easter greetings

one more post of easter fun.  i hope everyone had a wonderful day.   i have 2 ideas for you today -- they can easily be changed to fit any occasion.

the first is a tag i made to put in some potted tulips i gave as gifts.

these were a quick and easy project.  i used a buttery yellow cardstock for the background, with some designer paper from a stack i bought at ac moore's.  the stamp is from g. studio.  the embellishments were some things i had laying around (sorry, don't know what the company's are - the packages are long gone).


the next are a couple of examples of some easter cards i made.  i did them on purple and green.

the background is a cuttlebug embossing folder - swirls.  the stamps again are g. studio, and i used the large and small SU tag punches, and SU markers to color the images.  i think the ribbon is also SU, but again, i was just using up some stuff i had around.  i also misted the card with angel mist diamond glitter spray.

thanks for stopping by.  drop in again soon.  i have some other projects coming up i'm sure you'll love! :)

Easter side stair step card

I saw a card made like this and thought it was pretty cool.  So, had to give it a try.

This is a side stair-step card.

 

 

I have to admit -- I cheated a little bit on this one.  I saw the directions and measurements here, and put it on my list of things to try.  All of the measurements, frankly make me nervous!  hehe.

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Heirloom Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival in Allentown, Pa.   There I visited the booth of The Paper Cut .  What a great company!  There I found all kinds of pre-cut and pre-scored things.  I bought a package of pre-cut and scored stair-step cards! woohoo!  So -- I cheated a little bit ---THIS TIME.  But now I have a better visual on how it goes together and I promise I won't cheat anymore.  :)

This card was pretty easy to do, here is a list of items and some directions -

1. I used a Stampin' Up embossing folder ( Elegant Bouquet) and ran it through my Cuttlebug on the card base.
2. I then stamped the images on white card stock.  The stamp set  I used is Easter Blossoms, using mellow moss and daffodil delight ink - all from Stampin' Up!
3. I then cut the egg images out by hand, and cut the girl and the Easter greeting out (and the green backgrounds) using the oval Nestabilities.
4. I used a finger dauber to sponge the outside edges with the daffodil delight - yellow color. 
5. On the greeting tag, I did a one hole bow,(using Offrey ribbon I had on hand) and then attached the pearls (by Queen and Co. - I picked them up at AC Moore's, for less then a dollar) and glued into place.
6. On the image of the little girl I added a strip of ribbon and placed the image of the girl over it, then attached the pearls, and glued it to the base card.
7. Lastly, I attached the Easter eggs.

I really like it, and hope you like it too.  Please feel free to ask me any questions about the directions, or any of the products.

Happy stamping!  Thanks for visiting - please come back to visit soon!