Ninjago Punch Art for My Grandson

 Kids! Their interests vary from year to year. I guess that's a good thing for a card maker. You never run out of different ideas to try. This month is my grandson Kesten's birthday! I can't believe he's going to be 10 already! He is apparently really interested in Ninjago lego videos so that's what I decided to recreate with punch art.  This is Kesten:

He's a speed skater, soccer player and mountain bike rider!

And here is the Ninjago picture I was using as my model:

You can totally see the resemblance right? Haha! I knew nothing about Ninjago before I started. Now I know that these three characters are called (l. to r.) Zane, Lloyd and Nya. And I know that this image is from Season 11 Episode 13. And that Lloyd is kind of a heart throb and Nya has anger issues. Zane apparently has powers over ice and Nya over water. Not sure about Lloyd. But they are all obviously ninjas.

Consider yourself partially educated. 

The punches I used to make these characters included:

Label Me Lovely Punch, Jar Punch, Tulip Builder Punch.

The retired punches I used were the Classic Label Punch, the Word Window Punch, the Fox Builder Punch, the Detailed Trio Punch, and the Story Label Punch.

The colours I used were: Silver Foil, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Evening Evergreen, Balmy Blue and Pool Party, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Basic Gray, Basic White as well as Pacific Point.

Anyway, I hope you like the design, and I hope my grandson does, too!

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator,  I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.
Product List

Label Me Lovely Punch [151296] $26.00	Jar Punch [152703] $26.00	Tulip Builder Punch [151295] $26.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.75	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $12.75
So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105118] $12.75	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $12.75		Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $14.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $12.75
Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $12.75	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $12.75	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $12.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.75	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $12.75
Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $12.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
*Classic Label Punch [141491] $24.00	*Word Window Punch  -	*Fox Builder Punch [141470] $24.00	*Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $27.00	*Story Label Punch [150076] $24.00

*Retired Products- no longer available.

So Many Snowflakes for As You See It Theme Challenge

 

It's Friday again and time for another As You See It Challenge! This week it's a theme challenge and the theme is In the Air. We can use as the subject of our project something we would see 'in the air'! Here's the Challenge banner:

I surveyed my stamp sets and all the obvious ideas were there: birds, balloons, butterflies. But I knew that my Design Team mates had already beaten me to those ideas! So I looked for something not so obvious and I found the Snowflake Wishes stamp set, but more to the point, it's coordinating die set, So Many Snowflakes Dies!

I envisioned some watercolouring before die cutting, some silver foil and some ink blending on the background, and here is what happened:

• On a Coastal Cabana card base, I added a layer of the Mirror Finish Silver Foil from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack.
• From the same type of silver foil, I die cut several of the designs of snowflakes.
• On watercolour paper, I used a Water Painter to water colour Pool Party and Coastal Cabana in layers and dried the paper with the Heat Tool.
• From this, I die cut several more snowflake designs.
• On a layer of Basic White cardstock, I blended some Pool Party and Coastal Cabana ink diagonally using the Blending Brushes.
• I added the snowflakes as you see above, using glue dots.
• The sentiment, from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set, was embossed in silver on Basic White cardstock and die cut using the Seasonal Label dies.
• Some Mint Macaron Genial Gems were added to finish off the design.

I've been preparing for my 2021 Jul/Dec Mini Catalogue Launch tomorrow and preparing many samples from the catalogue to display on my event page. Most of these are from CASing the catalogue, while some are my own designs. I thought I'd post them here for your own enjoyment:

Blackberry Beauty Suite with Nature's Harvest Bundle

Nature's Harvest Suite plus Gorgeous Leaves Bundle

Painted Christmas Suite

Peaceful Place Suite with Arctic Bears and Reflected in Nature

Delicate Dahlias SAB set and Whimsy & Wonder Suite

I hope you enjoyed those samples!

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158267] $35.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $12.25	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.50	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $10.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $10.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $10.25	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25
Water Painters [151298] $16.25	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $24.00	Genial Gems [155500] $11.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	So Many Snowflakes Dies [153560] $49.00
Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $52.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25