Punch Inspiration 2/29/12 & Blog Candy

Happy Leap Year everyone!  A new edition of Inkspirations 4U! is coming soon and I have a free subscription to share.  This edition is called Celebrating U! with projects for spring/easter, mother's day, etc.   The early bird registration is only $20 through March 7th.  What do you get?  20 full tutorials PLUS extra bonus tutorials, challenges with a grand prize winner, video tutorials and lots more!  And don't worry, if you sign up and then win my blog candy drawing, you will be refunded your money.  So, don't delay and enjoy the discounted fee.

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Today's Inspiration:

Happy Leap Year

BFF

Wacky Wednesday Paper Bonnet

I Think I Can

Celebrate

3-D Projects:

Punch Art Gift Bag Tutorials

Punches on the clearance rack!

Hey all, I'm not a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, but I wanted to share some awesome information with all of you.  Stampin' Up! has lots of great punches on the clearance rack right now.  Get all of these great punches at a great price!  Stampin' Up! still has to clear out the old style punches.  Personally, I PREFER the older style punches over the new ones (I own both).  They punch easier and a lot cleaner as well.

To order off the clearance rack, you will need to order through your demonstrator's website.  I suggest this, as you will pay a higher price if you order directly from the Stampin' Up! website.  Keep in mind that the Sellabration sale is still underway and you will get a free item from the SAB catalog for each $50 you purchase.

5 Petal Flower Punch $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=109041

Boho Blossoms $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=110711

Butterfly $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=116629

Full Heart $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=113693

Eyelet Border $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=113692

Heart to Heart $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=113694

Jumbo Snowflake $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=116628

Large Oval $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=107305

Scallop Circle $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=109043

Scallop Edge Border $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=112091

Scallop Oval $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=114889

Scallop Square $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=112081

Small Tag $9.59
http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=110113

These are incredible savings!  The punches are originally $15.95.  If you have been wanting to add to your punch collection, now is definitely the time to do it!

Punch Inspiration 2/28/12

Everyday Enchantment Scrapbooking

Baby Clothes

St Patrick's Mojo

Elegant Birthday Cards

Banner Bash

Make Your Own Texture Plates

3-D Projects:
Designer Rosette Cross & Daffodil tutorials

Video of the day:
Hostess Gift Tutorial

Punch Inspiration 2/26/12 & Blog Candy Winner

Before I get to the links today, I want to congratulate Yvonne who won the random.org drawing for the  February membership to Craft Project Central.  She was lucky number 7!  Yvonne, if you didn't get me email, please contact me at paperpunchaddiction@gmail.com.

Go Fly a Kite

Two in One

Birthday Mojo

Tiny Tags Thank You

Barnyard Party

Video of the day:
Glove Topper

Take my punch art survey

Hi all, I'm planning on creating my next punch art class and I wanted to get some guidance from all of you on what I should focus on.  What kinds of classes would you be interested in buying?  Below is a poll.  You can select more than one item on the poll if you wish.    Leave a comment or suggestion for a punch art class and you will be entered in a drawing for a free punch art class!  Thanks everybody for visiting my blog and purchasing my classes!

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Peachy Keen New Stamp Release

Today is the official release of the March Stamps of the Month kit and several additional stamp sets.  Yesterday I featured the SOTM stamps and the Peachy Picks paper kit in my project. Today, I'm using the PK-564 Teamwork! stamp set and PK-565 Mushroom Soup background stamp.  I also used the card stocks, designer papers and greeting punch out from the Peachy Picks March kit.

Check out these wonderful stamp sets!  If you join the stamp of the month club, you commit to 6 months of stamps.  The stamp set price is only $29.95 for club members.  Otherwise, you can purchase it for $39.95. (These prices are for US customers.  Canadian and International customers are priced differently.)

PKSC-03 March 2012 Stamps of the Month

PK-564 Teamwork!

PK-565 Mushroom Soup

Did you love all of the wonderful paper crafting products I used on my PKS projects this week?  All of the card stocks, designer papers and embellishments are from the Peachy Picks March 2012 kit.  This kit club is only $24.95 a month.  Membership is a 6 month commitment.  Each month, a new kit will be shipped to you.  It will include coordinating card stocks, designer papers and embellishments. 

