Egg-stra Special Spring Wishes

Today I wanted to show you two Easter cards I made using the Close to My Heart Art Philosophy cart for the Cricut.

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I used the AP cart to cut out the egg shaped cards from Colonial White cardstock and then using the decorative layer function, I cut the design and made one card using the positive image and another card using the negative image.

I also used the Adhesive Springs to attach the bunny inside. The card folds flat and is easy to mail but when you open it, the little bunny "springs" to life and bobbles around.

I added some glitter and adhesive pearls to embellish and I also sponged the edges of the cardstock and patterned paper with Chocolate ink.

Isn't this just the cutest interactive card?


Products Used:
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge
Stamp Sets - PTI Scrambled Eggs, Tag-its #3, Daily Designs Sentiments, Tiny Treats: Valentine
Paper - CTMH Colonial White, White Daisy, Blush, That's Amore (retired)
Ink - CTMH Blush, Chocolate
Spellbinders Petitie Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, glitter, adhesive backed pearls, Adhesive Springs, Scrambled Eggs die

Flower Soft Anything Goes - Happy Easter

This week it's "Anything Goes" for the Flower Soft Design Team.  Since Easter is this weekend, I took out my Flower Soft Easter Fun Toppers and made this cute little card.

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The beauty of these kits is that you can do as many layers as you want for the decoupage.  This time I only added one layer for everything except I added one more layer to the egg basket..  I also sponged some Heavenly Blue ink for the sky and some Garden Green for the grass.  Isn't this just the cutest image?  This has to be one of my favorite kits from Flower Soft.

Products Used:

Flower Soft Easter Fun Toppers

Paper - PTI Lemon Tart, Pretty Pastels

Seam binding, Prima flowers, Oval and Scalloped Oval nestabilities

Heartfelt Creations - Sunburst

Happy Wednesday!  Thanks for joining me today as I show you a new project made with the latest Heartfelt Creations release, Floral Cross Collection.

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To make this card I had to do a little masking with some tape to get the sentiment I wanted from the Cross and Lilies stamp set.  I put the tape on first, before inking up the stamp and then removed it right before stamping on my partial circle.

To get that sunburst look, I sponged on some Inka Gold - Old Gold onto the rays and then used a little Yellow and Orange Gelato.  In person, the rays have some glimmer because of the Inka Gold.  I also sponged a little of the Old Gold along the top edge of my partial circle.  This is a great card for Easter don't you think?

As usual, if you would like to see some awesome projects, please visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog. Also, a reminder that the search for new Design Team members is under way and you can get all the details on the blog as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used:
Paper - PTI SS White
Ink - Versafine Black Onyx
Foam dimensionals

Going to the Chapel

Inka Gold Old Gold

Rays & Retro Circles

Gelatos

Circles Nestabilities

InLinkz.com

Flower Soft Sweet Treats Challenge

Everytime I make one of these 3D toppers from Flower Soft, my daughter says "I want that!"  So far she's getting three for Easter including this one.  I have to admit, they are a lot of fun to make.  I made this one for this week's Flower Soft Challenge (FSC27) - to make something food related and use at least one Flower Soft product.  I hope you'll play along.

I created a pick for an Easter basket/container using an Easter Fun Topper.  I highlighted the grass in the container with Sage Ultra Fine Flower Soft.  I also added some Citrus Crush to the bunnies flower headband and some Polar White to the tail to make it fluffy.  I then painted a popsicle stick with pink acrylic paint to serve as my pick and stuck it into my container of jellybean filled plastic eggs.

Okay, it's your turn.  All the details for the challenge, including the prizes, can be found HERE.

Flower Soft Easter Chick

It's time to dig out your Flower Soft and your favorite furry friend and join in this week's Flower Soft Challenge, aptly named Furry Friends.  You can get all the details HERE but all you have to do is upload a project using at least one Flower Soft product to the SCS Gallery using the keywords FSC25 and flowersoft (one word).  As usual, there are prizes involved!

