Frog, Chick and Sheep Punch Art using the Needle and Thread dies.

Hello!
If you follow me on social media {FB/Insta/Twitter links at the end of post} you will have seen my punch art this week. Originally inspired by the little loop dies and stitched scallop shape die in the Needlepoint Elements dies (part of the needle and thread bundle). Each time I used them all I could see was little chick feet!
Just for fun I had a little Q&A and asked what my lovely followers thought I might have made and I was overwhelmed with great ideas and, not wanting to disappoint, I made the suggested Frog and Sheep as well as my original Chick idea. And I promised to do a little tutorial for each so that's what today's post is all about :-)

Here is the Chick punch art tutorial. I used Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie card for this chick.

TIP: If you don't have the stitched circle dies plain circle dies or even a circle punch would work equally well. 

 This Frog punch art tutorial is super simple and great fun too!
I used Garden Green, Black and White card for this little frog. I also have just realised the 3/8" circle is retired but you can use the cookie cutter builder punch instead .

 And last for today this cute Sheep punch art tutorial.
 Just add fun googly eyes (mine are retired by SU! at halloween from a few years back)

And all together again to finish today.

So, the smallest (big) boys football has been cancelled today due to the rubbish weather ruining the pitch :-( so we are staying in for the day doing some more of those "exciting" jobs in the house ;-)
Fingers crossed that maybe I might even squeeze a little crafting in later today too...
I hope you get a chance to make something today too and if you have a go at one of these punch art animals I'd love to see!! Feel free to share any and all of your papercraft creations on my crafting group on FB, HERE.
That's all from me for today, thanks so much for stopping by :-)
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Products Used to create this project:

Needle & Thread Photopolymer Bundle (£43.00)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (£28.00)	1/2" (1.3 Cm) Circle Punch (£5.50)	3/4" (1.9 Cm) Circle Punch (£12.00)	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch (£17.00)	Journaling Pens (£4.75)
Basic Black A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Garden Green A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Daffodil Delight A4 Cardstock (£8.00)

Little Elephant CAS Card

Hello there!
Today's card uses the adorable Elephant Builder Punch, I did use the stamp set too but only for the sentiment. I teamed it with some of the Petal Promenade DSP to make a little train of ellies, lets see....

Now, you'll see in this image how they punch out usually. Obviously this wouldn't work for this card as I wanted the baby Ellie to hold the bigger ones tail so...

TIP: Punch one large elephant in the regular way and flip the DSP over and punch the little one in reverse. I then use a bone folder and run it around the edges to smooth them out so the rough edges aren't showing. 

I also inked the edges of the elephants lightly using a sponge and my smoky slate ink pad before adding them above some cute star paper from Twinkle, Twinkle DSP.
TIP 2: This is a great way to use those small offcuts of DSP.

Finished with a tiny Fresh Fig card heart (from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch) and a matching mini ribbon bow.

Thanks so much for looking today. I have a busy day today but I'm hoping to get my craft on this evening :-) I hope you get a chance to craft too!
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Products Used to create this project:

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle (£31.50)	Elephant Builder Punch (£17.00)	Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon (£5.50)	Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch (£17.00)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (£3.75)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)

It's Saturday Sharing! Making Emoji Punch Art with FREE tutorials!!!!

Hello!

I'm a bit late today so sorry about that - but as the saying goes, better late than never! ;-)

I have a super cute set of PL cards to share with you today, as you know I like to credit my original inspiration and for these I want to credit my beautiful daughter! She came to me the other day and suggested we make some Emoji cards and I immediately knew punch art was going to be the way to do it, so thanks Zoe! We had a blast in the craft room together last week with our phones, ink and some card to make these....

I've mounted mine onto home made Project Life die cut cards so they are approximately 3" x 4" or 10cm x 7.5cm. That way I can use them as toppers for last minute cards or they can be used in PL layouts too, of course. All the sentiments and decoration you see on them are made using the Age Awareness stamp set.

Here are the designs all together...

LOL!

Sad face...

 Love You!

 Say Cheese!

Be Happy...

 And these are the two Zoe made - already mounted onto Cards and ready to go.

 So, I also made a tutorial for you so you can make your own EMOJI Punch Art :-D

As ever, please feel free to "CASE" these ideas but I do ask that you post a link back to here if you share these or your own makes online, on a blog or social media. Please do not copy this, or other tutorials and ideas found here, for publication, competitions or pass them off as your own ideas. Thanks in advance xx

 OK, enough with the grumpy talk, let's go make some Emjoi!

A few Top Tips: 

1) When I say 5th smallest I mean to count from the smallest out to get to the number 5 framelit (or 4th). 

2) I inked the edges of the mouth of the LOL Emoji with Crumb Cake ink using a sponge. 

3) All the emojis were inked heavily around the outside edge with Pink ink and a sponge. 

4) The warm blush was made using pink ink and a sponge dauber. 

5) Add the mouths first to get good placement of said blush.

5) To make the half eyes (on LOL and both smiley faces) punch a half circle away from the edge of Espresso card, then move the punch up to make the half eyes. It's much easier to do this than trying to punch a section away from a full circle. Same with the mouths.

7) To shorten the Word Window punched shape for the Cheese emoji; punch the full word window and feed one end back in from the underside, trim to desired length using the punch.

8) Always add the crystal effects at the very end of making and leave flat to dry.

LOL Emoji Tutorial

 Sad Face Emoji Tutorial

 Love You Emoji Tutorial

Say Cheese Emoji Tutorial

 Smiley Face Emoji Tutorial

As you know there are hundreds (maybe more) of Emoji so I'm sure I will have a go at making more of these and if you try different Emojis before me please dont forget to share them with me too!

Thanks, as ever for taking the time to look and I hope you enjoyed today's tutorials as much as we did making them!!
Stampin' Hugs,

and Zoe!

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Products Used to create this project:

Cards & Labels Project Life Framelits Dies	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Circles Collection Framelits Dies	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock	Stamping Sponges	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock	Sponge Daubers
1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch	1/2 Inch Circle Punch	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack	Word Window Punch	Age Awareness Photopolymer Stamp Set	Crystal Effects