PUNCH ART FOR BABIES...

Baby showers that is!

Two baby showers at work this week.

One for a brand new baby boy.

One for a soon to be baby girl.

Happy for them.

Happy it's not me!

First, Sweet Pea for the girl. 

I use the embedded embossing technique. The flowers are cut out of the new DP Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration catalog) that I used for the first layer on the base of this card. I CASED the punch art from Andrea Walford and added the embossed oval behind it. I suggest you if you want two stamp sets that will last for-ever and never go out of style, purchase Baroque Motifs and Lovely Trees from SU!

My inspirational challenges are:

Critter Challenge - use 3 embellishments

Cute Card Thursday - You're a Gem (pearls)

Winter Wonderland - Swirls and Pearls

(right now, does not need to be a Christmas/Winter card)

Everybody's Art Challenge - swirls

Frosted Designs - Sketch

Moving Along with the Times - blooming marellous

Paper Crafting Journey - floral

Sentimental Sundays - embossing

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Embossing

By the Cute and Girly - New Beginnings

The Crazy Challenge - Vintage

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamond or pearls

Now for the new little baby boy...

Similiar to the other punch art lion card I made.

Different sketch and DP (again, Everyday Enchantment as the above card)

My inspirational challenges are:

Clearly I Stamp - Pastels

Alphabet Challenge - Z for Zoo Animals

Crafty Ann's - "What's New Pussycat?"

(show new stash - It's all new!)

Crafty Calendar - New News

Craft Your Days Away - Distressing

Crazy 4 Challenges - Layer it on-Lots of layes and embellies

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Polka Dots

Gingersnaps Creations - Use your DP

Pixie Dust Studio - Let's Go to the Zoo

Stamping 411 - Color (SU! products only)

Stamping 411 - Sketch (SU! products only)

Stamps R Us - Just Kidding Around (cards for kids)

Stampin' Up Only Challenge - favorite product from

new Occasions Mini catalog - Blossom Punch!)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Let's see those animals!

Do  You Stack Up? - Ribbons

The Secret Crafter - Ribbons

Not quite sure where this Mojo came from

Maybe it's trying something new...

now there's a thought...

get out of that box!

Have a great week!

SAM

LOLLIPOP LANE

Not my favorite card this year.

So that means 50% of the cards I have made are terrific, beyond and above. 

 The other 50% are destined for unknown territory.

50% ain't bad either way,

considering I've only made 2 cards in 2012!

I was inspired by the following challenges:

365 Cards, Day 317 - Image This, Candy Land
Papertake Weekly - die cut and cute
Pixie Dust Studio - heart
The Pink Elephant - heart
The Alphabet Challenge - Y, you can chose
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Lexi's Challenge - Anything Goes
Speedy Fox and Friends - Border Punch
Clean and Simple Stamping - Sketch


Stampin' for the Week-end - out with the old
 (everything on this card is old, including the designer)


Thanks for stopping by on this very cold sunny day!
SAM

Welcome, BABY!

I told my students this week that 2012
was the date for science fiction when I was a kid.

Do you remember Twilight Zone?

Oh yeah, scary stuff and now we're there ...

On to my not so scary lion!

I'm starting the year practicing punch art.

Always admire everyone's punch art talent and decided to give it a try.

Based this on Loving Lion by Kim at Paper Punch Addiction.

I didn't have the same punches so I subbed the new punch Blossom

(now available in the New SU! Occasions mini catalog)

for the lion's mane. I also used the 2-step owl punch and the 2-step bird punch.

Now on to the inspiring challenges I am entering this punchy card in...

Critter Challenge - celebration

Kaboodle Doodles - celebration

ABC Challenge - G is for green

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Animal Print or Happy Birthday

Simply Create Too - Layers

Corrosive Challenge - something brand new (blossom punch)

Crafty Calendar - New News (baby)

Craft Your Days Away - new beginnings

Crazy 4 Challenges - New 'toys' (blossom punch)

Cute Card Thursday - new punch and technique!

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - new baby

CES Challenge - Anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge - Anything goes and tell New Year Resolution

"Get bills paid off and retire!"

(IE - not buying stamping stuff!)

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything goes

Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes

Ribbon Carousel - Anything goes

Stamps R Us - Anything goes

TopTip Tuesday - Anything goes

The Pink Elephant - Anything goes

Polly Craft Challenge - Punch it (boy did I!)

Clean and Simple - sketch

Alphabet Challenge - x-tra special occasion

Thanks for stopping by

and here's wishing everyone

a safe and very

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SAM