I’m making wagons full of eggs.  Well there is really only one egg in each wagon – the eggs are big.  In fact when I got this stamp set it was much bigger than I was expecting it to be.  This is one of the new stamp sets from the Occasions Mini that starts on April 1st – but this set is available NOW – it is one of the early ones since it has the egg in it for Easter.  It is called Wagon Full of Fun and is a great all-occasion set  – it has the wagon, the egg, a cupcake (on the little box I showed a few days ago), a flower in a pot, a duck and a heart.  There are also four greetings in the set too.  It is line-art so in most cases you’ll want to color it in with something – blender pen, aqua-painter, markers or whatever you like to use.  Here is a close up of the card (actually it is an invitation) and all the details for you.

I am making a bunch of these to send to our family to invite them over to our house for lunch on Easter Sunday and an egg hunt for the kids.  We have done this for many years and I don’t really have to send out an invitation – they all know they are invited – but I enjoy making them so I do.  We usually have about 35 people here from all over – mostly parts of Georgia but also Florida and Indiana.  Anyway – on to how to make the card.

Card base: Sahara Sand 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ – scored at 4-1/4″

Designer Paper layer: Delicate Dots Designer paper 5-1/4″ x 4″

Top Note layer: Certainly Celery 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ then use the Big Shot and the Top Note die.  I also ran it through the Big Shot again using the small dots Texturz plate – it is hard to see in the photo.  Then I put it on my paper cutter and lined up the center points on the 1-1/2″ line and cut one end off.

Eggs: from Wagon Full of Fun set, stamped using Black StazOn ink on the Delicate Dots Designer Paper.  Cut by hand and the dots and zigzags were colored with Stampin’ Write markers – Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Bashful Blue.

Wagon: from Wagon Full of Fun set, stamped using Black StazOn ink on Naturals White card stock.  Watercolored using an Aquapainter and Watercolor Crayons – colors I used were Creamy Carmel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip.  Cut by hand.  Attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the front of the card.

You’re Invited: from the Mark the Date stamp set, stamped using Black StazOn ink on Sahara Sand card stock, punched with the small oval punch and attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front.

Envelopes: Whisper White Medium Envelope, stamped with the egg and colored with the markers.

I ran each card base piece through my printer before I started to print all the information on the inside first.

I’m finishing them up now and will mail them out tomorrow.  I hope you like it!

The Delicate Dots Designer Paper is availabe as a Sale-A-Bration FREE item when you spend $50.  This ends on March 31st so hurry and get your order in – visit my website www.monika.stampinup.net – and click on the SHOP NOW button to order online anytime you want.  Right now Stampin’ Up! will also send you a free Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog with your order too.  And your name will be entered into a drawing for a free stamp set that I’ll be giving away at the end of the month.  So Hurry before the end of March arrives!

Have a happy stamping day!  I’m always happy on class days and we had fun this morning!

Monika

monikastamp@bellsouth.net

www.monika.stampinup.net