For Peeps' Sake - it's nearly Easter!

The spring bulbs are showing off their colour, the sun is shining and there's even a touch of warmth in the air... it's time to crack on with those Easter makes and Stampin' Up has everything you need! Come and see the card I made with For Peeps' Sake:

It doesn't take long to make a whole bunch of this simple design! I started with the washi tape, then coloured the egg stamp with markers before stamping above it. The sentiment was stamped above that in sunny Daffodil Delight, and then I added a border of happy-looking flowers below the washi - using a stamp from the Nature's Perfection set which you can choose for free in the Sale-a-bration promotion.

It's often the details that lift a card and in this case, a snippet of cotton ribbon stapled to the panel  and topped with a bakers twine bow does the trick!

That free flower stamp from Nature's Perfection is perfect for creating stamped designer paper too as you can see in this version. I prefer the simple border personally - how about you?

• You'll find For Peeps' Sake on p.34 of the spring/summer catalogue along with some more great ideas for using it!

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For Peeps' Sake Wood Stamp Set £22.95	Stampin Write Markers - Subtles Collection ...	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad £4.95
Sweet Sadie Designer Washi Tape £4.50	Marina Mist 1/4" Cotton Ribbon £5.50	Painted Blooms Cotton Twine £6.25

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I've been a bit of a poorly pudding with a chest infection over the last week but I still managed my puppy duties of course, wrapped up well, and was thrilled to see the partial solar eclipse on Friday. The photos OH took didn't come out at all except (she said smugly!) the one I suggested he took through the lens of my sunglasses.

See that thin crescent shape in the centre? That's all you can see of the sun as the moon passes in front of it. I found this so exciting but... hello? Hello?! Where have you gone?! Come back!!

I'll be back with more crafting inspiration tomorrow - and there'll be no eclipses in sight, I promise!

Secret panel easel card for Easter using For Peeps' Sake

I was so pleased that you liked the special easel card I made for my son's birthday (see it in this post.) It had a 'secret panel' concealing any gooey message I was compelled to write *wink* so that he didn't have to be embarrassed if anyone looked at his card display! Several of you asked for a tutorial so I've come up with a step-by-step Easter version using Stampin' Up's cute For Peeps' Sake stamp set. Come and see:

I used one of the envelopes from Stampin' Up's pre-cut notecards and envelopes set (it's 13 x 9.25 cm) so I cut my Whisper White card base 8.5 cm x 10.5 cm (which is the bottom of an A4 sheet.)

I used the scoring blade on my trimmer to score in half at 10.5 cm and also at 5.25 cm...

... which produces something that looks like this! But what about that secret panel?

Here we go! A So Saffron panel, cut 8.5 cm x 10.25 cm, scored 1cm in at the bottom edge and 2.5 cm in from the top edge.

That little semi circle, cut in the top with a 3/4" circle punch, is to make the panel easy to open. I ran some Fastfuse along the back of the 1cm tab and attached the secret panel to the bottom of the card so it opens on a sort of hinge.

Now it was time for the main attraction - that fabulous sentiment stamp from the For Peeps' Sake!

I coloured the rubber with Stampin' Write markers from the Brights collection and stamped onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock.

This stamp coordinates beautifully with the Ornate Tag Topper punch which makes a great shape for the pop-up section of the easel card.

Now to attach the topper!

The front of the easel tucks behind the top tab of the secret panel and the topper fits over the top to hold it open...

... like so! I didn't want the holes to show though so I made some pretty flower decorations using the flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack.

Adding a bit of shading to the flower with a marker of the same colour adds depth to the flowers and they're finished neatly with candy dots.

Here's the finished card again - isn't it fun?! I do hope you have a go at this idea and let me know how you get on :)

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Brights Stampin' Write Markers £23.95	For Peeps' Sake Wood Stamp Set £22.95	So Saffron A4 Card Stock £6.25
Ornate Tag Topper Punch £19.95	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack £15.50	Brights Candy Dots £5.50

My shop is open 24/7 so you can buy Stampin' Up products from me any time, day or night.

If you have any queries, or prefer to speak to me, I'm happy to help.

You can contact me by email or phone on 01280 820593.

We are all getting very excited about Easter here as all the family will come together again. I love the rituals we have in place for each of the holidays. At Easter we have a treasure hunt which I lovingly prepare and of course there's the Easter tree, twigs which we put in a jug of water and watch them miraculously come into leaf, decorated with handmade pretties. This year, we've decided to have an extra ritual - a game of hide and seek where each member of the family hides and Eva-pup comes and finds us. She can't be rewarded with chocolate eggs of course (chocolate is toxic to dogs) but I'm sure I can rustle up some egg-shaped meatballs!

Let me know if you have any egg-cellent ideas for Dog Easter won't you! Meanwhile, don't forget to join me for another amazing Artisan Design Team blog hop tomorrow! See you then,