Punchy Penguin Fun

Here's one of the projects we made at my workshop this month. A Punch Penguin card inspired by Mercedes Weber again. She submitted this winning idea to SU, using punches to create fun holiday tags. I modified my penguin quite a bit, but the inspiration came from Mercedes for sure!! You have to see the adorable pilgrims she has posted on her blog today...check it out right HERE....they're simply adorable! Thanks for all the punchy inspiration Mercedes :) !!!

Punches I used for my Penguin:

Head: Black 1 3/8" Circle

Arms (wings): Black Small Oval

Body: Black Wide Oval & White Large Oval

Feet & Beak: Tangerine Boho Blossoms

Eyes: White 1/4" Circle, Black Double Circle

Earmuffs: Ski Slopes DP 1/2" Circle, Real Red Band 1 1/4" Circle & 1 3/8" Circle

Hat for the Penguin below: Real Red Scallop Square & 1/4" Circle

Snowballs for the Penguin below: White 1/2" Circle Punch with Crystal Effects & Chunky Glitter

Here are a couple more tags I whipped up for examples. They are so much fun to make!!

I was delighted and honored to receive this very sweet award today from Miss Boo ~ Designs by Boo :) ! Miss Boo is the best. I've been admiring her work for a long time and always find her blog inspiring and creative!! And now I have the pleasure of passing this award on to a few blogging friends. This is the hardest part...narrowing it down to just a few. Here's my pick for today's Kreativ Blogger award ~

Mercedes: Share Inspire Create

Angel: Angelosity

Tonya: Ribbons Paper Ink

Cami: Stamp A Little Love Baby

Christina: Flowers & Ink

Kisa: Kisa's Paper Cuts

Silke: My Life

The rules are simple. Just pass the award onto 5 of your creative blogging friends. Leave them a comment to let them know about their award and link back to me! Easy Shmeezy!! I just counted and it looks like I nominated 7...so I stretched the rules just a bit ;) !

Supplies for my card (Size 4 1/4 x 5 1/2) ~ Stamps: All Holidays Paper: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Ski Slopes DP, Whisper White Ink: Black Stazon Tools/Accessories: (see list above for punches), Paper piercing tool/mat pack, Red Gingham & Real Red 1/4" ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by ... hope you find some inspiration in those punchy projects :) !!!!

Happy Birthday Deer Dad

Today is my Dad's birthday! He used to enjoy deer hunting, so I thought he'd get a kick out of this card. The punched deer was inspired by Mercedes Weber...she submitted the winning idea of using punches to create fun holiday tags, featuring adorable critters, like this deer! What a fun idea. I LOVE my punches, so as soon as I saw this idea, I knew I'd have to try. Here's what I used to create my deer ~

Head: Wide Oval Punch (Chocolate Chip)

Eyes: 1/2" Circle Punch (Whisper White) & 1/4" Circle Punch (Basic Black)

Nose: 1/2" Circle Punch (Really Rust)

Ears: 5-Petal Flower Punch (Really Rust)

Hair: Boho Blossoms (Really Rust)

Antlers: Wide Oval Punch (Chocolate Chip)

And here's the inside, plenty of room for everyone to write a little greeting to dad (aka grandpa)!While I had those supplies out, I made another card, this time with a Christmas theme! Hey look, it's Rudolf and that shiny red nose is making his eyes cross, lol :) ~
We're using TONS of punches at my workshop tomorrow night. I'll be showing you those projects a little later! You can check out ALL those fun SU punches right HERE! Well, that's it for today.

Hope you had a great weekend. Stay tuned for more punchy projects! Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies for the Birthday card (size 5 1/2 x 4 1/4) ~ Stamps: A Little Birthday Cheer Paper: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Really Rust, Whisper White, Basic Black, Naturals Ivory (inside the card), Haiku DP Ink: Chocolate Chip Punches: Tag Corner, 1/4" & 1/2"Circle, Wide Oval, 5-Petal Flower, Boho Blossom Tools/Accessories: Paper Piercing Tool/Mat Pack, Dimensionals, Pewter Brads

Supplies for the Rudolf card (size 5 1/2 x 4 1/4) ~ Stamps: Best Yet (hostess) Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Shimmery Black, Real Red, Haiku DP Ink: Black Stazon Punches: Scallop Edge Punch, 1/4" & 1/2"Circle, Wide Oval, 5-Petal Flower, Boho Blossom Tools/Accessories: 1/4" Chocolate gg ribbon, Red gingham ribbon, Red glitter (retired SU), Dimensionals