Aprils Punch Art Class

One of my favourite ways of making cards is using the technique Punch Art.  This is where multiple punches are used to create the card designs.  At this months class, both cards used a variety of common punches to create quite effective results.

 

The first, a piano card also used a Stampin' Around Wheel with the Music Notes Wheel to give a background image.  The only colours used were Whisper White, Smokey Slate and Basic Black with StazOn ink.  The main keyboard was cut using the Top Note Big Shot die and the keys were punched out with the Word Window punch.  The greeting was taken from the Perfectly Penned stamp set.

 By popular request we made a neutral birth contragulations card with a pram treat holder designed by the fabulous Brenda Quintana.  This American designer has created so many Hershey Chocolate treat holder designs that are just so easy to make but look wonderful.  The card is a step-design and used So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding and Very Vanilla card stock with Gingham Garden DSP as the background.  The panels were embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder ( my favourite folder and I apologise that I may seem to over use this!). The pram was made using 3 circle punches:- 3/4", 1" and 2 1/2",  and the Scallop Trim Border punch with the handle made from a sliver of card cut using the Large Oval Punch.  Hearts made from scraps of Pistachio Pudding, So Saffron and Very Vanilla card stock were punched out using the small heart punch to add to the card. The greeting was taken from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and stamped using Daffodil Delight ink.
The pram treat holder was made with Daffodil Delight card stock.  A perfect card and gift to give to new parents!