JustRite Inspiration

Introducing Easter Blessings with guest designer Darsie Bruno and the JustRite Design Team

A Special Thank you to this week's guest designer Darsie Bruno!!  We have been so inspired by all your projects Darsie!  Today Darsie has a wonderful JustRite Easter Basket filled with JustRite Easter Eggs! 

Today's projects from Darsie and the JustRite Design Team using Easter Blessings are SIMPLY OUTSTANDING!!  Be prepared to be BLOWN AWAY!!

Here's Darsie: 

 

 Instructions:
Basket:  Stamp a Lace Border on cardstock with Versamark and emboss with white powder. Make 16 and cut as strips. (See photo for reference) Put eight strips aside and glue 4 strips to the remaining 4 strips end to end. Next, cut the eight strips you set aside in half.

To weave: Lay all 4 long lace pieces parallel to each other and taking the short pieces, start weaving in and out. You will have an overhang, but do not cut these off. They will be your tabs to attach the bottom of the basket.

Once you’ve finished weaving, glue the ends together to make the basket form. Fold the tabs. Cut the largest Classic Circle die and attach basket form to circle with tabs. Cut circle to fit. Cut a smaller circle to fit inside the basket to cover tabs.

Handle: With the Classic Scallop Edgabilities, cut out a strip with scallops on both sides. Add decorative cuts with the Decorative Insert from Triple Classic Scallops Edgabilities. Attach to basket. Decorate handle with pearls and ribbon, then wrap tulle around handle and adhere to inside of basket at edge.

Basket edging:  Stamp four strips of a different lace border with Versamark and emboss with white powder. Adhere two strips to top outside edge of basket. Adhere the other two strips on inside of basket, hiding basket handle edges. Decorate with pearls, a tulle or ribbon bow and Prima roses.

To fill my basket I created 5 JustRite Easter Eggs using Easter Blessings.

Here are close up's of my five eggs.

Eggs: Cut 5 pieces of cardstock/decorative paper  4 x 6 inches and fold to 4 x 3 inches. Lay Egg die just to the left of the fold line and cut. This will make an egg card. Emboss with embossing folder, stamp images and sentiments from Easter Blessing stamp set on scraps of white cardstock, and decorate. Fill inside of Egg card with bagged candy or bite-size chocolate bar and tie with a ribbon.

Here is a look at my Easter Basket filled with eggs.

 Project Recipe:
JustRite Stamps: Lace Borders Cling, Easter Blessings Clear Stamps
Dies & Embossing Folders:Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Scallop, Classic Triple Scallop, Classic Circle, Egg
Paper: Decorative Papers, Cardstock
Accessories: Various Embossing Folders and Recollection Pearls, Prima Flowers, Silk Ribbon and Tulle, Bagged Candy or Bite-size Chocolate bars

Eva Dobilas designed this bright beautiful Easter card using Easter Blessings and Lace Borders Two.

 Heidi Blankenship created this lacey Easter card highlighting the beautiful Cross included in Easter Blessings

Linda Duke designed this beautiful pastel card using Easter Blessings and Classic Scallop Borders One

Kazan Clark created a stunning Easter Card by stamping the Easter Blessings Lily image three times and coloring the Lilies with Copic Markers.

Angela Barkhouse designed this Sweet Easter card using Easter Blessings and Classic Scallop Borders One

 Kathy Jones created this beautiful Easter Card using Easter Blessings 

 Barb Schram created this fabulous book-like card using Easter Blessings.  Love how she created her background paper by stamping words found in this set - absolutely beautiful Barb!

 

Wowza!!  That is a lot of GORGEOUS EASTER EYE CANDY!!  Hope we have inspired you to create something fabulous today!!  We still have 3 more days of release reveals so be sure to stop in everyday including Saturday and Sunday to see what other gorgeous creations the design team has created.  Friday and Saturday we will be bringing the beach to your homes!!  I am so ready for Spring and Summer how about you??

 

Introducing Classic Scallop Borders One and Spring Words with guest Designer Darsie Bruno and the JustRite Design Team

Today we are kicking off our CHA Release #2 reveals!! We will be featuring sets from our CHA Release each of the next 5 Days -- including reveals on both Saturday and Sunday!!  At CHA we introduced 21 new stamp sets and 2 custom dies.  In January, we featured the first 8 Sets with sneak peaks of background stamps and borders. 

