Punched Thanksgiving Treats

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

     These are the favors I made and sold this year.

     I cannot take credit for these.  I CASEd the candy corn from Ashley Marostica and the turkey from Lorri Heiling, from Stampin' Connection - a website only for Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  If you'd like to know more about this, please contact me.

     Can you tell what the turkey is made from?  No?  The owl punch!  Too cute!

RECIPE:

PUNCHES:  Owl Punch, 5-Petal Flower Punch, Heart-to-Heart Punch, & Petite Pennants Builder Punch

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     I have so much to be thankful for: my family and loved ones, my friends, and all of you!  All of you help keep me motivated and wanting to out-do myself.  Your emails and comments are so kind and wonderful.  I love to hear what you have to say about what I post (please keep them coming!).  I hope you and your family have a wonderful, safe, and relaxing Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Wednesday!

Marker Club Thank You Card #2

     We are now in month two of marker club.  All the participating ladies are paying a fee each month for 5 months.  At the end, they will have the complete marker set - Many Marvelous Markers AND the In-Color markers.  What a great way to get a pricey item.

     Anyways, along with their set of markers, each month, I like to include a little "Thank You" for each of the ladies for participating.  Here is this month's "Thank You":

RECIPE

CARD STOCK:  Pale Plum, Concord Crush, Whisper White, & Designer Series Paper Pack- In-Colors (Hostess Level 1)

INK:  Whisper White (Craft) & Concord Crush

STAMPS:  Because I Care (Hostess Level 1 set)

TOOLS:  Big Shot, Vintage Wall Paper Embossing Folder, Eyelet Border Punch, 5 Petal Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Basic Rhinestone Jewel Accents, & Glue Dots 

     Along with this card, I'm also including this really cute treat:

RECIPE

CARD STOCK:  Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, & Whisper White

INK:  Early Espresso

STAMPS:  Things I Love

TOOLS:  Petal Card Double Punch, Paper Trimmer, Tombow Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue, Andes Candies Chocolate (Non-Stampin' UP!)

     Both the card and the candy treat are very quick and easy to make.  They make really nice "Just Because" surprise gifts to anyone.

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Happy Monday!

Faux Suede Flower

     OH MY!  I got so wrapped up in my graduation (which is in two weeks), and my job (which has been very stressful lately), that I completely forgot to post this last flower from my April Flowers.

Flower Tutorial Information:  The flower was not my idea.  I CASEd the idea from Juli Buhler.  You can find her video tutorial at her BLOG.  Check it out.  It's so easy, and fun to make! 

FREE TUTORIAL:

     Here is how I made my flower:

1.  Take a piece of card stock and run it through the crimper, about 10 times, in every direction.  This breaks down the fibers in the paper, allowing the layers to peel apart.

2.  Crumble up the paper, nice and tight.  Then open it up.

3.  Peel the card stock apart into 2 pieces.

4.  Punch as desired.

     It's that simple!

For my flower, I punched three 5 Petal Flower punches.  I used the paper piercer and pierced the centers and used a rhinestone brad.  I covered one side of a clothes pin with Designer Series Paper (the hostess Level 1 set).  I used a glue dot to attach the flower to the clothes pin.

RECIPE:

CARD STOCK:  Rose Red, Pretty In Pink DSP (hostess Level 1 set)

INK: Pretty In Pink

TOOLS: 5-Petal Flower Punch, Crimper, Rhinestone Brad, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Tombo Glue, Glue Dots, clothes pin (non-Stampin' UP!)

Happy Friday!

Pretty Pansy

Inspiration for this project came from Becky Jensen.  Check out her pansies HERE.

     Is this flower gorgeous?  It is as simple to make as it is gorgeous.  All you need is the Butterfly Punch and the 5 Petal Punch (both from Stampin' UP!).

FREE TUTORIAL:

     Here is how to make one:

1.  Punch two white butterflies.
2.  Add purple ink/chalk/markers/watercolor crayons to the wings.
3.  Use a mister or aqua painter to spread the color~be sure to make the edges darker than the middle.
OPTIONAL:  crumble the butterfly pieces and open up again.
4.  Attach the butterflies, one on top of each other going in opposite directions.
5.  Add a yellow brad to the center (or you could color the center yellow if you'd rather not use a brad)
6.  Punch a green 5 Petal punch and cut in 1/2 (3 petals and 2 petals)~crumble and open up again.
7.  Attach to back of pansy.

     Yep!  It's that simple!

RECIPE:

CARD STOCK:  Very Vanilla & Certainly Celery

INK: Elegant Eggplant~marker & Watercolor Crayon

TOOLS:  Butterfly Punch, 5 Petal Punch, Aqua Painter, Summer Sun Corduroy Buttons (I used one of the bards in the set), Glue Dots (to attach to the paperclip), SNAIL Adhesive,  2" paper clip (not SU!)

Happy Monday!

Butterfly Challenge

     SU! Late Night Stampers Challenge #56--Butterflies.  How could I pass up this challenge?  Well, I couldn't!  I really LOVE butterflies and after a few days thought, I knew exactly what I wanted to make to enter this challenge:

NOTE:  My box has Hershey's Kisses ONLY because I don't currently have any Hershey's Nuggets.  I plan to get Nuggets, and wrap them in SU! paper (to match) and put them in the box.

RECIPE:

CARD STOCK: Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, & Rose Red

INK:  Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, & Rose Red

SIZZIX DIES: SU! Match Box, SU! Beautiful Wings Embosslit

PUNCH:  5 Petal

TOOLS:  Clear Rhinestone Brad, Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Sponges, Crimper, Bone Folder

     Flower Tutorial Information:  The flower was not my idea.  I CASEd the idea from Juli Buhler.  You can find her tutorial at her BLOG.  Check it out.  It's so easy, and fun to make!

     I hope my project makes you think of spring.  Even though Phil saw his shadow today, and proclaimed 6 more weeks of winter, someone will need to tell that to the robins I saw today.  It's been in the teens for about 1 1/2 weeks now, and it's snowing as I type this, but the robins have decided to migrate to PA in early February.  Maybe they know something that Phil doesn't know?

Happy Tuesday!