Thursday, March 12, 2026

EASTER BASKET OF FLOWERS

While Monday's card was quick & simple, today's card utilizes my favorite thing in the Easter Basket Bundle -- the EASTER BASKET!

The dies in the bundled provide everything you need to make this adorable little basket!  Of course, there is a die for the basket itself, but there are also dies for the colored woven strips, the grass, the bow and lots more.

This was the first basket that I made with the bundle.  I made it before I really had any idea what I was going to use it for, so, I used colors that I thought would be cute for baby card.  Then life took over, and it got set aside for a few weeks.  By the time I came back to it, I decided to use it for an Easter Card.  The colors I used on the basket don't "match" the colors in the Easter Joy Designer Series Paper (DSP), but I think they are close enough to work well together.

If you would like to see how to create this sweet little basket, watch my YouTube video to learn some tricks for "weaving" the basket.  The basket on this card was made with Basic White cardstock.  For the basket in the video, I used one of the designs from the Easter Joy DSP.  Since the Basic White cardstock is not as "stiff" as the specialty paper, it is a little easier to weave, but the DSP does make a really cute basket!

If you took time to watch the video, which basket do you like best?  I can't decide.

The bunny and flowers were all stamped with Black Memento ink on Basic White cardstock and then colored with Stampin' Blends.  Coordinating dies made quick work of cutting them out.

The layout for today's card uses one of my favorite layouts.  It offers lots of options, and the circle in the template can easily be replaced by any shape -- like the basket on this card.  


To add a pop of color to the inside of the card I used a strip of the DSP that was used on the front.  The sentiment is from Prayers & Promises.  This is my "go-to" sentiment for the inside of my Easter cards this year.

Use this link to download the tutorial. The tutorial includes all the dimensional information you need, step-by-step assembly instructions, a link to the video and the details for my Fairless Stampin' Flair Sketch #4.

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Monday, March 9, 2026

SIMPLE EASTER WISHES

This week I am using products from the Easter Joy Suite Collection.  Today's card is as easy as it gets!

The Easter Joy Designer Series Paper, (DSP) includes two sheets that have beautiful designs for card fronts.  This pretty floral oval wreath on a dotted Balmy Blue background is one of those designs.  All I did was cut it to the size I wanted, added a Balmy Blue mat and then adhered it directly to the card Thick Basic White card front.


The fun tulips in the center of the wreath were die cut from Shy Shamrock, Lemon Lolly and Peach Pie cardstock.  There was no stamping or coloring involved -- just a little assembly.


I added some die cut "grass" behind the top edge of the sentiment strip and adhered it over the bottom of the flowers with dimensionals.  Voila!  Add a few gems, and I was done!


As I was die cutting the flowers and grass for the card front I cut an extra set and added it to the inside of the card.  

The inside sentiment is from the Prayers & Promises stamp set.  I think it works as an Easter sentiment, don't you?

If you need some quick and simple cards, the six different card front designs can be used for a variety of card types.  Two sheets of 6 each could make a dozen quick cards.

Click on the DSP image in the product list below to see all the designs in this beautiful specialty paper.

Use this link to download the tutorial for today's card.  It gives you all the dimensions and step-by-step directions to make this simple card.

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

ANTIQUED NATURE'S SYMPHONY

Today's card took a few twists and turns before I called it "done".  The technique that I planned to use for the background did not work the way I thought it would, so I conducted several experiments and finally ended up with this "antiqued foil".

I used Garden Textures Foil in Blueberry Bushel for the background.  To see how I made this "antiqued foil" watch my video below.

The stamped leaf was stamped with the Nature's Symphony stamp and Blueberry Bushel ink and then die cut with the coordinating die from the bundle.  I die cut a second Blueberry Bushel leaf stem using the detailed large leaf die.


The leaves on the die cut stem were curled slightly before I adhered only the stem to the foil.  Adding a slight curl provides lift to the leaves to make them look more life-like.

The top leaf branch was first stamped with Blueberry Bushel ink and then die cut with the coordinating die.  Again, only the stem was adhered to the die cut leaf.  This allowed me to lift a few of the leaves and intertwine them with the stamped branches.


The designer series paper (DSP) behind the leaves is from the Nature's Walk Collection. This DSP has some very interesting designs, and I love the colors.

The sentiments (front and inside) on this card are from the Prayer's & Promises Stamp Set.  If you are looking for comforting and uplifting sentiments then you need to take a closer look at this set.


There is a smaller leafy stem in the Nature's Symphony stamp set that I stamped twice in the lower left corner before stamping the sentiment next to it.

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