tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86988590941240724512024-02-15T18:23:14.311-06:00Blinkin', Thinkin', & Inkin'Thoughts about and ideas for papercrafts from a colored paper addictEllen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.comBlogger626125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-4854797802528213132016-02-09T18:35:00.000-06:002016-02-11T10:07:57.487-06:00Out of Practice - makes me blue....Yep, its really me.
FINALLY posting punch art after ?? years.....
I recently started scrapbooking a little bit which is LOADS of fun. Toyed with the idea of trying to punch but eh... didn't excite me. Then I got an email request and thought "oh, why not"
I am soooooooooooooooooooooo out of practice. It makes me feel a bit blue. Just like this requested smurf.
Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-89090570885113304262013-11-25T14:41:00.000-06:002013-11-25T14:41:30.110-06:00ThanksgivingHappy Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Some of you are eternal optimists - continuing to check this old thing looking for punch ideas. Sorry - there is a ton of paper on my desk but its all bills and files not cute shapes and cleverness!
But I've gotten a few "how the heck are you" messages so I thought I'd pop in here and give you gals an update.
I did NOT complete my new years resolution... itEllen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-32579432146060839212013-02-08T19:19:00.001-06:002013-02-08T19:19:30.696-06:00Photo a Day - January CompleteWell, did your New Year resolutions last a full month?
You should have resolved something FUN like I did. Creativity every day!
I'm rockin' this. Now, my creativity may only be 15 seconds of my day... (long enough to take a picture) but that still counts.
I have also been PAPER scrapbooking!
I had a stack of photos already printed and a stack of paper that I LOVE Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-38669732684140871542013-01-27T15:01:00.000-06:002013-01-27T15:01:34.410-06:00Bitstrips"So, how is the doing something creative every day resolution coming?" you ask.
(You did want to ask, didn't you?)
It's going great.
Way better than if I had resolved to do something stupid like Give Up Chocolate or Use proper grammar on my blog.
I'm continuing with my photo a day (I'll show you soon) but this weekend my baby daughter (the 19 year old) came home and showed me the bitstrips Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-85609140360999074712013-01-17T18:33:00.000-06:002013-01-17T18:33:52.754-06:00RecycleI was correct - cleaning out my supplies did make me want to USE a bunch of them.
Ha, I had stuff I had started and TOTALLY forgotten about. So, while the clean up is still not complete I did pause to make a couple of things.
This idea is from a project by Layle Koncar shown in the July/August 2009 Paper Crafts magazine (page 24 if you are a hoarder and still have this magazine lying Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-23559678284849903092013-01-16T15:42:00.002-06:002013-01-16T15:42:57.280-06:00What a mess!I said I was going to clean out my craft space over the weekend - well, its Wednesday and I'm still working on it. My desk is clear, the bookshelf behind me is AWESOME and the drawers of supplies in the study are cleaned out and labeled. I really rocked the part that is finished...
But the left to do part is about to kill me
Several containers of stuff to scrapbook and a HUGE amountEllen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-17083631418295119192013-01-11T11:23:00.000-06:002013-01-11T11:23:46.805-06:00projects continueYes, I'm keeping up with my photo a day project - so far, very easy
Yes, I'm journaling with OhLife.com - not as easy, but certainly not hard
I downloaded the free trial of Stampin Ups MDS 2 and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna buy it - it gives you soooo much more flexibility and room to play. And I LOVED plain old MDS. Scrapbooking is about to reenter my world and it might not just be Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-63155119068435346552013-01-09T08:10:00.000-06:002013-01-09T08:10:20.374-06:00Dilling's Diet RuleToday's entry on our Murphy's Law calendar is Dilling's Diet Rule:
"The one thing harder than sticking to a diet is keeping quiet about it."
There is a lot of truth in humor...
But you can call me up and talk about your diet, 'cause I have learned after fifty-um-something years is that I am not an independent dieter or exerciser, so I understand your need to blab about it. Not Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-51566412757045373672013-01-07T22:45:00.000-06:002013-01-07T22:45:39.197-06:00Surprise, a punch character!This one is a surprise to me too, 'cause this isn't the one I was working on. This one just **POOF** appeared!
(Do you think the Inspiration Fairy and her magic wand might be lurking nearby?)
As I was sitting in my comfy chair reading the news on my ipad, with the dishes being washed automatically, the rumba vacuuming my carpet and the sprinkler system running I thought of Jane Jetson. &Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-24637235702073440152013-01-07T10:54:00.000-06:002013-01-07T11:09:22.753-06:00so far, so good...
Pat me on the back, 6 days of the year - 6 days of photos. Today's topic is water so I guess I'll either drive to the lake or snap a photo of my water bottle at yoga tonight or take a pic of the dog's dish. This would have been a much easier photo when I was on vacation....
Stumbled upon something cool yesterday and I am MAD at you all for not telling me about it. (If Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-67780257712178164892013-01-04T21:11:00.000-06:002013-01-04T21:11:05.478-06:00Photo A DayI THINK it is going to be easy to keep my resolution to be "a little" creative each day.
I decided to take on a "photo a day" project. And this is my beginning:
Obviously, a work in progress - but the plan is to take a picture each day - FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
I found a site that has suggestions (and I'm going to consider them REQUIREMENTS) for the photo. The creative part is deciding what Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-49424989318032433112013-01-01T13:37:00.000-06:002013-01-01T13:37:11.060-06:00Happy 2013!Hi there ladies (and very few gents)!
Anyone still reading this?
First of all, I hope your holidays were amazing! Mine were. Had hubby and the girls home and we got in a quick family trip...
Don't you wish you went with us?
