Monday, March 27, 2023

Quiet Meadow Sympathy Card

I unfortunately had to send a sympathy card this week.  Sympathy cards are my least favorite cards to make, not that they are hard to make in the sense of difficulty, but hard on my heart to make.

This card starts with a Basic Black cardstock card base followed by a Basic White cardstock panel.  

The narrow front panel has been cut at 2 1/2" x 4 3/4".  The flower is from the Meadow dies.  Before I cut the flower out I backed the Basic White cardstock front panel with a piece of Adhesive Sheet.

Once the flower was cut out, a 2" x 4 1/2" Basic Black panel was adhered onto the back of the Basic White front panel.

Next the die cut flower was adhered to the card front offsetting it a little bit from the black background. This panel was adhered onto the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.  

Matte Black Dots were added to the center of the flowers.

The Basic White cardstock butterflies are from the Brilliant Wings dies and have been adhered onto the card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The sentiment is from the Something Fancy stamp set and has been stamped onto Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  The sentiment label was cut out using one of the Meadow dies. This Meadow die was used again to cut out a Basic Black label that was cut in half and then adhered slightly off-set onto the back of the Basic White label.
The sentiment on the Basic White cardstock inside panel is from the Quiet Meadow stamp set and has been stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

Easter Theme Blog Hop

Welcome to the Team Stamp It Groups Easter Theme Blog Hop! 

Whether you hopped onto my blog from one of my teammates or started with my blog, I'm awfully glad you "hopped" by.
This little Easter Basket was made using the Country Gingham 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the Easter Bunny Bundle.

To make this basket you will need the following:

6" x 6" piece of DSP
1/2" x 6" piece of DSP for the handle, you will need two
1" x 6" piece of Basic White cardstock for the border around the handle, you will need two
3" x 1 1/2" piece of DSP for cut out two circles

This style of basket has been around for a long time, but this is the first time I have made it.  I found the basket to be quick and easy to make.

This is the template that I used:

Once cut out, the basket template will look like this.
There are lots of tutorials for this style of basket and I used this one by Dawn Griffith.

 I did change a couple things from what Dawn showed on her video. 
Using the second to the smallest circle die from the Stylish Shapes dies, the circle was folded in half and adhered over the side tabs to hide the staple on both sides of the basket.  This was done before the handles were adhered to the basket.

Also the lid to the basket was not used.
If you look below the handle, you can see the half circle.

The Basic White border around the handle was cut from the Scalloped Contours dies.
Here's a look at the basket from another angle.

The Basic White tag was cut out using the Something Fancy dies.

The bunny, carrot, Easter eggs and butterfly are from the Easter Bunny stamp set and have been stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink, then colored using Stampin' Blends Markers.

The bow was made using Soft Succulent 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon.
And a look at the basket from the top down.

The finished basket, including the handle, is approximately 
3" long x 1 3/4" wide x 4" tall.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my project today, if you leave a comment on my blog, and include your name and #stampitcontest in your comment, your name will be entered into a drawing to win the Classic Letters Stamp Set.


Congratulations to last months winner...

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