Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
Originally uploaded by Sandra SS

Easter Card features a 3D pop-up egg with a hidden surprise. Remove the smallest front egg by sliding it up to reveal a miniature Spring scene. Techniques used are spritz/flick distress background, then Perfect Distress stamped image. The flowers are die-cut on Bazzill card stock with Sizzix Vagabond. Easter bunny and text are from Ideaology Seasonal paper, embellished with Stardust gel pens. The 3D egg is hand cut from double-sided patterned paper using a template from Some Assembly Required, designed by Sandy Jackson. The edges of the egg pieces are lightly distressed with inkpads and tool then spritzed with Perfect Pearl Mist, Heirloom Gold, after assembled. It actually will fold flat for mailing. Tiny butterflies are stamped, cut out then glued on egg edges and flowers. I have learned so much from this class and hope to keep going. Thanks for looking!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Valentine card I made for my Mom. Front of card features glitter paper background, metallic heart stickers, paper doilies, 3 dimensional girl with foam relief from vintage ephemera cd. The entire card is very intricate requiring a lot of scissor cutting!



Inside the Valentine card is a 3D pop-up heart tied closed with a red ribbon. The Medium heart is hand cut from a template design by Sandy Jackson from Some Assembly Required. The heart opens to reveal a scene of vintage collage elements within the heart “tunnel.” I re-engineered the design myself to have a gatefold and hollowed out center similar to her egg design.