My Inkie Fingers: In the Tropics

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Easter Egg Treat Holders

For today's Way's to use it Wednesday I'm going to show you how to use 2 different punches and a die in a way that you may not have thought of before.

The colors are so bright and cheery.
These little egg holders are sure to brighten up any dinner table for easter.

I found the "Eggs" at Costco, they came in a HUGE bag and are pretty much the same size as a Kinder Surprise Egg. so you know about what size eggs to hunt for 'pun intended' lol

You can choose any colors you like for your treat holders as you may find eggs with different wrapping.
The colors I used are listed below in the Supply List.

Here is a Tutorial Video so you can see exactly how I made these little cuties!

How easy was that? Here are the measurements I said I would list for you.

Cut one piece of cardstock to measure 8 1/2 X 2

Score at; 3/4, 2 3/4, 3 1/2 * 5 1/2

Cut another piece of cardstock to measure 4 X 2

Score at 1/4, 1", 3" & 3 3/4

It's important to use a very sticky adhesive like the one I listed below so that your containers do not fall apart.

Question: Are you going to make these for your Easter Dinner Table or do you have another use in mind?

Let me know in the comments below what you will be using these for. I love hearing your ideas!

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**Supply List**

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A Wish For Everything Cling Stamp Set

[149320]

$53.00

Layering Ovals Dies

[151771]

$48.00

In The Tropics Dies

[151495]

$48.00

1-1/2" (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch

[138299]

$22.00

Delightful Tag Topper Punch

[149518]

$31.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$13.25

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$12.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]

$12.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$12.00

Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[149613]

$15.75

Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper

[151324]

$15.75

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$10.25

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$10.25

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$10.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109130]

$8.25

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

[133751]

$8.25

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$41.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$9.50

Simply Scored

[122334]

$41.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$9.50

2018–2020 In Color Mini Binder Clips

[146932]

$10.25

Paper Pumpkin Acrylic Block - Free in your first kit

6 X 6 Designer Series Sampler - New Demos

Non-Stampin' Up! Products

Bead Tray (Pink) - https://amzn.to/2SQijuk

Easter Eggs - Costco

**Some Non-Stampin' Up! supplies you may see me use I cannot provide links to due to conflicts of Stampin' Up! carrying a similar item. I will mark these items with 2 asterisks if they appeared on my blog.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Masking Liquid & Watercoloring with Re-inkers

For today's "Ways to use it Wednesday" let's use our dies in a different way! Let's liquid mask a sentiment then watercolor over the top to reveal a beautiful clean white sentiment when we are done. I can't wait to show you how fun and relaxing painting on masks are!

Last week I showed you how to create the 'alcohol effect' without using "alcohol inks". However, I never did post the cards I made with the results of what I made in the video. I did pull them out in the beginning of the video so here they are to view again.

For the "Chick Card" I used the blue background I created on photo paper. I was looking at the background and thought it really looked like a rainy day. I even created a "Raindrops" Stencil on my Cricut then blended some rain over the background. Then I covered each droplet with Shimmery Crystal Effects. I used the top part of the Pineapple Die from "In the Tropics Dies" for the grass, which I die cut out of the green background I did on watercolor paper. The umbrella was fussy cut out of the yellow. Yes, fussy cut... I forgot I have the coordinating punch! haha You know you have too many supplies when... Lastly, I cut out some paper to resemble a "Polaroid" to nest the chick in and stamp the sentiment. Dorbs!

For the "Pineapple Card" I couldn't help seeing the yellow background on photo paper and feeling like it was representative of a sunshiny day so I used the Stitched Rectangle dies and cut that out the same way I did for the blue background on the "Chick Card" The pineapple itself was cut out of 2 different backgrounds from the watercolor paper. Doesn't that pineapple look real? I just love how it turned out.

Anyhow, enough about last weeks cards.

Here are the links to last weeks video & blog post mentioned in the video down below. Video: https://youtu.be/4NOanr0acds Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2HXMidt

This card was just as much fun! Can you see that shimmer in the watercolor rainbow? I love, love that effect. It's so shimmery and soft. It really does add just the right amount of "Umph" to the card. It is so easy to create the inks with shimmer and blend them on the watercolor paper. Now, just a note, I did use Strathmore Bristol Smooth for this card. As I find it is smooth enough to get a nice crisp outline where I applied the liquid mask/drawing gum. You will also want to use a nice smooth paper. You will see in the video how I applied the Pebeo to create this awesome background.