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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Easter Basket Card

There's a lot of firsts that happened with the making of this Easter card. 

This is the first time I've used 3 different Cricut cartridges on one creation. Used Cricut cartidges: Doodlecharms for the basket, Easter 2010 for the Bunny & Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art for the Chick. 

This is first time I've used a metal bottle cap. I bought the metal bottle caps at Hobby Lobby couple wks ago when they were 50% off and then forgot about them. I bought some pre-flattened ones & some not flattened. The purple one I used here was not pre-flattened. Used the Sizzix to flatten the bottlecap. First attempt using the Sizzix platform with both flaps 1 & 2 closed. It flattened it too flat; flat like an oval pancake. 2nd attempt I used the Sizzix platform with both flaps 1 & 2 flipped open.  

This is the first time I've used Oriental Weave embossing folder on  a basket and I liked the look on the basket. 

Added green Easter grass to basket for texture.

Added ribbon to basket.

Added purple glitter to the eggs in basket.

Added wiggles eyes to the bunny & chick.

Added small oval gems to represent jelly beans and for sparkle.

Added purple/white twine.

























Closeup of metal bottlecap: 

























Supplies List
card base is 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Cricut cartidges:
   Doodlecharms  3 1/2" basket,  1 1/2" eggs 
   Easter 2010  1 1/2" bunny
   Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art  1 1/2" chick 
gems: 3 small oval for jelly beans & sparkle
glitter: purple used on eggs in basket
ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
machine: Sizzix BIGkick to flatten bottlecap
metal: the Paper Studio Spare Parts purple bottle cap
paper: cardstock - Kraft, core'dinations - 2 different purples, white, yellow
ribbon: Easter Collection

stamp:  Basic Grey






















Stampin' Up: punch - 1 1/4" scallop circle
twine: purple/white 
wiggle eyes: 3mm

Entering this into the following challenges:

3/30 Craftin Desert Divas Craft It Up & Linky Party #2 Easter Eggs-travaganza  unlim 3/18
3/30 Exploring Cricut Happy Easter Ch unlim 3/25
3/30 Kraft Journal Chick's Rule Ch unlim 3/25
3/30 Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch: Quotable unlim 3/25

3/31  DLART Thankful Thurs Mar Linky Party unlim 3/7-31
3/31  Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now! Ch7 Anything Goes unlim 3/1
3/31  Ribbon Carousel RCC78 Spring is in the Air unlim 3/5-31
3/31 Victorine Originals Ch55 Anything Easter unlim 3/18  

4/1 Die Cuttin Divas Ch108 Embossing w/ Ribbon 3E(#3) 3/26
4/1  Scrappy Moms-Stamps Terr Tues Ch Easter unlim 3/26

4/2 Paper Pretties Wed PWC251 Cards for the Kiddos unlim 3/27

4/3 Cute Card Thurs Ch262 Brass in Pocket unlim metal bottlecap 3/28
4/3 Delightful Sketch Ch Hippity Hoppity Bunny/Spring 3E(#3) 3/27

4/4 Totally Papercrafts Ch160 Metal 3E(#3) 3/29

4/5 2 Sisters Ch137 Sparkle N Shine unlim 3/30
4/5 Basic Grey Ch90 Happy Easter 3E(#2) 3/23 
4/5 Catch the Bug Recipe Ch Anything w/ Cardstock & Bling 3E(#3) 3/30 
4/5 Hiding In MY Craft Room HIMCR91 Freestyle 3E(#2) 3/30

4/6 Creative Insp Paint Anything Goes unlim 3/24
4/6 Gingerloft Kraft paper unlim 3/24

4/9 Aud Sentiments Ch77 For a Child unlim 3/27

4/10 Crafty Ribbons Ch42 Anything Goes w/ Ribbon unlim 3/28

4/11 Simply Create Too Ch34 Animals 3E(#3) 3/29

4/12 My Sheri Crafts Ch107 Spring Has Sprung unlim 3/30


15 comments:

  1. What a fabulous Easter card. Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Delightful Challenges.
    Denise

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  2. Love it! Thanks for joining us at Exploring Cricut

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  3. Pretty card! I love the Basic Grey stamps. Thanks for joining us at Basic Grey Challenges.
    Mieko xx

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  4. This is a lovely card Melissa - I love the purples and guess what I almost used that same folder on my basket but decided to try the honeycomb! Your basket is beautiful!

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  5. What a great card!!! I love the bottle cap! Thank you so very much for joining our 'Happy Easter' challenge at Exploring Cricut!!!! :)

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  6. The bottle cap looks great!!!! I need to try one. Love the Basic Grey stamps too! Thanks for sharing at Exploring Cricut this week!
    Michelle

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  7. Great card. Thanks for playing along with us at CCT.x

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  8. Cute. Thanks for joining us over at HIMCR.

    Have a great day.
    Hugs Nana
    ♥ My Crafting Channel ♥
    ♥ HIMCR ♥DT

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  9. That bottle cap is so pretty. Love that idea!! Thanks for joining us at Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party.


    Tara

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  10. so cute thanks for sharing with us at 2 sisters this week good luck with the challenge Tracy x

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  11. What an adorable card! I love that bottlecap embellishment that you used! Thanks for joining us at My Sheri Crafts.

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  12. Fabulous card!
    Many thanks for joining in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week!
    Debxx

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  13. so sweet! great die cutting! Thanks for linking up with us at Aud!

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  14. The embossing folder you've used is awesome! Thanks so very much for joining us this week at Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Challenge. Good luck in the draw, and please join us again soon!
    luv'n huggz
    Jen Leeflang
    Bugaboo Stamps DT

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  15. This is so cute. Thanks for playing at HIMCR.

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