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Quick and easy masculine card 

07 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by Carolyn in Birthday, Cards, Masculine, Modern Label, Punches, Word Window

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masculine cards, quick cards

Hi

I had to make a card for a male friend’s 40th birthday on the weekend.  And, in classic Caro style, I literally had 5 minutes to do it! 

  
Cutting card stock to 26 X 13cm makes a square card that fits Stampin’ Up! Square envelopes, and a 12.5 X 12.5 cm bit of paper made the card rest of the card.  Happy Birthday was stamped with the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set, and punched with the word window and modern label punches.  The card stock was Island Indigo. 

Go to woah in 5 minutes – gotta be happy with that! 

Caro

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Star Wars 30th birthday card

06 Saturday Feb 2016

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 circle, 3D / pop up, Birthday, Jewellery tag, Masculine, Punches, Word Window

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cards, Star Wars, Star Wars 30th card, Star Wars Punch Art

Hello

I am spending a rainy Saturday afternoon making some cards – and I thought I’d show you one I made for my brother, who is turning 30 this week.  

He is a huge Star Wars fan, and also a bit of a maths geek, so I went with a Roman numerals idea –  XXX is 30 in Roman numerals, so I thought I’d make the Xs out of light sabres!

  
I used Stampin’ Up! punches.  The handles of the light sabres are made from the jewelry tag punch. The blades are from the word window punch. 

The Death Star image is one I used on a Yoda birthday card a few months ago. I’ve uploaded the image to Dropbox for anyone who’d like to use it (the link is in the previous Yoda post). 

I made the inside a pop-up card:

  
The good folks at Flaming Text have a Star Wars text generator, which I used to make the image. You can use the image for free as long as you keep on their watermark (which is there in my card, I promise, just hard to see in the photo!)

I hope he likes his card! 

Thanks for reading. 

Caro 

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Star Wars kids cards

23 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 circle, Birthday, Curly label, Jewellery tag, Kids cards, Kids craft ideas, Masculine, Owl, Word Window

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Kids cards, Star Wars cards, Star Wars Punch Art

Hello

My 6 year old and all his friends are obsessed with Star Wars at present.  There are a couple of Padawan birthdays coming up over next few weeks so I’ve been looking for some quick Star Wars cards to make. 

Here they are in order of simplicity!!!

   
 
The lightsabers are made with the word window and jewellery punches.   The Death Star is a print out sized to fit my 1 3/4 inch circle punch. (I made it for this yoda card I made a few months ago). 

The next one is basically the same but with the child’s name in Star Wars font – check out the cool tool at logo54.com/movie/starwars

  

I’m not sure you can really file the next card under “quick” but it was still pretty easy! And still didn’t take more than 10 minutes.  

  
Darth Vader and Obi Wan are made from the owl punch.  Vader’s face is the owl’s vest turned upside down with some black fake pearls for eyes.  

I made the cape with the curly label punch turned on its side and trimmed off at the sides:

  
I hope you enjoyed reading this.  And here’s hoping the little Jedis enjoy them too!

Caro 

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Darth Vader Fathers’ Day card

16 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Carolyn in General occasion, Masculine, Uncategorized

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Darth Vader card, Fathers Day cards, Star Wars cards

I know, Fathers’ Day was over a month ago now, but I just realised that I never posted a picture of the card I made for Dad this year.   This only makes sense if you’re a Star Wars fan!

  
Thanks for reading. 

Caro 

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Yoda birthday card 

13 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 circle, Bird Builder, Birthday, Jewellery tag, Kids cards, Kids party, Masculine, Owl, Tag, Word Window

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birthday cards, masculine birthday, Star Wars card, Star Wars Punch Art, Yoda card

It’s a good friend of mine’s birthday tomorrow and he is a bit of a Star Wars fan.  So I decided to update a Yoda card I made a few months ago for his birthday.  

  

All of the instructions you need to make Yoda are in my previous post here.  

Here is a close up of Yoda, as well as some of my jewel stars and planets:

  
And a close up of the greeting, written over an image of the Death Star.  

  
I am a little bit chuffed with this – I made it in Microsoft Word to fit inside my 1 3/4 inch circle punch.  I’ve uploaded the image to Dropbox in case you’d like to use it yourself.  The text in the image is white, and I printed it out on Very Vanilla card stock to match Yoda’s robe.  

A 12 x 12 cm Very Vanilla piece on the inside sponged in silver ink finished the card off. 

  
I hope you enjoy!

  
Caro x 

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Star Wars punch art Yoda birthday card

17 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/8 circle, Bird Builder, Birthday, Cards, Jewellery tag, Kids cards, Masculine, Owl, Punches, Tag, Word Window

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cards, punch art, Star Wars, Yoda

Yesterday I mentioned a card I’d made I was just a little bit excited about.   This is it – a Star Wars Yoda card for my Star Wars obsessed brother.

Yoda punch art card I got the basic idea from this post on a blog called Little Miss Scrappy.

It took me a while to figure out all the bits and pieces so I thought I’d share the ‘card menu’ with you in case you want to make it yourself.   I used a retired colour called Certainly Celery for Yoda’s body as I have so much of it still, but there are lots of greens in the current Stampin’ Up! catalogue that would work well.

Yoda

Yoda punch art

Head – 1 3/8 inch circle punch.  It is hard to see from the picture, but I used my bone folder to make score lines in the top half of the circle for his wrinkles.

