I’ve coined a new term! Punchlings, love it, it sounds so cute, and I think that these little fellows are really cute! I may have gone a bit overboard with the Perfect Pearls Mist spray, but apart from that, I really like them, and a fantastic way to use up little scraps too. Let me know what you think.
I made little baubles out of scrap paper and a 1″ circle punch. scored them down the middle, inked the edges and then glued them together using wet glue and a clothespin to hold them together while the glue dried. I made the baubles with three 1″ punched circles.
The green branches are a Marrianne die and were cut from two colours of scrap green card, although I covered them first with Picket Fence Distress Paint and then a good spray of Perfect Pearls Mist, so you can’t actually tell one from ‘tother any more! The baubles are hung using the bow and leg from the Memory Box Perfect Snowflake die and more scrap card, this time red.
The snowflake is an mdf one, part of my blog winnings earlier in the year, it had a number of coats of the Picket Fence Distress Paint and then a spray with the Perfect Pearls Mists too. The sentiment is from a See-D’s set, it was stamped with ColorBox Merlot ink but the card sucked most of the colour up so I went over it with a red glitter pen. A few little pearls finished it off.
Fun! I enjoyed playing with my punchlings, and I’ll have another card later in the week with this same technique. Inspiration for these little punched baubles was found on Pinterest.
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Card Recipe:
- Card: Blank bought at a UK craft show ~ TPC red and green scraps
- DP: Various scraps, mainly DCWV & Papermania
- Stamps: See-D’s Whimsy Tree set
- Ink: ColorBox Q Merlot
- Embellies: Red Glitter Pen ~ Picket Fence Distress Paint ~ Perfect Pearls Mist in Perfect Pearl
- Tools: Cuttlebug ~ Memory Box Perfect Snowflakes Die ~ Marianne Pine Branch Die ~ EKSuccess 1″ Circle Punch
Challenges:
Pixies Crafty Workshop ~ Use Up Your Scraps
Sister Act Card Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Hazels Christmas Challenge ~ Go Green
Crafty Hazels Christmas Extra Challenge ~Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland ~ Christmas Decorations
Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Ornaments
Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ All About Christmas
Bearly Mine ~ Christmas Cards
Stampin’ Sensations ~ Christmas
Cute Card Thursday ~ Red & Green
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge ~ Colour Challenge (I used red, green & white)
Sweet Stampin’ Challenge ~ Use Dies
The Paper Shelter ~ Snowflakes
MrsA. said:
I love your little punchings. Such an apt name or them. Natty idea of colouring the two different pieces of green card and then spraying over with a perfect pearls mist. I have just found the alternate joys of using the little bottles after watching a demo at NEC. The demonstrator had run out of the product she had been using so tried Perfect pearls and they worked a treat. Needless to say I went and bought a copious supply of colours from another stall and Iv’e already used on a project. Love em!! Hugs Mrs A.
soaphousemama said:
Gorgeous work!!! Thanks for joining us at the simon says stamp monday challenge 🙂 – Ashli
Julia said:
I Love ’em Brenda – and I love the name..I could make about 43 kerjillion from my scrap box, so I will be awaiting more punchling art please!
Brenda said:
Such and elegant looking Christmas card Brenda and great use of your off cuts.
Thanks so much for sharing your lovely work with us at Stamping Sensations this month.
B x
Sarn said:
Brilliant punchlings. Very effective indeed xxx
Di said:
What a lovely name – Punchlings! And such clever baubles on a really lovely card B! Super work chick!
Hugs
Di
xx
Mags said:
A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Winter Wonderland.
Mags
x
Chris said:
Brilliant technique and fab card! I really like your punchlings, such a great way to use the scraps we all accumulate! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin’ this week.
Chris
x
Sue said:
Fab card and love the punchlings 🙂 thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin challenge hugs Sue DT xx
Lena said:
Beautiful !! Clean and simple and lovely !!
Thank you for participating in the TPS challenge this week!
Good luck!
Hug Lena
Sally H said:
This is brilliant, Brenda! I love it!
Eileen said:
A lovely 3-D card. Great use of die cuts and such a good way of using scraps. Thanks for joining in with our ‘Christmas Decorations’ challenge at Winter Wonderland this week, and good luck
Eileen x
djkardkreations said:
I am loving your new word, Brenda! And I’m loving the punchlings themselves!! What a fantastic card and a great way to use snippets!! Hugs, Darnell
Eret said:
So pretty Christmas card! Love your dimensional baubles. They are brilliant. Thank you for sharing your wonderful card with us at Stamping Sensation.
Eret x
Hazel said:
Thanks for entering both of my CHNC challenges with your lovely crafting – hope to see you again soon. x
Heather Mills said:
Punchlings! I love it! And they are adorable! They are an awesome way to use up little scraps and they look perfect hanging off those branches. Thanks for playing with CHNCC2 and CSAYL. Sorry I’m so late in commenting.
Jeanette said:
Oh how fun! The dimensional ornaments are beautiful!
Thank you for participating in the Sweet Stampin’ Challenge!
Invisiblepinkuni said:
Lovely punchlings! Thanks for joining our Colour Challenge at Holly Jolly, come play with us soon again! Karola, DT
Elizabeth said:
Punchlings! Perfect! Love your baubles – this could well be a good idea that I will be unashamedly copying 🙂 The finished card is beautiful. Elizabeth xx
Meighan Wheller said:
A lovely 3D Christmas card. love the ornaments! Thanks for sharing with us at Holly Jolly, we hope to see you again soon. Meighan DT
collette401 said:
Clever use of those scraps we all have … lovely job. Thanks for sharing with us at Bearly Mine Desingns’ November Christmas challenge
Seafield Jo said:
This is a great way of using up scraps and so effective. It’s a lovely Christmas card.
Thanks for joining in our ‘It’s All About Christmas’ challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge and good luck.
Jo x
Maarit said:
Brilliant Christmas card!
Warm hugs
Maarit