Here Comes the Easter Bunny!

I have had so much fun with the 2017 Basket Bunch Bundle from the current Occasions catalog.  The stamp set and corresponding Framelits are sold separately; but, you save 10% when you purchase the bundle.  See the Bundle here!

Here are some of the cards I have made using the Basket Bunch stamp set and Basket Builder Framelit Dies.  All cards use the same layout, but, are made with slightly different techniques.

On this one I used the Sponge Brayer for the sky.  The brayer is on page 180 of the 2017 Annual Catalog, or see it here.    I will be honest with you, I did not think I would like using a foam sponge brayer until I tried these.  There are 2 handles and 4 washable sponges in the box.  And, just $8 in the USA.  The rabbit, chicks, daffodil with stem and leaves, eggs and grass are all cut out using the Basket Builder Framelits Dies.  The dies and stamp set are seen on page 18 of the Occasions Catalog.  The card stocks are thick Whisper White for the A2 card base, Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake.  Early Espresso ink to stamp the objects.  Various Stampin' Write markers to color the eggs and highlight the bunny.  A touch of clear Wink of Stella here and there.

On this one I  sponged the sky using Stamping Sponges (page 180 AC) with Tempting Turquoise.  The grass is sponged with Old Olive and a touch of Basic Black to create dimension.  As with the card above, the rabbit, chicks, daffodil with stem and leaves, eggs are all cut out using the Basket Builder Framelits Dies.

If you only have the Basket Bunch stamp set, you can use the same design to stamp the scene and color the objects with Stampin' Write Markers.  The A2 base is Whisper White as is the stamped piece.  It is backed with Tangerine Tango and Dapper Denim card stock.  The inks and markers are Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim and Pink Pirouette.  A little clear Wink of Stella highlights the flower and bunny ears and tail. 


All of the items used to make these cards are available in my Stampin'Up! store here.  Thank you for shopping with me.

HAVE A WONDERFUL EASTER!!

Easter Message

The masking technique places the palm frond behind the cross in both of these cards.  To mask the cross while you put the palm frond behind it, stamp the cross on a scrap of paper and fussy cut the top half of the design.  Roughly cut the bottom half leaving paper for you to hold onto as you stamp the palm. Hold the mask over the cross and stamp the palm frond.  Remove mask.

On both cards, the cross is stamped with Archival Black Ink onto 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" Very Vanilla card stock.  The palm frond is stamped with Pear Pizzazz.  The sentiment is heat embossed using VersaMark and Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder, as seen on page 181 of the Annual catalog (AC).  I lightly colored the cross with Early Espresso Watercolor Pencil (seen on page 24 of the Occasions catalog, or here) before using an almost dry Aqua Painter to blend the color.  Both cards have clear Wink of Stella on the shroud.

The card above has a 3 3/4" x 5" middle layer of Soft Sky card stock. The ribbon is retired Soft Sky seam binding.  The brass colored brads are from a craft store. 

Instead of the Soft Sky, I off set a piece of Old Olive in the upper left corner of the A2 Very Vanilla base.  Old Olive also backs the 1" x 2 7/8" sentiment banner.

The cross stamped onto 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" Very Vanilla card stock.  It is backed with a piece of Basic Black card stock to create an 1/8 inch border to set it off.  The framed design card stock is placed 1/4 inch from the lower right corner of the card base.

Both cards have the Easter Blessing from 2016 Occasion catalog stamped with Mementos Tuxedo Black ink as the inside sentiment.



Thank you for stopping by to see my Easter Message cards.  Any of the above supplies may be purchased in my on-line store here.  I will appreciate your business!                                        
                                                                      Happy Easter!

2017 Sympathy Card.

It is never "fun" to make a sympathy card.  However, it usually brings comfort to a grieving friend in the pain of loss.

I recently needed several at the same time.  Above is one design I made earlier this month.  Last week I was glad I had made extra as I wanted to send a card to another grieving friend.

I used the Heartfelt Sympathy photopolymer stamp set on page 51 of the 2017 Annual Catalog.  The set has a choice of sentiments for the inside.

The A2 card base is Whisper White card stock as is the sentiment piece.  The Perfect Plum inked sentiment is die cut with the largest Layering Oval Framelits as seen here..  The scalloped backing is cut from Perfect Plum card stock using the corresponding scalloped Layering Oval Framelit die .