Peachy Picks March 2012 Kit

Want a chance to win some Peachy Keen goodies?  Enter the challenges over at the PK Connection.  Winners will be drawn on Monday.

http://peachykeenstamps.ning.com/forum/topics/peachy-keen-march-release-challenge-1

http://peachykeenstamps.ning.com/forum/topics/peachy-keen-march-release-challenge-2

Punch Inspiration 2/25/12

Punchy Doodlebug

Over the Edge

St Patrick's Day Shamrocks

More Masculine Version

Mum's Birdie

3-D Projects:
Envelope Die Box

Video of the Day:
Make Your Own Envelopes tutorial

Peachy Keen Party

Hey all! Are you a Peachy Keen fan? We have a new release day party going on over at the Peachy Keen Community site Saturday morning at 10:00 AM central time. There will be challenges, trivia games, a chance to win prizes and big grand prize drawing for all challenge participants. Please stop by and join me and several of the design team members for all of the fun. I'll be sharing another fun idea as well as the other ladies on the team. Want to find out more about Peachy Keen? Ask about what sets to buy? What our favorite sets are? You can stop by and chat with us all!

Peachy Keen March Stamps of the Month

Just when you thought Peachy Keen couldn't top last month, Kathy did it once again!  The March 2012 Stamp of the Month kit features these incredibly adorable gnomies.  The assortment of faces, faceless boy and girl gnomes, accessories and greeting are everything you need to make some awesome projects!  Have you seen the Peachy Picks monthly paper kit?  These kits are AWESOME!  All of the card stocks, designer papers and embellishments I used on this project came from the March kit.  The greeting is from the paper kit as a punch out. Check out the other design team projects HERE.

The card sketch is from Mojo Monday Challenge #229

I love this SOTM set because not only do you get a nice variety of faces for the faceless gnome stamps, but there are also LARGER versions of the same faces to use on your paper piecing and punch art projects! These additional faces are 1-1/8" size which is my preferred size for punch art faces.  The SOTM kits are really a fantastic value at $29.95 when you join the club.  The sets are HUGE.  This set has 33 stamps and they all aren't little stamps.  You get a 2 large faceless gnomes that are 4.75" tall, a large tree stump, flower pot and mushroom (each at least 2" tall), 10 faces, 7 greetings and lots of accessories.

For this project, I wanted to show you a punch art project featuring a face from the set.  The hat and stump are from the stamp set and the rest of the pieces are punches. The papers and embellishments are from the March Peachy Picks paper kit.

To make the punch art gnome, you need the following punches:

1-3/8" Circle for head in Pink Pirouette

Heart to Heart (wide heart) for ears in Pink Pirouette

1/2" Circle for hands in Pink Pirouette

Blossom Petals Builder for hair in So Saffron

Extra Large Oval for body in Pink Pirouette and designer print

Blossom Punch for dress in designer print

Punch pieces as shown.  Cut heart in half for ears.  Punch small oval in top of extra large oval on designer print for the neckline of dress.  Cut blossom punch in half, layer over the top of each other and then cut away the sides towards center of body.  Sponge edges of pink pirouette pieces with blushing bride ink. Sponge edges of so saffron pieces with more mustard ink.  Stamp face with black and color in eyes with unibal white gel pen. Sponge rose ink or chalk onto cheeks. Color nose with blushing bride marker.

Punch Inspiration 2/24/12

Friendship Bird

Playing with Colors Friends

Pink Inspiration

A Little Note

Clearly for You

3-D Project:
Repunzel Tower

Mocha Morning Egg

Dancing Leprechaun & His Pot o' Gold

I know some of you have been waiting for a punch art leprechaun.  Here he is!  You can get my punch art tutorial by subscribing to the February edition of Craft Project Central.  $10 for 10 fantastic projects!  BLOG CANDY ALERT! Leave a comment for a chance to win the February Edition!

http://craftprojectcentral.com/feb-2012

Punch Inspiration 2/23/12

Sending Many Thanks

Circle Circus

Established Elegance

Hello Baby Bunny

Big & Beautiful

Owl in a Tree

3-D Project:
Enchanted Gift

Chocolate Egg Pedestal Box Tutorial

Today is 3-D Wednesday over at My Creative Time.  I love the new easter stamp sets recently released and I couldn't resist making this chocolate egg pedestal box.   I used the greetings from the Happy Hunting set and the egg die from the Hello Spring set.  Click on the link below the picture to download the free step by step tutorial in pdf format.  Enjoy!

click on link below to go to download page

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D8472508_837_657778848

Punch Inspiration 2/22/12

Pretty Postage

Vintage Paper Lace

Gorgeous Greens

Everyday Elegance CAS

Fresh Vintage #2

3-D Project:
Birdhouse Sticky Note Holder

Video of the day:
Calendar Card tutorial

Punch Inspiration 2/20/12

Before I get to the inspiration of the day, I just wanted to congratulate JoAnn (#93) who was the commentor to be drawn for the grand prize drawing at My Creative Time.  Her name will be going into the final drawing tonight and the big winner will be announced on Emma's blog tomorrow.  She could win a $100 shopping spree at MCT!  How awesome is that?  If you missed my diorama card featuring Emma's new stamps, check it out HERE.

