Easter Projects

Feb 25, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Create with Connie & Julie, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, SU Ribbon | 3 comments

At last weeks class we made three Easter projects – a pocket card/invitation, a place card/candy holder, and a candy treat bag.  Sometimes I’m just not sure what to call things.  These were made using the Eggscellant Eggs Kit in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog and the Chocolate Bunny stamp.  My class photo shows the projects made with all Pretty in Pink accents.  Ok – to me these pictures don’t look as good as the other ones that I took – I was trying to use the white back drop that many people use but the lighting wasn’t so good.  I’ll have to keep working on that.

Everyone had different colors because the kit came with different colors so I decided to take photos of some of the  projects finished in the other colors:

Bashful Blue w/Certainly Celery

Pale Plum w/Whisper White

Pretty in Pink w/Certainly Celery

So Saffron w/Certainly Celery

These were fun!  I’ll be making more in all the colors for our family Easter gathering.

These three projects along with 3 more were part of a collection I created for Create with Connie & Julie.  We are in the last couple of weeks of adding new projects but everything will be available for a long time so you can still join.  So far there are 27 tutorials available along with many more projects – everything includes a full supply list and some basic instructions – so you are getting a ton of ideas for the price of the subscription.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Create Challenge CCJC7 – Easter Cards

Feb 20, 2010 | Big Shot, Create with Connie & Julie, Easter, Embossing, Occasion Mini 2010, Rub-Ons, SU Ribbon | 1 comment

Happy Saturday!  Congratulations to last weeks challenge winners – Becky G. was first place and Lori was second place, with honorable mention going to Robin.  It was so fun to see all the entries last week – I hope everyone plays along this week – good luck!

It’s Saturday and time for another challenge at Create with Connie & Julie!

This week our challenge is a Theme Challenge – Easter cards.  The featured items this week are Eggcoutrements stamp set, Spring Floral Wheel, Eggcellcent Eggs Kit, and the Chocolate Bunny stamp.

I used the Chocolate Bunny and the Eggcellcent Eggs Kit along with a few other products.  I was trying to do something different.  The problem is that it was hard to photograph because there is a window sheet over the bunny so I kept getting a reflection when I took the picture.  This one was the best one.

What I had in mind was a chocolate bunny behind the window – like the boxes in the store – and then I wanted to try something different besides making him chocolate – so mine is a white chocolate bunny!  I used the Emboss Resist technique to create him.  So the Chocolate Bunny is stamped with VersaMark ink on Whisper White card stock.  Covered him in Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.  Then I used a Stampin’ Sponge and Chocolate Chip ink over it and then buffed it with a paper towel.  And now that it is done it kind of looks like an old fashioned portrait.

I added rub-ons on the window sheet – these come from the Eggcellecent Eggs Kit.  The inside also has some rub-ons. I think I could have added more but decided I needed to stop before I added too much.

Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! supplies for this card:

  • Crushed Curry card stock
  • Chocolate Chip card stock and ink
  • Whisper White card stock
  • Clear Window Sheet – Medium
  • Chocolate Bunny stamp
  • Teeny Tine Wishes stamp set
  • Eggcellent Eggs Kit
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Clear Embossing Powder
  • Heat Tool
  • Stampin’ Sponge
  • 1-1/4″ Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
  • Big Shot Die Cut machine
  • Stampin’ Up! Perfect Details Texturz Plate, Impressions Pad, Silicone Rubber
  • Oval Scallop Frame die
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

And here is a look at the rest of the Create team:

Connie

Julie

Mary

Kerin

Thanks for stopping by today!  Happy Stampin’!