Joy of Easter

Hi - Jean Okimoto here.  Before we start on today's project - be sure to enter our  GREEN WITH INKY contest via Pinterest.  To get you started, here's a Design Team member with her favorite Clearsnap products - recognize her?

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Now, back to today's card... it's stamped and clear-embossed, then layered with rich, vibrant ColorBox Classic Pigment inks in an array of contemporary spring colors.  The pigment inks blend beautifully and highlight the Mercer Rose Background from Memory Box.  Diecutting and a bit of Plum Crazy Designer Foils add the finishing touches.

Here are the directions:

Clearsnap Products (View the 2012 Catalog* here)

• Colorbox Classic Pigment Inkpads - Pistachio, Aqua, Heliotrope, Lilac and Turquoise (*Page 14)
• ColorBox Limited Edition Chalk Inkpad - Arctic Deep (*Page 7)
• Top Boss Clear Embossing Stamp Pad (*Page 25)
• Top Boss Opalescent Clear Embossing Powder (*Page 25)
• Plum Crazy Designer Foils (*Page 65)
• Grape Fizz Glitter (*Page 55)
• ColorBox Stylus and 5 White Blending Tips (*Page 81)

Stamps

• Memory Box - Mercer Rose Background, Distressed Garden Record, Easter Joy

Other Supplies

• White Cardstock
• Memory Box Wisteria, Meadow, Dill and Parsley Cardstock
• Diecut Machine and Plates
• Memory Box Grand Egg and Grassland Border Die
• Detail Clear Embossing Powder
• Heat-Tool
• Iron and Heat-Resistant Surface
• 1/8" Foam Dots

Directions

• Stamp Mercer Rose Background on white cardstock with Top Boss Embossing Ink and emboss it with detail clear powder
• Using the Stylus and Blending Tips, ink the egg with Heliotrope, Lilac, Pistachio, Turquoise and Aqua
• Cover the inked image with a sheet of printer paper and press it with a dry iron,  on the cotton setting, to melt and remove the embossing powder
• Cut it with the Grand Egg Die
• Stamp the egg using Distrressed Garden Record and Arctic Deep
• Emboss it with Opalescent Clear Powder
• Ink the edge with Heliotrope, the roll the edge in Opalescent Clear Powder and emboss it
• Stamp the greeting o Meadow Cardstocxk with Arctic Deep
• Trim it, edge it with Turquoise and heat-set the edges
• Mat the egg with Wisteria Cardstock
• Diecut Grassland Border from Dill Cardstock, trim it to 4.5" wide
• Assemble the card, using foam dots for the greeting
• Attach foam dots and press Plum Crazy Designer Foils (purple-side-up) onto the adhesive

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