EASTER PAST

Since I've had zero time to make Easter cards this year, I thought I'd share some cards from Easter past that are buried deep in my blog ....

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A SWEET SUNDAY GOOD EGG

Karen came up with an "interesting" sketch this week, didn't she?! I did find that it wasn't as intimidating as it first appeared. In fact, I can see alot of possibilities with those five background panels! For my card, I chose to flip the sketch and use Soft Subtles + Groovy Guava Prints Designer Paper for the panels. I felt like I was cheating by adding the spaces between the panels but I had to remember that a sketch is meant to inspire, not take literally.

I hope you'll consider playing along with this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #57 too! You can find more inspiration from the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers ...

• Jennifer Tapler
• Karen Motz
• Laura Fredrickson
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

RECIPE
Stamps: A Good Egg
Paper: Bashful Blue, Pretty In Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, and Groovy Guava Prints DP, Shades of Spring DP, Whisper White, So Saffron and Bashful Blue CS
Ink: Jet Black Staz-On
Tools: Paper Piercer & Mat Pack, Circle Cutter
Supplies: Stampin' Dimensionals

EASTER TEA PARTY

I've had this design in my head since I first saw Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday Sketch #75 earlier this week. This is my kind of sketch with all the fun and interesting layers, the row of brads, and scallop border! I couldn't WAIT to create it! Now that it's completed, I'm quite pleased (you don't hear me say THAT very often, do you?!). I combined the stamp set, A Good Egg with the new Tea Party Designer Paper.
RECIPE
Stamps: A Good Egg
Paper: Tea Party DP, Whisper White, So Saffron, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, and Almost Amethyst CS
Ink: Basic Black
Embellishments: Pretty In Pink Taffeta Ribbon, So Saffron Brads
Tools: Scallop Border Punch, 1/4", 3/4", 1", 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Word Window Punch, Priceless Classy Brass Template, Paper Piercer and Mat Pack
Supplies: Stampin' Dimensionals
Card Details:
* 1/4" Certainly Celery CS circles back each So Saffron Brad
* The paper piercing on the Certainly Celery 1 1/4" Circle behind the sentiment was created with the Priceless Classy Brass Template.

SCS FEATURED STAMPER CHALLENGE FS58 BECKYTE

This card is for SCS Featured Stamper Challenge FS58, featuring the beautiful gallery of beckyTE. HERE is beckyTE's card I chose to case. I kept Becky's layout, but changed the stamp set to A Good Egg, papers, colors, and embellishments to Spring Fling and Pretty In Pink, So Saffron, and Certainly Celery. I used my new Cuttlebug embossing folder, Swiss Dots, on the So Saffron background piece. The egg image from A Good Egg is paper pieced using Spring Fling DP and So Saffron CS, and was inspired by the catalog sample on pg. 30.


RECIPE
Stamps: A Good Egg
Paper: Spring Fling DP, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Whisper White DP
Ink: Basic Black
Embellishments: Pink Gingham Ribbon, Pretty In Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Pretty In Pink Brads, So Saffron Button with DMC #772 Embroidery Floss (non-SU)
Tools: Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (non-SU), Photo Corner Punch, 1/8" Handheld Circle Punch
Supplies: Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

MARCH STAMP CLASS PROJECTS

These are the projects I had available at my March Stamp Classes .. four cards featuring Sale-A-Bration stamp sets, and one Easter card. We had such a great time at both classes ... I've got the BEST customers/friends anyone could ask for!