The 3 1/2" x 3 3/4" Old Olive card stock is stamped with Versamark in the corners.  The bottom is a  1 1/2" x 3 3/4"scrap of the now retired Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper.  I miss that DSP!  The "seam" is covered with a length of retired Perfect Plum seam binding ribbon.  But, Stampin' Up! has so many new pretty Designer Series Papers from which to choose. 

The design is backed with  4" x 5 1/4" Perfect Plum card stock.

Supplies for this card may be purchased through my on-line store here.  

Thank you for looking at my blog and thank you for your business.

Thanks for stopping by.  I am working on the posts for the Easter and sympathy cards I posted on Pinterest this morning.  The Stampin'Up! site is down for maintenance.  Please check back tomorrow.  Well it is tomorrow and I was able to add links to the products for you.  The posts are live now.  Thank you for your patience!

Father Christmas is here again!

Father Christmas was fun to color with Stampin' Write Markers!  The Father Christmas stamp set is on page 22 of the Holiday catalog.

I used Very Vanilla as the A2 card base.

The 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Old Olive card stock was embossed with the Holly embossing folder as seen on page 195 of the Annual catalog.  Then I lightly sponged along the embossed areas with Old Olive ink.

Father Christmas is on a  2 1/4" x 3 3/4" piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  He is stamped with Stampin' Up! Archival Black Ink so when I colored the image, it would not get muddy from the black ink.   His robe is colored with Cherry Cobbler ink.

Everything else is colored with Stampin' Write Markers that stuck my eye at the time.  I made several of these cards and used different colors for the toys on each card.

The colored piece is glued onto 2 3/8" x 3 7/8" Cherry Cobbler card stock.

All white areas on Father Christmas are painted with Clear Wink of Stella for a festive look. 

The sentiment is stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink onto a Very Vanilla scrap of card stock and then die cut with the new Layering Squares Framelits on page 193 of the Annual catalog.

The ribbon is Cherry Cobbler 3/8" Taffetta.  The square sentiment is tied on with Cherry Cobbler Metallic Thread.  Both are in the 2016 Holiday catalog on pages and 20 and 7, respectively.

Thank you for stopping by.  If you would like to order any of the supplies used in this card, please shop in my on-line store here.

Here comes another Santa Train with Christmas Magic

Christmas Magic Stamp Set with Black Stazon Ink stamps the train and North Pole Sign onto Whisper White card stock.  The distant trees from the same set are stamped and stamped off using Crumb Cake ink.  I used Stampin' Write Markers for the train and packages.  I used an almost dry Aqua Painter with Smokey Slate ink to tint the smoke.  The card base is Whisper White. The "matted frame" is Basic Gray card stock which has been cut with Layering Squares Framelits from the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog.  The Real Red ribbon trim is retired but can be substituted with the current Real Red Stitched Satin Ribbon.  The North Pole sign is fussy cut and adhered with stampin' dimensionals. 

All supplies for this card are available in my on-line store here.  Thank you for shopping with me.

Two Trains Pulling Lots of Santa's Goodies!

Christmas Magic Stamp Set with Black Stazon Ink stamps the train and North Pole Sign onto Whisper White card stock.  The distant trees from the same set are stamped and stamped off using Crumb Cake ink.  I used Stampin' Write Markers for the train and packages.  I used an almost dry Aqua Painter with Smokey Slate ink to tint the smoke.  The Whisper White card stock is mounted onto Basic Black and both onto Cherry Cobbler card stock.  The card base is Whisper White. 






I used the same stamp set for this train.  Colored the greens and toys with inks and an Aqua Painter.  The background trees from a retired stamp set are stamped and stamped off with Old Olive ink.

I attempted to have the train coming down a hill by cutting the Real Red and Smokey Slate card stocks at an diagonal.  The retired ribbon is from 2015.


Both cards have the North Pole sign stamped on Whisper White, colored with various inks using an Aqua Painter and then fussy cut.  They are mounted with dimensionals.

All of the supplies for these cards may be purchased from my on-line store here.

Thank you for shopping with me!  Enjoy a happy holiday season.