Easter Window Sheet Card

This special fold card has a 3/4 window sheet panel on the front of the card.  The image is embossed and mounted on the inside of the card.

An 81/2 by 4 1/4" piece of Very Vanilla card stock was scored at 5 1/2" and cut at 7.  After embossing a 4 1/4 by 3" piece of Window sheet with the Easter sentiment, it was adhered to the top and the bottom 1 1/2" cut off  piece of card stock.

Some DSP was adhered to the top and bottom panels.

The top panel was decorated with a 1/4" strip of Delightful Dijon cardstock; the bottom with the same colour of ribbon and a cluster of flowers and a palm leaf.

Through the window you can see an embossed Easter image coloured with a blender pen.  Die cut with layering oval framelits, it is mounted on a soft sky banner.

The inside sentiment cannot be seen as it is hidden by the lower panel.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Easter Message
Inks: Versa Mark, Markers (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Soft Sky, Smoky Slate), Delightful Dijon, Old Olive
Papers: Very Vanilla, Mosaic DSP, Delightful Dijon, Soft Sky, Old Olive
Accessories: Window Sheet, 1/4" grosgrain Delightful Dijon ribbon, Petite Petal Punch, rhinestones, Pewter Embossing Powder, Layering Oval Framelits, Banner Framelits, glue dots

Painting with Alcohol Wink of Stella

Oh no!  My Clear Wink of Stella glimmer brush went dry!

Thinking there had to be more life in this brush, I took it apart with a pair of pliers lifting out the center core.  I could see that there was still quite a bit of glitter left inside the core.

On Pinterest I had read that these brushes could be revived by adding water in the barrel, but I decided to add rubbing alcohol instead and reassembling the brush gave it a try. 

Wow!  I think it's better than it was before!

Now the fun began.  Grabbing some ink pads and an embossed image using the Floral Affection embossing folder, I began painting parts of the image.  It was easy, and the colours were brilliant.
The resultant image was made into an easel Easter card

The colours for this card were selected from the Affectionately Yours DSP- from the Crumb Cake basic Easel card to the Flirty Flamingo mat of the embossed art piece.

Embellishments in the form of flowers and ribbon also coordinated with the color scheme.  The flowers were made using the Petite Petal punch.  I made the centers by snipping a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock, and rolling it up and then fluffing it after the adhesive was set.
Of course, Wink of Stella (clear) was applied to all parts of the flowers.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Easter Message
Inks:  Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Cucumber Crush
Papers: Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Affectionately Yours DSP, Cucumber Crush
Accessories: 'Revived" Clear Wink of Stella glimmer brush (with alcohol), Floral Affection Embossing Folder, Petite Petal Punch, Itty Bitty Flower punch, 3/8" ruffled Flirty Flamingo ribbon, Pearls, dimensionals, glue dots

Easter Flowers

...in a vase made with a punch.

The Lily flowers are part of the Easter Messages stamp set, as are the palm fronds.  Put them together and place them in a vase and you have a wonderful Easter Bouquet.

The flowers were masked before stamping the 2 palm fronds.  I coloured them using SU markers.

A vase was made by punching one image in Daffodil Delight using the Best Badge punch and altering the punchie to make it look like a vase. See the picture below.  The dotted lines on the punchie on the punch indicate where I trimmed it with the scissors so that it looks like the punchie lying beside it.

To decorate the vase, I used two of the stamps of the Delicate Details stamp set, and cut out a coloured lily and adhered it to the vase center. Dimensionals adhered the vase to the card front.

I love sponging edges of almost everything.  Sponging gives the images such definition and a finished look. I sponged the edges of the vase, the flowers, and the edges of all the papers making up the card.

Three more coloured lilies were cut out and 2 were adhered over the original lilies; the 3rd just peeking its head over the top of the vase.

After adhering the art piece to a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock, a piece of 1/8" stitched Smoky Slate ribbon was slid under the vase between the dimensionals and adhered behind the Daffodil Delight card stock. A bow made of the same ribbon was placed on the right side.

The Whisper White card base was layered with a Smoky Slate layer, upon which a strip of Scenic Scenery DSP was added. Dimensionals adhered the art piece to the card front.

What's a card without bling? Dazzling details was applied to the flowers and the vase as well as Wink of Stella.  In addition I added metal rimmed rhinestones and smaller rhinestones.


Supplies Used:
Stamps: Easter Message, Timeless Texture, Delicate Details
Inks: Black Memento, Basic Gray, SU markers (Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist, Old Olive, Always Artichoke)
Papers: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Scenic Scenery DSP
Accessories: Best Badge punch, 1/8" stitched Smoky Slate ribbon, Metal rimmed rhinestones, rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dots

The Old Rugged Cross...

Tonight I made my first Easter card, a nice change from making Valentine cards. I chose the soft colours that are in the Falling in Love DSP.

The cross and palm branches are symbolic of Easter.

The focal images were stamped with Black Memento ink and die cut with the layering oval framelits. It was coloured with blender pen and ink pads, using various strengths of Soft Suede ink. Smoky Slate was used to color the draping robe.

The image piece was adhered to a banner made of Falling in Love DSP.

Some 3/8" Whisper White cotton ribbon was attached to the lower part of this banner, and a bow made with this ribbon

Three palm fronds were stamped and coloured on a separate piece of Whisper White and then cut out.  This task was a bit tedious, but well worth it.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Easter Message
Inks:  Soft Suede, Always Artichoke, Smoky Slate, Black Memento
Papers: Soft Sky, Whisper White, Falling in Love DSP
Accessories: Sparkling embossing folder, Layering Oval framelits, 3/8" Whisper White cotton ribbon, corner rounder punch, dimensionals, metal rimmed pearls