Easter Friends Embossed Strip Card

Easter Friends Embossed Strip Lead

So hard to believe it’s almost Easter! Today I’d like to share an Easter Card using the Easter Friends Stamp Set and Double Oval Punch.

Easter Friends Embossed Strip Lead

CASEing the Catalog

This card was created as a challenge from my friend, Dawn. She wanted us to CASE a card from Page 80 of the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. She chose the green card in the top right corner. CASE means to Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit, and that’s just what I did.

2021-2022 Annual Catalog Page 80

Change it Up!

I changed up the colors, using Highland Heather for my card base, and Crumb Cake for the panel and strips. The panel was embossed with the Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder and the strips were embossed with the Macrame Embossing Folder.

I stamped the bunny in Soft Suede and used my Water Painters to soften the color, then fussy cut him and adhered him using Dimensionals. The small flower in his paws is from a retired punch.

Easter Friends Embossed Strip Front

You can see how my card is totally different from the card in the catalog, yet the basic design is the same.

Details

I stamped the greeting in Highland Heather and cut it with a die from the Ornate Frames dies. Next, I mounted it onto a piece of Highland Heather punched with the Tailored Tag Punch.

The eggs are simply ovals punched from the Subtles Assorted DSP and cut in half with my snips. They are randomly tucked and glued between the strips.

Finally, I added Pastel Pearls to finish this card.

Easter Friends Embossed Strip Detail

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Daffodil Daydream Slimline Card

Daffodil Daydream Slimline Lead

It’s time for another FAB Stampers post, and today we’re making a fairly simple, yet elegant, Daffodil Daydream Slimline Easter card.

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From Jeanne’s Studio in Kentucky

Hello Stampers! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for Winter to be over, and what could herald the Spring season better than daffodils?

Daffodil Daydream Slimline Lead

Daffodil Daydream Bundle

I wanted this to be a fairly simple card, so I chose a single daffodil as my focal point. This was made with the Daffodil Dies in the Daffodil Daydream Bundle. I used So Saffron and Mango Melody for the flower and Pear Pizzazz for the stem and leaf. These dies are amazing! Can you imagine how beautiful a bouquet of these would be?

Daffodil Daydream Slimline

Slim Card Dies

Slimline cards are currently quite popular and Stampin’ Up! has a set of dies perfect for this size card. I used one of the Slim Card Dies to make the white background on this card. The die actually cuts out ALL of the little designs, but as you can see, I added a few of them back in here and there to create a little more interest.

I only used the Slim Card Dies for this card, but they also come bundled with the Slim Sayings Stamp Set. This stamp set has large greetings, that when added to a card decorated with the Slimline Dies, makes a quick and easy, yet very impressive card.

Slimline Envelopes

My Soft Seafoam card measures 3 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and will fit in a regular business envelope. Or, if you want to dress it up a bit, Stampin’ Up! has a set of 15 decorated slimline envelopes you may purchase.

Daffodil Daydream Slimline Detail

The Details

I stamped the greeting with Pear Pizzazz ink and cut it out using a die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies set. It is adhered with Dimensionals.

Of course, no project can be called finished until I’ve added a little bling. I thought the Brushed Brass Butterflies were the perfect addition.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this pretty spring card!

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Gift of Hope Easter

I’ve been playing with the new blending brushes, which I absolutely love.  I purchased a couple of extra sets, so I can have a brush for each color family…… one for yellows, one for pinks, one for blues, one for greens, etc.  The brushes are washable, but that’s just too much work!  It’s much more fun using my time to create, instead of cleaning supplies.

I used the blending brushes and a post-it note to color the panel that the church is stamped on.  I put the post it note across the bottom to mask the grass, and brushed Daffodil Delight and Flirty Flamingo on the top portion of the panel.  Then I turned the post-it around to protect the sky I’d just finished, and brushed the bottom of the panel with Granny Apple Green to make the grass. I stamped the church in Memento black and colored it with Smoky Slate Blends to keep some of the yellow from shining through.

The panel with the church was then placed behind a small black panel, cut with a Layering Oval Die.  I took a white panel, stamped the flowers, cut with a larger Layering oval die, and colored with Blends.  I then embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder before attaching the church and black layer behind it.

All of these layers were placed on a Flirty Flamingo panel.  I folded the top of my black card base in half and adhered the Flirty Flamingo panel only below the fold on the front of the black card base, so that when folded, it will stand up.  I popped up the verse with dimensionals as a “stop” for the easel.

Don’t you think this would also make a pretty home decor piece if framed?

There were several steps to this card, so I wouldn’t want to make 100 of these, but I think it was worth the end result!  What do you think?

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