Spunky Cards

New background stamping video!!!

Check out how easy it is to rubber stamp your own backgrounds.  All you need is three or four favorite colors and three or four favorite stamps and you can create beautiful backgrounds yourself!

Here is a gorgeous card and below you will find a quick video that shows you how to stamp the background: 

Do you see how the background ties in with the other things in teh card?

• The ribbon and brad match the color of the crown!
• The card base (So Saffron) is in the background with the "diagonal thingies"!
• The center image matches the background (Cherry Cobbler)!

Like the stamps?  Here are the sets that I used

Grunge Rock (wood) or (clear)

Delicate Doilies (wood) or (clear)

Raining Flowers (wood) or (clear)

Now it's your turn.  Grab some stamps and ink pads and stamp away!!!  Don't be scared.  Rubber stamping is a trial and error process and my best creations have happened when I tried to hide a mistake with a pretty ribbon or another embellishment.  By the way, isn't the brad in the center amazing????  Here is the link to that gorgeous In-color Designer Printed Brad.

Are you in love with these fun and gorgous stamp sets, stop by my 24/7 online ruber stamping SU! store to add them to your collection.  If you have questions on this or other techniques, do post them in the comment section below.

Free rubber stamping ideas, cards, scrapbook pages ...

Looking for free rubber stamping ideas for cards, scrapbook pages and other projects?  Then be sure to sign up for my Spunky Stamping Newsletter.  My Spunky Stamping Newsletters are packed with projects for card makers, scrapbookers and every kind of paper crafter.

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Handmade Thank You Cards

This thank you card was for my good friend Peggy, who saves me whenever I am in a pickle with picking up my kids at school.  She is an amazing friend.

I encourage you to make a special card for someone this week.  Feel free to leave me a comment on this card below :).

Baby Birthday or Baby Announcement cards with the Stocking Builder Punch!

The Stocking Builder Punch will not be carried over from the Holiday Mini Catalog so order yours before it is too late!

You have probably seen lots of cute Christmas cards with this punch but one of my favorite ways to use this punch is for baby cards!  All you have to do is to trim the stocking down to "bootie" size. Is that easy or what?

Do you have baby birthdays or baby announcements this spring on your card making list? 

Don't hesitate but order it today!

 

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Congratulations! Money gift holders for nursing school graduates!

Today I am sharing this graduation money holder card that I made for Amanda from my Sunday School class.  It took her 7 years to achieve her dream but now she is a registered nurse!!!

Congratulations, Amanda!  We are so proud of you.

Sunday Card Challenge: Use Your Scraps!

It is Sunday and I challenge you to dig through your scraps and left over pieces to create something beautiful without cutting a new piece of cardstock (except for the card base):

All my butterflies were left over from other projects and here they look great together!

Enjoy!

 

Cards for music lovers: teachers, choir directors, ...

I love the clean look of this card and it is sooo easy to make punch art musical notes!  You need an oval punch and then something for the "flag" part of your note.  In my case, I used a swirly piece from a retired Big Shot die.  Just look around at your punches and see what you have that will work for you :).

Then pick some pretty background paper and you are done!

 

 

Gifts for nurses: use your owl punch!

If you are a nurse or have nurses in your family, then the Owl Builder punch is definitely a must have item.  Use it on cards, scrapbook pages or this checkbook cover.  Isn't it the most adorable nurse?  This makes are really great Christmas gift!

To recreate this checkbook cover, you need to cut your paper to 6" by 6 3/4" inches and when you fold it in half, remember that your fold will be on the long side at 3 3/8".  Your folded checkbook cover will measure 6" by 3 3/8" (I hope that makes sense).

Choose some fun Designer Series Paper for your background and a Glimmer Brad for the corner and you are ready to go.  Ready to buy your Owl Builder Punch.  Just click here!

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Inexpensive gift ideas: Saving $$'s using your Recycling Class

I am super-excited to announce my Spunky Online Class:

SAVING $$'s using your RECYCLING!

