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EASTER TREATS

Hello and thank you for popping by. I hope that you enjoyed yestarday’s post. I had such a good laugh when I realsied that I had got one of the colour for a colour challenge wrong.

Yesterday I had intended to explain why I hadn’t posted anything on Saturday. Time got away from me – I spent all of Saturday and fair amount of time on Sunday making 45 Mother’s Day cards. The Kangaroo Point Markets where I had a stall at the end of last year, is back for the first time in 2021 next Sunday. So it made sense to have a heap of cards ready so that I can plan a special Mother’s Day promotion.

I made an Easter gift box ready to give yesterday, so I thought that I’d share it with you today.

It measures 5-1/2″x 1-1/2″x 1-1/2″ and holds lots of lovely mini chocolate eggs. I used the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle and coordinating Butterfly Bijou DSP. The colours used are Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Just Jade.

I used some Terracotta Tile ribbon, from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack, Vanilla ribbon, from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack , and Linen Thread for the ribbon bundle on the gift box top. The ‘Happy Easter’ is from the Timeless Tulip Stamp Set. After I stamped it and trimmed the Basic White card stock, I popped it between the ribbons and the last butterfly.

I really enjoy making 3D projects and it’s been such a long time since I’ve made a box of this type – so long, that I can’t even give it a name for you. If you know, please leave me a coment. And, it is always fun to fill gift box with goodies.

What treats have you shared with family and friends over Easter?

I hope that you and your family had a peaceful Easter.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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TIME FOR A GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT COLOUR CHALLENGE

Hello and thank you being here. I am so pleased that you are popping by to see what my latest project is.

As I mentioned recently, my new Sunday posts will be a project from the Global Design Project’s weekly challenges.

Global Design Project #285 is a colour challenge. The colours are So Saffron, Seaside Spray and Sahara Sand. Well, it wasn’t until after I finished my project I realised that I used Soft Sea Foam instead of Seaside Spray – I wrote down the colours incorrectly. I wish that I had looked at all the samples and I may have autocorrected myself when I started blending the soft green. Anyway, I won’t be adding it to the challenge but still like the end result.

I made two projects – a card and a gift box.

The Sahara Sand card base has an embossed layer adhered to the front. I used the Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder to add texture that coordinates with the stamp set and dies that I chose.

The next step was to use Blending Brushes to colour a piece of the Dandy Laser Cut Paper. The blended the So Saffron front the top down and the Soft Sea Foam from the bottom up. Then I stamped the dandelion image, from the Garden Wishes Stamp Set, in Sahara Sand onto the same coloured card stock. Using Saddle Brown StazOn ink I stamped the same image onto white vellum. After the images were cut using the Dandy Wishes Dies, I coloured the card stock piece using the Blending Brushes again.

The vellum piece was adhered to the laser cut piece. Then I cut four lengths of Linen Thread and threaded it through the sides and tied it at the front. Then I used Stampin’ Dimensionals behind the other dandelion die cut and popped it over the linen thread.

I stamped the greeting and then cut it using one of the, soon to be retired, Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I cut it a second time making it thinner.

The last touch was to add a few Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.

Then I made a gift box using one of the Love You Always Treat Boxes. I covered it with some Soft Sea Foam 6″x 6″ DSP from the Subtles collection. I used one of the Dandy Laser Cut Paper round shapes and coloured it with my So Saffron Blending Brush, before adhering it to the top of the box. Then I cut lots of dandelions and overlaid them on top of each other and held them in place using Mini Glue Dots. Before securing it over the So Saffrom circle, I tied some Linen Thread just below the head of the dandelion.

Well, I made not have finished with a project to add to the #GDP285, but I do have a card and matching gift box that I am really happy with. Here’s hoping that I get it right next week.

Keeping it real – happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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FACEBOOK FUN

Hello! Thank you for popping by. I’m a little late posting this morning.

Tomorrow is my weekly Facebook Live on https://www.facebook.com/mmmstampintime, at 9am (AEST). I hope that you have time to watch me live or on replay.

I thought that I would share the projects I am planning to make tomorrow.

I decided to focus on the Love You Always Suite because one of the stamp set/dies bundles is retiring and the other is carrying over into the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.

The Forever & Always Bundle, as well as the True Love Designer Series Paper are retiring. So, if this is still on your wishlist be quick to order it while it is still available.

FOREVER AND ALWAYS BUNDLE
$79 AUD

And, Stampin’ Emboss Powders are also retiring, in their single colour packaging. They will be available as two different three packs – more information soon.

I am trying to use up the retiring ribbons quickly, so the Real Red Sheer Ribbon made its way onto this card.

The layout of this card is uncomplicated – layers of card stock and DSP, a ribbon and bow tied around the layers, stamped and die cut greeting and heat embossed and die cut flowers. Simple yet elegant, don’t you agree?

The sentiment stamp, on the card insert, actually reads “you so very much”. It is very easy to just ink up the last three words to be able to have the total greeting read ‘Love you so very much’. I also stamped the smaller floral image, using Real Red, on both the card insert and envelope.

The other project, I plan to make tomorrow, is an impossible box. It was inspired by the ones that Julie Dimatteo and Sam Colcott make.

The one I will make tomorrow will use card stock rather than DSP. The DSP is perfect for smaller boxes but I think larger boxes need more stability.

The great thing about using DSP is that when you turn down the top one inch piece, the box features the other side of the paper.

The closing mechanism of this box is so clever – I have no idea who was the first to create this box, but they are so talented.

When you press down on the lid it just folds in and closes right up.

While I cannot take any credit for this box design, I can share the instructions I have drawn up. I hope you have fun making your own.

See you tomorrow, Live.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Always Dies
[154307]
$57.00
Heat Tool
[129056]
$50.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00