Today our guest designer Darsie Bruno is kicking off the project reveals for Classic Scallop Borders One and the design team will be showing off Spring Words and Classic Scallop Borders.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: JustRite Classic Scallop Borders One Clear Stamps
Dies:JustRite Custom Dies Oval Nested Labels Medallions Die; Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Square
Paper:Double-side Patterned Paper (I used My Mind’s Eye Bohemia)
Ink & Markers: Ranger White Embossing Powder, TsukenikoVersamark Watermark Pad; White Gel Pen
Accessories:White Tulle;Recollection Pearls; Decorative Bird

Here is Darsie's pattern for her birdhouse:

Instructions:

Cut birdhouse out with pattern on  12" x 12 "Double Sided paper. Fold on dotted lines and cut on solid lines. Cut a separate strip of paper, 3 x 1 inches out of the double sided paper and fold in half lengthwise. This is your tab to connect the birdhouse panels.

Cut center out of the birdhouse using the smallest Oval Nested Labels Medallion die. Cut #2 Oval Nested Labels Medallion out of double sided paper. Center the smallest Medallion die on that piece, and cut out the center (this makes the frame for the birdhouse hole). I left the smallest die on, then sponged ink on the inside and outlined it with a white gel pen. Attach to birdhouse using pop dots.

Put birdhouse together using the tab. Cut Fleur de Lis Square out of double side paper and attach to a slightly larger panel. Glue bottom tabs of birdhouse to Fleur de lis square panel.

 

 Roof and Shingles: Stamp a border on doubled side paper with Versamark and emboss with white embossing powder. Make 10 and cut out scalloped edges. Arrange 5 on top of each other to resemble shingles and glue. Make 2 of these 5 stripe panels (this is your roof).

Cut a 5 1/4" x 4" panel from double sided paper, score and  fold at  ¼ inches and 2 ¾  inches. Glue ¼ tab to side of birdhouse for roof. Attach Shingle panels on both sides of roof. (One part of the roof is able to lift to add candy or a gift inside)

Eaves: Stamp a different border on double sided paper with Versamark and emboss with white powder. Make 1, cut scalloped edges, cut apart (as shown) and glue to eaves of birdhouse in the front.

Lower Birdhouse Border: Stamp a third border on double sided paper with Versamark and emboss with white powder. Make 3 and cut out scalloped edges. Adhere to the bottom of the birdhouse. Pierce a hole underneath the birdhouse hole for the perch. Make the perch by rolling 1 x 1 inch square of double sided paper tightly, gluing down edge, then inserting into pierced hole on birdhouse. Add pearls to decorate, tie a pretty tulle bow, and finish off with a sweet bird. 

 Classic Borders One is designed to coordinate with the Scalloped Edger cutting die from Spellbinders E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities

 The Classic Scallop Edgeabilities set features an Edger that cuts/embosses scallops at one inch wide scallops. The Decorative inserts are a lacey scallop and circles, both repeating at one inch intervals.

Classic Scallop Borders also matches the Scallop Die in Classic Edges One.

Spring Words is a great go to set for all your Spring Projects.  The words all have a vintage flair and will take you through all the Holidays from March - May!

Michele Kovack designed this adorable Easter Shaped card using Classic Scallop Borders One and Spring Words

 Michele Kovack also designed this cute Easter gift bag using Spring Words and Classic Scallop Borders One

 

Debbie Olson designed this beautiful Easter card using Classic Scallop Borders One and Spring Words

 

  Eva Dobilas has a wonderfully Fresh & Fun -Best Wishes card using Chevron Stripe Background , Spring Words and Classic Scallop Borders.

Eva also created earler this year to create this beautiful Birthday card using Spring words .  You can find all the details on how Eva created this card here.

 Angela Barkhouse has a beautiful Easter Card using Spring Words and Just Keep Calm frame with Nested Medallion Dies.

 Barb Schram used Spring Words and Classic Scallop Borders One to create these amazing Easter egg holders.  Very clever Barb!

 Thanks for stopping by today!!  Stop in tomorrow for more Easter Inspiration!!

