More on Easter - just another excuse to eat more chocolate!!

The advantage of buying easter eggs to use in photos of easter cards to go on blogs, (unless you're particularly frugal or disciplined - neither of which would describe me), is that once you've got the photos in the bag, you get to EAT the props!! Woo hoo - looks like I might be making Easter projects for the whole of March! LOL

Actually, I have been dying to try out the "Sweet Treat Cups" from the Summer Mini catalogue - there are soooo many things you can put in them.  Since I had a workshop lined up for last Sunday afternoon with some very dear, regular customers of mine, I was determined to make at least one project with the "Sweet Treat Cups" (STC), just so that I had something new to show them.

So, on Saturday, I flicked through the Ideas Book & Catalogue to see which stamp set jumped out at me (they have a habit of jumping out - especially if they have been gathering dust on the shelf for a long time), and I had a sudden moment of inspiration - I wonder if the rub-ons will go onto the STCs? So I dug out "Planter Box" rub-ons, found an image that would fit in the centre of the STC, applied it, played around with colours for a bit, matched the rub-on with "Enjoy Every Moment" stamp set and hey presto!

I can see I am going to have to order a whole heap more STC's before the Summer Mini expires on the 31st of March, because as soon as all my nieces see this, they will want to make them for all their friends!

I just love it how Stampin' Up! products all co-ordinate so easily - even that gorgeous flower brad from the silver Hodgepodge Hardware set - it's too cute, and it adds just the right touch to "finish" the card.

Ooops!  Looks like a little mouse nibbled the corner of one of those eggs! Shhh! don't tell anyone :o)

But DO tell everyone, there are hundreds of items you can put in the Sweet Treat Cups to make unique and individual cards and there are only 4 weeks left of the Summer Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration, so if you'd like to try them out, or make some of these cards for Easter, email me today.

Products Used:

• Sweet Treat Cups - pg 8 Summer Mini $6.50 for box of 12
• 1 3/4" Circle Punch - pg 8 Summer Mini $30.95
• Enjoy Every Moment set of 11 stamps - pg 97 IB&C $53.95
• Planter Box Rub-ons pg 139 IB&C - $19.95
• Silver Hodgepodge Hardware - pg 149 IB&C $57.95
• or you could try Flower or Filigree Designer Brads - pg 148 IB&C $11.25

Back later this week with some more lovely BRIGHT things from the Summer Mini.

Kathryn  (e: kathryn@katlodesigns.com)

Comments

[Carol]

this is so lovely, and I hadn't bothered to think about what stamps I already had that would go around the sweet treat cups!

[Sue Madex]

Wow don't they look great with a rub on rubbed on. Gorgeous!! (Except now I'm hungry .....)

[Robyn]

No one has made me like the sweet treat cups...until now!! This is great Kathryn- great job and I'm sure your ladies loved it!