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My Little Easter Basket

Jodene Tripp has been inspiring us all over on Stampin’ Up in Oz with her wonderful creations using Lauren Meader’s Timeless Templates. I already had a few of Lauren’s templates but upon visiting her site I purchased a few more. In amongst those I purchased was one call ‘Pack A Picnic’ which I knew straight away I wanted to use for an Easter Basket. The template comes with 2 sizes and I’ve opted to use the small one this time but I’m sure I’ll be making some of the larger size too. The template does also come with a lid but I didn’t think my project needed that.

So this is ‘My Little Easter Basket’.

I decided I wanted to use the Tea Party DSP for this one as even though Easter is in Autumn here in Australia I’m sure we still think of the Easter Bunny and flowers rather than leaves falling off the trees. I chose the Certainly Celery, So Saffron & Pretty In Pink printed paper from the pack and teamed it with a layer of Pretty In Pink Cardstock. The handles are So Saffron with a strip of Pretty In Pink and they have been attached to the basket using clear rhinestone brads. I actually wanted to use the green in the Ice Rhinestone pack but can you believe I only had 2 left (I needed 4) and I didn’t have a spare pack in my drawer. This never happens to me. Well it didn’t until now so I’d better make sure to add a pack to my next order. The Easter image is from Eggcoutrements stamp set available in the Summer Mini which I have stamped in Pretty in Pink onto Whisper White cardstock and then punched out with the Designer Label punch.

While I was doing my groceries last week I came across packs of coloured shredded paper in the Easter section and thought they’d be ideal for some Easter creations. This was before Jodene was inspiring us and before I’d even looked at creating this basket. Guess I just new I’d be putting it to use real soon plus I’m sure if I went back now it would all be gone especially seeing it was only $1.99 a bag. I actually purchased 4 packs, 1 each of pink, yellow, blue & purple. There is heaps in each bag too.

Rather than fill the whole basket up with eggs I’ve added some of the lovely pink shredded paper and then a few eggs on top. The eggs I’ve used are a mixed pack of Ballantyne and include solid eggs, strawberry filled, peppermint filled and caramel. When I opened the bag can you imagine the yummy smell that came out. I’ve been good though. I haven’t eaten even one by the time I typed this post. I won’t guarantee it will stay that way though…..hahaha

Till next time…..

Happy Stamping

A Thank You gift for me.

I received a lovely surprise package in the mail yesterday and it was from my partner for the last ESAD Secret Sister round, Sonia Garbutt.

Sonia had made me a ‘Thank You’ gift for the items she received from me. Now this was not necessary and is not a requirement to the swap so it was very much unexpected but certainly appreciated.

This is what Sonia made for me.

Sonia has used the new Kaleidoscope DSP from the Summer Mini Catalogue along with coordinating Bold Brights cardstock & inks and one of my all time favourite stamp sets, Great Friend, which unfortunately is not available at present but I do so hope it makes the next IB&C released 1st September 2010. If it doesn’t I still don’t think I could part with it straight away. Of course you can also see some of the wonderful Ice Rhinestone Circle brads used on this wonderful project.

I’m sure you’ve heard me say before that I’m really not a Bold Brights kind of girl (unless of course you are a new visitor to my blog) but this Kaleidoscope DSP has changed that a little and I’ve probably used more Bold Bright colours since the release of the Summer Mini than I have in the 3 1/2 years prior with Stampin’ Up!. Let’s just hope that when this mini finishes my using Bold Brights more doesn’t go with it….hahaha.

So would you like to see what’s inside????

Check it out.

Sonia has created some note paper hand stamped with some images from the Great Friend stamp set.

Wasn’t I a lucky girl?

I’m sure I’ll be CASING this great project soon.

Till next time….

Happy Stamping

M&M Card

Yes that is Chocolate M & M’s I’m talking about. My youngest daughter needed a birthday card for a party she was attending last Saturday so I decided it was about time I used my Sweet Somethings stamp set and the Sweet Treat Cups.

Being that this is the first time I’d used both of these it did take me a little bit of time. I need to use them more so I can get the hang of them I think…..

Seeing how I was using M & M’s and they are reasonably bright in colour…..yes wait for it….. I used Bold Brights colours for the card.

I didn’t want to put in all this effort (and I’m telling you my first one was) and have the card destroyed getting the M & M’s out so I made a slider so they could be removed easily.

Here’s the finished card complete with M & M’s.

I’ve used Yoyo Yellow as my base (probably the 2nd time I’ve used this colour in 3 1/2 years…hahaha), then I have a layer of Only Orange followed by my top layer of Whisper White. The Gumball machine image has been stamped on a seperate piece of Whisper White using Real Red ink and then cut out and layered using Stampin’ Dimensionals to add that extra 3D effect. The sentiment has been stamped using Tempting Turquoise.

