Hello Fellow Stampers ~
Welcome to my "Friday"!! Whoo Hooo :-) LOL I am so glad it's the end of the week for me and that tomorrow is my Off-Friday! Mike is currently traveling to Indiana to see his eldest son. So I have a couple of days to myself, and lots I'd like to get done . . . or not!! LOL Maybe some time with my feet up will be more inviting!
Today we're going to CASE a fun project straight from the 2019 Spring Occasions Catalog -- ALL about Easter fun!!
2019 Spring Occasions Catalog, Page 31
There are a lot of ways to create fun Easter Baskets - including you could use the Gift Bag Punch Board. But today we're gonna make this cutie patootie from scratch, and I'll even give you the low down so you can do it yourself!! ;-)
Design Colorology . . .
What a luscious color collection for Spring!! I LOVE it!!!
Stamps, and Ink, and Paper . . . Oh, My!
Stamps: Fable Friends [Item #148670]
Paper: Petal Pink [8" x 7-3/4"; 3/4" x 11"; Front/Back panels: 3" x 3-3/4"; Side Panels (x2): 3" x 2"]; Lemon Lime Twist (1" x 2-3/8" - grass), Granny Apple Green (1" x 2-3/8" - grass), Coastal Cabana (2-1/8" x 3-7/16" - mat), Shimmery White (1-7/8" x 3-3/16"; 1-1/4" circle - sentiment), Vellum (1-1/2" Circle), Regals 6" x 6" (Pumpkin Pie dotted) and Brights 6" x 6" (Mango Melody dotted)
Inks: Staz On Jet Black [Item #101406]; Calypso Coral [Item #147101]; Re-Inkers as follows: Coastal Cabana [Item #131164]; Granny Apple Green [Item #147163]; Crumb Cake [Item #121029]; Petal Pink [Item #147169]
Other: 3/8" Satin Calypso Coral Ribbon [Item #148804]; Petite Treat Framelits [Item #141851]; Rectangle Stitched Framelits [Item #148551]; Basket Weave DTIEF [Item #146841]; 1-1/4" Circle Punch [Item #119861]; 1-1/2" Circle Punch [Item #138299]; Bitty Blooms Punch Pack [Item #148532]; Aqua Painter [Item #103954]; Paper Snips [Item #103579]; Dimensionals [Item #104430]; Tear & Tape [Item #138995]
Note: I left the handle off of this version - to be added later. See below.
"CASE-Out" Design Guide
To Make the Basket:
1. Cut a piece of Petal Pink Cardstock, 8" x 7-3/4". Score on the 8" side at 3" and 5"; score on the 7-3/4" side at 2" and 5-3/4". Snip, fold/burnish on your score lines.
2. Cut pieces from Petal Pink cardstock - 2 for front and back measuring 3" x 3-3/4"; and 2 for each side measuring 3" x 2". Emboss with the Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and attach each corresponding sized piece to each side of the basket with Tear & Tape.
3. Cut a 3/4" x 11" piece of Petal Pink cardstock, and attach to the basket using Tear & Tape or Multi-Purpose glue (attaching just on the inside of each side of the basket). NOTE: I left the handle off this version because I wanted to sit it out for display on my hearth. I will add it later when I "give it away." It's obviously perfect either way -- you pick!!
4. Wrap some 3/8" Satin Calypso Coral Ribbon around the lower portion of the basket and tie a bow.
5. Stamp the bunny image from the Fable Friends stamp set in Jet Black Staz-On ink on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock cut with the Stitched Rectangle Framelit measuring 1-7/8" x 3-3/16".
6. Using your AquaPainter and Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, and Granny Apple Green ink refills, color your "Peter Rabbit" image. Remember: This is watercoloring ~ there is no "right" or "wrong." Play and have fun and let the "watercolor feel" of your image play out on its own!
7. Mat with a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock, and pop with dimensionals to the front of your basket.
8. Stamp "Easter Greetings" on Shimmery White cardstock using Calypso Coral ink; then punch out with the 1-1/4" Circle Punch.
9. Punch a 1-1/2" Circle from Vellum, and back to the sentiment circle with SNAIL. Attach to the front of the bunny image, slightly offset, with Dimensionals.
10. Embellish with little flowers punched with the Bitty Blooms Punch Pack (or other framelits dies if you don't have these), and pearls to complete your cute basket!!
To Make the Carrots:
1. Chose the Pumpkin Pie dotted swiss pattern from the Regals 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper Collection, and the Mango Melody dotted swiss pattern from the Brights 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper Collection. Cut each piece with the Petite Treats Framelits and using the the straight edge option for treat pouch (not the curved or heart-shapes).
2. Using Tear & Tape, curve and seal/close your "sour cream" treat pouch on the long edge; then close at the bottom (without sealing shut - we will use a "clip" to hold the bottom of our carrots closed).
3. Cut x strips of Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock; cut "grass" with your Paper Snips (or the Fringe Scissors if you own them - ret.). Attach to the "top" of your carrot inside the opening using Tear & Tape; add additional Tear & Tape, and close the top of your "carrot" treat pouch.
4. Attach a 3/8" Satin Calypso Coral Ribbon bow using glue dots at the top of each "carrot" near the grass edging.
5. Fill with treats and "clip" the bottom of your "carrot" closed (or seal with Tear & Tape if you would like).
6. Set in your cute basket and get ready for a FABULOUS Easter!! :-)
And there you go! Fabulous, fun, and perfectly wonderously cute Easter Basket full of sweet treats!! Hope you enjoyed cracking open our CASE today. We'll see what's inside the suitcase next week!!
Hugs, . . .
