Quilts and Cards: 25 Days Christmas and Year Round Crafting Showcase

Thursday, December 6, 2012

25 Days Christmas and Year Round Crafting Showcase

Welcome to my first post for the 25 Days Christmas and Year Round Crafting Showcase hosted by My Paper Crafting.com.

The theme for today is March - Easter - Passover and I chose to use the free digi file on offer today.

I made a side step card for this project and covered the base card with a spotted lilac paper.

I printed out the digi several times and cut the grass layer along with the bow, eggs and basket. I layered them up with foam pads then attached to the card.

I added some die cut swirls with a triple loop bow.

The little easter eggs scattered in the grass and along the step of the card were punched from different coloured papers and attached to the card. I stamped the sentiment on a square card and punched the corners with a butterfly corner punch.

Do go over to My Paper Crafting to check out all the other beautiful projects for today.

This is the digi file I used and you can get it from PCW. There is also a cutting file of the same image available.

5 comments:

Sandy Palmer said...: I absolutely love your sidestep card! It's all so wonderful!; December 7, 2012 at 3:16 AM
Larelyn said...: I just love this adorable side-step card, Janet. You've created a wonderful card. The flourish is fabulous.
Hugs,
Larelyn; December 7, 2012 at 5:38 AM
Patty said...: OH MY..this is beautiful. Love all the soft pastel colors, and your swirl!; December 7, 2012 at 6:08 AM
Rae Ann said...: This is adorable. I love the curlycues and the details you put on the corners. Beautiful work.
Rae Ann O.; December 7, 2012 at 6:22 AM
Brenda said...: Your step card is amazing Janet! I love these cards and you have made yours so springy!; December 7, 2012 at 4:25 PM

Favourite Tips

If you need a brad of a particular colour and don't have one, check to see if you have some embossing powder of the colour you want . Rub embossing ink on the top of the brad, then dip it into the embossing powder then heat set it. Use tweezers or a clip peg to hold the brad while you heat it.
When you are stitching on cards, make sure you are not sewing over the top of DS tape! The needle gets gummed up and won't lock the threads underneath.
Use zip lock plastic envelopes for smaller pieces of card offcuts that accumulate when making cards. Have one envelope per colour and periodically go through and trim up so they are ready for use on another card.