Introducing JustRite Botanical Butterflies- Exclusive Blog Hop Sale

Before we start the November Release, I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of our loyal JustRite fans who stop by to read the JustRite Blog and our Design Team's Blogs!!  We appreciate each and everyone who visits and reads our post.  As our way of saying thanks we have an exclusive coupon code for our blog readers and facebook fans. Simply use this code JRBLOGTEAM (use all CAPS) during check out to receive 20% off your entire order  including sale items.  Coupon Code expires October 31st and can not be combined with any other Coupon Code offers.  

We have 7 great stamp sets in our November Release.  Three JustRite Clear sets, two Cling sets and two Cling background stamps!!  But due to a delay in our sample stock arriving we will be debutting these stamps in two parts.  This week will be focusing on our November Release #1 and we will be back in November to show you samples using 3 of our sets from the November Release #2.  The entire release is now available for ordering on our website!

Today we are introducing a new Clear set called Botanical Butterflies. 

CR-02245 Botanical Butterfiles- is a set of 14 Clear Stamps.  They feature 4 circular stamps designs with borders ( note that the borders and the centers are not interchangeable - they are fixed images).  The circular images are compatible with Spellbinders S4-114 Standard Circles LG, S4-116 Standard Circles SM

Becca Feeken has a stunning card.

Debbie Olson has a grogeous card that will just make you smile!!

Sharon Harnist  has a wonderful altered journal.

Kellie Fortin has a very vintage card to share with you using vintage crocheted trim she found at a yard sale.  Visit her blog for all the details.

 

Michele Kovack 's card has tons of fun details in her wonderful card.  For more info visit her blog.

Heidi Blankenship has a fabulous card designed with vintage tatting!! She also has a complete tutorial for you on how she created this yummy card.

Kathy Jones has a beautiful card -- don't you just love how her stamped butterfly is sitting so gently on her bow!!

 Angela Barkhouse has a sweet 3-D Purse that makes a fun party favor!

 Thanks for stopping by and have fun shopping!!

 

JustRite Friday Challenge 050: Spring or Birthday Gift or Envelope

Welcome to another JustRite Friday Challenge!  Before we get started with today's challenge, we promised to announce the winners from our Tuesday Charmed Introduction and Blog Hop Mystery Blog Candy Shopping Sprees, so here they are!  We used Random.org to choose which designers' blogs the winners would be chosen from, and Random.org also chose the winners from those blogs:

From #2 Debbie Olson's blog, winning a $100 JustRite Webstore Shopping Spree: #8,

deb vandersteeg said...
“So very pretty Debbie, love the colors.”

From #3 Sharon Harnist's blog, winning a $75 JustRite Webstore Shopping Spree: #27, 

Kelly Sas said:
“I came here because I fell in LOVE with your bird branch house card. OMGoodness you are so creative! I will certainly be coming here often!”

From #5 Kazan Clark's blog, winning a $50 JustRite Webstore Shopping Spree: #5,

Marlena M. said...
“This is an awesome box you have created. I love JustRite products AND Spellbinder Dies! What a treat to have both go hand in hand. Thank you for your beautiful project.”

Congratulations to all the winners!  Please email me to claim your gift certificates!

Today’s challenge is once again sponsored by Scor-Pal!  If you are not familiar with Scor-Pal (but we bet you ARE!) or have any questions about their products, you can find some general  basics about their fabulous scoring tools HERE and see all the products they carry HERE.

 

Are you ready to hear about this week’s prizes?  Two Grand Prize challenge winners this week will each receive a Scor-Buddy (shown above) with zippered storage pouch and Mini Self-Healing Cutting Mat ($26.95 combined retail value)!

In addition, those two Grand Prize winners will also receive our new JustRite Charmed cling stamp set & Charm custom dies (combined retail value of $44.90), for TWO Grand Prize Packages valued at almost $72!

We will also give away to THREE Honorable Mention winners our new Charmed cling stamp set ($19.95 value)! 

