Convention Update - swaps

As you know I love the owl punch and the many outfits, styles and characters it can make, so that's what I chose for swaps.  

We had a few things going on before we went away, so the swaps were a bit of a last minute thing and were CASED from two other demonstrators with a few changes.  We made bookmarks - Harry Powltter and Pocowlhontas.  

I actually just found out I spelt Pocohontas wrong - should be Pocahontas, so it's Powlcahontas.  

 I forgot to take photos after we had completely finished them (the night before convention started) but fortunately remembered before we gave them all out. 

Harry was CASED from Diane Barnes and Pocahontas from  Bronwyn Eastley.

A little bit excited

I'm a little bit excited at the moment because I have finally gotten one of my cards published.  It's in Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft magazine Vol 18 No 8.  I knew it was going to be in, just not which edition, so I was a little happy after looking in the letterbox to find a complimentary copy of the magazine with my card in it.  And its in with two other Stampin' Up cards too.  

I had originally sent in four cards using the owl punch but they only wanted this one for the Reader's Gallery.  It's a shame, cause the four of them looked good together, but I'm not going to complain.  You can check out the other three cards if you look up Punch - Owl punch on the left side bar.  

Another Owl punch card

I knew there was one more owl card somewhere.  Sorry the picture isn't great, but I had so much fun with this one.   

Tri-fold Cards

I first saw one of these cards on Splitcoaststampers and then found the measurements and instructions on Marelle Taylor's website.   The trickiest part to the card is cutting out all the papers, making sure that the boxes are straight and even - I still haven't quite perfected that part yet - and the fun part is decorating.  Once again the owl punch is perfect for this type of card.  A lot of time to make, but well worth the effort.  The hardest part is giving them away.  The last card is one of the four that I sent in to the magazine. 

Owl Punch

I just love this Owl Punch from SU.  I have seen it used so many different ways, and apart from the obvious owl or penguin, it can also be used as a flower, alien, girls head and lots of other different ways.  The positioning of the eyes can change the whole theme of the card, from silly to serious, they really are very expressive depending on how you make them.  They can be a little tricky to glue together, but a friend of mine (hi Jackie) bought me a clever tool called a "pickmeup" from Silhouette which sticks to small pieces and lets you glue them down a lot easier.  Lately I have also just drawn on an eye using the tiny circle negative as a guide - a whole lot easier. 

The first card here was supposed to be for Kaitlin's graduation, but I forgot all about it until months later.  The last three cards I submitted to a magazine (with another tri-fold card which I can show you after the weekend).  Unfortunately they are not going to use them all, but they are going to put one of them into the Reader's Gallery, which makes me quite happy.  

Am off for a job interview this afternoon - not sure whether I am really interested in it or not.  Will see how it goes.