Easter Blessings

Hi! A little shout out from PTI (for my cards HERE) always makes my day! I'm back with another card for PTI's Make It Monday #11 Embossing with dies. I had actually thought of this idea first before my little 3x3 cards but somehow couldn't get it together until tonight. I had a hard time with colors and then the layout and it just took me some time. I don't know if I'm completely happy but I do love what I created with the dies.

I made a little Easter basket with dies! The bottom portion of the basket was made with PTI's Mat Stack die 1. I cut it out with fine linen cardstock and then trimmed it down to the size basket I wanted. Then I took the rick rack die and embossed it to look like a woven basket. Maybe you need to stretch your imagination a bit to see it. Then I took some circle nestabilites to make a handle which I also embossed with the rick rack die but just sort of randomly for the woven look. I also inked up the edges a bit. I made the thin orange rick rack from felt but instead of cutting the whole width I just placed the felt lower to cut it thinly. And I used removeable scotch tape to keep the dies from shifting when I cut.

I used the Easter egg from the Tag-its set and masked a whole bunch of the eggs together. I layered the basket over the whole mat stack 1 die cut and over mat stack 5 as well. I think if I had gotten my most recent order with the hibiscus burst felt I would have used that color instead of orange zest but I'm still waiting.

Thanks for reading and hope you're having a great weekend! We'll be heading to Old Navy for what sounds like a great sale. Hope it's not too crowded.

Comments

Carol's Ink Spot said…

Your Easter basket is wonderful! The impression on it makes you think it is woven. Cute!

April 23, 2011 at 4:00 AM

Cheryl said…

What a cute and clever easter basket! Love those colorful eggs! The sentiment fits so nicely on Tiny Tags (which reminds me to go check the store).

April 23, 2011 at 6:29 AM

Sunghee said…

oh so clever! It looks great! I love the tag, too! Cute!!!

April 23, 2011 at 5:06 PM

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