Basket Bunch Beautiful Banner... Happy Easter ...

LOL... what a tongue twister of a title!!!

I just had to make another banner whilst the Beautiful Banners stamps , Banners Framelits  and Layered Letters - were all still out... Previous banner made with Falling in Love papers shared earlier here...

But then the Basket Bunch stamps and the Basket Builder dies were also still out... 

As were the Cupcakes and Carousels papers... which I then decided are just perfect for the light and bright feel we need for Easter celebrations...

So they all came together like so! 

And a wonderful tip for you... The Gift Bag Punch Board is perfect for punching 2 holes at the same time in the back of your banners to thread the ribbon through... so easy...

This is not my original fantastic idea... but one I saw on our Stampin' Up! Demo Only Facebook Group (yes we have one of those!!! And it is fabulously inspiring... though lethal on the pocket... ) And after much searching... I am delighted to be able to say thank you to the clever and talented Anja Luft who has some piccys on here blog to explain how if you click here... 

Big on Birthdays....

I needed a quick card to go... so I picked my current favourite birthday greetings set,  Big on Birthdays and my friends' favourite colour (Soft Sky)...

I stamped the greeting using Memento Black & coloured with markers (Soft Sky, Mint Macaron & Emerald Envy) ... and added TO YOU in Soft Sky...

The lovely flowery border stamp was perfect for stamping on the sides of the card blank in Soft Sky to add extra co-ordination and interest... And you can even fill in the centres of each side using the gift bow stamp if you want to... you may have to look very closely to see this!

And I finished off with a few sequins from the Cupcakes & Carousels embellishment pack... and it was ready to go...

And - most importantly - she loved it... 

Cupcakes & Carousels Pop & Twist Card for Fancy Fold Friday

Gosh I thought I had shared these Cupcakes and Carousels makes ages ago... apologies girls!

This card fold will seem familiar as I re-made the card for classes using Cupcakes & Carousels as some of my ladies did not want to make a Valentine card  using the Sending in Love papers- so this was an easy alternative as just a different 6x6 paper stack...

And for those of you thinking out loud.... yes I re-made this one before I worked out the 6 panel version... tutorial for that one here ... a remake now would definitely have more panels...

Love the simplicity of the front of this card.... so easy care of the fantastic Cupcakes & Carousels embellishment pack- of which I used the beautiful greeting frame, the bow, the bakers twines and the sequins here... along with the Balloon Bouquet Punch for my balloons

Other Stampin' Up! Products Used

Balloon Adventures

Sale A Bration Any Occasion (Yours for free with a £45 order)

Really great card ready to pop someone's name and/or age on when I need to quickly send a birthday card... 

Cupcakes & Carousels White Gift Box Gift Card Holder

Another quick easy make using the Large White Gift Boxes.... making up the box as described here

But this time I have turned the box into a Gift Card Holder by adding a simple insert... using the method described here (in points 13-20) but with a 10.5 x 6cm (4 1/8" x 2 3/8") piece of card onto a 7.4cm (2 7/8") square base piece

Using the lovely Cupcakes & Carousels 6x6 Paper Stack... and a few bits from the Cupcakes & Carousels embellishment pack. Both of which I highly recommend. This was a paper stack that grew on me very quickly as I used it as the colours are lovely, bright & fresh .... and the embellishments make life (and decoration) easy! In fact I have just bought some more.....

 

And the Sale A Bration promotional stamps Any Occasion (Yours for free with a £45 order) came in very useful for decorating my banners on the back and insert.... 

I just needed to "straighten" my stamps slightly to make them work as I wanted... easiest way to do that being to lay them on the paper as required and then quickly stick the clear block on top

Also used... 

Layered Circles dies

Stitched Shapes dies

Perfectly Wrapped

2" Circle Punch

Cupcakes & Carousels Explosion Card

Short and sweet today.... 

Another of these Explosion Cards... using the Cupcakes and Carousels paper stack this time...

Great little paper stack... loved using it... bright, summery and fresh  and a bit grunged too...

And great little card fold... try one and see...