BB8 punch art card

I am so excited to share this card with you. I found a few cards on the www that were punch art BB8 creations. I was inspired to design my own BB8 punch art card for my daughters upcoming birthday.

Here is the card:

He really is pretty easy to make. But let me tell you how....

You need the following items:

Circle Framelits and/or circle punches

Big Shot

White Card Stock

Orange Card Stock (Tangelo Twist or Tangerine Tango are good)

Basic Gray Card stock

Basic Black Cards stock

Smokey Slate stamp pad

Sponge dauber (sponge all the pieces lightly before mounting them)

Scissors

Glue

White Gel Pen

Now cut the following pieces:

For BB8's body you need a Whisper White Circle that measures 2-3/4", I used the now retired Circle Framelits for this, we do have new circle framelits that you can use as well.

For his head cut a 1-7/8" circle from Whisper White, again I used the Circle Framelits. Cut off the bottom third of this circle, giving it a flat bottom. Then slightly round the corners with scissors so you don't have such sharp edges.

For the circle element in the center of his body you need a 1-1/2" circle from orange card stock, a 1" circle from Whisper White and a 1" circle from Basic Gray.

Using a 1/2" or smaller circle punch, punch out four little "bites from the white circle. Sponges the edges of the white circle with the Smokey Slate ink and mount it to the gray circle. Remember to sponge all your pieces lightly before mounting them. This brings BB8 to life instead of looking so flat.

For the orange rings around his body die cut a piece of orange card stock using two nesting circle framelits at the same time, cutting a "ring". You will only need one of these rings to do all three sides. I used the 1-7/8" and the 1-1/2" circle framelits for this. Then just glue the edge of the ring on one side, snipping it off by following the shape of his body. Repeat this on the other two side using the same ring, you will have enough.

For the head, you will need to cut two strips of Basic Gray one smaller that the other and the same with the orange card stock. My widest strip is about 1/4" and then I made one skinnier than that using my Paper Trimmer. This is really just an eyeball it type of thing.

For the round pieces on this head I used a 1/2" Basic Black circle for the largest "eye" and added a 1/8" Whisper White punched circle. For the smaller "eye" punch a 1/4" circle and dot it with a white gel pen (actually the circle that I used was from the retired Itty Bitty punch pack and it just slightly larger than 1/4"). Then punch out a smaller gray circle using the largest hole from a crop a dile, You could also try the circles from the Owl Builder Punch for these little "eye" pieces.

Lay out these circle and strips on his head as you see in the picture. Or you may tweak it a bit to make it fit better for the circles you have.

Use one of the smallest strips of gray to make the two little antennas on his head, rounding the sharpe edges with your scissors. Glue them to the back of his head and adhere the head to the body.

I used dimensional to adhere BB8 to my card.

I just love how he turned out. I know you might not have all the exact tools I have to make this, but don't give up on it. Play with what you have, you can tweak it a bit and will still get a cute BB8!

I used a piece of retired halloween paper for the background and added some sliver punched stars to accent the corner of the card. And the 11.5 represents 11-1/2, as it is my daughters half birthday. Her actually birthday is two weeks before Christmas. So, we have a party with her friends on June 12th, her half bday. Too hard to do this kind off thing two weeks before Christmas. And now I am off to make 14 light sabers!

Please let me know if you need any help with your birthday planning. I have done several birthday parties for my own kids and for customers. Invites and and banners are my specialty, but if it's made out of paper, I'm your girl!