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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

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?!?!

Stampin' Up! Blog Speckled Easter Egg Card

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.

Stampin' Up! Blog Speckled Easter Egg Card Step 1

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.

Stampin' Up! Blog Speckled Easter Egg Card Step 2

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.

Stampin' Up! Blog Speckled Easter Egg Card Step 3

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!

Speckled Egg Easter Card Step 5

 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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