Happy Anniversary (2nd card on post)

The Cutting Edge

Shamrock Scrapbook Page

Twitterpated Birthday Wishes

Mixed Bunch

3-D Projects:
Decorative Border Folded Envelope Tutorial

Punch Inspiration 2/19/12

Hip-hippo-ray punch art birthday

Elementary Elegance

Turning Hearts Into a Flower

Gnome Sweet Gnome

Modern Mixed Bunch

The Best Kind of Mail

Thinking of You

Hangin With The Paper Players

Punch Art Flashbacks

Hello all, if you didn't see these tutorials when I originally posted them, then you are in for a treat!  Check out these past Easter/Spring Themed punch art tutorials!

Sliding Pop Up Easter Bunny

Little Quacker Treat Box

Bunny Treat Tube

Carrot Patch

 Bunny Behind

Carrot Cone

Happy Flower Tent Card

Punch Inspiration 2/18/12

Good morning all, if you don't have Google Chrome with the auto translate already turned on, then you should check out the link I have on my right sidebar.  If you ever need to translate a page, simply go to www.worldlingo.com and enter the page URL.  I occasionally share great projects I find on foreign language sites and I want you to be able to read it!

Sew Lovely

Sprinkled Expressions

Mixed Bunch Hugs

Color Splash Owls

R is For Retire

So Many Ways to Love the Paper Doily

Punch Inspiration 2/17/12

It's challenge day at Peachy Keen. Check out these beautiful projects HERE.

I know that some of you are wondering what is in the latest issue of Papers & Pixels magazine (besides my dancing leprechaun tutorial).  This issue is packed with lots of goodies.  You get 7 step by step paper crafting tutorial which include card techniques, a gorgeous gift box and a handmade book.  Additionally, it's full of great tutorials on coloring techniques, tying ribbons, photo shop editing and tons of digital scrapbook layouts.  It's over 100 pages of great techniques and ideas.  Totally worth the price of $1.50.  You can buy a single issue or subscribe for the whole year for only $12.  You download the magazine and can save it on your computer for later viewing or print if you like.  It's in pdf format so anyone can read it. Check it out HERE.

Pretty Postage

Happy Sunshiny Card

Shamrock Punch Art

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Petal Cone Carrot & Bunny

Mojo Monday Easel Card

Birthday Card for a Friend

3-D Project:
Easter Hat (scroll down)

My Creative Time New Stamp Release Blog Hop

I am so thrilled to share these new stamps images (and egg die) from My Creative Time.  If you came here from Veronica's blog, then you are on the right track.  If you are just starting here, you'll definitely want to start at the beginning HERE.  I instantly fell in love with the bunny silhouette stamp from the Hello Spring set.  This set has 13 stamps and comes with a coordinating egg die.  My greeting came from the Happy Hunting set.  My card is a diorama card.  It's 2 inches thick but folds flat for mailing.  Details are below. Leave a comment for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to the My Creative Time store.  A name will be drawn from each stop in the hop. Then, those names will go into the grand prize drawing.  There are 19 stops  so you have lots of opportunities to win!  Shop the brand new online store for 10% off your entire purchase through the 24th. Use the code GRANDOPENING at check out.

This is a picture from the side so you can see the dimension.  It looks really neat in person.

Check out these gorgeous sets!

This is the last stop on the blog hop.  If you missed a stop, check out the list below:

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~  http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Kim ~ http://www.scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Rosy ~ http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Trell ~ http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/

Card Details:
For the basic tutorial on a Diorama card, see the tutorial on SCS HERE.  The dimensions on my card are different. For the front and back layer, cut 9-3/4" x 5" pieces of Pool Party card stock. For the center section, cut a 7-3/4" x 5" piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock.  I used the Everyday Enchantment designer series papers for the center layer and eggs.  For the window, I used the Spellbinders Label 23.  For the sun on the back layer, punch a 1" Circle from So Saffron.  Cut several strips for the sun rays.  Sponge edges with cajun craze ink.  Tear a couple pieces of Pear Pizzazz card stock and sponge edges with old olive ink for the hillside.  On the front of the card, I die cut some grass strips for behind and in front of the eggs.  The eggs were die cut from the die that is included with the Hello Spring set.