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Easter Bucket
Designed by: Tricia Ulberg
>Click here to see close-up of lid
Stamps: Celebrations, Celebration Sayings, and Blissful Blossoms
Ink: Brilliance Lilac
Paper: White, lavendar, green and yellow cardstock
Other: Tin bucket, egg-shaped candles or plastic eggs full of candy, circle and scallop circle punches, white gel pen, ric rac and other ribbons, hole punch, slot punch, markers, glue dots.
Directions:
1. Cut a strip of lavendar cardstock. Stamp "Happy Easter" across the strip in lavendar ink.
2. Cut a strip of yellow cardstock and use slot punch to make a scallop, or use scallop-edge scissors. Use a small circle hole punch to make "lace" effect in the scallops. Adhere this strip and the lavendar strip to the top of the bucket. Tie a piece of ric rac ribbon around the middle of the two strips.
3. Stamp the Easter Egg from Celebrations set on white cardstock and color in with markers. Cut out the eggs and use glue dots to attach them around the bucket.
4. Punch out a large green scallop circle. Layer behind the a white circle and adhere. Stamp the flower from Blissful Blossoms on this piece. Stamp the same flower on a piece of yellow cardstock and cut out the middle "dot" of the flower. Glue on to the white flower. Attach the whole piece to the lid of the bucket.
5. Stamp the bee from Blissful Blossoms on to yellow paper and cut out. Color in wings with white gel pen and stripes with a marker. Attach with a glue dot to the top of the lid.
6. Fill the bucket with egg shaped candles or plastic eggs filled with candy!
Princess Notes (Fit for a Queen!)
Designed by: Kirsten DuBosque
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Stamps: Once Upon a Time
Ink: Black and Pink
Paper: Gray, pink, and white cardstock
Accessories: Dew drops, decorative edge punch (Martha Stewart), Nestabilities dies, punches, markers, velcro, sticky notes, ribbon
Directions:
1. Cut large pink layer at 7 1/2 x 3 1/4. Score at 1, 1 3/8, 4 3/8, and 4 3/4. Add gray layer to card front with punched spaces extending past the pink cardstock.
2. Stamp, color, and cut out image with dies or punches. Adhere over ribbon with Dimensionals.
3. Add Dew Drops (or pearls, brads, or eyelets) and stamp the coordinating image (crown) on the light pink cardstock.
4. Adhere sticky notes inside the "folder" and add Velcro closure.
5. Stamp the coordinating sentiment inside to finish.
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Tea Bag Pull-Treat Pouch
Designed by: Trudee Sauer
>Click here to see open tea bag pouch
Stamps: Far East
Ink: Salmon, mountain rose, aqua, cloudy blue, pitch black (Ranger Adirondack)
Paper: Patterned papers (DCWV Far East), white shimmery cardstock
Accessories: Ribbon, scissors, slot hole punch,glitter, glue pen, adhesive, foam dimensional tape, punches (Spellbinders Nestability die, large scalloped rectangle Nestability die), sponge
Directions:
Note: These are based on the measurements for a Stash tea bag. You'll want to double the width of your teabag and add an inch to allow enough room for the 1/2" flap, and add 2 inches to the height.
1. Score blue cardstock on the 6 1/2" side at 6" and 3"
2. Apply Sticky Strip to the front of the 1/2" strip.
3. Turn cardstock over so the inside is facing up. Add Sticky Strip to the bottom of the 3" wide outer panel. Adhere.
4. Cut a large scalloped rectangle with your nestability die. Use this as a template to sponge "waves" on the long side of the bottom third of the pouch using cloudy blue ink.
5. Stamp small cherry blossom on top 2/3 of pouch with aqua ink.
6. Cut and emboss a 1 1/4" oval with your nestability die, then cut a "v" to create a lily pad. Adhere to the center of the lower third of the pouch.
7. Stamp the lotus flower 3 times on shimmery white cardstock using salmon and mountain rose ink.
8. Cut out all 3 lotus flowers. Adhere 2 of them to the lily pad, slightly overlapping them.
9. On the third flower, outline it with a glue pen, and sprinkle glitter on top. Set aside to dry.
10. Stamp "friends always" sentiment in pitch black ink, centered above the lotus flowers.
11. Punch slot on center of open end of pouch, being sure to punch through the front and back of pouch.
12. Thread the ribbon through the slots. Make sure the ribbon is the same length on both sides.
13. Center the tea bag in between the two pieces of ribbon and push tea bag inside pouch.
14. Tie the ribbon in a knot, and trim the ends.
15. Adhere the third glittered lotus blossom on foam dimensional tape.
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