222- Mother's Day Flower Pot

To me this technique challenge (TLC215) was perfect for mother's day cards. It was also a great excuse to use my big shot. I did the basket the same way I made it on my easter card- with the sanded background. I just love the texture effect that it gives. I also used Sticky Strip to attach the flowers so that they could stay on without being fully adhered to the insert because you want it to be able to go over the basket. Here is the link to the instructions for this technique

Recipe:

Stamps: All holidays, Sanded

Paper: So saffron, regal rose, rose red, taken with teal

Ink: Taken with teal

Accessories: Big shot, flower layers, tab punch, scallop edge punch, 5/8" regal rose grosgrain ribbon, sticky strip, natural hemp twine

213- Easter Basket Card

This week's technique challenge was to make an Easter Basket but I really don't need one. I don't have any children to give treats to but I still wanted to do something with a basket. I don't have any Easter stamps so I used punches and scraps to assemble this.

I first used the Sanded background stamp over the so saffrom before I cut out the basket. To make the basket I cut out the third largest oval from the coluzzle for the handle and cut a piece of cardstock into a trapezoid for the base.

The initial idea for the background was to do a sunset using the baby wipe technique and a brayer. To do this you have to use reinkers and unfortunately I just didn't have the right colours to do it. I do like the way it turned out though because it is textured and bright.

The eggs were punches out from scraps of DSP- a great way to use up all those pieces that you accumulate. I then put crystal effects on top of them to make them look glazed.

Recipe:

Stamps: All holidays, Sanded

Paper: Glossy white, baha breeze, so saffron, kiwi kiss, DSP scraps

Ink: Baha breeze, so saffron, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette, riding hood red

Accessories: Brayer, reinkers, coluzzle, hemp twine, cropodile, photo corners punch, mat pack, tag and small tag punches, large and small oval punches, Crystal Effects