Monday, June 23, 2014

Creative Journey...with punched cards...& Lizzy

Hi there, my scrappy friends:)
Today I thought I'd take you on a creative journey...starting with a simple punched card. Even the UN-card maker peeps out there will be able to make these! Then, I'm going to take you beyond to something more;)
OK. I'm sure you've all got a load of punches lurking round...find a shape one - like a circle or square...this technique is best for taller, skinny cards. Do this to your piece of cardstock that you've cut to fit inside front of your card:


Next, take one of the punched out squares & using that STASH, match up 6 patterned papers & cut them slightly bigger than the square. Don't be fussy - you won't see the edges:)



Now simply stick these behind the 'windows' you've created. Here's the back [wrong] side:


And here's the other side, finished...you can add any number of embellies to this basic design:


Can you see I've made my 'window' card stock small enough that another layer fits behind it on the card as well? Soooooo....I quite enjoyed this....& thought I'd do a similar thing with my circle punch for a male card...using the same technique:


FAB stash busting! And I've finished with a bit of wood to show you how to spruce things up:


Then I got thinking - what if I made my own paper...you know, did a bit of misting over the shapes.....so out came the star punch - this one is an 'around the page' beauty. 


Using some Studio Calico packaging, which has a plasticised surface, I randomly stamped some stars, then misted through the stencil I'd made...


then, there was lots of mist left over, so I stamped that onto another piece of cardstock:


In the middle of doing this, I thought about a chevron mask I have & how these colours would look nice behind some butterflies...so I got side tracked & went & did this:


And even though I wasn't sure whether my butterfly punch would work, I thought I'd give it a shot...it was FINE....so I created this:


I know some of you will go 'Well, you could just punch the shapes & pop them on TOP of the card!' ..but I don't know, I LOVE the dimension, the peekaboo effect this gives:)
Then, I decided to try & use those stars up....so, using the star images, I grunged up this card -- along with some stars punched out from the left over chevron paper:


Isn't is AMAZING where a CAS, punched card can lead you? I hope you enjoyed this little journey through the way my brain thinks & that you can use some of the ideas here....ESPECIALLY if you are not usually a card maker;)
Happy scrapping, folks - Lizzy H ♥♥♥

11 comments :

  1. Wonderful ideas here Lizzy! Your cards look wonderful too. thanks for sharing these great tips!!

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  2. Great ideas! And fun too. Love the cards.

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  3. Some excellent uses of punches ,l am off to dust mine off and make some cards. Thank you for the inspiration Lizzy

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  4. Wow wow wow!!! These are gorgeous!!!!!!! LOVING what you did with the punches!!!!

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  5. Love these ideas!! Esp love that man's card!! They are always a challenge for me!

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  6. beautiful cards Lizzy! I love the circle one

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  7. Oh wow Lizzy these are all wonderful and really easy to do :) love the chevrons... I think I will have to get down to making some cards.

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  8. Wow!! What a fabulous idea Lizzy!!! These cards are beautiful!!! Hugs x

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  9. Fabulous ideas here Lizzy and really cute fun cards!! Never would have thought of using my punches this way!! Awesome!! ox

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