Blender Pen Technique

I created these Easter cards last year and thought I would share them with you today.  They are coloured using the "Blender Pen" technique.

One of my technique classes last year was the "Blender Pen" technque.  We used the Blender Pens and Watercolour Pencils to colour these super cute Easter images.

   Stamps:  Heaven Blessed
   Ink:  StazOn
   Markers:  Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie (for the chicks)
   Paper:  Whisper White, Certainly Celery
   Other:  Square Lattice EF, Ovals Die, Blender Pen, Watercolour Pencils, Pear Pizzazz Pleated Ribbon (R), Modern Label punch, Word Window Punch

Easter is coming, have you started thinking about your Easter projects yet?  Here are some of my past Easter projects for you to enjoy....
   Easter Bunny punch art
   Easter Blossoms card
   Easter Bunny Slider card
   Easter Basket and tutorial
   Chocolate Easter Bunny Basket

Happy Stampin' ...        

Happy Easter Bunny Punchie Art Card

Back in June 2010 I saved a picture of a very cute Bunny Punch Art Image by Mercedes Webber.  Now I do not know if I got it on a blog (I did search and cannot find one), or received it in an email, or found it on Splitcoast Stampers, but thank you Mercedes for one of the cutest bunny rabbits I have seen.  It was originally on an Easter Basket made with the Stampin' Up! Scallop Envelope die. 
This month this cute Bunny is one of the images for my Monthly Punchie Class.  I did the "how to" page and made the punch images last year, and today I created the card to go with it.  I was a bit stumped, until Kim Score posted THIS cute card with her bunny on it.  I was inspired and came up with this .....

Can you believe how cute this turned out?  Here is a closer view of the bunny image ....

And here are the flowers - I used Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz to add some bling - well of course I did!

I used a couple of different techniques on this card - faux clouds and direct to paper.  The flowers are made out of the Island Floral Bigz Die, and the centers are Neutrals Glimmer Brads.  I did something different to the sentiment to get it to look like that, can you guess what I did?  If there is enough interest, I could do a tutorial on how I achieved it, but not until after my Punchie Class as my Stampin' Ladies will be the first to get that little tidbit of information!  If you are in the area and would like to join us for my Monthly Punchie Class, email me, the class is Tuesday, March 29 between 1 pm and 8 pm.  Hope to see you there!
This is the post for the other Punchie card we will be making .
Happy Stampin', and I hope to see you soon, In My Craft Room .... 

Easter Blossoms Card

In the middle of a horrendous rain storm I was able to create a springy card today.  It rained so hard today it was like lions and wolves coming down instead of cats and dogs.  I am warm and dry in our trailer and had a most enjoyable day.  DH and I went out for breakfast to Lund to a place called Nancy's Cafe.  Oh my, they have the most awesomest (I know not a word but they truly are) sticky buns there.  We did not have them for breakfast, but brought some home to eat another time.  DH is out on the water today teaching a course and it is the day they do a night run.  I bet he is having an adventure out there.  Good thing it is a cabin boat and they will be warm and dry.
I created a card with the Stampin' Up! set Easter Blossoms available only until April 30th in the Occasions Mini Catalogue (page 17)......

I stamped the branch image in Soft Suede around the left hand side and the top of the card.  Then I stamped the little girl image in Bravo Burgundy on Whisper White cardstock and cut her out with nestabilities.  I wanted to use my Ovals and Scallop Ovals dies with my Big Shot, but I forgot to bring them with me.  Then I sponged on some Pink Pirouette ink around the stamped image.  After the ink was good and dry, I attached the oval to a scallop oval also cut out with nesties, then spritzed them with Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz to add some bling.  Here is an upclose picture of the bling ...

Ah, love that glimmer.  A bow tied in Pretty In Pink satin ribbon is wrapped around the 3 layers.  I stamped Happy Easter in Bravo Burgundy ink on the bottom right hand corner.  I hope you get a chance to do some stamping today.  I feel a day without stamping, is like a day without sunshine, only a LOT better!!!
Stamps:  Easter Blossom
Ink:  Bravo Burgundy, Pink Pirouette
Markers:  Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, Regal Rose
Other:  Nestabilities, Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon, Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz, dimensionals
Happy Stampin' ... ... ... ...            

