A Softer Egg

A more subdued card and once again sorry about the lighting in this first picture. This is the softest of my egg cards, with a zap of yellow. It's for my sister.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Loads of Love Accessories, Swirls and Curls Verses (inside greeting)

Ink: Melon Mango, Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White cardstock and Ice Cream Parlour dsp (retired)

Tools: Only Ovals die, Word Window punch, Itty Bitty punch pack

Extras: Blue rhinestones, and various other ribbon scraps

Layering fun!

I think one could add those little flowers to anything. I have to restrain myself from actually putting them everything. I couldn't find one of the punchess the other day, and it was a bit of a panic.

It just so happens that this weekend is also her birthday, so....

I put a little Bashful Blue stitching around the inside.

A birthday with Easter eggs!

On each plate will be a little treat. I made some quick little treat cups and filled them with eggs and the most adorable little chocolate lambs.

Paper: Sunny Day dsp (retired)

Tools: Table Setting die (retired) and Big Shot machine

Yay! It's party time!

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

SSC54 & OCC4: Egg number two

Welcome to my second Easter Egg card. I know Easter is over, but since I had some more ribbon scraps and the theme for this week's challenge over at Simply Stampin' is Easter, I decided to make a second egg card. Plus, because my sister was away for Easter, we are celebrating it for my side of the family this weekend. It turns out that the Easter theme is also taking place at Our Creative Corner as well, yay! So please bear with my Easter creations for just a little longer!

(I'm sorry this first picture doesn't have the best lighting.)

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Loads of Love Accessories, Easter Blossoms (inside greeting)

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Tangerine Tango, Baja Blue, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White cardstock and Greenhouse Gala dsp (retired)

Tools: Only Ovals die, Word Window punch

Extras: Tangerine Tango pom-pom trim, and various other ribbon scraps

A few pictures to show you how the different layers look. That's some pretty groovy designer paper in the background, eh? It's always fun when I end up using paper I couldn't really envision using on a project and then creating a project that it looks good on. Those zig-zags reminded me decorated Easter eggs.

Those adorable little mini pom poms are actually on the clearance rack right now! and they come in other colours! So cute, they make anything instantly adorable. 

This pile of Easter eggs is one of the cool things about the Loads of Love Accessories set, the little piles don't have to go in the truck, they can be used in lots of other ways.

Thanks for coming to check out my card today. I don't think I am done using up ribbon scraps, so please come back to see what else I come up with.

Hope you enjoyed your Easter feast over the weekend!

FM 50 & SUO 41: Mother of Pearl Blossoms

I was intruiged by The Friday Mashup's challenge this week, because it involved the Mother of Pearl technique and I have never done it before. It sounds daunting but it's not. It's a pretty neat technique because it shimmers/shines depending upon how you hold it under the light. Plus, I was in the mood for something spring, and thrilled to see that SUO's challenge this week was to make a project celebrating spring!

Under bright direct light...

Yet it's barely noticeable under softer diffused lighting...

Stamps: Easter Blossoms

Ink: Crumb Cake, Pirouette Pink

Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette cardstock, and First Edition dsp

Tools: Framed Tulips Textured Embossing folder, Beautiful Wings Embossilits, white coloured pencil, scrunched up piece of plastic film

Extras: Mini Vintage tags, 1/2" Chantilly Lace Crochet trim, Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbbon, Frost Shimmer paint

I layered the Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon underneath the lace trim for a subtle pink effect. I dug out my mini vintage tags, they seemed to have gotten more vintage all on their own. Yes, I have had them for awhile, and I do use them sparingly...so that extra vintage bit of rust on my tag is for real.

My greeting on the inside... 

Here's the card in another light, where the "pearlescent" part is more subtle, yet still shows up. I coloured over my blossoms with a white coloured pencil because I wanted them to be white with a hint of pink, and so they would pop a bit against the white. 

As far as I can tell, the technique really only involves sponging some crumpled plastic film into some paint. I poured a tiny bit of Frost Shimmer onto a paper plate and then crumpled up the film and sponged it in the paint. Then I'd sponge it off a bit before putting it on the card. 

I thought this technique would look nice on a mostly white or vanilla card. As I mentioned before, I don't do the "ethereal" look easily but I really put my mind to it, and with the help of this technique in the back of my mind, I think I managed to make it work. 

Happy First Day of Spring! Yaaaaaay!

SSC 245: Retro Easter

Well, I had hoped to get my card done in time to submit it to the ColourQ challenge this week, which is using this funky colour combo.

But I left the house in a mad rush this morning and never got around to posting my card. How retro is that table setting? I really think we had something similar to this in our kitchen growing up. I distinctly remember the dishwasher being that sort of green. 

Regardless, I tried to put that out of my mind. I was in the Easter mood, so here is the card I made with this colour combo.

I did manage, however, to use the sketch from this week's Stampin 411 challenge. Yay! At least I managed to get it in somewhere.

I had fun making those easter eggs, I copied them into the inside of the card too. Not your usual Easter colours but I think it kinda works.

Have a Happy Wednesday!