Just Imagine Crafts - Kreaxions Punches

Happy Day

Hello!  Ginni here again!  I hope you're having a great beginning to your summer!  This picture was actually taken in the fall, but it reminds me of the springtime when the sun comes out and it's just barely warm enough to go out and enjoy the weather.  This was one of those days for my Mom, my Dad and my brother Bill.  Dad had been in isolation for a month before having gall bladder surgery and was finally able to get out and about.  Mom had been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and was finally doing well enough to go see Dad.  Bill had had neck surgery a few weeks before and was happy to be out and about himself.  Seeing the 3 of them happy and enjoying the sunshine made me grab my camera and take this picture.  It's one of my all time fav pictures!  I used a sketch by Lucy Chesna for this page...

I used the Kreaxions Circle Cutter to make all the circles on this page.  I cut two 10” circles (one from blue patterned paper and one from yellow cardstock) then tore the top and bottom off the yellow cardstock.  I cut 3 blue circles for the scallop on the left of the pictureas a big scallop, and two more circles to hold my stickers on the bottom right of the page.   I also used Kreaxions Punch #602 for the leaves, Kreaxions Punch #603 (currently out of stock in the store) for the flowers and Kreaxions Punch #612 for the Crosses.  I used heart brads for the flower centers…  I added a few stickers and the punched crosses to finish embellishing the page.  I outlined everything with inks and pens.
Materials – Sketch – Lucy Chesna; Cardstocks – Bazzill, CTMH; Patterned Papers – Inks – CTMH; Stickers – Echo Park; Brads  Unknown; Pens – Sharpie, Sakura Gel Roll; Letter Template – Crafter’s Workshop

May Design Team reveal

 

Welcome to the Just Imagine Crafts Design Team reveal. We always have so much fun creating and sharing with you. 

Up first is Charity with Princess. She used Kreaxions Circle Cutter and Punch #918 with Inner Circle positioning parts

 

 

 

This Thinking of You card is by Chris and she used Kreaxion Circle Cutter, positioning circle parts (8CM) and punches #312, #602, #902. 

 

 

 

On Colleen's Happy Birthday card she used Punch 306 to make the bigger flowers and layered two of them and then she used Punch 921 for the smaller flowers and finally Punch 901 for the butterflies. 

 

 

 

On Mom's Spring Garden by Ginni she used Kreaxions Punch #915 with no template for the top and bottom borders, as well as the border at the top and bottom of the mushroom picture. I also used Kreaxions Punch #604 Butterfly Punch for the little butterflies around the page. The large butterfly at the top is my journaling block. It and the lacy butterfly die are from the Just Imagine/Kreaxions store.

 

Joan's fab card used Border - Punch #310 with no insert and she made the Flower - using circles cut using Kreaxions Circle Cutter.

 

 

 

 

 

A flower can not blossom without sunshine is made by Louise. She  used punch 906 for the border and punch 306 for the flowers.

 

 

Ange's Birthday card was made using Punch #311 w/ insert C along the bottom for the flowers. Punch #909 for the border along the top & for the star/flower decoration. Cut a 2.25 inch circle & punched around it with #909 w/ no inserts to make the star/flower. Then used stars from the cutout pieces as embellishment.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to visit often when we share more great projects using Kreaxions products from Just Imagine Crafts.

 

 

Hanging Butterfly

I wanted to do something different and had done a technique similar to this in a class MANY years ago so I thought I’d play around. I’m truly branching out of my box on this one! First I took a pre-made chipboard butterfly and painted it with Ranger paint dauber on both sides.

Then I cut out a piece of patterned paper and a piece of clear transparency to the shape of the chipboard. I covered the painted chipboard with Mod Podge and then added the patterned paper on top of that. While that dried, I took Kreaxions Punch #901 and punched it 3 times in a pattern on a piece of scrap paper. Then I used a foam dauber, the “template” created by the punching and some Azure Staz-On ink and made a pattern on the BACK side of the transparency.