For your chance to win one of these fabulous prize packages, all you need to do is create a project using your JustRite stamps that either has a Spring or Birthday theme, that uses scoring of some type:  You may choose either:

1. A Spring or birthday card with coordinating envelope that you make yourself; OR
2. Spring or birthday gift packaging

To help with your projects, here are some links to various envelope tutorials on the Scor-Pal site:

Customizing envelope for any size of card
Pointed Flap Envelopes
Square Envelopes
Square Enveloboxes (for bulkier cards)
Square Envelosatchels (for contents up to 1/2” thick)
Six Useful Metric Envelopes
CD Envelope/Case
CD Envelope #2
Gift Card Envelope

Here is a complete list of project tutorials on the Scor-Pal site, including tons of packaging option ideas and inspiration:

Scor-Pal Full Project Listing.

For my sample today, I chose to make a 5" square envelope, using these Square Envelope instructions from the Scor-Pal site, and this coordinating 4.50" square birthday card, using our Charmed cling stamp set and 1-5/8" round Birthday Centers:

 

I used my Scor-Pal to score and fold the 5" envelope from an 8" piece of heavy patterned paper.  The nice thing about using double-sided paper is that your envelope automatically has a pretty color-coordinated lining!

 

I also made a pretty "To and From" tag for my envelope, using our new Charmed cling stamp set:

 

My 4.50" square card was made with Spellbinders Scalloped Square Grand Nestabilities (smallest die).  See how nicely our 1-5/8" round Birthday Centers fit inside the Charmed cling stamped heart:

 

You can find a few more design details over on my personal blog, PaperFections.

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{Birthday Card & Envelope designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers: CL-02110 Charmed cling, JB-09225 1-5/8” round Birthday Centers, 1-5/8” Wood Stamper, CL-03505 Acrylic Block Set.
Dies & Punches: JB-08960 JustRite Charm Custom Dies, Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities Sm-die 2, Dahlia, Grand Scalloped Square Nestabilities & Grand Calibur machine.
Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card (white), K&Company Carolyn Gavin-Greenhouse, PTI Simply Chartreuse.
Ink: Memento Rose Bud & Pear Tart ink pads,
Accessories: Scor-Pal & Scor Tape, Essentials by Ellen Assorted Doilies, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, green Prima flower, pink tissue paper, green brads, sewing machine + thread.

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JustRite design team member Angela Barkhouse created this fabulously festive birthday gift box, using a tutorial from the Scor-Pal site.  Please click over to Angela's blog for all the details and a link to the tutorial:

 
 

Barb Schram used our new Charmed cling stamp set and the large heart from our custom Charm dies to create these absolutely darling little gift purses that will hold a Hershey's Kiss!

 

 

I definitely know a couple of little girls (and a big girl!) that would LOVE these!  Be sure to click over to Barb's blog for all the instructions on how to make these!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges.  You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post.  Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily.  (Links that  are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted).  If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_050  <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.

You will have until Thursday, March 17 at 8:00am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, March 17) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising. 

We can't wait to see your projects using this technique! 

 
Links:

Introducing Beautiful Day

It's another beautiful day here at JustRite, as we have another preview of Spring!  You will love the four borders and three flowers in this Beautiful Day stamp set (snow drop, lily, iris) along with one of my favorite sentiments in a gorgeous font, in this large oval JustRite Original ribbed set.  It retails for $16.95:

This set is currently available on our Pre-Order website and should arrive in our warehouse and be ready for shipping next week!  You'll use this set for Valentine's Day, birthdays, Easter, Mother's Day, teachers, grandparents, sympathy and thank you cards, especially combined with our new Happy Everything Tag Kit!

Kellie Fortin used the iris image in the Beautiful Day stamp set to create this Mother's Day card:

 

She gold embossed the beautiful border in the set to create a golden frame for the iris image.  Then she used the tear drop corner dies from the JustRite Nested Sentiment Die set to embellish the top corners of the card and used the small double ended tear drop tag from the die set to frame the Happy Mother's Day Sentiment from the Happy Everything Tag Kit.

 

Kellie added texture to the leaves of the iris by adding Copic Colorless Blender solution to a paper towel and dabbed the leaves with the paper towel.

Sharon Harnist designed this set of notecards (another re-purposed dollar bin find!), using the other two floral images in this set, the snow drop and lily:

 

To color the white snow drops, Sharon stamped the floral image with black ink on white cardstock and then used Copic C1 & C3 to add shading to the white flowers.  Rather than leaving the flowers just white, you'll be amazed at what adding a little shading will do for them!  Sharon also airbrushed the background with Copic Y32 while it was still in the die -- having the background and greenery colors all around the white flowers will really make them pop! 

