quick easy cute fun: projects for paper crafters
Welcome to Stop #15 on the HJFTFI October 2011 Blog Hop! If you’re hopping in order, you’ve just been admiring Veronica’s spooky autumn sunset at Blugrass Stamper Studio. Wasn’t that lovely–and I can’t wait to see if she does a midnight moon version! Here at InkPaperStamps, The Dog and I are afraid to come out of our craft room–look what flew out of. . .[Read More]
Welcome to Stop #6 on the SUStars September 2011 Scrappin’ STARS Blog Hop! If you’re hopping in order, you’ve just been admiring Denise’s colorful creation at Denise Foor Studio PA. What a lovely way to capture special memories–and how adorable are those grandbabies?! Here at InkPaperStamps, we’re–surprise, surprise– playing with our punches again. (To add to the fun, we’re also. . .[Read More]
Welcome to Stop #17 on the VCRocks 2011 Punches Galore Blog Hop! If you’re hopping in order, you’ve just been admiring Heidi’s creations at Cheekie’s Ink Pad. Don’t you just love her crisp, colorful style? Here at InkPaperStamps, we’re ready to cool off and start thinking autumn. So we’ve pulled out our punches to concoct something we hope you’ll. . .[Read More]
Need to scare up a cute little idea for Halloween this year? Allow me to suggest this worried wraith. (Click on the image for a close-up view of the project.) Hiding in a scrap on your desk perhaps even now, he’s only waiting for you to pull out your punches and liberate him from his cardstock confinement. But why does. . .[Read More]
You’ve put together cute costumes and bought boatloads of candy . . . carved the pumpkin and decorated the doorstep. . . even practiced your best ‘come closer, my pretties’ cackle. But have you thought about what’s for dinner on Halloween night? Nah, me neither–til I remembered this phantasmal favorite: Mummy Dogs. No, I’m not suggesting you poach the. . .[Read More]
*clears throat briskly and, in best Bela Lugosi voice, intones:* And now, a public service announcement: Halloween is quickly approaching–do you know where your mummy is? Vell do you? Do you, stampin’ punk? (For a close-up view of one mad mummy face, click on the image and click again. To zoom in further, click a third. . .[Read More]
Here’s how to create the alluring face of our Winsome Witch, in three small bites: Punch. Use punches (Two Step Owl, Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Scallop Square) to create these shapes (pictured in the first line below) from your desired colors of cardstock. Modify. To create bangs, trim off the owl’s feet and punch body with. . .[Read More]
Remember the jaunty chapeau our punch art Winsome Witch sports? Here’s how to create her pointy witch hat, in three small bites: Punch. Use punches (Large Star, Small Oval, Crop-A-Dile) to create these shapes from your desired colors of cardstock. Modify. Trim stars to make hat’s crown and hat band. Create buckle with Itty Bitty Shapes. . .[Read More]
--Holly & The Dog