I cut 3 flowers from Kreaxions Punch #603 (out of stock in the Just Imagine Store right now) and 3 stems from Kreaxions Punch #602, as well as 2 butterflies from Kreaxions Punch #604. I outlined my punched pieces with matching pens and using my Xyron X to add adhesive, I attached some to the chipboard piece and others to the transparency piece. I mixed stems under and over to give it more texture and interest. The sentiment sticker is under the transparency. Once I had them arranged where I wanted them, I used Crystal Lacquer to adhere the transparency to the chipboard. I made sure I spread out the Crystal Lacquer so that it wouldn’t show. After it dried, I cut away any excess pieces from the edges. Then I started embellishing it with Stickles, bling and sparkly brads that I cut the backs off of. I used Crystal Lacquer to attach them and to enhance some of my elements. After the top was dry, I punched holes in the top corners of the wings and added an eyelet on each side to make it prettier. Then I tied a piece of big ribbon so that it could be hung on a door handle or a wall or whatever! I did paint the back with the Ranger dauber but I chose not to decorate it. Finally, I added some Stickles around the outer edges to give it more interest and definition. Here's the final product once more...

Other Materials – Chipboard Butterfly – Unknown; Patterned Papers – Fancy Pants; Transparency – Office Depot; Ink – Staz-On; Pen – Sharpie; Stickles – Ranger; Metallic Butterflies – Momenta; Brads – My Mind’s Eye; Sticker – Bo Bunny

Want to win an amazing Kreaxions punch???  Well, just go to my blog at http://ginniscrappyworld.blogspot.com and leave a comment.  Each time you comment on a post for the month of March you will get an entry to win.  On March 3^rd I will reveal the winner by using Random.Org.  The prize is a punch of your choice from the Just Imagine/Kreaxions store!  So be sure to stop by and maybe you’ll be the winner!

Black Opal Springs

Good Morning!  It's CHris here today sharing this lovely layout highlighting Black Opal Spring at Yellowstone.  I love how the blue paper matches the blue in the pictures!  For this layout I used Kreaxion punch # 304 for the border and then used #602 for the leaf under the top flower!

Lots of cards.. lots of punches and circles too

 

 

Hi.... Bev here today with lots of fun cards using the Floral Collection from Robin's Nest....

and the amazing punches and circle cutter from Kreaxions.

The card above starts with a fun background striped paper.

I used the sunburst cut file on another floral paper. I used pen to accent the one edge of sunburst.

Centered on the sunburst is a matted the rubon sentiment that I cut and matted

using the circle cutter... I then added twine around it.

I Kreaxion punched #603 flowers, added stickles and also added dew drops.

 

  

This card has a patterned print background with tattered edges and ink added.

Using Kreaxions star template and using punch #309 I created the doily out of another

floral print.  Using black cardstock as accent colour I punched a mathing border which 

I matted to pop the flowers. Lots of inked edges to give a 

softer look and some fun stitching is added also.

Using another Kreaxions flower punch #603 and Kreaxions leaf punch #602.

This was add to top off the doily and a dew drop added at centre.

Using the rubon sentiment I matted it twice to give it pop.

On the left side some layers of twine are tied and finished with a bow.

 

  

Up next is a card using the same papers. They really compliment each other.

At the top I punched a Kreaxions punch #920 border.

The throw away piece is the banner through the centre of card separating 

the 2 different patterned papers. Lots of inked edges again too.

The sentiment is a Robin's Nest rubon with a matted border.

It's hard to see but I added dew drops to the centres of the lower flowered print.

 

 Changing up the colour now to shades of purple and adding a touch of pink was a perfect touch.

Fun striped background with smaller piece of floral print.

On this I added a Kreaxions punch # 301 border and added 

dew drops to the centres of the punched accent.

Twine is wrapped around the whole matted section and a bow tied.

The sentiment on this one is ink stamped and matted.

Below it are some gem stones.

 

As you can see it's so easy to make any kind of card... and adding punched accents

gives a cool, fun added touch to so many projects.

They make up so quickly and nicely with awesome colour combo options.

Use matting, add dew drops, some more flowers,

some punched borders and accents and a touch of twine.. 

they look fabulous.

 

Supply List:

Robin's Nest Products: floral collect

Accents: dew drops and rubons

Punches: Kreaxions #602, 603,309, 01, 920, Kreaxions Circle Cutter

Stamp: misc

Cut File: A Cutt Above

Ink: Tim Holtz ranger, Stazon

Pen: Staedtler

Other: twine

 

Thanks for  stopping by today...see you again soon....

