Punchart

These are the other 2 beachy theme cards I made for someone last week. The punchart is inspired by the punch art Queen Ellen Kemper. I need to get me for beachy type stamps...

By the seaside

Last week I had a request by a lady for some birthday cards, seaside inspired. I don't own any fishy type stamps even though I do love all things nautical including being there!! So I started with the Something fishy retired wheel and then went on a punchart tangent based on lots of cards I have seen around blog land. I will post the other two cards I made tomorrow, They are all punchart to. I found it hard to do a request but once I got going....

Oh I wish.....

....I was on the other side off the world, somewhere nice and warm some place. Oh to dream. Here is one more creation from that wonderful set Artistic Etchings. I had a go at one of those flowers you see everywhere, now flowers are not my thing but I kinda like how simple they are to make like this. I for got to photograph it but the inside of this card has that Eiffel tower stamped on some lighter coloured paper. Its this set that made me think of some where nice and warm hmmmm.

Artistic etchings

My friend came over for a stamping visit last week and because she knows I like this set she always brings it with her. This is not my first play with it, I feel in love with it the very 1st time I played, ooh I think I'm just gonna have to order my own set. This was again using 'embossing resist' and just being totally random. I love my Big Shot lots and lots but am trying for a change to do a few cards with out it. - and its very hard work !

Colour Combo's

Where do your colour combinations come from? On Thursdays my wee one and I go to a mainly music group, there was a little boy there who had on a vest knitted for him by grandma, and these were the colours. I thought it would make a very cool card. The layout I saw on another blog with completely different colours and stamps. Here I have used all the stamps in the Lots of Bots set, such a cute set for little boys cards.

Inlaid again.....

This card is more from that Inlaid technique, but this time I stamped then embossed it. And then to pretty it up I put some pearls on random flowers. I love purple but don't use it nearly enough. The words was a stamp that wouldn't fit any of my punches so after stamping I just put the ends of the card stock through the punch. Its quite a plain card but effective.