Thinking Stamping: Easter

Friday, 1 March 2024

Hooray for Surprises for AYSI 318

Welcome to a new challenge at As You See It. After recipe week, it's always theme week. Joanne has chosen Easter as the theme for this challenge. It's fast coming up too, being so early this year.

I don't generally make Easter cards but I do often give Easter Eggs, so I thought I'd share some packaging with you.

I used half a piece of one of the designs from the Delightfully Eclectic pack to create the bag itself.

Then I decorated it using the Hooray for Surprises bundle. Although that bundle does have dies that allow you to create secret messages and hidden compartments you can, of course, use it straight. That's what I've done here. I stamped a sentiment in Garden Green and used one of the heart dies to cut it out. The foliage and flowers are all from the Hooray for Surprises die set.

I used the Stylish Shapes dies to cut a circle from the Silver Glimmer paper, then arranged the sentiment and floral bits around it.

The White Seam binding ribbon is from my stash, but I'm sure many people have a supply or, if not, something else just as pretty for the tie. To jazz it up a little bit more, and to tie in with the silver glimmer circle, I used a second bow in silver from the Simply Elegant Trim pack.

These bags are so easy to make. Watch out for the video to see how easy it is and to see how to customise the size.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.

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Purchase either the Gorgeous Garden dies or the Hooray for Surprises bundle from me and you'll receive FOUR PDF Join in with Joanne and Jan tutorials matching the purchase: two by me and two by UK Demonstrator Joanne James aka The Crafty Owl.

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Hooray For Surprises Bundle (English)

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Delightfully Eclectic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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$63.00

Silver & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper

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$14.75

Basic White A4 Cardstock

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$22.25

Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock

[161727]

$21.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

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$21.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

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$21.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$19.00

Simply Elegant Trim

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$15.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

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$9.00

Friday, 19 March 2021

Butterfly Brilliance for AYSI 246

It's theme week at As You See It Challenge: Easter.

Easter packaging is something I always like to do and this year, it was easy. I started with the Love You Always Treat Boxes. They're just the right size for a clutch of mini-Easter eggs.

Once I had the Treat Boxes as a base, it was just a case of decoration. The Butterfly Bouquet bundle had just arrived in my house and I was keen to try it out. It's so pretty, that it made for great decoration.

I started by covering the boxes with a strip of Art Gallery DSP, then added a strip of the sweet butterfly paper from the limited-time Butterfly Bijou DSP. One of the most amazing things about the DSP is that one of the designs matches the butterfly die perfectly, so you can cut six butterflies from the piece. These are the six solid butterflies I used to decorate the boxes.

The Brilliant Wings dies also have a lacy butterfly overlay that matches each of the solid shapes but can be used equally well by themselves, so I cut a couple of smaller ones to use with the smaller solid butterflies.

Then it was a case of adding in a label, from Painted Labels, and a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings.

We'd love to see what you do with this theme. You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry by visiting the As You See It Challenge site.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

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