Shaun the Sheep and Minion Punch Art for a Child's Birthday

Two of my grandsons have birthdays this month only a day apart. Kesten will be 3 this year, and his cousin, Wyatt, will turn 2! Interestingly enough, both boys have a favourite cartoon character that they like, so when I saw Shaun the Sheep and Stuart the Minion on Pinterest, I knew I had to make a card for each grandson!

Kesten loves the minions! Stuart and his other minion friends just starred in their own feature length movie.

Wyatt loves Shaun the Sheep! Shaun has a new movie set to be released in August!





















The minion card is a copy of one I made previously. You can find all the instructions for that one here.

• This card was CASE'd from Kelly Kent and I followed her instructions. I changed some minor things on the card to suit it for my grandson's birthday, but it is her brilliant design!
• This is punch art at it's most creative, for many of the shapes here were made from the new Tree Builder Punch! This was designed to coordinate with the Sprinkles of Life Stamp Set, but, as you can see, it's much more versatile!  

• Here are the instructions:  Head - 1 1/4" Circle punch with sides cut off                                                                                Ears - Flower Fair Framelits                                                                                                        Wool on head - Scallop flower from Tree Builder Punch                                                                Body - Tree Top (leaves) from Tree Builder Punch                                                                        Legs - Tree Trunk from Tree Builder Punch                                                                                  Eyes - Medium Circles (in white) from Owl Builder Punch and                                                               circles (in black) from Cupcake Builder Punch

• The Whisper White panel was embossed with the Happy Heart Embossing Folder and the DSP I used on the front was from the Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack and I also die cut the letters for EWE from the same DSP using the Little Letters Thinlits.
• The sentiment is from Remembering Your Birthday and it's die cut with the Bitty Banners Framelits.

Give these a try! They're fairly simple to do and they'll make some child very happy!

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 Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Remembering Your Birthday Wood Stamp Set [131347]	Remembering Your Birthday Clear Stamp Set [131350]	Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack [138443]	Cucumber Crush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138335]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Happy Heart Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [137364]	Little Letters Thinlits Die [133730]	Bitty Banners Big Shot Die Framelits [129267]
Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911]	Flower Fair Framelits Die [133731]	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861]	Tree Builder Punch [138295]	Builder Owl Punch [118074]
Cupcake Builder Punch [121807]	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen [105021]

Sweet Treats for The Paper Players

I needed some Thank You mini 3" x 3" cards and I decided to create some for The Paper Players Challenge #181 with the theme of Sweet Treats.  Anne Marie's challenge was to include food or sweet treats in our projects.

Here are my mini-cards, which could be Valentines with a change in sentiment.

• I had a lot of fun with these quick projects.  The cupcake is straight forward and just involves using the Cupcake Builder punch, which I haven't used in an age!  I tried to pick colours that would compliment the Kaleidoscope Design Series Paper that you see in the background.  The bottom of the cupcake is Crushed Curry and the icing is Chocolate Chip with Strawberry Slush sprinkles and a cherry.  
• The card base is Bermuda Bay, and I used one of the sentiments from Happy Watercolour inked up in Strawberry Slush.

• The other card has a lollipop that I made out of the coloured twine in the Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  I punched/cut out a one inch circle from a Jumbo Sticky Round and adhered it to the card over the lollipop stick made, again, from the wand in the Dress Up Stamp set.  I held the ends of the Pool Party and the Crisp Cantaloupe string together and wound them in a spiral on the Sticky Round, which help them in place.  I finished by trimming any fraying ends and gluing them under the strings.

• Here's hoping my customers will enjoy getting these thank yous.  Maybe I should add a little "Sweet Treat" to each of their bags!

Thanks for dropping by today.  See you tomorrow with a new As You See It Challenge design!

To purchase any of the products listed below used to make this project, simply click on the links which will take you directly to my On-Line Stampin' Up!  Store, where you can view the products and make a purchase if you like.  You can have it delivered right to your door!

• Happy Watercolor [wood]
• Happy Watercolor [clear]
• Dress Up
• Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper
• Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Chocolate Chip 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Strawberry Slush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad
• Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad
• Jumbo Sticky Rounds
• Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack*
• Brights Candy Dots
• Cupcake Punch

*You can earn this for free with a $60 purchase during Sale-A-Bration, Jan. 28 - Mar. 31, 2014.

Guest Stampers!

I had a birthday three weeks ago, but I seriously almost forgot about it.  I was down in Orlando, Florida for Leadership Convention, but then my hubby got very ill and was in hospital and in the crisis, I totally forgot about my birthday!  We were supposed to be at home by that time, and hadn't planned on celebrating in Florida.  The best birthday present was that Ken was discharged from the hospital that day!

When we got home, I was so happy to receive a beautiful birthday card from my downline, Doreen Austgarden.  She doesn't have a blog yet, but she certainly has the talent to start one.  Here's the card she gave me:

That's just so clever.  I love the way she used the Word Window Punch to make the striped awning!  Her cupcakes are also punched using the Cupcake Builder punch on some Floral District DSP!  And the beautiful Tangerine Tango Ribbon from the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack - free with a $60 order during Sale-A-Bration, gives the perfect finishing touch.  I felt very special when I received it!  Here's an angled view so you can see the 3D aspect of this card:

I know Doreen would add her voice to mine in reminding you to check out and sign up for some Product Shares!  She is patiently waiting for them to fill up so she can get hers!
 What are product shares?  Well, it's co-operative buying, but I do all the work for you. (That's COOPER-ative buying! lol - Get it??)  Let's say you love Core'dinations paper, but you would like a variety of colours instead of 12 sheets of Pool Party.  In order to get some Real Red or some Primrose Petals, normally you would have to buy 3 packs of it at $9.95 a pack.  That's almost $30.00.  But with a Product Share, 3 people each buy a different coloured pack and then share the colours equally, so you would end up with 12 sheets, but you would have 4 Pool Party, 4 Real Red and 4 Primrose Petals, getting the variety but spending 1/3 of the money.  Now you don't have to find 2 other people, order and divide it up yourselves, I do that work for you.  All you have to do is decide which Product Share(s) you want to participate in and sign up for it.  Once a share has the required number of people (usually 4), I will send you an email invoice (PayPal, etransfer or cheque) and you can pay me.  I will order and divide it up and get a finished package to you.  (The prices include tax and shipping.)

Follow the link above to order, or click on the Product Share button on the top menu bar, and the rest, as they say, is history!

Join me tomorrow for another guest stamper and a sneak peek at the Birthday Card Organizer you will be making if you join me for Birthday Stamper's Dozen on Feb. 21!