The Summer of the Minions

With the release of The Minion Movie in July, the kids around here are all about the minions! They finally got a starring role in their own story, not just as Gru's sidekicks, and are now everywhere on TV ads, toys, decor items and you name it!

But that's okay! I kinda like these little creatures and they are so much fun to create using punch art for cards! I have a Mom & Me class coming up this Saturday, and so I came up with a female version of a minion to go along with this card:

This was one I made a while back, but since I have quite a mostly girls coming to the class, I thought a more feminine version might be appreciated.

• Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight were meant for each other! Pair them with Basic Black and Whisper White and you have a striking colour combination.
• To round off the top of the minions head, I place the yellow strip of cardstock through the middle of the Circle Framelit and under one edge, then roll through the Big Shot only far enough to cut the edge and no further so that you don't get the impression of the framelit on the lower part.

                                                    

• I got the idea for using the Bow Builder Punch (which just happens to be one of the Weekly Deals this week, and the little insignia on the overalls from Pinterest on a treat bag created by Robin Anderson and displayed on Dawn Olchefski's blog although I wasn't able to find it there. Got to give credit where it is due, right?!
• I used both Circle Punches and the Circles Collection Framelits to make the various parts of the goggles and the eye, as well as the mouth, which is just another sliver punched off the 1" circle.
• The sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts, is just perfect for this card, don't you think? 

If you think your child would like to learn how to make this minion card, in their choice of pink or blue, and if you live in my area, register here  for the Mom & Me class this Saturday. Let me know the name of your child and if they would like to do the pink version or the blue version.

It's Tuesday again, and time for some new Weekly Deals:

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

A Dozen Thoughts Wood Stamp Set [131056]	A Dozen Thoughts Clear Stamp Set [131059]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115320]
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]	Neutrals Designer Buttons [130031]
Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911]	1" Circle Punch [119868]	3/4" Circle Punch [119873]	1/2" Circle Punch [119869]	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861]
Bow Builder Punch [137414]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]
Glue Dots [103683]

Just a Minion, Happy Birthday!

I just recently held a Birthday Stamper's Dozen class where my customers create twelve cards, three each of four designs.  I like to have a variety of card types at my classes, including some for children, but I wanted a child's design that would be good for both genders and a large age range.  With some help from several designs that I saw on Pinterest, I designed a Minion card.  For those who don't know, the minions are the little yellow creatures that work for the main character Gru on the  Despicable Me movies.

Here's the way the card turned out:

• I used a 2 1/2" wide piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock for the minion's body and rounded the top by inserting the cardstock through one of the circle framelits and under the top cutting edge, then running it through the Big Shot only halfway then out again.  I did this to avoid the embossed line from the bottom of the framelit on my minion's body.

• I used the Circle Framelits again to make his goggles (or are goggles for a one-eyed creature just goggle?)  I positioned the second and third smallest framelits with the smaller one centered inside the larger one on a scrap piece of Basic Gray cardstock and ran that through the Big Shot.

• The eye was created using a series of colours and punches:  Whisper White with the 1" Circle Punch, Pool Party with the 3/4" Circle Punch and Basic Black with the 1/2" Circle Punch.
• A rectangular piece of Night of Navy cardstock creates the bib of his overalls with 1/4" wide strips for the straps.  1/4" strips of Basic Black form the band of the goggles.

• To make the mouth, you punch out a 1" circle from Basic Black, then punch the edge of the hole again with the 1" punch to get a sliver of black.  The hair is just hand cut slivers of black glued to the back of his head.
• The sentiment, stamped in Night of Navy is from Bring on the Cake, a great birthday greeting set!
• A couple of designer buttons on the overalls finish the look.  

We all agreed that the Minion card would work not only for kids but for some adults as well.  Have fun and give it a try.  Add your own touch to it.  And if you haven't watched Despicable Me yet, you'll enjoy it!

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

128490	121958	100867	100730
119683	121045	121044	122924
126970	130911	119868	119873
119869	113439	130031