Stampin' Up - Easter - Art With Heart March 2018 Blog Hop

Tonight, the Art with Heart team are sharing creative Easter creations.
Don’t forget, sale-a-bration has just over a week left to earn free product with purchase or it is also a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! Ask any of the girls on the hop for more details.

Tonight, I am bringing you 2 Easter cards. The first is an Easter Bunny Card and the second is an Easter Cross card. Both are a Fancy fold card that are very easy to do. You know that I love my fancy fold cards.

Well I just loved this stamp set when I first saw it and could not wait to have it, but I actually haven’t inked it up until now. I know, how can that be? I was very fortunate to get it at OnStage. Onstage is a fantastic event that Stampin’ Up holds for demonstrators every 6 months and we have so much fun seeing new products and getting to play with them before anyone else. If you love Stampin’ Up as much as we do think about joining up. Don’t hesitate to ask.

Don’t you just love how real the bunny rabbit looks? My family couldn’t believe I stamped it! Don’t you just love Stampin’ Up stamps they make the best stamps! I have seen this gorgeous Bunny Rabbit used for baby cards in very similar cards using the Sweet Little Something stamp set it is such a versatile set as you can use it for baby cards and Easter cards with the greetings that come along with the gorgeous Bunny.

So how did I make this card. The base of the card. It is a Z fold card and it is really easy.

• ·       Cut your cardstock so that you have a piece that is 4 ¼ x 11 inches then score at 2 ¾  and 5 ½ . and fold in a valley/mountain, then you have your Z.
  
• ·       For the layering I have cut in crumb cake 2 x - 2 ½ x 4, 1 x-  4 x 5 ¼ , 1x- 3 3/8 x 3 3/8. inches
• ·       The gorgeous DSP is the Sweet Soiree and it is just beautiful I have cut 2 of these in 2 ¼ x 3 ¾ inches
• ·       Cut 1 Whisper white 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 and 1 – 3 ¾ x 5 inches
• ·       The Bunny is a 3 step process that I have stamped in crumb cake and soft suede ink then cut it out and popped it up on dimensionals and added an organza ribbon.
• ·       On the inside of the card I have used the Celebrate You Thinlit Dies and the champagne foil paper I just love this foil paper.
  
• ·       With the Stitched shapes framelit dies I have used the smallest oval die to cut out some Easter Eggs with the Sweet Soiree DSP and cut them at different lengths. The great thing about Stampin’ Up DSP is that it is 2 sided so you can flip the piece that you have cut over and you get another egg!
• ·       I have stamped Happy Easter from the Sweet Little Something stamp set in early espresso

In my second card I have used the Hold on to Hope stamp set and I just love this set and again couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. It also can be bundled with the Cross of Hope framelit dies which are just fantastic!

Using the Hold On To Hope stamp set I have created a shadow box card for you tonight. So absolutely simple to create and very effective.

·       I have used the Wood Textures DSP which I just love and it will be continuing in the new catalogue starting on June 1^st (which I can’t wait to see) so that is fantastic because it is just gorgeous DSP.

• ·       To create the shadow box cut your base card and your top card (in my case the Wood Textures DSP) both the same size. 4 ¼ x 5 ½
• ·       Score both at ½ inch and 1 inch turn around and do the same at the other end of the 5 ½ inch length.
• ·       To create the circle use the layering circle dies and place it towards the top of the between the score lines and pass it through the big shot.
• ·       Now before you stick your shadow box together cut 2 pieces of Whisper White card 3 ¼ x 4 1/16 
• ·       On one piece of whisper white lay it under the circle of your cut-out wood texture DSP and stamp your image of the cross in a colour of your choice, I used Fresh Fig!
• ·       Using the Cross of Hope framelit dies cut out the gorgeous filigree cross in Champagne Foil paper and adhere it to the stamped image with the fine tip glue pen.
• ·       Now we can put together our card. Burnish the score lines so that your card will stand up in a valley/ mountain way.
  
• ·       Adhere your cross image to the inside of the early espresso card and with your choice or adhesive just on the small outside ½ inch and stick together so that it creates a box and will stand on its own.
• ·       Now to decorate the front I have stamped the butterfly, flowers and sentiment all in fresh fig on whisper white card stock and using the Cross of Hope Framelits dies cut them out! How easy is that? What a great bundle this is!
• ·       On the back of the card I have used the other piece of whisper white that we cut out used the little twig stamp in the Hold on to Hope and Happy Easter from Sweet Little Something stamp sets
  

Hope you have enjoyed these 2 very simple Easter cards to make and that you enjoy your Easter with family and friends

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Caroline Manwaring.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

