Happy Easter to you!

Thought I would take an oldie but a goodie out of retirement for the day... just to wish you a Very Happy Easter... and my wish for lots of chocolate to be gifted to you today...

My ladies re-voted this little Easter Chick as their favourite still... so I couldn't resist re-sharing.... seeing as he is adorning our Easter table today....

Tutorial here...

Have a very Happy Easter...

White Christmas Tags

And rounding off my series of all things White Christmas. Here are some simple tags…

These were inspired by a simple but stunning tag created by Julie Day  3 years ago that I saw care of  PInterest – and that had never left my head - and I knew that White Christmas was the perfect stamp set to create some of my own….

I think you can see the progression of my little tag series….! Great fun!

Weekly Deals 2-9 July

So here are this week’s Weekly Deals . Live until 9th July. Just press on the picture below to go straight to my online store for more information or to order…. or email or call me as usual…

All great items at 25% off this week…. check out the Silver Fancy Foil Designer Vellum… I will be stocking up on that as it is gorgeous….

And 2 punches this week….the wonderful Angled Tag Topper Punch and the Mosaic Punch . And the Large Scallop Edgelits die too – believe that is on a few Wish Lists….

And I will be ordering over the next week too!! So no postage for you local ladies….

For those of you further afield & ordering on line…. do remember to enter hostess code RH49YU2N on your on-line order (unless you are ordering over £150+…then you should claim your Stampin Rewards instead…!!!)

More background information on the Weekly Deals here….

So Very Grateful – A Round Up!

Here are a few more Clean & Simple cards made using the So Very Grateful set in the Spring Summer catalogue… it is a real shame this set won’t be in the new Annual Catalogue – it has been lovely for colouring ….. So only available until 30th June….

And …as this is a round up on this stamp set… here  some more projects using the set that I have shared before…. just press on the photo to go to the original blog post…the first 3 have tutorials ….

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies for the First 3 cards

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So Very Grateful	Express Yourself	Essentials Hardware Clips	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz
Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Raspberry Ripple A4 Card Stock	Primrose Petals A4 Card Stock	Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin' Pad
Primrose Petals Classic Stampin' Pad	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad	Jet Black Stazon Pad	Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen
Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

Peaceful Petals Freestanding Pop Up Card

 

I have been playing around with my Peaceful Petals stamp set from the Spring/Summer catalogue… I absolutely love it…how about you. If so, order now – it will be gone for ever come 30th June!! Sniff!

Another Tag Punch Freestanding Pop Up card . Forgot to say before that this is sized to fit in the notecard envelopes….

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Peaceful Petals	Scalloped Tag Topper Punch	Hardwood	Express Yourself
Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin' Pad	Card Stock A4 Pistachio Pudding	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad
Card Stock A4 Soft Sky	Blushing Bride 3/4" Chevron Ribbon	White Baker's Twine	Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen
Aqua Painter	Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Happy Easter from the Milka Bunny & the Craft Spa!

Another Scalloped Tag Topper Punch Treat Holder quick share. And more chocolate!

Well it is Easter and we do LOVE Milka chocolate in this house so I couldn’t resist these bunnies …

So a very Hoppy Easter to you & yours!!

Don’t miss my 2468 Box Tag Topper Easter Treat Holder also shared today!

 

SU Products

Stamps – Eggstra Spectacular, Petite Petals, Occasional Greetings (ret)

Punches – Scalloped Tag Topper, Petite Petals, Itty Bitty Shapes , Wide Oval, Large Oval, od Window, 1/4” Circle (ret)

Fringe Scissors

Candy Dots Brights, Basic Pearls

Inks- Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight

Card – Pool Party, Gumball Green, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Elegant Eggplant

Large Easter Basket Tutorial

Following on from my tutorial for the Small Easter Basket yesterday. Here are the details for the large Basket I first posted here.

 Photo of the previous one!

Some of you asked me for a tutorial so here it is!

But as some of you will notice  - I have now made a new & stepped up version. I love it when a basket looks like it has been woven !! And the SU! square lattice embossing folder is just so good to add that texture… So I faux stitched, embossed & stuck a few extra panels on! And now it really does look like a basket! And it is pretty strong too….

Cardstock Sizes

Crumb Cake – Basket 8"x10"; Scallop Flaps 4"x4 1/4"(x2) and Handle 11"x 1".

Plus for this version….some more Crumb Cake panels for embossing with the Square Lattice die to give you the basket weave….Side Weave panels 2” x 3” (x6); 1” x 3” (x8); Base Weave panel 1” x 10 1/4”

So here is how to make the Large Basket….. (note photos of the make-up of the basket are of the small basket as the process is the same!)

1. With large panel PORTRAIT on trimmer... Score at 3" & 5". 

2. Bone Fold

3. With panel LANDSCAPE on trimmer... cut the top & bottom sections using the Cut Bar … at 2", 3", 4", 6", 7" & 8" along the Top Ruler Bar

4. Score 2 smaller panels LANDSCAPE at 1 3/4” ( ie with 4 1/4” along the Top Ruler Bar)

5. Scallop Tag Topper “over the top” punch  the narrower sections to form the 2 flaps .

6. Corner Round bottom corners of sides.

7. Faux stitch the 2 Scalloped Flaps & 14 Side Weave panels using a white Signo gel pen  . Tip –  focus on just doing 3 faux stitches at a time – lot neater – and faster too!
Note  - just panels for one side in the photo. You need double!

8. Faux stitch the Base Weave panel and handle too ( oops forgot to put those in my camera shot!!)

9. Emboss the Side & Base Weave panels, the handle & the Scallop flaps with the Square Lattice embossing folder

10. Adhere the Side Weave panels to the basket panels

11. Pull the LH & RH sections upwards & towards each other to form the top of the basket

12. Adhere on about 1cm of overlap

13. Pull up next LH & RH sections & line up so that bottom corners meet & adhere

14. Pull up next LH & RH sections & line up top corners on top edge of basket & adhere

15. Fold up central section & adhere

16. Trim off top edge of basket

 

17. Adhere scalloped flaps onto sides

 

18. Adhere the Base Weave panel around the bottom of the basket

19. Adhere handle to inside ( I actually added another piece of Crumb Cake cardstock behind the embossed handle just to make it more robust)

20. Ink up & stamp flowers with black Staz on ink & colour in with marker pens. ( Yes different colour choice for me – but it does match with what I am putting inside!!)

21. Fussy cut flowers.
And no… I am not the neatest fussy cutter in the world… I just cheated a bit…. I added some Crumb Cake ink around the white edges of the flowers & leaves – so you can’t see any white parts!! You may be able to see that in this photo…. does the trick nicely… you don’t need to worry about being quite as precise in your cutting!!! Why have I never thought of doing that before!!

22.Fill your large basket with chocolate and/or stuff!!! It ends up about 5 1/2” wide, 2” deep and 3” high so it does hold a fair amount…

And here is a quick picture of the Small & the Large……

SU! Products Used for Easter Basket

Stamps – So Very Grateful

Punches- Scalloped Tag  Topper, Corner Rounder

Embossing Folder – Square Lattice

Cardstock – Crumb Cake

Inks – Staz On Black

Markers – Signo White gel pen, Daffodil Delight, Crisp Canteloupe, Calypso Coral Strawberry Slush, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green

 

SU! Products Used for Mothers Day Basket

Stamps – Label Love

Punches- Scalloped Tag  Topper, Artisan Label, Corner Rounder

Dies – Spiral Flower

Cardstock – Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Canteloupe

Inks – Pool Party, Signo White Gel Pen