Crafty Collaborations Technique Tuesday Blog Hop- Punches- Hello Ladybug

 

Hey Hey Hey Stampers! 

Today I am participating in the Crafty Collaborations Technique Tuesday Blog Hop.  Our challenge this month is to make a project using punches. 

I had so many options, but I decided to dust off my Hello Ladybug stamp set and the Ladybug punch! 

Here is my card: 

 Surprise!  It is not a ladybug at all.....I turned it into a bumblebee! 

Here is a video tutorial to show you how I made it: https://youtu.be/zX2tUlNOpno

How You Can Make It: 

Supplies: 

Basic Black card stock
Basic White card stock
Lemon Lolly card stock
Vellum card stock
Memento Black ink pad
Gold Twine
Classic Matte Dots

Measurements: 

Card Base 1: Basic Black 4 1/4 x 5 1/2

Card Base 2:  Lemon Lolly:10 1/2 x 4 score 5 1/4

Card Liner: Basic White: 3 3/4 x 5

Focal Image: Basic White: 3 3/4 x 5

Bee: scrap Basic Black, scrap vellum, scrap Lemon Lolly

Tag: Basic White and Lemon Lolly scrap

Instructions:

1. Fold the Lemon Lolly card base on score line and burnish it flat with a bone folder. 
2. Add a Basic White card liner to the inside. 
3. Add the Lemon Lolly card base 2 to the Basic Black card base 1. 
4. Using a blending brush or sponge add Lemon Lolly ink to the center of the focal image panel
5. Punch out one ladybug in Basic Black and one in Lemon Lolly.  
6. Cut the head off the Lemon Lolly one and glue it to the black one. 
7. Cut 1/8 strips of  Basic Black card stock and glue it to the body to make a bee. Trim off excess
8. Put a dimensional in the center of the inked area.  
9. Add gold twine to the dimensional.  
10. Add another dimensional on top of the last one and then attach the bee
11. Embellish with black Classic Matte Dots. 

Now hop along and see what my creative friends have for you today!