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It’s Easter Season – Part III: Back to Basics
Aloha, all!
When I joined Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator, one of the sets that I was encouraged to feature is the one called, "Loads of Love." OK–I could relate to that, as I’d recently lived in rural New Mexico where pickup trucks were the norm. And I’d recently moved to rural Hawaii, where pickups are the norm. So why not? BUT I would rather have not, as I’ve never owned a pickup. Nonetheless, this set, as well as "Loads of Love Accessories," has really grown on me. For one thing, I love to do watercolors, and this set is definitely a watercolor fill-in type of set.
I’m not sure how much longer this set has as far as its Stampin’ Up! life. But it’s definitely in the current catalog, and it definitely has an Easter accessory. So here that pickup truck is again!!
This time I used Classic Stampin’ Pads and an aquapainter to color in the truck and accessories on Stampin’ Up! watercolor paper. As always, I started with light colors and moved up to dark. For the hubcaps of the tires, I used the new 3/16" Jumbo Brads, in the silver color. And, of course, the driver is a read head, as am I!
Big excitement is that I’m going to demo this very card at a workshop at the end of the month! If you have any suggestions for how I could change the card to make it a bit more exciting, feel free to chime in!
Robin
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Aloha, all!
Once I got started on Easter cards with the swap that I showed off here on Monday, I just couldn’t stop. I had to go find out what else I had in the way of Easter stamps that I could use for greeting cards.
Sock Monkey to the rescue!! OF COURSE SOCK MONKEY would show up! I had decided at the beginning of the Stampin’ Up! year in August 2008 that I would send a Sock Monkey to my grandchildren through this year. Easter is no exception. That Sock Monkey Accessories stamp set has just the CUTEST BUNNY EARS!
But this all started up at the same time that I finally received my very own personal set of the Circle Scissors Plus and Glass Mat. OK, how do I do the Sock Monkey and the Circle Scissors Plus fit together? Well, by putting that Monkey in a Circle, of course!! What I did here was cut the stamped image out with the Circle Scissors. Then I cut a small strip of a circle with which to outline the image, and then I mounted all on one of the Stampin’ Up! Carousel Notes. He’s finished off with some of the Designer Series Paper from "Walk In the Park" which will be features in the Occasions Mini Catalog which will debut on April 1, 2009.
Do those circles make everything pop or what!? Want a demonstration? Just call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me (robin@robinscraftroom.com) and we’ll get something set up right away!!
It’s Easter Season–Part I
Aloha, all!
My first taste of Easter Season was in a recent swap in which I participated. The swap was run by an online group called SUDSOL (are you a Stampin’ Up! Demo? This is the group for you–just click on the button bottom right). This was a real swap with real paper and ink and glue, not just a photo on a website! I got it sent off to the swap coordinator this afternoon, and I should have my swaps back from the group by the end of next week, and I hope to be able to share a couple of them with you.
For now, here is the card that I made for the swap. The theme of the swap was the new Occasions Mini Catalog, from which you can already order the Easter-related stamps. And this card shows off one of those stamps: the "Egg Hunt" wheel! Also featured in this card are two products that you’ll be able to order beginning April 1st: The new Designer Series Paper called, "Walk in the Park," and the new AWESOME punch, Oval Scallop. This should complete the set of scallop punches that Stampin’ Up! has planned for the year (I don’t know that for a fact, but I’m having a hard time coming up with other shapes that might be features besides the square, round and oval–rectangle? triangle? trapezoid? Hmmm. None of those seem to me to fit with what’s happening right now in the way of stamping and punching. But one never knows!)
The colors in this card are Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery, I just love Apricot Appeal because there are ribbons and brads that go with it, and it satisfies my personal "need" for something yellow-ish to add to my projects. Yes, you can still earn that wonderful roll of So Saffron Ribbon from Sale-A-Bration. But it will disappear from the catalogs once Sale-A-Bration is over at the end of March (want more information? Just contact me and I’l help!)
Of course, once I got going on one Easter card, I had to go into my stash of stamps and try some others. Later in the week I’ll be going back to some oldies-but-goodies and getting you some more Easter cards to copy!
Oh, and I used the Sizzix Texturz plates, Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds I to texturinze the So Saffron Card stock and the DSP. Can’t leave that out!!
