Speckled Egg Easter Card

When I saw Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Design Team's Cindy Schuster's Speckled Egg Easter Card on the Stampin' Up! Blog I had to repost it here! Isn't this card darling?!?!

It's beautiful, clean, simple, and also has that WOW! factor! Cindy cleverly uses the Balloon Celebration stamp set and Balloon Bouquet Punch to create the egg shape. Just snip off the end of the balloon and viola you have an egg! Brilliant!

This card uses two techniques - stamping off and ink splattering. Stamping off will take some of the ink off of the stamp. Ink your stamp as you would normally. Then stamp it onto Grid Paper or other scratch paper. Then stamp on your project. The resulting image will not be as dark as if you stamped the image with full ink strength. Stamping off can tone down an ink color or be used to create depth. For this card, stamping off is used to create a more pastel palette.

Ink splattering creates droplets of color to add interest and texture to your project. The can be done with a variety of tools, including markers, paint brushes, tooth brushes, stamps, and Wink of Stella Glitter Brushes.

To create the card base, cut a 11" x 4-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock. Fold it in half and crease with a bone folder.  Cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Kraft Corrugated cardstock. Wrap gold baker's twine around the top of the corrugated cardstock and tie a bow. Adhere the corrugated cardstock to the Crumb Cake base. Set aside.

Stamp the larger balloon image from the Balloon Celebration stamp set in Pool Party and So Saffron onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Stamp the larger balloon image in Crumb Cake and stamp off onto your Grid Paper before stamping onto the cardstock. Stamp the larger balloon image in Perfect Plum and stamp off onto your Grid Paper before stamping onto the cardstock.

To add the first layer or speckle, stamp each balloon with the splatter dots stamp image from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set with Early Espresso ink.

Use a gold Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to add the second layer of speckle. First squeeze the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to bring some of the ink to the brush tip. Then, holding the brush on its side, firmly tap to release the glitter paint onto each balloon. Squeeze the brush as needed to bring more paint to the tip.

Punch each balloon using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. Even though Wink of Stella is quick drying, make sure your balloons are completely dry before punching, especially if you are like me and love to add a LOT of sparkle.

Snip off the end piece of the balloon.

Adhere the eggs to your card base. Stamp the Easter greeting from Easter Lamb onto a 1" x 3.5" strip of Very Vanilla cardstock, punch both ends with the Triple Banner Punch, and adhere it to your card base. Your card is complete!

 I hope you enjoy this Easter card as much as I do!

I appreciate you stopping by!
Beth

Speckled Easter Egg Card Project Supply List
Stamps	Balloon Celebration Gorgeous Grunge Easter Lamb
Paper	Crumb Cake Cardstock Kraft Corrugated Cardstock Very Vanilla Cardstock
Ink	Pool Party Ink Pad So Saffron Ink Pad Perfect Plum Ink Pad Crumb Cake Ink Pad Early Espresso Ink Pad
Embellishments	Gold Baker's Twine Gold Wink of Stella Glitter Brush
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Triple Banner Punch Balloon Bouquet Punch Pierce Mat Clear Acrylic Blocks B, D, H Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub
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