Happy Easter Bunny Slider Card

Last month we had our semi-annual demonstrator meeting for Vancouver Island, BC. We have swaps, make-n-takes, business discussions, etc. I came home with a whole bag full of ideas and samples from our wonderful Make-N-Takes our fabulous local demonstrators did. This one, by Susan E, is a slider card. She said she got the idea from Dawn's blog. HERE is the link to Dawn's post for the tutorial on how to make one of these cards. Susan's card used the set "A Good Egg" and was fabulous. I took Dawn's tutorial, Susan's idea and colour scheme, and did some adapting of my own. This month, as you know, our Punchie Class will include a darling Bunny punchie. So I wanted to use it on a card to show ideas on how to use it. And, I will be giving it to someone very, very special (who is too little to read Gramma's Blog, heehee)!

Here's my card closed:~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And here it is partially open:

and an up close look at the inside top piece:

I paper pieced the shell of the chick using some very old and retired SU DSP that I don't have the name for any more. The front uses Tea Party DSP. Our precious grandson, James, will be 2 in a couple of weeks, and boy is he a 2 year old! I had forgotten how much of a personality they get around 2, but he is definitely becoming a very funny, teasing, special little boy. And he does crack me up all the time. Last night he did not want to eat what was for dinner, so he got one of his "Huh, see if I eat that!" looks on his face, closed his eyes, put his little nose in the air, and turned his head away from us. He was so funny, how can you not laugh at something like that!!!

Anyways, thanks to Dawn and Susan for the inspiration for this awesome card. Here's what I used to create it:

Stamps: A Good Egg, Cute and Cuddly, Fast Flowers Wheel (retired 2008)

Ink: Basic Black, Lavender Lace

Paper: Tea Party DSP, retired unknown SU DSP

Cardstock: Barely Banana, Whisper White, Lavender Lace

Other: Bunny Punchie, Nestabilities, Modern Label and Word Window Punches, plastic grocery bag

Give one of these cards a try, they are super fun to make. Just have to make sure of two things:

1. do not adhere your inside cardstock to your card base, just to the plastic slider piece

2. put the join of the plastic piece at the bottom of where the top slider cardstock piece attaches

If you do these 2 things, your slider card should work, the first time. Unlike my first attempt!!!

Happy Stampin'................. Glenda Mollet

Happy Easter Basket

I created this cute little Easter Basket using THIS tutorial by Lena Katrine. It uses Designer Paper to create the box, then cardstock to add the embellishments and the handle. Here' s my version of this awesome basket.......

A close up of the Bunny........

And one of the handle detail............

The theme for my classes next month is going to be Easter. My Monthly Punchie class has a cute little Easter Box using a punched Bunny. So I thought I would add the same Bunny onto this basket, and make a class out of it as well. I made the main basket out of Shades Of Spring DSP (sponged first with Pretty In Pink ink). Around the top of the basket I put a piece of Pretty In Pink cardstock, punched with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and sponged in Regal Rose. Over top of that I put some Pretty In Pink Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. The Handle is Whisper White cardstock punched on both sides with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. Then I used the new Small Heart Punch and punched alternating hearts all around the handle. The handle is sponged in Pretty In Pink as well, and has a strip of Regal Rose cardstock under it so it shows through the hearts. Then I punched some hearts out using the smallest heart on the Heart To Heart punch, sponged them with Pretty In Pink and glued them inside the alternating hearts on the handle. The handle is attached to the basket first with some strong tape, then I put two of the new Pretty In Pink Epoxy Brads through the basket and handle. I cut a strip of Whisper White cardstock and punched it with the Pinking Heart Border Punch and put it at the top inside the basket to cover the back side of the brads. The Bunny punchie is popped up on a Whisper White (sponged with Pretty In Pink) and Regal Rose (sponged with Regal Rose) nestability. I cut out two Decorative Accent #2 die cuts with the Big Shot and put them together to resemble a heart frame and put them in behind the Bunny detail. I punched 4 MS branches from Old Olive cardstock and put them between the accent die cuts and the Regal Rose nestability for some contrast. I punched 2 hearts from Regal Rose using the new Small Heart punch, and two in Whisper White from the smallest heart on the Heart To Heart punch, layered them and put them on the Bunny's right ear! Then I took my Stickles and added them to the scalloped nestie, the hearts on the ears, on the accent dies, on each of the hearts on the handle, and rubbed some inside his ears. There is a Bunny detail on both sides of the basket.

I think this basket tutorial is awesome and so easy to do, give it a try! Now I need to create one in blue for our little Pumpkinator, James! So much fun, and I did it over a month in advance, how awesome is that!!!

Thanks for taking the time to visit, ........... Glenda Mollet