Monsters Inc. Punch art card

On the weekend our little neighbour Max, turned 3. Every year year his parents give him a nice big birthday party with a theme, this year it was Monsters Inc. So of course I had to make him a Monsters Inc, card for his birthday.

Stamp set: Word Bubbles
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay & Naturals Ivory.
Ink: Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana, Old Olive & Versa Marker.
Punches: Owl Builder, Scallop Edge Border & lots of circles.

The horns are from owl punch, the eyelid is just cutting a moon from a circle & the teeth (could've been better, but run out of time) are made from punching the white with the scallop edge border punch, then moving it back in between the scallops instead of matching them up.

Three Tier Slider Card

Seen these card on the net and thought they were great. There were a few different types out there, but decided to try this one & of course my new stamp set "Four Feathers" : D

Stamps: Four Feathers & Endless Wishes.
Colours: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Island Indigo & Basic Gray.
Tools: Four Feathers Framelits & The roof top of one of the house from- Holiday Homes.
Extras: Gold Button, Natural Chevron Ribbon, Linen Thread & All is Calm washi tape.

I left room on the middle tier for writing a message.

I also used the feather framelits to cut out some sticky notes to make a mask for sponging.
On this top tier I sponged inside the middle feather with Crumb Cake. On the 2nd tier I sponged outside the top feather.

I seen a card on pinterest by Krista Frattin that had the feathers stamped this way, so I couldn't resist trying this technique with the feathers myself.
It's like the rock & roll technique, but after inking up the stamp in the light colour you use a sponge dauber to add the darker colour around the edges. The good thing about this technique is you can be more precise with the dauber when adding the darker colour. You just need to play around to get the intensity right.

Stamps: Holiday Homes
Colours: (I think I've used too many too name...) Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Gumball Green, Smokey Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit, Soft Sky, Marina Mist & Night of Navy.
Extras: Black Embossing Powder, Sponges & Aqua Painter.

I sponged each tier with a different shade of blue hoping it would look like day to night, night being top tier with Santa flying by the moon.

This one was for my friends son who loves The Tigers. It took a while to try and figure out how to make the tigers face, & I know there was a fantastic tiger card on stampinconnection, but it may have been done with a proper cutter.
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Bitty Banners & Back to Basics Alphabet.
Colours: Basic Black, Hello Honey, Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple & Old Olive + Daffodil Delight Blendabilities.
Punches: Two Step Bird, Curly Label, old Butterfly, Elegant Butterfly & Owl Builder.
+ Crystal Effects on the eyes.

Giggle & Hoot Birthday

My neighbours decided to have a Giggle & Hoot birthday party for their son Max's 1st birthday.

My job was to make the jelly slice, but of course how could I go without making a Giggle & Hoot card & box too.

To make the box I used the Fancy Favor Bigz XL die & the Top Not die (sorry the photo went upside-down).

Punches: Small Heart, Two Step Bird, Petal Builder, Owl Builder, 1" circle, Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle.

Sorry this photo turned upside-down too : / Just in case you don't recognise the cream shape  next to the heart, it's a bird with it's head cut off.

I used a Chocolate Chip marker to draw stitches on the wings & the heart.

I cut the head off the bird to use the tail end as the eye brows.

Fold the Top Note in half & start building the face.

These jewel pickers are great for adding tiny little bits.

Whoops...another upside-downer... I cut the bottom corner off the tab of the Fancy Favor box before putting it together. 

Sticky Strip is great for 3D projects.

Build the body before putting the bottom of the box together, it's easier to work on it while it's still flat.

Put the feet together & set them aside (looks like I got a bit carried away with the Tombow glue here).

Flatten the box to decide where to add adhesive. You may need it in a few places.

Good old Sticky Strip always works a treat when sticking these sorts of things together.

Add the feet after the box is assembled. A bone folder is handy to add pressure in hard to reach places.

Squeeze the top of the box together to prepare for the lid.

More sticky strip to attach the Top Note (face).

Once the face is attached, add a velcro dot to the inside flap, keep both pieces stuck together.

Then close the lid. 

When you open the lid, the other side of the velcro dot will have landed in just the right place.

The Woodgrain back ground stamp didn't quite cover the card stock from top to bottom, but that's alright because  bunches of bushy grass can cover that.

I googled images of Giggle & Hoot, to try and match the characters as much as I could.
I didn't even know he had a girlfriend till then.

I used the little heart from the Owl punch to make the flowers on the card. The stems are from the Two Step Bird punch & the bushy grass is made with the Boho Blossoms punch.

Tree leaves are made with the Boho Blossom punch & Scallop  Circle punch. I also added ink with cling wrap to create the leafy texture.

This is what Viv done to decorate inside the house, I think it looks fabulous.

Opps... it seems I was too late to get a picture of the cake, Yum!

There's my jelly slice on the table.

This one's a bit fuzzy....

There was so much delicious food, & lots of blue & orange food too. & if you look really closely you might see the little blue & orange owls on the food labels.

Jelly slice in Blue Heaven & Orange.

Mmmmm... It was yummm!

NINJAGO Card & gift tag

I find it a bit more difficult to come up with boys birthday cards, until I remember that boys like some characters that are easy enough to apply to a card & and tag. This card & gift tag are inspired by Ninjago, & of course the present wrapped up underneath the card & maltesers is Ninjago too.

Ninjago present, card & tag.

The eyebrows were made with the Owl punch, a bit of tweaking & practice. The "Happy Birthday" speech bubble was also made with the Owl punch, using the body & cutting off an ear. I also added some Versa Mark marker to give some shadow effects.

I used the sm & Lg Tag punches, plus Owl punch eyes to make this tag. I was hoping  it would resemble a  Lego head with the "happy birthday" stamp as the mouth. Of course the birthday boys favourite chocolate is maltesers. Yum.