I’m sure you will all realise that the ribbon at the top is to pull the slider up to remove the M & M’s. I’ve used the lovely Real Red Polka Dot ribbon on this.

While creating the slider I realised I didn’t want the card to look plain when the M & M’s where gone so I punched out a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the 1 3/4” circle punch and stamped it using what I’m calling the M & M stamp from the Sweet Somethings stamp set and some bold bright inks.

Of course it doesn’t look as good as filled with actual edible M & M’s but better than a blank card.

Sweet Something 1 inside

And to finish off the inside…..

(Sorry about the white patches I forgot to snap a photo before my daughter wrote in it so I’ve edited the names out)

So did I do okay???? I’m sure with more practice I’ll get quicker at them. Any tips would be appreciated…

Till next time…..

Happy Stamping

Secret Sister – December Part 2 Reveal

As I wrote in my last post I wanted my reveal to be extra special so I didn’t want to send ‘just a card’. I had spotted an item while blog surfing earlier in December that I wanted to make so that’s what I did for Sonia except mine was made using Not Quite Navy and again I’ve use the gorgeous Bella Bleu DSP.

This is a 4 drawer unit (1 on each side) with an Easel card on the top. I’ve teamed it with the Friends 24-7 stamp set and coordinating Friendly Words jumbo wheel.

Here’s the back view.

I wanted Sonia to be able to use this so I decided not to write on it. I packed this up with lots of bubble wrap and tissue paper to fill the postage box for protection and then included a little note inside the top of the box for Sonia. I told her how happy I was to have been her Secret Sister for this round and how much I’ve enjoyed making the gifts for her and her family. I then went on to tell her she’d have to find the post-it note on the final item for the reveal. I didn’t hide it in a difficult spot so don’t worry she didn’t have to pull all the drawers out, but I did think about it….hahaha. Inside each of the drawers was a little something extra for her. One had some Dove choccies, another had a sample of Playground buttons and another had the Sherbert buttons and the final one …..boy I can’t remember. I’m sure it was either something nice to eat or something for Sonia to use……hahaha.

Well that’s the last of my gifts for this round of Secret Sister for ESAD-SU. I’m still participating in one for Stampin’ Up in Oz which ends in February so I’ll be able to share those items in March.

Till next time…..

Happy Stamping

Secret Sister – December Part 1

I wasn’t as organised for December as I hoped I would be some my first item I sent to Sonia was actually her gift. It was only sent off the week before Christmas so I was praying it would arrive in time. I had also included some gifts for her 2 little girls and a little something for her hubby.

This is the gift for Sonia.

Inside was more gifts. I had wrapped everything individually.

There was the Soft Subtle Watercolour Wonder Crayons she had on her wish list, along with both Circle & Square Aluminium Tags. I also included a lovely Lemon Meringue scented soap and a chocolate wallet.

Here’s a closer view of the chocolate wallet.

Snow Swirled was the other set Sonia had mentioned was a favourite of hers so I wanted to incorporate it into this months gift as much as possible. In the past when I’ve made these Chocolate Wallets I’ve decorated with DSP but this time I created my own by randomly stamping the snowflakes from Snow Swirled onto Whisper White card using Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss. I’ve wrapped the chocolates in some Baja Breeze & Kiwi Kiss Patterns DSP which is plain but I’ve stamped the Snowflakes to give it a pattern. I was really happy how this turned out and hope Sonia was too. From her message to the group after unpacking her gift on Christmas Day it seems she was.

The last bit of Sonia’s gift was her Christmas Card which of course I’ve use the Snow Swirled stamp set on.

To stamp the tree I’ve used the direct to rubber technique using Stampin’ Write Markers. I’ve used the same colour theme as I have made my own In Colour markers using Carol Dunstan’s tutorial.

Next up is the gift for her littlest girl.

I’ve wrapped some Ocean themed soaps in Ski Slope DSP and tied some of SU’s gorgeous Real Red Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon which is available in the Summer Mini. I have also put some Christmas Jelly Beans in a Test Tube, with more of that lovely ribbon and a personalise tag.

For Sonia’s big girl I had to create some packaging to fit her gift and this is what I came up with. This box has been decorated using the Holiday Treasures DSP, Ruby Red cardstock and Baja Breeze striped ribbon. Inside this box is a Honey Bear bubble bath. Of course she received the same Test Tube filled with Christmas Jelly beans all personalised for her too.

So as not to leave her hubby out (we all know how men feel when they don’t get something too……) I created this Chocolate Box just for him using Ski Slope DSP.

Inside it contained some Ferrero Rocher chocolates and an assortment of Hot Chocolate and Cappuccino sachets.

As I still had one more card to send which would be my reveal I wanted to send something extra special.

Check back tomorrow to see what it was.

Till then…..

Happy Stamping

Nicole Stalker

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