Michele Reynolds
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Basket Bunch Easter Egg Cartons |
F un Easter treat holders using Stampin' Up! products.
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Cut card stock pieces to the following sizes using a Stampin' Trimmer:
- 1-1/2" x 2" from Whisper White Card Stock
- 1" x 3-1/2" from Whisper White Card Stock
- 2" x 3" from Whisper White Card Stock
- 1-1/2" x 2-1/4" from Tip Top Taupe Card Stock
- 2" x 2-1/4" from Tip Top Taupe Card Stock
- 1-1/2" x 1-3/4" from Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo or Cucumber Crush Card Stock
- 2" x 2-1/2" from Emerald Envy, Cucumber Crush, or Pear Pizzazz Card Stock
Fill a Stampin' Spritzer about half full with rubbing alcohol. Add about 20 to 25 drops of a Classic Stampin' Ink Refill (I used Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz, and Wild Wasabi on my cartons). Fill the Spritzer the rest of the way with water. Shake well.
Put some scratch paper or paper towels on your work surface to protect it and make sure nothing is too close to the work area so that it doesn't get ruined by stray spray. Open a Mini Egg Carton and lay it upside down on the prepared work surface.
Thoroughly spritz the Mini Egg Carton with the Stampin' Spritzer. I used an entire spritzer full of dyed alcohol/water to color each of my cartons. Allow to dry. Using the rubbing alcohol as part of the base mix will help it dry faster.
While your egg carton is drying, thoroughly rinse out the Stampin' Spritzer and spritz some water through it until all the water comes out clear. Allow the spritzer to air dry.
When your carton is dry, fill your carton with treats.
Cut a piece of ribbon about 32" long. Wrap it around the filled carton and tie it closed at the front of the carton with a bow. Trim the ends.
Mount the basket handle image from the Basket Bunch Set on Block C. Ink it up with the Tip Top Taupe Ink Pad. Stamp it on the larger Tip Top Taupe rectangle.
Pick out the curved handle framelit from the Basket Builder Framelits. Place the stamped basket handle on the Cutting Pad on top of your Magnetic Platform on your Big Shot. Place the framelit on top. Place the other Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot. Use the Die Brush and Paper-Piercing Tool to remove the card stock if needed.
Mount the basket bottom image on Block C. Ink it up with the Tip Top Taupe Ink Pad. Stamp it on the smaller Tip Top Taupe rectangle.
Pick out the solid basket bottom framelit from the Basket Builder Framelits. Place the stamped basket image on the Cutting Pad on top of your Magnetic Platform on your Big Shot. Place the framelit on top. Place the other Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot.
Run a line of SNAIL Adhesive across the back of the basket bottom near the top edge. Adhere the handle to the back of the basket bottom.
Pick out the grass framelit from the Basket Builder Framelits. Place the large green rectangle on the Precision Base Plate on top of your Big Shot Platform on your Big Shot. Place the grass framelit on top. Place a Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot. Use the Die Brush and Paper-Piercing Tool to remove the card stock from the framelit.
Add some more SNAIL Adhesive to the back of the basket bottom. Adhere the grass cut out to the back of the basket so it shows between the basket bottom and the handle. Use Paper Snips to trim off excess.
Mount the bow image on Block B. Ink it up with either the Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, or Cucumber Crush Ink Pad. Stamp it on the small piece of card stock of the same color.
Pick out the bow framelit from the Basket Builder Framelits. Place the stamped bow on the Cutting Pad on top of your Magnetic Platform on your Big Shot. Place the framelits on top so it outlines the ends of the bow. Place the other Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot. Use the Die Brush and Paper-Piercing Tool if needed to remove the card stock.
Adhere the bow to the upper left side of the basket handle using a Mini Glue Dot.
Pick out one of the long skinny sentiments and mount it on Block G. Ink it up with the same color of ink as you used for the bow on your basket. Stamp it in the center of the white strip.
Pick out the long, single, open banner framelit from the Bunch of Banners Framelits. Place the stamped sentiment on a Cutting Pad on top of the Magnetic Platform on your Big Shot. Place the banner framelit on top so the sentiment is closer to the right side. Place another Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot.
Adhere the sentiment along the bottom of the basket so it sticks off to the right. Leave room for the bunny to be adhered to the left of the sentiment.
Mount the Easter bunny image on Block B. Ink it up with the Tip Top Taupe Ink Pad. Stamp it on the small white rectangle.
Pick out the Easter bunny framelit from the Basket Builder Framelits. Place the stamped white card stock on the Cutting Pad on top of the Magnetic Platform on the Big Shot. Place the Easter bunny framelit on top so it is centered over the stamped image. Place another Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot.
Use the markers to color in the bunny's inner ears, nose, and bow tie.
Adhere the bunny to the left side of the basket so it overlaps the left side of the sentiment banner a bit.
Carefully trim one pompom off of the Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim. Adhere it to the stamped bunny image over the tail using a Mini Glue Dot.
Mount the large decorated egg image and the small striped and small dotted egg images all on Block C at the same time. Space them apart as much as you can. Ink them up using the Tip Top Taupe Ink Pad. Stamp them on one side of the large white rectangle.
Mount either the open small egg image or one of the chick body images on Block A. Ink it up with the Tip Top Taupe Ink Pad. Stamp it on the remaining space on the large white rectangle.
Pick out the large open egg framelit, the small open egg framelit, and the chick body framelit that matches the chick body you stamped (if you stamped one) from the Basket Builder Framelits. Place the stamped white rectangle on the Cutting Pad on top of your Magnetic Platform on your Big Shot. Place the large open egg framelit over the large egg image, the small open egg framelit over one of the small egg images, and the chick body framelit over the chick body image if stamped. Place the other Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot. Repeat with the remaining small egg images and the small open egg framelit as needed.
Use the markers to color in the eggs and chick (if stamped).
Adhere the large egg image so it appears to be inside the basket between the top of the basket and the grass and is just to the right of the bunny's right ear.
Adhere the small eggs inside the basket as well between the large egg and the handle, let them overlap a bit.
Adhere the chick body or other small egg outside the basket so it is tucked under the sentiment and to the right of the basket.
Put more SNAIL Adhesive all over the back of the basket, bunny, eggs, and sentiment. Adhere to the left side of one of the Lace Doilies (with the white side of the doily up).
Put Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the doily where they'll be hidden by the basket, eggs, bunny, and sentiment. Remove the protective backings and adhere the doily to the top of the egg carton so it is centered over the ribbon.