Feb 06 2008
Peep!
Wow, two posts in one day…that’s a first! I had the last one planned, but then I really wanted to do the sketch challenge today at SCS. (Trust me…the double posts will *not* become a habit. lol.)
I’ve been trying to come up with something different for a workshop I’m having Friday night. After a bit of a struggle with some coloring issues, I’m finally happy with the result.
I thought this set, A Good Egg, was so cute! The egg top swivels open and closed, hinged by the orange brad. Here’s what I did…I stamped the egg twice, coloring the top and middle on one, and the bottom only on the second. I cut out the pieces, leaving the black line at the base of the crack for the top piece and the black line at the base of the crack for the bottom. I stamped the chicks twice on the white cardstock, omitting the bottom of the chick on the right. I placed three pop dots on the bottom half of the egg and adhered that over the colored chick. I placed pop dots on the back of the top part of the egg but did not expose the second side of adhesive. Those pop dots serve only to pop up the piece. I poked a needle through the left dot (and through the pop dot on the back of that first spot), positioned that piece over the chick and then poked the needle through the hole and through the white cardstock. After inserting the brad, I used my scissors as a spacer before tightening the prongs of the brad. That way the brad doesn’t squish down the pop dot and the top part of the egg is able to swivel smoothly. (I hope all of that made sense.)
Here’s what the card looks like with the egg closed.
Thanks so much for stopping by…again. Have a great day!! 
Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Only Orange, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White Patterned Paper: Dots and Dashes (retired) Stamps: A Good Egg, Karen Foster snap stamps (“peep”) Ink: Basic Black, Gable Green, Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Barely Banana Accessories: Tempting Turquoise and Only Orange markers, white gel pen, eyelet, Crop-a-dile, brads, ribbon, dimensionals, aquapainter. Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”. All supplies Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.
Love the chick peeking from the egg. So cute. Nice vibrant colors too!! I love this set. It might be mine soon!
OMGOSH!!!! This is sooooo cute! I SO love that set! It’s just darling! Love the colors, I love it all M!
very cute and fun!!!
Well, this is just ingenious! I think your explanation was perfectly clear and this card is so adorable!!
oh how cute , what a neat idea , clever girl !! like the colors.
What a cute and creative card. Your coloring is great! tfs Bev J.
Oh, Michele — this is the CUTEST! And how fabulous that you can ‘crack’ the egg — you’re a genius, I tell you! And because I’m too lazy to leave two comments, know that I LOVE your deep breath card — she looks like she’s levitating! I’m thinking she reached Nirvana! : )
This is so cute, love the hinged egg, what a great card.
Adorable! Can’t wait to make one. TFS!
This is soooo cute!! Great instructions! I think I will need to make one too! Thanks for the inspiration!
That is SOOOO cute!!
How adorable, M! I love that cracked egg! I bet your customers will LOVE this!
This is so cute! I still haven’t cut my set! aack!
Oh my gosh….this is the cutest! I love how your egg opens, and the cute chicks!! Fabulous colors and coloring too!!
Oh my word! I absolutely love this. How very sweet.
How totally cute is this?! I have this set ordered and on its way to me any day now. Can’t wait to CASE this idea! LOL!
Wow! Very bright and, oh, so cute! Just darling!