Can you believe that I didn't really like this set the first time I saw it? Well, I got over that! This simple geometrical layering and side tied bow make a faster card than you think. Cut a bunch of the layers and you can put together 10 of these pretty quickly! This set, Easter Blossoms, from Stampin' Up!'s Occasions Mini Catalog is available through April 30th. Below are the ... View Post
Chocolate Easter Bunny
Ah, those three beautiful words every woman wants to hear... 'chocolate Easter bunny'! The fabulous 'single' stamp 'Chocolate Bunny' (#116980, $7.95) is available for a limited time while the Occasions Mini Catalog is available... don't miss it! I made a simple 'treat sleeve' with a 2 1/2 x 10 inch piece of Mellow Moss cardstock and folded it back up on itself to form a pocket. The best ... View Post
Abundant Hope 3D Easter Card
This card gets me thinking about how beautiful my daffodils are going to be when they finally bloom--they are growing bigger with every sunny day! And I am going to miss this set when it expires on April 18th. 'Abundant Hope' is a limited edition set in our Occasions Mini Catalog which retires on April 30th. It took me two days to make this card and finally 'like' the layout. I knew I ... View Post
Abundant Hope Easter Card
My daffodils are starting to come up (seems like winter was forever this year)! I included an up-close shot of the beautiful detail of the stamp. You can click on the card for a close up as well. The card is Vanilla and the Saffron designer paper. The flower was colored in with the Summer Sun and Old Olive Watercolor Crayons and an Aquapainter. This was a very quick card! The vanilla satin ... View Post
5th Avenue Floral Easter Card
This beautiful 3D Easter Card is made with Stampin' Up!'s '5th Avenue Floral' stamp set and the (leftover from the Stamp Festival projects) designer series paper 'Cottage Wall.' The flower heads were cut out and petals bent with a bone folder and then attached with Dimensionals®. I love the colors Celery and Plum together anyway. UPDATE: I bought a new Nikon D3000 SLR camera and I took a ... View Post
Egg-cellent Easter Card
An Egg-cellent Easter (#113196) from the new Occasions Mini Catalog. From April 1-30, when you buy $40 in products from the Occasions Mini or host a workshop totaling $150 or more, you’ll get one item from the “Under $10? page (p. 208) in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog–FREE! See all current specials on my Specials page. This simple card was dressed up with the Stampin' Up! ... View Post
Punch Bunny Basket
I couldn't help myself... I love this bunny! Below is a step-by-step PDF on how the box/basket was made (not a revolutionary idea, but certainly an easy one) using the Scalloped Envelope Sizzix die. I am back from Hawaii and real life (which doesn't seem to measure up to luxury resort living!). Today is the very last day of Sale-A-Bration (featuring a free gift for each $50 purchase) as ... View Post
Punch Bunny Easter Box!
I leave for Hawaii on Stampin' Up!'s incentive trip in 10 hours!!! And before I leave, I want to share with you an adorable bunny box and template... the 'bunny' punching inspiration came from the stamping Diva herself Sam Parisi... thanks Sam! The box actually uses no stamps, it's all punches: Large Oval & Small Oval, 1 3/8 inch jumbo circle, ½ inch circle, ¼ inch circle, 1/16th ... View Post
A Good Egg Basket
I am dusting off this idea that I posted last year because everything electronic is in collusion against me and I have been forced to buy a new camera AND a new scanner and have to now figure them out! So enjoy a reprint of this downloadable template (click on thumbnail left to download the directions and template). This was one of the Stamp Festival projects last Spring... a 3D egg basket ... View Post
Set Sampler: A Good Egg
I made most of these for Leadership 2008 when I was asked to be a display artist. You can click on one of the thumbnails for an upclose detail shot of it and scroll through them. Dig photo #2... my 'New York high hair' years... UPDATE: The original post and template for the egg basket is HERE. You can also use my Archive page to find these as past posts. Getting 'out of the box' -- my ... View Post
Another Elegant Easter Card…
Okay, I promise that this is my very last post with "A Good Egg"... I just love that set! The egg was embossed on our brushed gold cardstock and also embossed with the swirl stamp in Baroque Motifs. I have gotten more questions on this card on my Gallery than any other... the background blue paper is from the LeJardin papers. It has those wonderful swirls in it and I added a ... View Post
Easter Egg Basket
I am hoping to be forgiven for lack of posting by posting a very cool project with downloadable template (click on thumbnail left to download the directions and template). This was one of the Stamp Festival projects last week... a 3D egg basket 'gold on gold'. Stampin' Up!'s awesome "Brushed Gold" paper embossed with the flourish from 'Baroque Motifs' (egg from "A Good Egg" set). See ... View Post