I'm posting today because my New Year's Resolution is to be a bit creative every day. And I know my resolve will be stronger if I am accountable Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-67682176937702524042012-10-28T08:44:00.001-05:002012-10-28T08:49:29.366-05:00Yes, I'm FineDue to multiple concerned comments and emails, I thought I'd pop in to let you know I'm fine.
Remember, I am no longer with SU and I am still "off" paper crafts, so there is no punch art to share. Heck, I haven't even looked at anyone else's blog in six months so I can't point you to anything new.
So what am I doing?
Just returned from a three week visit to see hubby (he is working in Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-49144944284846891802012-04-25T08:33:00.000-05:002012-04-25T08:33:45.852-05:00bye bye butterfly.... (sob!)I'm not a Stampin' Up! demo anymore - but I still know a few (grin) and they told me this morning that 12 punches are retiring this year. I saw the list and was OK with the losses UNTIL I saw the Butterfly punch and the Heart to Heart punch are getting the ax.
OH NO!!!
Take a look at the list at my right had side bar and see ALL the punch art you can make with the butterfly punch - well, Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-43207327740837877702012-04-20T11:16:00.000-05:002012-04-20T11:16:39.154-05:00Cleaning LadyMy favorite yahoo group has started up once again (only active Spring and Summer) and Kimm, our challenge leader is getting us ready for a season of creating with a series of challenges. The first challenge was to find and clean your stamp area. Ladies are posting their before and after photos - gosh, I love seeing where other ladies create.
Because of all this activity,I thought I'd do a Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-12369685200597137562012-04-19T23:18:00.004-05:002012-04-19T23:18:52.221-05:00Link to more Angry BirdsWOW - I found even more angry birds - I just stumbled across this blog following a link
Check out THESE birds by Niki Toll - also with tutorials.
Punch Art - isn't it FUN?
Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-59578134280459092432012-04-19T18:03:00.000-05:002012-04-19T18:03:33.879-05:00Link to Angry BirdsJust got an email request to make some Angry Bird punch characters and I said I'd try...
But I did a quick google search and found where someone else has already done them - and has a .pdf with awesome directions. Melissa Stout is a WAY nicer blogger than me. Check out her work HERE.
Love her bird and pig!
And I love that game.Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-3627100786446908972012-04-17T11:09:00.000-05:002012-04-17T11:09:15.802-05:00Still Doing Laps?Another stamp inspired punch art project - HERE is the stamp set that I saw - from Art Impressions - "Memory Laps". I took it down to one girl (no lap) in a chair instead of two on a sofa...
Could be used for a pregnancy congrats card and certainly on a scrapbook page.
Prego Woman:
Head - 1.25 circle
Hair - 1.75 circle near a 1.25 circle hole - sponge edges
Bangs - Part of the Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-57812119231027577672012-04-16T07:29:00.000-05:002012-04-16T07:29:33.080-05:00Mere MortalYes, it is true. I am no longer a Stampin' Up! Demo.
I am a mere mortal.
sigh....
I never was a big SU seller. Just a user. And during my little break from paper crafts I declined to meet my quota. The down side of this it that I now have to pay FULL PRICE (gasp!) for my SU goodies. The upside is that I can talk about and link to other products and Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-3809068251505563412012-04-15T13:28:00.000-05:002012-04-15T13:28:11.016-05:00Hello to the faithful!Hey girls!
I can't believe you still come checking on me. You are too too too sweet.
I had a good long break from punching and I think maybe it is time to restart. I pulled out my punches last night and had fun... which is a good sign. I was horribly out of practice... which is a bad sign. And I need to do a more work before I show you anything but I thought I'd get you Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-31888020991313352642011-12-21T13:04:00.001-06:002011-12-21T13:06:18.955-06:00Naughty ListI know, I know.
I am on Santa's naughty list (and most of yours) as I have not been a very good blogger. As some wise man said (and some folks sang) "there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven" and Autumn has not been punch/post season around here.
Thank you, thank you and thank you again for the continuing comments and emails of support and concern. Honest, I'm fineEllen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-53757863688649844042011-11-01T09:18:00.001-05:002011-11-01T09:18:32.938-05:00I Spy - firefighterTina Gillespie used my firefighter on a very nice card. Check out the great job she did HERE to thank them for the great job they did with her childs' play group.
Do you know how much it THRILLS me when I see you gals actually using some of my ideas?
I have gotten some of the sweetest emails about how you are using punch art in hospitals and card ministries, etc., to brighten Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-53716342905299053672011-10-27T23:44:00.000-05:002011-10-27T23:44:03.085-05:00World SeriesYou didn't really think I'd let the Texas Rangers play in the 2011 World Series without some commemorative Punch Art, did you?
It has been a LONG time since I've punched so this is pretty simple - but hey, I gotta get started again somewhere...
And you could add a wimpy little moustache to represent our darling pitcher Derek Holland. Way to pitch in the World Series Baby!
Punches Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-53461034807007290092011-10-17T10:19:00.000-05:002011-10-17T10:19:10.487-05:00Success!Some of you might remember that I have been working on a HUGE Jane Austen scrapbook workshop project. IT IS DONE! And it was fun.
I had some of the loveliest ladies EVER in my classes and fortunately they LOVED what I had prepared for them. I managed to please the newbies and give some tips to the experienced gals.
I had a few students that hunted me downEllen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698859094124072451.post-7144297000009847242011-09-21T18:32:00.000-05:002011-09-21T18:32:51.022-05:00Just TalkNo punching has been going on. As shocking as it might seem, there is more to life than paper crafts!
I'm fine. I'm happy. I'm busy. And I haven't been posting 'cause I haven't been punching (or scrapping)
I could fill this blog with blather about life and my random thoughts and stupid insights - but since most of you come here for the free punch art ideas, I Ellen Kemperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18152514070456618929noreply@blogger.com12