MDS Monday #24 -- Punch Art Animal

Good morning, and welcome to UDI’s MDS Monday Challenge #24 – Punch Art Animal. My friend, Jeanne, had a beautiful baby girl on July 7th. And I’m using baby Kate’s first picture for this week’s page. I created my basic layout with colors and patterns from the Subtles color family. Once I was happy with the look, I added another page so I could create my punch art Teddy Bear in a larger size.

I started with Chocolate Chip Circle punches for the head and body. Then I added Chocolate Chip Wide Oval punches for the arms and feet. Once the basic shape was created, I added more details with smaller Pretty In Pink Circle punches and the Oval punch. I completed the Teddy Bear with Whisper White, Basic Black, and Rose Red Circles. Just like traditional punch art, you need to add shadows (for layering) in all the right spots to get that 3-D look. Oh, for a girlie Teddy Bear, I added a So Saffron Grosgrain Bow.

Finally, I used the “Select All” function to select everything on the page and used the “Group” function to turn my Teddy Bear into a single element. I copied the Teddy Bear, pasted it on my original page, and resized the Teddy Bear to the correct proportion for my photo. I’m very pleased with how the page turned out. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Now it’s time to check out the other inspiring creations from the Design Team members at Utah Diva’s International.

MDS Page Recipe: Stamps- none; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Basic Black, Pretty In Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue Textile DSP, So Saffron Large Polka Dot DSP, Pretty In Pink Dotted Stripe DSP, Certainly Celery Blooms DSP; Ink- Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Square Punch, Circle Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon, Rose Red Shadow (for the rosey cheeks); Fonts- CK Ali’s Hand

2009 New Orleans 7

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This is the final page from my 2009 New Orleans trip. I have no pictures to represent what we did this last day. So I created some punch art for my representation. I’ll include the journaling at the bottom of the post in case you want the full story. But here’s the gist of it:

Rain and a St. Patrick’s Day parade altered our plans for the day. But we definitely found the silver lining to our clouds. I love cupcakes, and we found a wonderful bakery when our streetcar was stuck in traffic. Therefore, I created a rainbow using oval punches. My clouds are the top of the cupcake punch, enlarged. And my “pot of gold” at the end of the rainbow is a cupcake. It’s a fun page to help me fondly remember the day.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by!

Page Recipe: Stamps- So Happy For You; Paper- Bashful Blue Textured CS, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Garden Green; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Cupcake Punch, Oval Punch, Circle Punch, Curly Label Punch; Fonts- CK Journaling

Additional background for part of my journaling: I’m legally blind. That’s why Alice tells me what to what out for, and why the uneven pavement is an issue.

As we're goofing around the French Quarter, it starts raining. So we decided to take the St. Charles Streetcar to the Garden District and wander around there. The rain continued off and on. And we didn't know a St. Patrick's Day Parade was scheduled for Noon that day in the Garden District. Then, as we're riding along, Alice noticed a sign that read, "…and Cupcakes Too". A few blocks later, our Streetcar got stuck in traffic. So we hopped off and headed back to that shop. CUPCAKES? We had to check it out.

The Luck of the Irish was with us that day. We found "Pralines by Jeanne…and Cupcakes Too". The selection was pretty picked over, but Jeanne described the Pralines and Creole Cream Cheese cupcakes to us.

"Delicious praline debris baked into vanilla cake with creole cream cheese frosting and pralined pecan on top."

We each bought one cupcake and left the shop. We ate the cupcakes on the porch. Then we looked at each other and said, "How many more are we going to get?!" We went back inside the shop and bought a half dozen cupcakes -- for later that night, you know.

Then we headed back to our hotel. The Streetcars were still stuck in traffic, so we decided to just walk the 2 miles back to our hotel, and Alice carried the cupcakes. Then it starts raining hard, and Alice has to protect the cupcakes. I kept asking her if she wanted me to carry the cupcakes, she looked very uncomfortable. But she always said no, that she was ok. I found out later why she wouldn't let me carry the cupcakes.

We were telling Janet about this part of our trip. And Alice finally said, "I couldn't let Gwen carry the cupcakes. What if she fell? Our cupcakes would be ruined!" The weather was bad, the pavement was very uneven, and Alice was having a hard enough time telling me what to watch out for. She couldn't worry about me dropping the cupcakes, too! We all agreed Alice did the right thing. The CUPCAKES were the most important responsibility :-)

FTL124 and CTD125 -- Tulip Bouquet Birthday

Good Morning! I had my first Stamp Club event this weekend. I was really nervous leading up to it. But I relaxed once we got started on the projects, and I had fun. I hope everyone else enjoyed it just as much.

Today's card uses Clean & Simple's FTL124 sketch. This is an intriguing sketch; it looks like you need a 3D element overlapping the sentiment punch out. So I turned to the Tulips made from the Bird Punch's wing. I use 3 wings for the full tulip and 2 wings for the tulip buds just starting to open. My colors come from Color Throwdown's CTD125 -- Blushing Bride, Kraft (Crumb Cake), and Pear Pizzazz.

I used the Square Lattice embossing folder on the horizontal Pear Pizzazz strip. We usually use the Embossed side, but the Debossed side (back side) can be just as interesting. With the Square Lattice EF, I prefer the Debossed side. Next time you use an embossing folder, try the Debossed side for a different look.

Quick Tip: Do you get tired of lining up your stamp on the inside of the card? Punch it out, and use it to repeat the design from the front. This time I added the same Pear Pizzazz accent strip and label punch.

Card Recipe:  Stamps- On Your Birthday; Paper- Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Neutrals DSP Patterns Paper Stack; Ink- Crumb Cake; Accessories- XL 2-Step Bird Punch, XL Decorative Label Punch, Square Lattice EF, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Kraft narrow ribbon (retired), Dimensionals