More Punch Art ... Hula Girl

In my Stamping Group this week, one of my fellow demo's asked about the recipe for a Hula Girl made with punches.  Another demo, inspired by the query - whipped out her punches and created the recipe and then posted it on her blog here.  I was inspired but I did not have all the same punches so had to improvise...

If you punch the 1" circle punch first - for her face, then the 11/4" (discard this ring) and then the 13/4" to get the larger ring used for the arms.  Then punch out her body with the Round Tab, using the 13/4" to trim away the curly cue (not very waist like).  I also used the small heart from the Heart to Heart punch (2x cut off one lobe of each heart for her feet)

I used the 11/4" circle punch to create her hair.  I used the 5 Petal Flower punch to create her bangs (just using 2 points of the flower).  The first time I did this in 2 pieces, the second time, I just punched the bangs from the 1 piece and tucked her face over lapping the punched part.

The grass skirt is the 13/4" circle punch again, using the small oval punch to nip away the part for the waist.  Using the paper snips, cut up from the bottom leaving about a 1/4" inch to make the grass part of the skirt.

It's already starting to look like a hula girl and it's not even assembled yet!  I used the Itty Bitty Shapes punches to make the flowers and greenery.  The centers of the flowers were punched during another project with the large hole on the Crop-a-Dile!  These parts will embelish the waist line of the skirt, accent her hair and create the garland around her neck.










 Now, line up the waist of your skirt along one flair of the torso.  I used the 2-way glue to assemble all the pieces.  First gluing the skirt to the torso then the

4 little green bits to the skirt.  You don't really need these, but it adds a little je ne say qua to the whole thing.  You will have to attach the feet to the background, once your hula girl is assembled and put in place.

Next, you will have to line up your "arms", the large 13/4" circle you pre-cut earlier.  Line it up on the back of your torso and trim off any excess "shoulder" material before you assemble the head and put it in place.

I didn't take any pictures of  this part, but you will see the finished assembly in the final picture.  I glued one of the little left over hearts from the using my Pinking Heart Boarder punch makes a perfect little cupie mouth.

The bangs cut out with the 5 Petal Flower punch (or you can use 1/2 of a 1" circle in the same hair colour CS) layered over the 1" face circle, with the little heart mouth, glue them all together and then using the bottom edge of the hair to attach the head to the torso.  Also, assemble all the little flowers with their centers and greenery accents and glue them to hide the edges of the shoulders in a garland fashion.

Now you are ready to place your hula girl on whatever you like, scrapbook page, card or to embellish a gift.

I put my girl in a tropical scene on a card front with a hand cut palm tree, some lovely hand torn sand and a couple of coconuts!


This little gal would also look wonderful with touches from the new Tropical Party stamps set, available in the Summer Mini (page 26).  Here are some shots of how I assembled my card and the final product.

*Chuckle* the second one (on the left) is a little taller and thinner then the first one I made (on the right).  Summer fun!  Give it a try!

Reminder: I am sending in an order on June 18th!  Email me today with your order and win a chance to be the mystery Hostess, free stamp set or $20.00 in free product!  Also, let me know if you are ordering a 2010-2011 catelogue!  They will be comming out July 1st, 2010!!  Are you excited yet?  I am!!

It's A Colour Renovation!!!

All of Stampin' Up! is a buzz about the Colour Renovation!  Many of the colours you are familiar with are soon going to be retiring and many of the colours that you've come to know over the past few years of "In Colours" will be welcoming back some old friends!

Have a look to see if your favorite colour has made the cut or not.  First, the New Colour Collections:

And here are the Fond Farewell:

I have been a Bright Bold girl since day one and all but 2 of them are retiring *sniff/sniff*  But in the new Bold Collection, I get Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point and Melon Mombo!  And, I do get to keep Real Red and my beloved Tempting Turquoise (my all time favorite!)  Some other colours from other families are now under the Bold collection too like Old Olive, Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie!  I love the expanded version of the Neutral, the Regal and the Subtle collections too!  I can't wait to see the 2010-2011 Catelogue to see what other changes they have made!


Let me know what you think of the changes and if you need any re-inkers/paper/accessories in your favorite colour while they are still available!

Struck by Inspiration

What are ya gonna do?  When inspiration hit ... you gotta be creative! Right?

Here are a couple of cards I made while waiting for a friend to pop by for a visit.  It's a new stamp set from a recent order; Water Colour Trio stamp set (I just love it - so pretty!)  I used a combination of Bright Bold and Rich Regal colours to make these pretty cards.

This one is Very Vanilla on Rose Red card stock with accents of Tempting Turquoise punched with the Pinking Hearts boarder and corner punch, the Scallop Oval, Large Oval and Oversized Oval punches too.  I used my markers with Rose Red and Regal Rose from the Rich Regals and Green Galore and Gable Green from the Bright Bolds.  The butterfly was done in Basic Brown, Brilliant Blue, Only Orange with a tiny touch of Yoyo Yellow from the Bright Bolds - but as it was the 3rd stamp without a reload, it's very VERY subtle (touched up the body and added the antenna after stamping).


Note: Rose Red & Regal Rose will both be with the New colours in the "Colour Renovation" but both Gable Green and Green Galore will be retiring at the end of June *sniff sniff*  I have been a bright bold girl since day one and I hate to see any of "my" colours retire!  But there will be some of the past "In Colours" that will be back as part of the upcoming Colour Renovation.  Stay tuned for more on this - or email me for a list of the New Colours and the list of colours that will soon be gone.

This card was just one accident after another! *chuckle*  I had intended to put the mounted stamped image with the Tempting Turquoise background on this card front but once I put the ribbon in place, I hadn't left enough room for the edge of the ribbon on the left hand side.  I had stamped 3 different image one after the other on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock, and this image was in the middle.  For some unknown reason, when I was cutting the 3 images apart, I wasn't paying attention when I lined up my cutter for the right side of this one and cut through through the butterfly!  After a moment to think about it, I decided to cut the remaining image in 3 so I could spread them out as I did above.  At first I was going to mount them on another piece of cardstock but once I had made the error with the width of my ribbon bubbles, I knew that the solution was to slip the one piece INTO the bubble to get the spread that I wanted... and it worked!

Regal Rose Ribbon, Very Vanilla & Green Galore card stock, Ice Pink Rhinestone brads (same markers as above - 2nd stamp off of the butterfly).

I just love happy accidents, don't you?

I did have one more image but I haven't finished that card yet ... I'll post it as soon as it's finished, I promise!