Birthday boys

Another day, and a whole lot to do. We've got the local school's 75th jubilee today. After my Father 'n law, Husband and kids being past pupils, and with me still on the Board of Trustees, we are expected to be present. It's such a lovely small rural community, and we enjoy being a part of it. So it should be a fun day catching up with friends and family.

Today, I've got a couple of little boy's card to share. Sometimes inspiration for cards for men/boys in our lives is not always easy to come by. But, with a little thought I came up with a card for a friend's boy, who is into helicopter's. I used the monkey from Stampin' Up!'s Fox and Friends set. I had a look around the net for something to go on, but couldn't find what I wanted. A little improvisation comes into it with punch art. He liked it, so that was all that mattered.

The Owl builder punch is a versatile tool. I've made so many things by using this punch, as have so many people. Another friend's boy likes to think he's the sheriff around town, and so this is my take on a card I'd seen by Lynn Pratt.

So I hope that you can find some inspiration for your projects. I'm off to help at a Stampin' Up! Extravaganza in Hamilton tomorrow, so whether I can get to posting is questionable. But I'll try and show you what we got up to on Monday.

Enjoy your weekend.
Dee

Punching out art

And here we are again. Well school went well and they're back into it again. My son's comment to me was,"I hate spring Mum, it's cold in the morning, hot during the day, and cold at night". Sums it up well, but he's not one to like extremes in temperatures. They are in summer uniform now and he's not enjoying that too much in the mornings. Never mind it's not long till summer.

Thought I'd quickly show you a couple of neat little cards that I'd cased and made my own, using punch art.
The first one I made for my sister's birthday. I sponged the background and then put the pieces together.

The next one was for my friend's son when he broke his arm. He loves it and keeps it on display well after his arm got better. It's using the owl punch. I'd seen something similar and thought I'd like to put my spin on it.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. Have a fabulous day.
Yours in creating, Dee

Birthday Wishes

Good morning, well after a day of running around doing a few end of holiday jobs, my children decided we needed a kids class on Sunday. So I'm preparing that one today. I try to keep the kids classes under a dozen, usually because of my limited space, and so that I can dedicate my time to them as they need it. They are a lot of fun, and the children all seem to enjoy themselves.

I wanted to share a couple of birthday cards for you today.

This lovely set is Nature Walk, and it's simple but effective.

For something a bit different, I used my Owl punch. He's so versatile, and I made this one for my husband's birthday. He loves playing the piano, and I wanted to make something for him that reflects him. Which is generally what I do for all my cards I make people, and try to make them personal. Punch art's a lot of fun, and you can do so much with it.

I made this for my daughter's friends birthday. The Pony Party set is very cute, and can be used to do two step stamping if you wish, or leave it simple.

There are a lot of flowerpot cards around, but this is my take on it. These are quite cute, and when you pull up the flowers, the card comes out of the pot, for you to put your message on. Vintage Vogue, is the set I used to make the flowers. It's been around for a couple of years now, and is still one of my favourites to use.

Well, a little inspiration I hope to start your day. I'm endeavouring to get the connections up that I need to finish off my blog, but I'm not that tech-savvy. So I have to wait for a little help from my friends.
Enjoy your day, Dee