Monika O'Neill 

Sharon Davern  <= You are here

Caroline Manwaring

Tina Gillespie

Ros Davidson

Rachel Woollard

Rebecca Jacovou
Catherine Proctor

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Fiona Ryan

Judy May 

PRODUCTS
Stamps	Sweet little something, Hold on to Hope
Card Stock and Papers	Whisper White, Early Espresson, Sweet Soiree Specialty DSP,  Crumb Cake, Wood Textures DSP, Champagne Foil Paper.
Ink	Fresh Fig, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Acecessories / Embellishments	White ¼’ Organza ribbon
Tools	Layering Circles Framelits Dies, Stitched Shapes Framelit die, Celebrate You Thinlit dies, Cross of Hope framelit dies, Big Shot, Trimmer, paper snips, mini glue dots, snail, fine tip glue pen, bone folder, dimensionals  paper piercing mat

Please contact me for any more information on how to make these cards, on how to get your hands on the Annual Catalogue, The Occations Catalogue, Sale-abration brochure and any of your Stampin’ Up goodies.

Hope you have a lovely day. Thank you for spending some time with me.

Take Care

Stampin' Up - Occasions Catalogue - Art With Heart January 2018 Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects using product from the occasions catalogue. The occasions catalogue is current now until 31st May. Be sure to request your copy of the catalogue today (along with the sale-a-bration brochure).
Sale-a-bration is also a great time to join our fabulous team. Ask any of the girls on the hop!

Have you ever wanted to have one of those big cakes at your birthday and someone jumps out of it and says surprise?! OK well maybe only in those old movies that I like to watch. Or have you ever wanted to decorate your cakes nice and fancy and you thought I just can’t decorate cakes like that no matter how many videos I watch! Well with the new Sweet Soiree Suite and my card today can get you a little bit closer to having a birthday cake like that!

The card I made for you today is a Triple tier slider card. This card has a cake decorated on the front and then your greeting POPS out the top!

On the front of the card I have used the gorgeous Silver foil accented Sweet Soiree Speciality Designer Series Paper as the background to my cake. In this Suite you will be able to purchase all your goodies to make the most decadent cake you have ever created!

To start with I have stamped the 2 layer cake in Berry Burst on Whisper White card using the Cake Soiree stamp set which has 18 gorgeous stamps in the set. Yes, you heard me 18! Then when you bundle it with the Sweet Cake Framelit Dies you can cut out the cake and the gorgeous cake stand which I have done in Champagne foil which is one of the carry over items from the Holiday catalogue and you can purchase that until the end of May as well. It is one of my favourites so I am so happy about that!

On the cake I have used the new Embossing Paste that is in the Occasions Catalogue. I have pared it with the Sweet Soiree Decorative Mask. The dots on the cake are in the new Silver Paste and the scalloped Edge is in the new Shimmery White Paste. They just add a little but of glimmer and class to your cakes! Who says you can’t decorate cakes like a pro!

The flowers on the top of the cake are a 2 step process as you can see I have used a background colour and then a different colour for the definition. Now you can use your stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the 2^nd colour definition to get the most perfect flowers or you can wing it. It is up to you, if you are like me you have to have them lines up just perfect so I suggest the stamp-a-ma-jig. It takes too many times to get them lined up perfect without it! (Just saying) Then using the Sweet Cake Framelits Dies you can cut them out perfectly along with some twigs and leaves.

All of this I have popped up on some dimensionals on the front of the card.

Now for the magic! Remember I said I like to watch old movies where people pop out of cakes. Well the greetings in the Cake Soiree stamp set Pop out of this cake.

The little tab at the top I made by using the new Scallop Circle punches so you know that you have to pull the tiers of the cake out!

I have left the popped-out sections plain with just the greeting so that they don’t take away from the gorgeous cake on the front of the card.

For more product information on this card check out the list below.

PRODUCTS
Stamps	Cake Soiree
Card Stock and Papers	Whisper White, Berry Burst, Old Olive, Sweet Soiree Specialty DSP, Wood Texture DSP, Champagne Foil
Ink	Berry Burst, Powder Pink, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzelberry
Acecessories / Embellishments	Gold Metallic Thread
Tools	Silver and Shimmery White Embossing Paste,Sweet Soiree Decorative Masks, Palette Knives,Sweet Cake Framelits dies, Big Shot, 2.9 cm Scallop Punch, 3.5 cm Scallop Punch, Trimmer, paper snips, fast fuse, bone folder, dimensionals

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Ros Davidson.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

Ros Davidson
Caroline Manwaring
Tina Gillespie
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Rachel Palmieri 
Alisha Watson
Claire Daly 
Rebecca Jacovou
Leanne Mitchell
Kate Morgan
Monika O’Neill
Sharon Davern

Please contact me for any more information on how to make this card, on how to get your hands on the Annual Catalogue, the Occassions Catalogue and any of your Stampin’ Up goodies.
Hope you have a lovely day. Thank you for spending some time with me.

Take Care