Punch Baby Bug Tutorial

Well I am so sorry ladies for having this post up so late.  I was working on the Punch Bear Tutorial and realized that there was a couple of problems with the document I was using.  So the Punch Bear will be coming soon, I just have to resolve a couple things with it.  In the meantime, I have a Punch Bug Baby to share.  I came across this image over here.  It was such a cute image, and I really wanted to create something like it, but bigger.  I just love fairy’s and bugs in a whimsical style, so this was right up my alley.

Step 1:  Start by cutting out two 1″ circles from Blush Blossom CS and Riding Hood Red CS which I treated using last weeks tutorial.  Next I took my Wide Oval Punch and punched 1 Blush Blossom oval, and half of my treated Riding Hood Red CS.  Next you will take your Blush Blossom Wide Oval and trim away one side to create a tear drop shape.

Step 2: Take you 1″ circle punch and flip over.  Place your punched Riding Hood Red CS circle inside and punch a crescent sliver from it.  This will become the cap of the baby bug.

Step 3:  Glue the sliver on to the baby face, and take the half Wide Oval in Riding Hood Red, and cut down to create Ladybug diapers.  Sponge Creamy Caramel around the edges to give some dimension.

Step 4:  Glue the head to the body.  Place it so that it has a slight tilt as though the baby is turning his head and looking towards you.  Place the body on a scrap of Blush Blossom and with a pencil, draw little legs.  The feet and hands are just little half circles.  Trace around the rest of the image with your pencil, then remove the baby and cut out.

Step 5:  You should have a little body cut out.  Now you can erase the pencil and glue your baby to the hand and foot base.

Step 6:  Add a little sponging with Creamy Caramel to the hands and feet, and with a Creamy Caramel marker, draw a line for the foot to define it.  Draw two little eyes and some hair tufts with Black marker, and then add some blush to the cheeks with some of your Rose Red SU chalk.  Add little dots to the cheeks with your white gel pen.

Step 7:  With a Large Oval Punch, punch out 2 ‘wings’ from some CS vellum.  Sponge the wings with Baja Breeze Classic Ink.  Glue it to the under neck of the baby.  Glue the baby to a die cut Scallop circle (larger of the Scallop Circle #2 Die).  The scallop circle was sponged first with Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive to give it a grassy look.  Baby was mounted on a 4″ x 4″ Riding Hood Red card.  Black polka dots were punched out using my Crop-a-dile and glued around the card.  Naturally Serif alphabet provided the letters to spell BABY, and the polka dots were glittered with black glitter from the Fine Galaxy Glitter Pack.  Last, using my 2-way Glue Pen, I added streaks to the wings and glittered with Dazzling Diamonds.

Voila, it is done.  Again I apologize for not having the bear up, but I promise he will be here soon.  In the meantime, thanks so much for stopping by!

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Ink: Creamy Caramel (103220), Baja Breeze (111833), Basic Black (101179)
Paper: Riding Hood Red CS (111348), Cardstock Vellum (101856), Blush Blossom (103318), Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (102851)
Accessories:  Wide Oval Punch (112082), Large Oval Punch (107305), 1″ Circle Punch (109046), Crop-o-dile (108362), Fine Galaxy Glitter (114286), 2-Way Glue Pen (100425), Stampin Pastels (105542), uni-ball Signo Gel Pen (105021), Naturally Serif (113453), Scallop Circle #2 (113469), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), Black Marker (100082)