This first card was designed with the help of SCS Sketch Challenge 166 (SC166). The chick/egg image from A Good Egg stamp set was stamped four times; once on Whisper White, once on So Saffron, and twice on the Certainly Celery polka dot from Spring Fling DP. There is paper piercing horizontally across the top and bottom border of the Pretty In Pink CS base. Inspired by speedystamper's card HERE.
RECIPE
Stamps: A Good Egg
Paper: Spring Fling DP, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Whisper White CS
Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink Pad, Pumpkin Pie Marker for chick’s nose
Embellishments: Pretty In Pink Taffeta Ribbon, So Saffron or Certainly Celery Buttons
Tools: Paper Snips, Paper Piercing Tool/Mat/Template
Supplies: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
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This next card is a case of one of my own designs found HERE using SAB Friendship Blooms. I simply changed the colors to Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, and Real Red.
RECIPE
Stamps: Friendship Blooms (SAB)
Paper: Soft Sky and Blue Bayou Prints DP, Whisper White, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, and Real Red CS
Ink: Real Red, Blue Bayou Classic Ink Pads
Embellishments: Blue Bayou Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red Brads, Adhesive Rhinestone (non-SU)
Tools: Boho Blossoms Punch
Supplies: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Pop-Up Glue Dots
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This next card uses SAB Birthday Whimsy and is cased from Jean Stayton's original HERE. Jean's new blog is Bear Hugs and Inky Paws. I love the way Jean used a portion of the Scallop Punch for the icing on the cake, along with the Trio Flower Punch and Brad. The White Gel Pen was used to add dots to each scallop, and Diamond Stickles (non-SU) were used on the birthday candles.
RECIPE
Stamps: Birthday Whimsy (SAB)
Paper: Berry Bliss DP, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, and Whisper White CS
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: Chocolate Chip 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon, Pretty In Pink Brad
Tools: Ticket Corner Punch Scallop Punch, Trio Flower Punch
Supplies: Stampin’ Dimensionals, White Gel Pen, Diamond Stickles (non-SU)
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I've shown this next SAB So Many Scallops card on my blog before because this is the card I cased from Taylor VanBruggen for our weSTAMP swap (here). See Taylor's original card HERE on her blog, Taylored Expressions.
RECIPE
Stamps: So Many Scallops (SAB), Polka Dot Background Stamp, Garden Whimsy, and Sincere Salutations
Paper: Ginger Blossom DP, River Rock, Ruby Red, and Very Vanilla CS
Ink: Ruby Red, Groovy Guava, and River Rock Classic Ink Pads, Versamark
Embellishments: Gold Brads
Tools: ½” Circle Punch, Scallop Punch
Supplies: Stampin’ Dimensionals
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The last card features the SAB stamp set, Merci and was cased from {Teneale} on SCS. See her original card HERE.
RECIPE
Stamps: Merci (SAB)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, and Very Vanilla CS
Ink: Basic Gray, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, and Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pads, Rose Red, Old Olive, and Perfect Plum Watercolor Crayons with Blender Pen
Embellishments: Rose Red Brads, Chocolate Chip Poly-Twill Ribbon
Supplies: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

SCS FEATURED STAMPER CHALLENGE FS56 PETAL PUSHER

Today's Featured Stamper on SCS (FS56) is Mary, aka Petal Pusher on SCS. THIS is Mary's card I chose to case today, and HERE is Mary's SCS gallery. The things I changed from Mary's card include: a) different DP and colors, b) added paper piercing along the horizontal section and on the scallop medallion, c) my sentiment is below the main image, and d) I used the ticket corner punch on the Pretty In Pink CS bordering the main image.

I used my new Watercolor Crayons to color in the chick .... I just got them on Friday, and they were FREE! ... my Senior Supervisor promotion bonus from Stampin' Up! woohoo! The chick's shell is paper pieced from Spring Fling DP.

I'm not completely thrilled with the end result of this card, but it just felt good to be able to stamp, even if it wasn't my idea of the ideal stamping time ... I think I started this card around noon today, leaving it several times to do other things, coming back to it several times, and finally finishing it around 7:00 tonight ... lots of interruptions!
RECIPE
Stamps: A Good Egg
Paper: Spring Fling DP, Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, and So Saffron CS
Ink: Jet Black Staz-On, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie Watercolor Crayons
Embellishments: Certainly Celery Brad, Pretty In Pink Brad
Tools: Word Window Punch, Trio Flower Punch, 3/4", 1", 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Scallop Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Paper Piecing Tool/Mat/Template, Aquapainter
Supplies: Stampin' Dimensionals