This class features three videos in which I show you step by step how to make

• SPUNKY EYES for plants (or add them to birthday bags for monster eyes ....)
• PUNCH ART TURKEY CONTAINER
• GLASS GIFT CONTAINERS FOR CHRISTMAS

If you want to save money by utilizing items in your recycling bin

AND make cute and elegant gifts,

then click here for more information on this class!

Instructions for Punch Art Turkey with Chocolate

It's time to let you know how I made this adorable punch art turkey using left-over chocolate candy from Halloween:

The face is pretty self explanatory:

1. Punch a 1 1/4" circle in Chocolate Chip.
2. Hand cut a triangle from left over Pumpkin Pie scraps.
3. Adhere the beak & wiggly eyes using 2-Way Glue Pen.
4. Attach to the front of the body (see next step) using a Glue Dot.

The body is super easy:

1. Stamp a printer address label with the "thanks so much" stamp from the It's a Wrap Occasions stamp set (wood mount: 123590, clear mount: 123592) using Chocolate Chip.
2. Wrap the label around two pieces of candy.  This is GREAT.  It makes this turkey so fast using self adhesive labels (and it cuts down on your candy supply)!

For the tail feathers:

1. Cut a 2.5" by 3/4" piece of chocolate chip.  Score at 1 3/4" (or thereabout).  Part of this piece will be under the chocolate and it will wrap up towards the tail (I hope this makes sense when you look at the picture).
2. Punch 3 pieces of DSP using the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch.
3. Fold all three pieces in half.
4. Fold one of the three pieces in half again (so now it's 1/4).  Cut the tip of this piece off.
5. Overlap the pieces for the tail and staple them to the Chocolate Chip piece.
6. Attach to the body using glue dots.

Enjoy!

If you need any of the above mentioned items, hop over to my online store or email me at tanja@spunkycards.com.

Halloween Candy makes for really cute turkeys!!!

Do you have lots of Halloween candy and are you looking for some cute Thanksgiving ideas to use it up?  How about these turkeys?

I've got lots of candy from Halloween and I can't wait to show you how to make this cute little turkey.  So stop back by as details are coming soon :).

Want do 'gobble, gobble, gobble'?  Leave a comment to this post!

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Happy Halloween!  I hope you will have a fun and safe evening - whether you are out trick or treating or handing out candy to those cute little trick or treaters.

I have truly enjoyed sharing fun ideas with you and tomorrow, I will pack up my Halloween items with bitter sweet feelings.  I am sad to pack it away and thrilled to have more room for Thanksgiving and Christmas crafts.

So today I wanted to show you my Halloween shelf.  I have different sections in my office for all the different holidays that I work on and here you can see many of my favorites (though I have not enough room for all of them) as they "hang out together:"

Stay safe tonight!

Punch Art Santa Claus for Gift Tags and/or Christmas cards

This punch art Santa Claus is not only super cute but he really rocks on cards,tags and gift bags.  I've filmed a video for you that shows you exactly which punches you need and how to put Santa together.

Don't forget, you can order all your supplies right here in my 24/7 SU! store.

Here are the punches you need.  Click here for all SU! punches.

Fall & Halloween Decor for my fireplace mantel

I had fun Saturday evening decorating my fireplace mantel with some of my favorite rubber stamped 3D items like this pretty handstamped candle and my halloween candy jar (Professor Snape's potion from my Harry Potter class last month).

Do you want to see what the right side of my mantle looks like? 

Hop on over to my Spunky Facebook page where I've posted it :). 

While you are there, become a Spunky Cards Fan by clicking the LIKE button.

P.S.:  The "Stamping on Candles" class is one of my "on demand" classes where you can book me anytime to learn the art of rubberstamping on candles.  So email me to set it up :).

Punch Art Pumpkin and Brayered Background - How To Video

Add a punch art pumpkin to  your birthday and Thanksgiving cards this fall.  Many of you have a brayer in your paper crafting tool selection so get it out to make this two colored background! Don't know how?  I've got a video for you that shows you how easy it can be with a bit of practice.

 

Here is the video:

 

Don't have a brayer yet?  Click here to order now!