Easter Chicks {Avery Elle}

Hello friends!

Spring is in the air, and Easter is just around the corner.  I have a sweet card to share with you today featuring the adorable Easter Chicks stamp set by Avery Elle.

To make the card, first I blended some Distress Oxide ink onto a panel of watercolor card stock and spattered the background with spray ink. I stamped the chicks, eggshell and butterflies using Avery Elle's dye ink in New Moon and colored the images using Copic makers.

I die cut the images using the coordinating Easter Chicks Elle-ments dies and arranged them onto the blended background.  I stamped the sentiment and the butterfly trails and added some polka dots to he eggshell using a white gel pen.  Finally, I framed the scene using the new Quilted Frames Elle-ments die and adhered the panel to a yellow A-2 notecard.

Supplies

Easter Chicks clear stamps

Dies: Easter Chicks Elle-ments

Dies: Quilted Frames Elle-ments

New Moon Dye Ink Pad

I hope these cute chicks brighten your day.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Katie

CardMaker Magazine Blog- Celebrate and Decorate

Hello friends, 

I am on the CardMaker blog sharing a trio of Spring Animal Gift bags featuring Paper Smooches dies. 

I hope you will pop by and check out my post for more details! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Paper Smooches Blog Hop!

Hello friends, 

I am honored to be helping showcase Paper Smooches March Release while the amazing Alice Wertz is away on vacation.  

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches MARCH 2017 release with you!  THREE new stamp sets and FIVE new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on February 28th.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! 

The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
• Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, February 26th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, February 27th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Here is a handy list and links to the Paper Smooched Design Team participating in today's hop. 

Jill Hawkins

Kalyn Kepner

Katie Gehring - that's me :)

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

My project today features the new Bunny Card Die.  I squealed when I saw the design for these card dies that are releasing this month.  They are so clever and each set offers so many creative possibilities- you are in for a real treat! 

I decided to make a sweet bunny bag by combining the Bunny Card Die with a few other older Paper Smooches dies including: 

Fringe Die

Hearts Die

Easter Egg Dies

Pocket Dies

I measured my gift bag and trimmed a piece of card stock to be the same width as the bag, but much taller to accommodate the bunny ears.  I die cut the card stock using the Bunny Card die and then created the bunny's face using the elements included in the set.  I did swap out the nose with a heart from the Hearts Die set and the bunny's paws are actually from the Dog Pig Fox Card die also releasing in March. 

I further decorated the bunny by adding the egg and bow using the Easter Egg dies.  The flowers were made using the Pocket dies and I embellished the centers with yellow enamel dots.  The fringe die created grass along the bottom of the bag. 

As a finishing touch, I couldn't resist gluing a white puff ball to the back side of the gift bag as the bunny's tail. :) I am looking forward to whipping up a whole brigade of bunny bags to give to my girls and my niece and nephews this Easter.  They are truly as much fun to make as to receive! 

Well you've got some (bunny) hopping to do, so I won't keep you any longer!  Thanks for stopping by and good luck!

Katie

Happy Easter {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends, 

Release week continues at Waffle Flower Crafts, and today Nina is introducing some adorable stamps and dies perfect for all your springtime crafting. 

My card uses the Egg Hunt stamp set, Egg Hunt die and the Chunky Grass die to create this sweet Easter card.  Nina designed the basket liner with a slit so that you can tuck the eggs or other Easter goodies inside the basket- I love that detail!  The scalloped rectangle was die cut with the Lacey Layers die set which will be introduced tomorrow.

Be sure to stop by the Waffle Flower blog for the full introduction and all the details on these cute new products. All the products previewed this week will be available for purchase on February 24.

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Easter Treat Bags {Avery Elle}

Hello again, :)

I am over on the Avery Elle blog today with some Easter Treat bags I made using Avery Elle's Treat Topper die and the Easter Blessing stamp set.

I die cut the Treat Toppers from Pixie and Sea Glass card stock and I used the Easter Blessing stamp set to stamp a tone on tone background using the coordinating Pixie and Sea Glass pigment ink.  I adhered the treat toppers to clear bags that I filled with a bit of Easter grass and some yummy candy. 

I die cut the label included in the Custom Panel Elle-ments set and stamped it in Fog ink and adhered it to the bags.  Here's a closer look at the toppers...

These will make perfect treats for my preschool Sunday School class.  Now I just have to hide them someplace safe so that they make it to Easter!  

Be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Easter Carrot Treat Containers {Avery Elle}

Hello again, 

Two posts in a single day. Crazy I tell you! Starting today, Jamie is introducing a super fun feature on the Avery Elle blog. The first Thursday of each month will be a Throwback Thursday and members of the design team are creating new projects with some older Avery Elle stamp set.  This month, we are working with Happy Spring.   Happy Spring is filled with some wonderful springtime, Easter, and English images ('ello fox hunt).  I used the set to create some Easter Carrot "sour cream" treat containers. 

I trimmed 3 panels of Avery Elle's Fizz Patterned Paper from the Brights Collection to 4" x 6" and I sealed the edge shut with score tape.  I pinched the bottom edge shut with more score tape.  Next, pour the treats inside and before securing the other end closed, I die cut some rectangles from Lemongrass card stock using the Pinked Elle-ments die and cut the rectangle to make fringe. 

I stamped the wreath from Happy Spring on white card stock and added some of the images along with the "Happy Easter" sentiment.  I used a 1.75" circle punch to punch out the tags and attached it to the carrots with a white clothespin. 

Well that's all for me today (for reals this time)! Be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog to check out even more inspiration from the design team. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie