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Easter Blog Hop

Well its time again for another Art with Heart team blog hop - Easter is our theme this month. Our team has over 90 members; we enjoy the added benefit of an extremely active forum - here is just the work of a few of us.

You may have just come from the very talented DI Dunk, but if you are starting here, don’t worry … you can make the complete journey just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way and we hope you will visit each one to see the wonderful creations we have to show you!

Now I have a confession to make ... I don't own any Easter stamps and I was worrying that I wouldn't be able to pull this one off ... but its amazing how creative you can be when there is a deadline!

I've used the Outline Alphabet on watercolour paper to create the word Easter, the word 'happy' is from the 'happy birthday' stamp in the Saleabration set Happy Moments and the birdie and butterfly are from the Summer Mini set For Everything.

The 'eggs' are punched with the large oval punch and I have stamped the Perfect Plum egg with a stamp from the Circle Circus set (love this set sooooo very versatile) and added some ribbon and a little sparkly brad.  The letters have been coloured in using the marker pens and a blender pen.  Now you may be asking why bother using a blender pen ... well the marker pens give a continual shade of colour and I like the blender pens as they give a more 'watercolour' effect ... and I find I have greater control over the colour than with the aqua-painter when colouring fine details like alphabets.

I've moved right out of my comfort zone into the Subtles range of colours, Sage Shadow, Perfect Plum and Apricot Appeal. Being a 'Northern Hemisphere' girl, Easter signifies the start of spring ... although I did stop at creating the odd daffodil or two ... stop smiling all you Aussie / NZ girls ... I'm learning that Easter now means Autumn and not Spring!

 At a recent workshop a customer told us all that she wouldn't be without her Stampin' Up! Paper Snips - I am ashamed to say at that point I didn't own them ... so I added them to my next order and yes she is quite right ... they are the best thing ever for cutting out little shapes ... so thanks Tammy S for the advice!

So do you like it?  Leave me a comment if you do .... if you leave a comment on each and every blog in the hop and then email me at nikki@inkyart.com.au, your name will be put into the hat to win some beautiful blog candy. There is a deadline of 72 hours to leave your comments (that's 6.00am AEST 3 March) and only non SU demos are eligible to win - although we'd love all visitors to leave some comments please - thanks girls.

Well, that’s all from me. Now you’re off to enjoy the beautiful creations of Judy May who is another Melbourne based demonstrator - love her work - you will be in for a treat!

Next month's theme is the new Autumn mini ... which I am calling the new maxi-mini because I want / need / have to have something from every page - LOL.

 

Here's the full list if you get lost along the way:

Ros Davidson
http://rosdavidson.typepad.com/ros_davi ... g-hop.html

Kristine Thompson
http://inkspotcreations.typepad.com/ink ... g-hop.html

Sue Madex
http://www.madexcreations.com/madex_cre ... g-hop.html 

Di Dunk
http://stampartbydi.typepad.com/my-blog ... theme.html 

Nikki Sadler
http://www.inkyart.com.au/inkyart/2010/ ... g-hop.html 

Judy May
http://judymay.typepad.com/just_judy_de ... g-hop.html 

Erica Boxall
http://www.ericaboxall.com/2010/02/east ... p-hop.html 

Christine Blain
http://christineblain.typepad.com/happy ... g-hop.html

Kathryn Lowe
http://www.katlodesigns.com/stamping_wi ... g-hop.html

Kim Meiklejohn
http://www.paperenchantment.com.au

Gayatri Murali
http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com/2010/02 ... g-hop.html

Kathryn Mangelsdorf
http://klm55.blogspot.com/2010/02/art-w ... g-hop.html 

Tanja Westwood
http://tanjawestwood.wordpress.com/2010 ... -blog-hop/ 

Tina Gillespie
http://scissorspapercard.blogspot.com/2 ... g-hop.html

Punched Circles

I was playing with the punches the other day and thought that creating a pattern using the crop-o-dile and little 3/4" circle punch made for an interesting pattern on the card - which I then layered with a complementary colour to create a different look.  I have also used some of the larger circles that I punched out to add interest to the other half of the card too. 

I also shortened the card front and added a small strip of Whisper White to the edge and sponged it for added interest. 

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set	Happy Moments
Card and Paper	Whisper White, Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss
Ink	Rose Red
Embellishments	5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools	Crop-o-Dile, 3/4" circle punch

 

 

Happy Moments

Good morning, how are you?  I've been playing with the Happy Moments set again ... this time inspired by the lovely Co-Founder and CEO of Stampin' Up! who has been stamping onto pattern paper - you can see her cards here - they really are lovely.  

I thought that this was such a cool idea and not something I had tried before so I put ink to rubber to paper and I like it.  

When I took part in the Sale-A-Bration mini hop I found this lovely card with the birdie in the cage inked in a different colour, created by Amy Waters ... I loved it and just had to give that idea a go too.

Of course once I get started ... I can't stop trying new things so then I created the little 'suspended' sentiment (there has to be a better to describe that but for now my mind is blank!)  ... that was so easy too.

I should have taken a photo of the inside to show you how I have finished off the ribbon - I don't like there to be 'loose ends' so I punched the chocolate chip oval piece twice and sandwiched the ribbon between it.  So the ribbon is stuck down on the front of the card with snail ... wrapped around the back and snailed again to finish up in between the two oval punched shapes.  Now if this makes no sense whatsoever (well it is past my bedtime) - leave me a comment and I'll photograph the back of the card in the daylight :o)

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set	Happy Moments
Card and Paper	Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Urban Garden DSP
Ink	Choc Chip
Embellishments	Brad, Markers, Blender Pen, Choc Chip Tafetta Ribbon
Tools	Large, Medium and small oval punches, Scallop Edge Punch Dauber for the sponging

Hope this inspires you to find yourself some creative time and try out some new ideas.

And finally, if you entered into the Blog Candy competition following our first ever Art With Heart Team Blog Hop - the winner will be announced very soon ... so watch your inboxes for an important message from team and good luck! 

Oh and thanks to everyone who took part and left so many lovely comments ... if you requested the template for the box this should now be in your inbox too :o)