Amazing Paper Grace

Thought I would go ahead and lay this out before I forget lol!  I’ve never done that before *wink*.  Well, as I mentioned earlier this week, it’s not often that your blog goes over 6 million page hits.  It’s huge for me and I didn’t want to miss an opportunity to say "THANK YOU"!!!!  So, here’s some super sweet blog candy for you!!
JustRite Stampers has been kind enough to provide all the goodies this time around and as you can see one of the winnings is this new set called Stitched With Love which is definitely one of my new favorites.  In addition the winner will receive a $50.00 Gift Certificate which will be redeemable for JustRite Stamper products.
The candy begins now and ends on Thursday, March 18th at midnight.  Feel free to leave a comment every day you stop by until the cut off time.  I’ll pick one comment from those entered  and as always, once a name is picked, the winner will have 48 hours to reach out to me on my contact page to confirm their address before another name is picked.
For your comments, describe your dream JustRite set of stamps.  What do you want but just haven’t found yet?  A certain image, a certain sentiment, a certain theme?  Just be sure you don’t give me something that already exists - you can see what is already available HERE.
Also, don’t forget that we’re on the brink of a grand event!!  On March 23rd, 24th and 25th JustRite is sponsoring a Mega Blog Hop with more than 75 Designers.  Psst . . . since the Blog is Mega sized, the prizes are Mega sized too!   Mark your calendar to start out at the JustRite Blog on March 23rd and you’ll get all the details on the marvelous prizes being offered as well as an eye full from the crafts biggest designers.  You will not want to miss this! Thank you again for helping me reach this milestone!  Also thank you for your support., encouragement and the generosity of your kind words!!

I have a card ready to go, so I’ll see you tomorrow!

Hello there.  It just doesn’t get any sweeter than this!!  Yup, this is another one of my favorite, favorite, favorite  type of Penny Black stamps!!  This stamp is called Daydream and is available at Stamper’s Dream.  This is one of the ones that was brought back from retirement.  She’s new to my collection and I found her a breeze to color up because a sample is on the mount - I even went pretty much with the same colors :-)  She’s as easy to work with as the ballerina I showed last week, and as adorable!

I punched the edge of my cardstock with an EK Success Daisy punch and lined the back side with some pretty pink Cosmo Cricket paper — I used the other side of the paper behind the focal image.  I tied a bow across to of the slots created with the punch.  I coloed the image using Copic Markers on Prism Simply Smooth Ivory Cardstock, then after coloring the image I added some pleats!!  These little ones just make my heart melt!

Here are the Copic Markers I used on her:

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I’m getting ready for all the big blog hops that are coming soon.  I’ll be back when I can with a new card :-)

I know, finally, right?  Here is a guide for making the base of the Lattice basket.  If you’re not familiar with the basket, you can click HERE to see my product list as well as a step by step tutorial on how to weave the side panels.  

I did not do a separate video because trust me this basket base is very easy.  For the Cliff Notes, all you need is two pieces of cards stock.  Score as indicated on the template, then take a round object like Spellbinders Standard Circles LG or a template of a circle that you make and trace the basket flaps.  Then cut everywhere the red lines indicate. 

To assemble, place glue on both of the areas called Side Tab.  Lay both pieces of paper side by side and overlap on one of the side tabs to combine both pieces.  Then adhere the remaining Side Tab to the remaining open straight edge.  Fold in all the bottom tabs and glue generously for a sturdy basket bottom.  Fold out each of the rounded basket flaps. 

At whatever length you prefer, fashion a handle using a strip of cardstock and border punches of your choice.   I’ve used a Martha Stewart border punch for mine; ribbon is another alternative.  Secure to using glue or brads to opposite sides of the basket.

If you have done lace panels they are simply adhered to each side of the basket to decorate!!  In addition under each flap on the basket I gued a Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circle LG just to add a little interest!!

Tip for downloading:  This form is an Adobe PDF.  Adobe Reader is a free version of the program that will allow you to view the file and it can be downloaded HERE.  Several people have contacted me to say they get an error that the file is not there.  I’ve retested all my downloads and am able to get them with no problem using Firefox.  I’ll keep trying to find a fix for the 404 error that several are receiving.