Tis the Season for Apron of Love

If my posts seem a little heavy on the Christmas themes over the last few days, it's because I'm prepping for my Christmas Buffet class coming up this Saturday and to do that, I need to get into the mood, which is a little hard in 40 degree weather (104 degrees F for my American readers). I always try to get my customers in the mood, too, because you have to feel Christmassy to make proper Christmas cards, right?? So I play holiday music and have some Yuletide baking handy for treats! That's why today's sample is so appropriate. Even if you do very little baking the rest of the year, almost everyone does at least some token baking around Christmas. That's why I love this card: the colours, the apron the gingerbread cookie, the baking utensils, the wood grain! It all evokes the Christmas spirit in a subliminal way!

You can see the details better here:

• Love the Real Red, Wood Grain, Call Me Clover and Early Espresso together with a hint of Silver and Whisper White.
• Apron of Love, Cookie Cutter Christmas and Christmas Pines stamp sets - Unite!!
• Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper has a diverse series of prints and colours to use.
• One thing I like about the Apron Builder Framelits is that you can cut out a bunch of tools with just one die.
• The layout was fun to create with the Stitched Shapes framelits and the Layering Squares Framelits.
• Use the Stampin' Pierce Mat when stamping the gingerbread man for full coverage. So nice to be able to use a punch to punch him out quickly and easily!

You can order from the Annual Catalogue in August, buying all those things on your wish list ( and there are so many, I know) and assuage your guilt at spending money on yourself (yes, I know you!) by reminding yourself that you are earning a bonus coupon with every $60 you spend per order that you can spend in September on Holiday Catalogue items!! There now, doesn't that make you feel better??!

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Product List

Apron Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [145835] $27.00	Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [142043] $27.00	Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [142049] $44.00	Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921] $15.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $15.00
Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.50	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $11.50	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $11.50	Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146969] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Apron Builder Framelits Dies [145661] $39.00	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch [140396] $24.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $41.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $48.00
Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.00	Glue Dots [103683] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

PJ Masks Punch Art Birthday Card

As I've said before, June is Family Birthday Month for us, and coming up soon a couple of my grandsons will be celebrating their birthdays. One, of them, Wyatt, will be turning 5 years old and one of his favourite shows to watch on TV is PJ Masks.

It's kind of Grandma's fault that he watches that show, because I wanted to send him an activity book at Easter, instead of candy, a lot of which he can't eat because he is celiac. The only good one I could find was a PJ Masks activity book and so I sent it to him, and I'm afraid he has watched the show ever since. (Sorry, daughter and son-in-law!) So I might as well compound my sins and send him a PJ Masks birthday card, too, right?

Again I looked all over Google images and Pinterest for a sample of PJ Masks in punch art, but couldn't find anything, so I had to strike out on my own again and blaze a trail.

• The three kids on PJ Masks turn into super heros called Cat Boy, Gecko and Owlette and here's what they really look like: 

• Mine are reasonable facsimiles, I think. I'll give you a character-by-character run down.
• Cat Boy uses Blueberry Bushel cardstock and Pacific Point for the lighter colour. They all use Petal Pink, sponged with Blushing Bride for the skin bits. I used the retired Owl Builder Punch for the main shape of his head (minus the feet, which I trimmed off.) I used the Fox Builder Punch shape, trimmed down for his face shape and the larger circles on the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch for his nose (again trimmed down). For the eyes, I used the 1/2" Circle Punch for the white and the two circles from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch for the blue and the black parts. The whites were trimmed to make the characteristic shape for Cat Boy. I just used scraps of Pacific Point for the eyebrows and markings.
• For Gecko, his head is made from the 1 1/2" Circle Punch, trimmed to square off the sides a bit. The mouth area is the retired Small Oval Punch trimmed down to the right size and shape and the nose, eyes and eyebrows are as above for Cat Boy but in the different colours. Gecko is punches from Call Me Clover with the lighter areas made from Granny Apple Green cardstock.

• Owlette is made with Real Red Cardstock and a little black for the eyebrow area. Her head is the upside down, retired Owl Builder Punch of the owl's body with the feet trimmed off. The mouth is also the trimmed down Small Oval Punch and the eyes are made the same way as the others, just trimmed to a different shape and using the different colours. The wing design on her helmet is made using the Fox Tail on the Fox Builder Punch, but trimmed down quite substantially and the lower feathers are made from the fox tail cut in half and mounted together with glue dots.
• The background is made from the 3 coloured strips of paper on a black card base. I used the Happy Birthday Thinlit die for the sentiment on Whisper White backed with the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets, so I just had to remove the backing and stick it down on the card front like a sticker. The 5 is die cut using the retired Little Numbers Framelit dies on Gold Glimmer Paper, again backed with the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146968] $11.50	Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111350] $11.50	Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146969] $11.50	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $11.50	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $11.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $11.50	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $11.50	Gold Glimmer Paper [146958] $6.75	Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets [144106] $13.50
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25	Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill [145406] $12.25	Stamping Sponges [141337] $4.75	Blender Pens [102845] $16.00	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $40.00
1/2" Circle Punch [119869] $8.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299] $22.00	Builder Owl Punch [118074] $23.50	Fox Builder Punch [141470] $24.00	Small Oval Punch [120908] $15.95
Cookie Cutter Builder Punch [140396] $24.00	Happy Birthday Thinlits Die [143700] $27.00	Little Numbers Thinlits Dies [138278] $25.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25
Glue Dots [103683] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.25