the catalog that already had marks on it.  I ordered lots of products immediately without meeting the demo yet! 

My kids and husband each pick these winners from a bucket.  So here are the winners:

Cindy (Comment #2)
Sherryd (Comment #3)
Kelly Worner (Comment #6)

I don't have Cindy's email address so please email me within 48 hours so I send out the tutorial.

Have an awesome day!

Danee

Angry Birds - Blue Bird

Good Morning!  It has been awhile since we created an Angry Birds character.  I made these nests based on Brenda Quintana's direction here. Thanks, Brenda!  I love your work!  These nests are so cute as they are, but they are for my sons so I want to add these little Blue Angry Birds to them!

The Blue Bird is a smallest and weakest character in the Angry Birds game.  However, it has the ability to split into a three identical birds to maximize its force.  It has with 3 different expressions, too. How fun!

I love the surprise and happy look, but to mass produce this bird, the close beak and no eye-liners will do a faster trick!  I don't know if anyone does this or not.  I love to do eye-liners (what I named it) on my punch pieces as shown on the surprised bird.  I hold the punch piece between my thumb and forefinger (or tweezers) and roll the edges on the ink pad.  It gets my fingers very inky and then sometimes it smears on the punch pieces.  However, it really define the punch art - much different than sponging!  Try it on a few pieces, but don't mass produce!  Ask me how I know.  Never mind, just look here.  :)

Have a wonderful Easter weekend and may God bless you and your family!

Danee

Chick Critters

My friend, Helen Schadegg, sent me a picture of her Chick Critter a few years ago. I decided to make these for my son's class as they were so cute and fast to make! I only made a couple of changes to these punch art chicks.

I could easily create my own chick with current products.  However, I want to acknowledge someone special who crosses a path in my life.  Helen was the person who inspired and ignited my first flame for Nugget Critters at the 2008 Convention. She gave me my very first Nugget Critter, the Penguin, as seen below (I know it's not Christmas, but bear with me :) ) and then I modified to make it into an ornament as seen here!  I've been making hundreds of these with different designs from there on.

Here's the story.  I ran out of swaps.  After making so many oohs and aahs with her penguin, she gave me one in return for a promise to send her a photo of my swap.  Not only did I send her a photo of my swaps, I also sent her the above photo to show her how inspired I was from that one little gift!  I will never forget that act of kindness from a stranger from MN.  Thank you so much Helen, my dear friend!  I am forever grateful for your kindness and friendship!

So here is the photo of my swaps made from Embrace Life stamp set. I love this set!  I did have a passion for punch art from the very beginning!   What's your passion and who is the first person to ignite your fire?  Leave me a comment with your email address and I will pick out 3 winners to give away my Cute Critters Collection tutorial from this post.  If you already purchase this tutorial, I will send you my Frog Critter tutorial.  I will announce and send the tutorial to the winners on Monday after Easter.

Have a wonderful day!

Danee

With All My {Heart}

I love Everyday Enchantment DSP!  The paper is so pretty and it's so perfect for many themes.   I was inspired by the idea for this heart candy box using the Heart and the 1-3/8" Square punches here.  I decide to make these little note cards with a treat in between the heart for my son's Staff/Teacher's Appreciation Day and people who have been supporting him for his fundraising events.

It's great for Valentines and many other occasions.   I add Dotto, temporary adhesive, in the back of the box so it's removeable.  

Since I mass produce these 3-D notes and make the box fits better between the hearts, I change the measurement a little bit.  If you are interested in an example of how to plan and cut for mass production for this project, send me an email or leave me a comment.  If there's enough interests, I'll put a quick tutorial for you.

Edit for update:  Thank you for all your requests for tutorial!  I've sent the tutorial out to those who have left an email address or have emailed me.  If you like a complimentary copy of this tutorial, please leave me a comment with your email address or contact me.

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Have a great weekend!

Danee

Vietnamese New Year

Next week, January, 23rd, 2012 is Chinese/Vietnamese New Year. I've been requested to make something for the traditions. Normally, I follow the traditions and use whatever is available in the market. So I will give it a try this year to use SU! products. It's a challenge since we don't have those Asian influence stamp sets this year.


Today's card is inspired by this Red Envelope (Bao Lì Xì in Vietnamese) and it would contain money inside for Luck. It would be given out during New Year (Tết in Vietnamese). It has a lot of red and gold to signify Luck and Wealth!


The Framed Tulips Embossing Folder looks very similar to gold frame of the envelope and the tulips themselves look like the gold bars in Chinese old days. The Fifth Avenue Floral looks almost like the mums from the Red Envelope. I'll let you guess which other stamp set I use in here for the leaves and the butterfly! :) Let me know if this passes as a Chinese New Year card!


I also spray a lot of Champagne Shimmer Paint to the card to give it more shimmery look! (The lighting changes the color so much when I take close-up picture!)

Enjoy!


Danee

Friend to Friend Card

I made this for my downline. It was inspired by one of the mailings that I received.


Stamp sets: Circle Circus, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Bashful Blue, Pacific Point

Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Word Window, Modern Label, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle and Eyelet Border Punches, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, and Antique Brad

Have a good day!

Danee

Santa Cards

If you are in a hurry and need quick cards the last minute, here is one that has been inspired by Macy's mailings. Clean and Simple with a pop-up belt and embossing greeting and you're good to go.



If time permits, try creating this Santa Snow Globe card. It was pretty simple too with the Jolliest Time of the Year stamp set.


A little glitter, glimmer paper, and gold embossing and it becomes cute, cute, cute!

Jolliest Time of the Year (116584)

Ho!Ho!Ho! I wish I have that stamp for the first card! :)

Danee