Easter Card - Do You Get It?

Last night at Card Club, we did four cards.  Four cards is the norm but I had originally decided I wanted to toss in an extra.  I'm glad I didn't -- the cards took a bit more time than I realized but I think everyone had fun.  It is important to me that they have fun while getting an opportunity to use lots of different products and tools in different ways, and that they like the cards they are crafting.  The best part is that they get to personalize their cards for their gift and card giving opportunities -- and they do!  They also are welcome to change the design with the supplies presented and I love to see what they create.  Sharing what you love is joy!

I am a lover of spiritual cards -- especially for Easter and Christmas.  This card was designed with the Baptism of Christ in mind.  Remember how the Bible tells us that when Christ was baptized and He came up out of the water that God's voice echoed through the heavens as He said, "This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased."  We also read in the Bible about Christ and the doves.

I haven't really taken advantage of the Movers and Shakers Die -- I have all of the inserts.  My original intention was to use a Cross on this card, but then I recalled the dove that could be put through the Big Shot using the Movers and Shakers die.  This card is the result.

I started with a base card of Pretty In Pink.  We stamped the upper right corner in Rose Red using the Wedding Sweet set (I warned you that this would be used a great deal -- love those flourishes!).  We scalloped a Rose Red panel and then cut out the dove using the Big Shot and the Movers and Shakers Die.  Next, we stamped the vellum with the Wedding Sweet flourish and used our heat gun to dry it quickly.  Once this was done, we adhered the vellum to the Rose Red panel top and covered the adhesive seam with the White Satin Ribbon -- YUMMY!  Using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, we placed the greeting over the dove.  We used two pearls from the Pretties Kit on top of the vellum and placed a glue dot on the underside of the vellum, hiding this under the pearls, to adhere the vellum on the bottom right.  We placed this entire piece on the base card with adhesive and voila!  I think it is a beautiful, simple card.  It takes time because of all of the steps, but there was nothing difficult about the card.  And to me, it's a WOW!  I hope you like it too!

Tonight, I'm working on my 3x3 cards for the Senior Center.  I've already gotten about 320 of these cards ready, minus the greeting on the inside.  I had a special stamp made for their sentiment and received it yesterday so I need to finish these 300 with that insert before I move on to design and make the final 80 cards.  I have to complete this project this week so I can deliver these cards on Friday.  I don't expect to have any problem getting this done, but I doubt seriously I'll have enough time to get many other projects completed this week.  And even though I'm enjoying this project and know that it will bring lots of smiles to people receiving Easter meals, I'm tired of it and ready to move on.  Trust me, four-hundred of anything is about 380 too many -- my creative mind (what little bit I've been blessed with) is ready to start on some regular sized cards.  There is only so much you can do with a 3x3 .  At this point, I've got about 30 designs because I have to keep changing things ups to stay interested -- would you say I have the attention span of a gnat? 

Have a blessed week and I hope to see you tomorrow!

Comments

[Tami]

Judy,

Thanks bunches! Im glad youre enjoying it and that it means something to someone else besides me! Have a blessed day!

Tami Black | Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator | 740-819-4739 | 3505 Dresden Road, Zanesville OH 43701

Im the creatively-challenged gal whohelps other creatively-challenged folksmake hand-crafted gifts, cards, scrapbooks and treasures!

My blog: www.MakeMineStamps.com
My email: tami@MakeMineStamps.com
My Stampin Up! website: www.MakeMineStamps@stampinup.net

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[Judy Elting]

Absolutely beautiful card and love your blog! What a witness!

[Lois Cooper]

The card is beautiful. I to send only religious cards at Christmas and Easter. It has become an excellent way for me to witness to others.
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[Tami]

Thanks Jan! Sometimes that man I love is off the mark!

Tami Black | Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator | 740-819-4739 | 3505 Dresden Road, Zanesville OH 43701

Im the creatively-challenged gal whohelps other creatively-challenged folksmake hand-crafted gifts, cards, scrapbooks and treasures!

My blog: www.MakeMineStamps.com
My email: tami@MakeMineStamps.com
My Stampin Up! website: www.MakeMineStamps@stampinup.net

To: tami@MakeMineStamps.com

[Jan Hoyt]

You may have the attention span of a gnat but if so, you are one dedicated gnat to do 400 cards of ANY size! And I love the Easter Greetings card...the dove makes sense to me, too. Jan