Sunday, September 5, 2010

Alex's Blue Jimmie

This card was inspired by a lot of different things. Stampin' Celebration's Inspiration Challenge #18 is to create something to celebrate the end of summer. This summer we had a great vacation in Virginia. Alex was so excited that he caught a blue jimmie crab in Grandpa's crab pot. I combined 2 sketches to get my layout, Stamping 411 SSC167 and Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge 31.

I think my biggest inspiration is Ellen Kemper. She is an amazing punch artist and I visit her blog almost every day. I wanted to do a crab card but I don't have any current Stampin' Up! sets with crabs. I decided that I would try my hand at creating a crab out of punches. The body is the Ornament Punch with the top rounded off with the Large Oval Punch. Jimmie's arms are the medium heart from Heart to Heart Punch, punched in half again by the same heart. The claws are the large heart from the Heart to Heart Punch, cut in half and rounded parts glued together. The eyes are from the Two-Step Owl Punch. Jimmie is punched out of Pacific Point. The wooden posts are Sahara Sand inked with the Woodgrain stamp in Early Espresso. The background blue is Baja Breeze. I layered everything on Confetti White Cardstock.

14 comments:

  1. What a cute crab!! I love him! Thanks so much for playing at SCIC! :-)

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  2. Wow, I can't believe you created that awesome crab out of punches, way to go!! Great job with the sketch too, thanks for playing along this week :)

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  3. Oh I love the punch art! I agree, Ellen rocks! Thanks for playing this week at the SCIC blog!

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  4. Blue crabs...how fun! Great punch card and it works so well with the sketch!

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  5. Awesome punch art! This is so clever! Beautiful job with the sketch this week!

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  6. This turned out incredible! Never would have thought that was the Ornament punch! What a great card! Thanks for playing along with us at the SCIC!

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  7. This is so fun and just made me grin from ear to ear. Great job!!

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  8. How cute! Awesome punch art! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Stampin' Celebration this week. :)

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  9. What a great piece of punch art!!!! This would be perfect for anyone having a bad day too......"feeling crabby?"

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  10. Love this punch art!! Amazing!! Thanks for playing along with us this week!!

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  11. Oh wow!! I love it! What a wonderful punch art crab. He's too cute! I also love the way you used the Woodgrain BG on your pillars. Great idea. Thanks for playing along with us at the Stampin' Celebration blog!

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  12. awesome use of different punches!! i thought the crab was a die cut until i started reading. thanks for joining us on the OCCSC :)

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  13. I googled blue crab punch art and you were the 1st thing that came up! Now, you have one more follower! Prayers with you tomorrow and future!

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