JAI #111 : JUST ADD EASTER

With Easter fast approaching (but still with time enough to create some pretty Easter gifts and/or cards), we at Just Add Ink would like to share with you some project ideas.  Please make sure you check out the Design Team's fantastic creations, for this challenge set by Mae.  We hope to inspire you to make your own, and share them with us!

I own one Easter stamp, and one Easter sentiment stamp, from Stampin' Up!, but was determined to come up with something a little different to what I've already shared here.

I decided I wanted a slightly vintagey feel to my Easter card, drawing inspiration from the colours and patterns in Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous Beau Chateau Designer Series Papers.  It's hard to see in the photo, but I stamped the left-hand panel of DSP with the small floral spray from Established Elegance (in Pink Pirouette), and the bird eggs from Nature Walk (in Crumb Cake).

Here's the rather "girly" Easter card I made (well, isn't it normally girls and women who appreciate cards more??!):

Stamps: Give a Gift, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Nature Walk, Established Elegance

Card: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla

DSP: Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake stampin' pad, Timber Brown Staz-On inkpad (not SU!), Pink Pirouette stampin' pad

Other: Victoria crochet trim, XL Oval punch, Scallop Edge border punch, Word Window and Modern Label punches, Designer Frame embossing folder, sponge dauber, Itty Bitty shapes punch, Basic Pearls, Watercolour Crayons and aquapainter, mini glue dots

The rest of the Design Team have some amazing Easter ideas, so make sure you check them out here!  We look forward to seeing what you come up with, too.

STAMPIN' UP!'S "GIVE A GIFT" FOR PP#86

I have been playing with my Give a Gift stamp set (sooooo cute - all 7 images co-ordinate with Stampin' Up! punches, which I love).  I had an idea in mind that worked perfectly to enter in this week's colour challenge at The Paper Players:

I've made a little Easter box, with a ribbon handle (does that make it a bag??!).  The ribbon is gorgeous, but was a little difficult to photograph.

To attach the handle, I simply punched a small hole in each side of the box, and knotted the ribbon on the inside.  I added a little grosgrain bow to the outside to 'pretty it up'.  Here's a side view:

Stamps: Give a Gift, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Confetti

Card: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Whisper White

DSP: Pool Party Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake stampin' pad and marker, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad, Wisteria Wonder marker, Pear Pizzazz marker, Pool Party marker

Other: In Color glimmer brad, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Fancy Favor die, sponge dauber, XL Oval punch, Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, mini glue dots, stampin' dimensionals, sticky strip