Let's Craft and Create Challenge #221: Anything Goes or Punch It! (Use a hand punch and/or die)...

 

It's time for another fun challenge at Let's Craft and Create. This month you can choose the usual Anything Goes option, or you can opt to create with a punch or die (or both!).

I chose to start with a scalloped circle punch. I hadn't used it in a very long time, and it was definitely due for a little action.

I wanted to make a couple of children's birthday cards and decided to create some Sesame Street characters with my punch.

I chose a slimline card base that measured 3" X 7 1/2". I pulled out a stencil from my stencil drawer, some inks to match the the colors of the characters I would make, and began inking up my card front.

For each character, I first punched a scalloped circle from the appropriate color of cardstock.

I used a small circle punch to punch two white circles for each character.  I also used a 1/8" single-hole punch to create small black circles for the eyes.

The sentiment was stamped, matted with black and popped up on foam tape.

A small circle die was used to create Cookie Monster's mouth. I simply cut the circle in half. Then I punched another small circle for the cookie and used a small, scallop-edge die to make the bitten end.

Elmo's mouth is the other half of the circle used to make Cookie Monster's mouth, and his nose was made with the same punch used for the eyes.

I fussy-cut Oscar the Grouch's eyebrows and added them to his eyes after cutting off a bit of the white.

The mouth was cut from a circle die-cut and the tongue was 1/2 of a circle that came from the middle of an "O" die. 

Big Bird's top feathers were fussy-cut from some yellow scraps.

His beak was made with a die for a narrow leaf. I just cut it twice out of two different colors of cardstock and layered them.

To decorate the inside, I added a strip of cardstock the color of each character to the top and bottom before stamping a sentiment.

Since this card has some fun stenciling on it, I am adding it to Darnell's (DJKardKreations) weekly inspiration post.

Now it's your turn. I hope you'll join us with your punched and/or die-cut creations. Of course you can always choose the "Anything Goes" option, too.

Be sure to check out the Design Team's wonderful creations at Let's Craft and Create. The other team members always inspire me, and I know they'll inspire you, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl