Entries for Shelli's December Blog Challenge!

How about a little Christmas angel!
Punches Used:
Scallop Circle
1 3/4 Circle
1" Circle
3/4 Circle
Double Circle

My hubby gave the idea to create a punch art gingerbread man so here he is!! Thanks honey!

Punches needed to make my Gingerbread man:
Small Tag
Word Window
1" Circle
Double Circle

I saw some cute punched cardinals on SCS & decided to make a little one using the following punches:
1 1/4 Circle
5 Petal Flower
Boho Blossoms
Heart to Heart ~This is a brand new Stampin Up! punch available starting Dec 23!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!

My Heartfelt Thanks to Shelli!

I was so excited last night when I got an email from Shelli Gardner's office announcing Shelli had chosen my entry as a winner in her November blog challenge! Check it out http://www.soshelli.com/contest/ . I am truly honored & thankful to have been selected as one of the winners. So this card is dedicated to Shelli!

Big Smiles,
Mercedes

I am still working on goodies for the craft faire. TFL!

I have a problem with keeping focused when I am making multiples of something. So last night my 2 year old was sitting on my lap while I was making the pilgrims for my craft faire. After about 10 of them my mind started to wander & this is what my pilgrims turned in to. LOL! This card is dedicated to all of you that have encouraged me & left me so many kind messages. You all make me smile!

Blessings,

Mercedes

More Thanksgiving Punch Art

I saw some pilgrims at convention this year so I decided to give them a try. Also came up with a little indian girl. Had a tough time photographing them. But you get the idea. TFL!
Punches used:
1" circle
1 1/4" circle
1 3/8" circle
small oval
1/4" square
tab punch
scallop circle

Thanksgiving Treats

Isn't he cute!! I am playing around with some ideas of treats to make for my upcoming craft faire.

Punches Used:

1/4" square

1" circle

scallop circle

spring flower bouquet (retired)

Other supplies:

hershey nugget

wiggle eyes

This fun little treat uses the scallop envelope die. I will upload a step by step tutorial soon.

Hope these treats inspire you to make something cute for your Thanksgiving table!

God's Love & Blessings,

Mercedes

Class Date Changed

Just an FYI I have had to change the date for the Holiday SAS II & Punch Art Bags & Tags class to Friday Dec 5th. Please contact me for more info. =)

This is one of my stamp a stack session I options. They had a choice of 3 different images to emboss. Thanks for stopping by today!
Blessings,
Mercedes

I am teaching 4 workshops this week so I have barely had time to breath. But I wanted to post all my upcoming events & another of the Stamp a Stack II card choices.

Upcoming Events:
Nov 14th Holiday Stamp a Stack I
Nov 22nd Craft Faire Grace Church Milpitas, CA
Dec 5th 7pm Girls Night Out
Dec 5th 6:30pm Holiday Stamp a Stack II
Dec 5th 7pm Christmas Punch Art Bags & Tags
Jan 16th 7pm Customer Appreciation & New Catalog Party!!
Feb 1st 2pm Super "Stampers" Bowl Party & "Cards for Guys" Stamp a Stack"
Feb 6th 7pm Sale-a-Brate Free Stamps for You!

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Blessings,

Mercedes

Girls Night Out Projects

My stampers club meets once a month & we make 2 projects. One technique & one whatever I feel like. Lol! Everyone is welcome to come even non club members. For club members its free & for anyone else its just $5. Our technique this month was brayered sky so this is the card I designed to showcase that. Then I just had to share my punched pumpkin & scallop envelope box with them. TFL!

TGIF!

We had our monthly demonstrator Stamp n Chat last night & this was my shoebox project. This will also be an option for my December Stamp a Stack. Thanks for stopping by today & also to everyone that has left me comments, they are much appreciated & I love reading them. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,

Mercedes

Entries for Shelli's Season of Thanks Challenge!

I promise at some point I will upload something that doesn't include punch art but for right now I am just lovin it!

Blessings,

Mercedes

Submitted for a Stampin Up contest

{{{Doin the HAPPY dance}}}

OMGosh....I can't beleive it! My punch art Christmas tags actually won! Woo Hoo!! It was so funny I forgot that I had submitted them to Stampin Up & I got an email from my friend Annette saying congratulations on winning & I had no idea what she was talking about. Went to the Stampin Up website then I remembered I had submitted the tags. Anyway just wanted to share my happy news.

Blessings,

Mercedes

Punch Art Reindeer

Stampin Up Supplies Used:

Wide Oval Punch

Boho Blossoms Punch

5 Petal Punch

1" & 1/4" Circle Punches

Paper Snips

Multi Glue

Chocolate Chip Marker

Cardstock:

Chocolate Chip

Close to Cocoa

Real Red

Basic Black

Whisper White

You will need the above shapes to make 1 reindeer.

Punch the wide oval then line up your punch to punch around the outline as shown to make antlers. Do the same using the 1" circle punch to make smaller part of antlers. Trim off pointed tips & assemble.

I am very new at this so I hope that all makes sense.

Thanks for checking out my blog. I will try to post new stuff every couple days.

Blessings,

Mercedes

First Post!

Yes, I have jumped on the blogging bandwagon. So WELCOME to my little blog. Hope you stop by often!