BUT

don't forget to check out all the other punches i didn't even use today. 

Celebrate

This weeks fun card is an easel stand up card. Lots of fun sparkle paper, a copic coloured image, some stamping and a chipboard frame. It is then accented with the Kreaxions Punch accents.

Using Kreaxions Punch #602 I used the positive and the negative pieces. It was perfect touch for this card.

This side view of the easel card shows the stand up ledge and how it works.

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon..  

Simple Beauty

Sometimes it's the simple things that are the most beautiful!  This card looks difficult but it really only took me 15 minutes to create!  I used the Lattice Die from the Just Imagine Store for the background.  I cut three leaves from green cardstock using Kreaxions Punch #602 and six flowers from pink cardstock using Kreaxions Punch #603.  I adhered two flowers together and curled the petals on the top flower then attached to a green leaf.  Then I adhered them to my lattice and base.  Add a sentiment and some pearls or bling and you have a simple, quick and easy but beautiful card!

Materials – Cardstock – American Crafts, CTMH; Stamp – Stampin Up; Ink – CTMH; Pearls – Queen & Company

Just a few scrap pieces of cardstock, a die and two punches.  How much easier could it get?! 

Happy Punching!  Ginni Gass, Design Team Member

Time Flies!

Happy New Year!  How in the WORLD did it get to be 2012 already???  It just reminds me how fast time flies which brought me to this layout about my daughter's 30th birthday in 2010.  This picture is of her with her family and her dad  who was saying “I figured it was your 30^th birthday so you needed 30 candles!”

I wanted to make this layout pretty and I thought the Lotus punch (Kreaxions #602) and the Leaf punch (Kreaxions #603) would be PERFECT for this page.  So I had fun.  I punched the flowers, inked them, used a pop dot and a rhinestone and put them on inked Prima flowers.  I outlined the punched leaf with a pen and then glued them on as a stem.  The border is punched with Kreaxions #310 and Template A then I outlined the border with a pen.

Materials – Sketch – Lucy Chesna; Die Cut – My Mind’s Eye; Papers – Bo Bunny; Ric Rack – Wright’s; Flowers – Prima; Number Stickers – Cloud 9 Designs; Letter Stickers – Stanislaus Designs; Ink – Colorbox; Rhinestones – Recollections; Punches – Kreaxions #603 Lotus (Flower), #602 (Leaf) and #310 with Template A for border; Pen - Sharpie

It looks much fancier and more complicated than it was.  And I love that about the Kreaxions punches!  Something simple becomes so much more with just a little bit of punched elements!  So I hope you'll try adding some pizzaz with your punches too!

Fun Birthday Cards

I have three very important family birthdays coming up so I decided to do three variations on Lucy Chesna's My Sketch World December card sketch!  On all three cards I used Kreaxions #603 Lotus to punch the flowers and Kreaxions #602 Leaf to punch the leaves.  Then I used pens to enhance them a bit.  A pop-dot lifting the flowers made them stand out just a bit and added a pearl to the center completed the look.  Some of them also have Stickles added for extra oomph. Simple, quick and easy!  And yet they're pretty enough to give to three pretty ladies (my daughter, my sister-in-law and my future daughter-in-law) on their special days! 

Materials – Papers – GCD Studios, Kreaxions; Flower Punch – Kreaxions #603 Lotus; Leaf Punch – Kreaxions #602 Leaf; Heart Die Cut – Cricut using George font; Rubons – McCaul

Be sure to check out the  December specials on these punches!!!  And Happy Punching!!!

Feelin' Punchy Friday!

I hadn't even have these punches in hand for 12 hours and I couldn't stop thinking about what to create with them!  So, I got up early to create this dinner party invitation with Leaf Punch 602, Lotus Punch 603, and Silverware Punch 610.  How cute are those little fork, spoon and knife??

The flowers were popped with three layers and pop dots and the leaves were glued in between the layers for a whimsical look...and I discovered that if you punch on the backside of the leaf, you can make the leaf "point" a different direction. :)  

I know that these punches are going to be in heavy rotation around here...they are so versatile, next time you place an order, don't miss out on these little cuties!!!  Have a great weekend everyone!