For inspiration, I created another Easter card using one of the amazing Easter Fun Toppers.  This one is an adorable little chick popping out of an Easter egg.  Isn't he just too cute?  I cut the main image with an oval nestabilities die.  You'lll notice I also used one of the Flower Soft Display Globes.  I found that one of the petite oval nestabilities dies will cut the perfect oval for the globe, which is what I did here.  First I stamped the bottom border with the new PTI Background Basics: Gingham stamp set and then ran the top of the card through the cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder.  I framed the globe with some fun ribbon I found in my stash.  I did add some Ultra Fine Citrus Crush Flower Soft to the center of the flowers as well.

I love the way this came out.  Looks like my daughter will be getting two Easter cards this year. 

Products Used:

Flower Soft Easter Fun 3D Topper
Flower Soft Ultra Fine Citrus Crush
Flower Soft Display Globe
Cardstock - PTI Lemon Tart and CTMH Baby Pink
Ink - CTMH Crystal Blue and Garden Green (sponging), Cotton Candy
Stamp Sets - PTI Backgroung Basics: Gingham
ribbon
Nestabilities dies
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF
EK Success border punch
Adhesive pearls

Flower Soft Card Topper Blog Hop

I hope you are enjoying the Flower Soft Design Team creations for today's Blog Hop.  Among the many products Flower Soft offers are the card toppers which are so easy to use and make card making fun.  Our hop today features these toppers.  Of course, we can't have a Hop without a prize! One lucky blog hopper who comments on all the blogs will win a $50 Flower Soft gift certificate so be sure comment on every post along the way!

The blog hop will remain open until Tuesday March 22nd. The winner will be announced on the Flower Soft blog on March 23rd.

If you get lost along the way please visit the Flower Soft blog where there will be a complete list of the Flower Soft Hop participants.

Flower Soft is also the sponsor this week over at CPS for Sketch #209 which happens to be what I used for my project this week.

Sketch #209


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I am getting ready for Easter so I chose to use one of the adorable toppers from the Flower Soft Easter Fun 3D Toppers kit.  I cut out the images and used dimensionals to pop them up for a decoupage look.  Aren't they so cute!

I used a PTI Impression plate for the texture on the Buttercup cardstock and a purple lattice ribbon I had in my stash.  I added Ultra Fine Citrus Crush Flower Soft to the centers of the daisies for some added pop.

Now you simply must head over to Linda's blog for even more inspiration!  She always has something wonderful to showcase.

Products Used:

Flower Soft Easter Fun 3D Cut Outs
Flower Soft Ultra Fine Citrus Crush 
PTI Impression Plate
Nestabilities Dies
CTMH Amythest and Buttercup cardstock
CTMH Garden Green and Crystal Blue ink (sponging)
ribbon and daisies from my stash

Some Bunny Loves You

Today is the first day of Lent so Easter is right around the corner!  It's also time for another Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge which means prizes!!!!  You an get all the details on the Flower Soft Blog and I hope you'll play along because I love seeing all your projects on the Splitcoast Gallery.  Be sure to use the keywords FSC24 and flowersoft (one word) when uploading so I can find you.

For my project, I decided to make my daughter an Easter card for her basket.  I wanted it to be egg-shaped so I used my largest scalloped oval nestabilites to make the card.  I stamped one of the bunnies from the adorable CTMH Bunny Love stamp set and colored it with copic markers.  I then used the new Ultra Fine Neon Pink Flower Soft for the dots on the egg.

As a side note in case you have been wondering where I have been, we did a remodel of my studio and in the middle of it I came down with a sinus infection.  Long story short, I am finally back in business but I have a lot of catching up to do.  We still haven't painted and that will have to wait until the summer but I promise to post pictures soon.

Products Used:

Stamp Sets - CTMH Bunny Love, PTI Tiny Treats: Valentine

Cardstock - CTMH Gypsy

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Retired B&T paper from CTMH

Copics

Neon Pink Ultra Fine Flower Soft

Ribbon

Nestabilities dies and tags

Adhesive gems