Apr 24 2011

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  Hope you have a beautiful day!  So far, no rain…and the spring flowers have their fancy dress on!

 

This was the Easter card I sent out this year.  I have loved A Good Egg for years and every year borrowed my friend's set during the stamping retreat.  This year I decided to purchase it for myself.  It is just one of the good all-around Easter sets!

 

 

I used a base of Regal Rose and layered on Daffodil Delight that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder.  I used a strip of Nursery Suite Designer Paper along the left side.  For my focal element, I went back to the Sale-A-Bration set, Sweet Summer, and used the stem of leaves for the base of my tulip flower.  Then I stamped the egg shell from A Good Egg on the Designer Paper and cut it out, popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals on top of the leaf stem.  Stamped the Chick on Daffodil Delight and cut her out…colored her beak Pumpkin Pie.  I stamped the little birdie from Sweet Summer and colored with Early Espresso.  I also hand drew some grass along the base of the stem.

 

I layered the Whisper White panel on Regal Rose and used the Scallop Trim Border Punch along the left side.  I stamped Happy Easter from A Good Egg in Early Espresso, punched with the Large Oval and layered on the Scallop Oval punched from Nursery Suite.  This was popped up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Finally, I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and added a butterfly with Rhinestone Jewel body.

 

I thought it made a FUN Easter card!  Enjoy your day.  We have about 12 coming over for Easter Dinner…better get back to cooking and setting the table!


Feb 27 2010

CCJC8 – Color Combination Challenge

Today's Saturday Create with Connie and Julie Challenge is a Color Combination!  We were to use Orchid Opulence, So Saffron and Certainly Celery in our project!  Every week on Create with Connie and Julie, we issue a challenge for our subscribers.  Last week's winners were Lisa Martz and Robin Gregor with Honorable Mention to Cynthia Stevenson!   Congratulations, ladies!

 

I pulled out my Shades of Spring Designer paper because I knew it contained that color combination.  I love the paper, the designs on it are HUGE however, so I'm always hesitant about cutting it.  I must admit, it wasn't so bad!  lol!  I figure I can always order more!

 

I started with a base of Certainly Celery, then layered on the bold multi floral pattern from Shades of Spring.  I ran the second Certainly Celery pattern of Shades of Spring DSP thru my Big Shot with the Top Note die, then turned it and ran it thru again to make the medallion under the bird!  I punched the bird from the new Two-Step Bird punch in So Saffron and sponged the edges.  I punched the leaf/vine several times from Certainly Celery, then sponged the edges, and placed them under the bird.  I added floral buds by punching the bird's wing several times from Orchid Opulence cardstock.

 

Between the Certainly Celery and background DSPs, I used a strip of Orchid Opulence cardstock that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder.  Finally, I stamped Happy Easter from Well Scripted Stamp Set on So Saffron with Orchid Opulence Classic Ink and punched it with the Scallop Oval punch!

 

Pretty busy….but I like how it turned out!

 

Supplies:

Sets:  Well Scripted

Inks:  Orchid Opulence, So Saffron, Certainly Celery

Cardstock:  Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Orchid Opulence

Accessories:  Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Scallop Oval Punch, Top Note Bigz Die, Sponge Daubers, Two-Step Bird Punch, Shades of Spring Designer Paper

 

Check out to see what the rest of the Design Team Members did this week with the color challenge:

Julie Dinn

Mary Brown

Kerin Sylvester

Monika Davis

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