Just Imagine Crafts - Kreaxions Punches

Simple Touches

Sometimes the simplest touches make the best pages!  I have been doing the My Sketch World Sketch-a-Thon this month and this February 3^rd sketch by Lucy Chesna was PERFECT for one of my favorite pics of my Grandson Garrett. 

I wanted to add a little something special to the corners of the papers so I pulled out Kreaxions Punch #312 and the Kreaxions Punch Mate (definitely a MUST HAVE tool!) and had some fun! 

Other materials – Cardstock – Bazzill; Glitter Papers – DCWV, Kreaxions; Patterned Paper – Echo Park, Unknown; Tree Stamp – Stampin Up; Embossing Powder – Ranger, Stampendous; Ink – Versamark; Title Letters – Colorbok; Bling – Queen & Company, Unknown; Photo Turns, Brads – Recollections

The border is punched with Template A.  The corners are punched with Template C.  And I used the leftover snowflakes to create even more drama.  The result is a page that does justice to a fabulous picture!  I just wish the scan did justice to the page.  The background paper is all glittery too. 

So the next time your layout needs just a little something extra, pull out your Kreaxions punches and have some fun! 

Happy Punching!  Ginni Gass, Design Team Member

 

I DARE YOU!!!

Hello everyone!  This is Ginni.  Today I’m featuring a two page layout. The pictures tell a story about how my husband swung my grandson just a wee bit too hard in a hammock and Noah fell out.  He wasn’t hurt, just a bit shaken up thankfully, but the pictures are priceless to me.  So I used my June sketch for the left side, then changed it up a bit for the right side.  As you can see on my border punch, I used Kreaxions Punch #916 without any templates.  I simply punched alternating from the top and from the bottom of the paper to give the border some interest.  Then I used the “arrows” that were cut away for my journaling pointers.  The butterflies (Kreaxions Punch #604) give the layout some direction and interest, and of course all the circles were cut with the AMAZING Kreaxions Circle Cutter.  I used my computer to journal, a pen to fake stitch (since I don’t sew) and some number stickers and Thickers finish it off.  (For a complete materials list see my personal blog post from today.)

I’d never tried this technique with a punch before and got brave (after all, it’s JUST a piece of paper!) but I will certainly be using it again!  SO I DARE YOU!!!  Try something new and different with YOUR punches!  If they turn out, be sure to share with us!  And remember, only a few more days to do your June challenges!  You have great chances to win!!!  Happy Punching!!!

 

Did everyone enjoy the Blog Hop this weekend???  I know I did!  What a lot of inspiration there was!  And congrats to the winners! 

This is Ginni.  As you may already know, there are two sketches for the June challenge.  I had great fun using Bev’s Sketch #JIKL02 and a picture of my oldest grandson (who is growing up WAY too fast) for this layout post. 

I used Kreaxions Punch #307 and Kreaxions Punch #916.  I also used the most AWESOME Kreaxions Circle Cutter.  I took the large cutaway pieces from the punches and placed them randomly around the page. 

Materials – Cardstock – Bazzill; Patterned Papers – CTMH, Daisy D’s, Unknown; Title & Word Stickers – Bo Bunny; Brads – Doodlebug, Recollections, Making Memories, My Little Yellow Bicycle; Photo Turns – Recollections; Pen – Sakura Gelly Roll; Eyelets – Making Memories

I hope you will join us in the June Challenge!  Happy Punching!

The first day of June and a new Challenge

As hard as it is to believe, today is the first day of June. That means so many things! For me it is Summer, kids home from school, maybe a beach trip or two.  Plus, I just love the longer hours each day of daylight.  Here at the Just Imagine Crafts/ Kreaxions blog, it means a new sketch challenge. 

1.  We are going to work with two sketches all month long.  You can pick either one or both.

2.  Your creation can be either a card or a layout.  You can use whatever theme you would like. 

3.  Use at least two different punches on your project. 

All the details for entering this challenge can be found on the Challenge page which you can find here. 

 

 

Here is my card.  I used the second sketch.  I had my card completed when I realized that I should have used two punches but I did use the Fountain-922 Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch and the amazing Kreaxions circle cutter.

 
 
The patterned papers are all by BasicGrey.  The spray of flowers was cut out of one of the patterned paper pieces. 

 

 

I love what gorgeous corners my punches made. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

Fabulous Friday...

How's the weather where you are today??  Here in Southern California it is fully spring, with blue skys, temps in the mid 70's and I have total Spring Fever!  I had so much fun creating this card with Spring in mind...

 
I used our May Card Sketch, the Kreaxions Circle Cutter, the Butterfly 4 in 1 punch, the Star Template and the Butterfly Die to create this card.  I cut a circle window out of the card and then used the Star Template to create a Butterfly Doily to layer over it.  I used the Butterfly Die to create a double layered butterfly..I even used the 4 in 1 punch to punch little butterflies out of the wings. 

We hope you are enjoying spring where you are and that you will play along with the May Card Sketch. Be sure to link us up!

Marvelous Monday - Positives and Negatives

On this Marvelous Monday I’ll be showcasing positives and negatives in my punches.  I used Bev’s layout sketch with Butterfly Punch #604 and 4-in-1 Punch #307 on this project.  The corners were punched with #307 using Insert C and the border was punched using Insert A.  I used the Kreaxions Circle Cutter to create my circles.  The top butterfly border is the negatives. 

I used the punch and insert to measure between butterflies.  (See photo below)

Then I used the positive butterflies on the bottom border in between the punched flowers.  For my corners, I used the cut away pieces in the far corners of the layout to give it some definition.  All of the papers except the cardstock are from the fabulous “For the Record” collection by Echo Park.  For the Mother’s Day theme I used my new niece’s love of babies as my subject.   

I hope your Mother's Day was wonderful and I hope you're having a Marvelous Monday!  Happy Punching!

Butterflies and Moms on Marvelous Monday

It’s another Marvelous Monday!  I hope that you’ve seen our challenge for the month of May.  If not, be sure to check it out here - http://justimaginecrafts.typepad.com/just-imagine-crafts---kreaxions-punches/may-challenge.html  Did you notice that there are new pages on the Just Imagines/Kreaxions blog?  Check out the header and be sure you don’t miss anything!  Keep checking as we’re still brainstorming and adding new things!

 

So the May challenge is to use one of the sketches, add a butterfly and have a Mother’s theme.  I used the Kreaxions butterfly die and some beautiful Pink Paislee papers to create these Mother’s Day cards.  The butterfly die worked great in my Cuttlebug with both embossed vellum and paper!  And you can fold the butterfly in half and punch its wings for a fabulous effect!  I used the sketch, the Kreaxions butterfly die and Kreaxions 4-in-1 Punch #916 and #307 (I just cut away the bottom part of the punch) for my first card but "tweaked" the sketch to make it work with my elements. 

For my second card I punched the Butterfly die and cut it twice.  Then I punched the top butterfly with Kreaxions 4-in-1 Punch #916 on the wings. 

 

I hope you’ll join the challenge and create your own layout or card with a Mother theme!  Happy Punching!