4/2 Midweek blog #200! Creating a fun Easter card loaded with lots of techniques.
- Alison Culliver
- Feb 4
- 5 min read
This week I'm celebrating my 200th mid week blog by creating a fun Easter card using lots of different techniques.
Hello & welcome to my mid week blog.
My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne Australia & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator.
I love to create beautiful things to share with people that I love but I also sell me creations. I have been creating things in one way or another for most of my life - knitting, sewing, cooking, card making, gardening, scrap booking & hand made gifts & in 2020 after joining Stampin' Up® I decided to share my passion in a blog (craftedbyalison@blogspot.com).
In 2025 I retired & decided to spread my creative wings a little more by combining my blog, products that I had been selling on FaceBook & launching a newsletter. Some of these things I had already been doing but this time they are all in the one place.
And here we are!
You may have noticed that the title of this week's blog is Mid week # 200 & maybe wondered why the number was so high? It's because I have already posted 196 other mid week blogs at my previous blog site & three more on my new site but wanted to keep the continuity in numbers. If you would like to see what other topics have been covered in previous posts then feel free to pop on over to craftedbyalison@blogspot.com to see all of my previous posts & topics - there are 450 to choose from!
At the end of the post I will share some links to my online store at Stampin' Up® where you can purchase any supplies you think you need.
Let's get started with this special edition of the mid week posts!
A basic or simple card can be as easy as S. I. P or Stamps, Inks, Paper (or cardstock) but when you add different techniques you can add a 'little' or a 'lot' to make it a bit more special. Usually you could add 1 to 3 different techniques but this week I've gone crazy with 10 different techniques in all!!
Here is my card...
This card was inspired by a card in the Stampin' Up® Jan - Apr '26 mini catalogue & evolved as I decided what techniques and elements to include.
I started with the following supplies from the Easter Joy suite collection which includes the Easter Basket stamps & dies, Designer Series Papers as well as embellishments ...
I picked out the colours from the DSP - Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock, Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie & Crumb Cake & used them across the various stages of creation.
Technique # one. The base is Basic White but is covered with a lovely piece of DSP from the pack changing the card front from basic cardstock to a fun print.
Technique # two. I then stamped lots of cute images & coloured them in with Stampin' Write markers & Blends before diecutting them along with some grass & an Easter basket.
Technique # three. After diecutting a basket from Crumb Cake I stamped with the Lasting Linen background stamp & Basic Beige to create a textured look to the basket.
Technique # four. Using 3 different colours I wove them through the slits of the basket.
Technique # five. Using a mixture of liquid glue, glue dots & dimensionals I put together a selection of items inside the basket and also decorated the front with diecut grass & images.
Technique # six. The basket was then attached to a different DSP matte & in turn to a diecut matte with a detailed edge from the Textured Notes dies.
Here is a close up of the assemble front focal piece.
With the front taken care of, I turned my attention to the inside of the card.
I kept the DSP theme going with a matte inside but before adhering that I added a closure tab.
Technique # seven. To create the closure tab I diecut the end section of a strip of the same DSP as the cover & a strip of Shy Shamrock with a die from Traditional Labels. This technique is called partial diecutting & is useful if you want to have only a portion of the diecut or if you need to shorten a shape such as a rectangle. I scored the tab 2.5cm & 3cm from the diecut end to allow it to fold. This was glued under the DSP.
Technique # eight. On the inside white matte I blended some Shy Shamrock & added a few little 'blades' of grass with a marker. I used the same technique on a strip of cardstock that would be used as a Pop Up Panel.
Technique # nine. The Pop Up Panel is 10.5cm x 3cm Basic White, blended as mentioned & scored at 1.5cm, 4.5cm, 6cm & 9cm. Glue was applied to the small section to create the basic box shape. More glue was applied to the bottom & left panels. The bottom was adhered first, flush with the centre score line then the box was folded flat & the card front folded down onto the side panel.
With the box in place, the remaining images were adhered to the box & the inside matte.
Onto the final technique.
Technique # ten. The final technique is the closure for the tab. Some tabs can be tucked under images but for this closure I decided to use a velcro dot. The best way to apply a dot & make sure that it aligns perfectly is to keep both sides of the dot adhered together, pressing it onto one side only then closing the other side down. Leave to set for a little bit then use a Take Your Pick tool to gently prise the two sides apart. Apply pressure to each side separately & it should be good to go!
Phew, that was a lot of techniques! It was a lot of fun to create though.
So that's it for my 200th Mid Week post. I hope you enjoyed all of these techniques & the resulting card.
This card will be available for purchase in my online store if you would like to purchase it.
My next post will be on Sunday when I will be using the Textured Notes dies to create a unique card front.
The next mid week post will look at tips for using some of the Stampin' Up® tools.
I hope you can join me for both of them.
Til next time, take care & keep creating.
XX Alison.
Here are some links to products used in today's project & some crafting essentials.
Stamps, Dies, Embossing folders & punches
Cardstock, DSP & paper goods
Inks & Markers
Embellishments
No embellishments used this week.
Adhesives
Tools
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