Ears – 2 of the wings from the bird punch in Certainly Celery and 2 wings from Chocolate Chip

Eyes – I used 2 of the medium sized circles from the owl builder punch in Whisper White and 2 of the smallest sized circles in Chocolate Chip.  I also cut one of the medium sized circles in Certainly Celery and cut it in half to make the eyelids.

Mouth – I drew this on with my Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker.

Body – I used a retired extra large tag punch in Crumb Cake (the shape of the top of the tag gives him shoulders).     The ticket duo builder punch, an oval punch or a trimmed off decorative label punch from the current catalogue could also work well.  You could also just cut out a rectangle!

Belt – I used a Word Window punch in Basic Black and trimmed off the ends to fit.

Robe – I cut a tag punch out of Very Vanilla and cut it in half lengthwise.  I then folded each piece in half lengthwise to make the flaps of his robe.  I had to trim the folded part just slightly to make it perfectly match the shoulder line.   The arms of the robe are a word window punch cut in half, with the rounded edges glued behind the main part of the robe.

Hands and feet – I used the feet from the owl in the owl builder punch.  Tip:  don’t try and cut and glue the teeny tiny owl feet!  You will drive yourself mad!   Far better to cut out an owl body and use the body as somewhere to stick the glue on and hide the body behind Yoda’s robe.

Light saber – I used the end of a piece cut from the (retired) jewellery tag punch in Basic Black for the handle.  You could equally use the end of a word window punch.   I used a word window punch in Coastal Cabana for the ‘sword’ part, but sponged it in Old Olive and silver ink to make it look like it was glowing.

Background

I tore a piece of Soft Suede card stock to look like the rough ground.   I used my computer and printer to print the greeting on a piece of Bashful Blue card stock (this is also retired – I am using up my stash!) Soft Sky in the current catalogue would look just as good.

I hope you enjoy making one of these if you have a Star Wars fan in your life!

Caro x

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Post card birthday card

11 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by Carolyn in Birthday, Cards, Curly label, Masculine, Modern Label, Punches

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Post Card, Priority Mail, Stampin Up, teenage boy cards

Hello

I needed to make a card for a teenage boy on the weekend.  Always a slightly daunting thought. I have lots of stamps that are suitable for babies and young children, and teenage girls are covered – but I find teenage boy cards a bit of a challenge.

Here’s what I came up with:

Stampin Up post card stampI used Stampin’ Up’s post card background stamp as well as stamps from last year’s hostess set ‘Priority Mail’ for the happy birthday stamp and special delivery.  The card is Island Indigo with Crushed Curry details.

I added another post card on the inside of the card as a space to write a message.

Stampin Up post card stamp - card insertWhat do you think?  I’m not quite convinced it really worked, but I hope he likes it anyway!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

 

 

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Lion birthday card

30 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 circle, 3/4 inch circle, Blossom, General occasion, Kids cards, Masculine, Owl, Tutorial

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Birthday card, Brisbane Lions, lion, punch art

The other day I showed you a gift wrapped present for a friend’s 40th birthday.   Today I’m going to show you the card I made him.    This friend is a big Brisbane Lions fan – so of course my little man decided that he needed to have a lion card made in Brisbane Lions colours.     A creative challenge for someone who has no idea about AFL!

First step in the creative process:  Google to see what the Brisbane Lions logo looks like!

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Second: figure out the Brisbane Lions colours.   I went with Pacific Point, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze from Stampin’ Up!

Third: figure out how to make a lion card!!  I was inspired by this card by Terry Blais.   This is my version:

photo-2Here’s how I made the lion:

Step 1:  punch 2 flowers from the Blossom Punch in Cajun Craze.  Then punch out 3 petals from the Blossom Punch in Crushed Curry.   The Cajun Craze pieces will be the mane and the Crushed Curry will be the lion’s paws.

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Step 2: punching pieces for the face.   I used a 1 3/4″ circle for the face and 2 x 3/4 inch circles for the cheeks.   I cut the eyes and nose using the Owl builder punch.

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Step 3: assembling the lion!!    I stuck the 2 Cajun Craze pieces together using dimensionals so the second layer of the mane had some height.  I then stuck the 1 3/4 circle on top and stuck on the pieces for the face.  I added goggley eyes for a bit of extra cuteness.  You could also use black eye centres from the owl punch, or even just draw black dots with a pen.

Step 4: adding the lions paws.   I cut the centre petal out of the Crushed Curry Blossom Punch piece like this:

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This worked well as 2 lion paws.

Here is the finished lion:

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I used a sponge dipped in Cajun Craze ink to dab around the paws and face for a little extra colour.   A black pen for the whiskers and freckles and I was done.

I matted a Happy Birthday greeting in Cajun Craze on a Crushed Curry background and put it on an angle so it looked like the lion was holding a sign with its paws.

photo-2

I think the birthday boy thought it was very cute (even though not exactly your traditional 40th birthday card!)

Thanks for reading

Caro

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Masculine birthday card

18 Sunday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in Birthday, Cards, Extra Large Oval, Masculine, Uncategorized

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cards, masculine cards

Hi

A quick post tonight to show you a picture of the card I made for my Dad’s birthday, which was today:

photo-9I used Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip card stock and DSP.  I punched the happy birthday greeting using white ink on brown card, punched it out with my large oval punch and raised it on dimensionals:

photo-2The other details I love on this card are the scored lines on the right:

photo-3

I made these using a stylus and my Simply Scored scoring tool.

I sometimes struggle to make masculine cards, but I think I might make this one again as it was pretty simple but still effective (I think?!?)  Dad seemed to like it, so i guess that’s all that matters 🙂

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