 

A little Clear Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen makes the white flowers shimmer and Melon Glitter Pen was used on the stems.  The border was stamped with Memento Rose Bud ink and the center was die cut separately and popped up on foam tape.

The lilies were colored to resemble pink star gazers -- using a very light Copic R000 to blend the R81, R83 & R85 colors on the lilies (not quite to the edges) helps make the outer edges appear white:

 

Take away a little more color around the outer edges, if needed, using Copic Colorless Blender marker.  Lemon Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen was used on the stamens of the lilies.  The border was stamped with Lettuce dye ink and then colored with Copic Y32.  The outer embossed edge of the Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities die cut was colored with R83 Copic marker.  Light green rhinestones accent the border.

 

The pretty sentiment from this set was stamped by itself (without a border) on the insides of the cards.

Tomorrow we'll have a new stamp set to show you that you'll use all throughout the new year, so we hope you'll check back in!

 
{Happy Mothers Day card designed by Kellie Fortin}
JustRite Stamps: JB-09270 Beautiful Day, JB-09820 Happy Everything, 
Dies & Punches: JustRite Custom Nested Sentiment Die, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Nine-Die 6
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Martha Stewart Plaid, Lavendar Cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, 
Copic Markers: 0, BV000, V04, YG03, G07, Y02, Y17
Accessories: SU Pearls, gold embossing powder, heat tool

{Floral Striped Notecard Set designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stamps: JB-09270 Beautiful Day, JB-09516 Clear Stamper-Large Oval, 
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities Lg & Sm sets
Paper: Copic Blender Card (white), Laura Ashley notecard set (Michael's dollar bin) 
Ink: Memento Rose Bud; Ranger Adirondack Lettuce dye ink 
Copic Markers: R81, R83, R85 (Rose Quad); R000; YG03 & YG17 (Yellow Green Quad); YG63; C1 & C3 (Cool Gray Quad); Y32, 0.
Accessories: Copic Airbrush System, PTI Spring Moss satin ribbon, foam tape, KaiserCraft light green rhinestones

Introducing The Greatest Joy & Happy Everything Tag Making Kit

Today we are introducing another beautiful floral stamp set, our large oval JustRite original ribbed, The Greatest Joy -- set of four interchangeable centers and four borders (flowers are crocus, rose & daffodil), retailing for $16.95: 

This set is currently in our warehouse and shipping!

Kellie Fortin used the pretty daffodil center from the Greatest Joy set plus the Easter sentiment from our new Happy Everything Tag Making Kit to create her Easter card:

The Happy Everything Tag Kit set (shown below) comes with 18 mini stamps for every "Happy Occasion" you can think of, plus four NEW JustRite Custom Spellbinders Tag Dies!  Throughout the next two weeks we will be showing you all the great ways to use this fun tag making kit.  We have a very exciting 2011 planned for you, so sit back and enjoy our new releases!
 

Kellie used JustRite's Buttercup Trio & Soft Green Quad Copic marker sets to color the daffodils, and BG000 from our Turquoise Trio for the background.  Y15 (from our Golden Trio) was used to color the embossed edges of the Classic Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die cut and also to make the sentiment really pop on our die cut tag.  Kellie matted the Classic Scalloped Rectangle with a Labels Fourteen mat layer.

  
 
You will love all the mini sentiments in the Happy Everything Kit, they are just the perfect size to fit in our new tag dies in the kit as well as the perfect size for using with our small double ended tear drop die from our Nested Sentiment Dies.

Here is what comes in the Nested Sentiment Die Set:

 

Sharon Harnist used the wonderful sentiment center included in The Greatest Joy set, as the main attraction for a 3.50" square sticky note cover:

 

Isn't this a gorgeous font?!!  Sharon thought the pretty scroll border fit well with the Webster's Pages Petite Papers (Hollywood Vogue) she used, all stamped in classic black ink on pretty peach coordinating solid Webster's paper.  The sentiment was die cut with Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities and then layered onto a black Scalloped Classic Oval die cut.

 

Sharon will have the tutorial for this quick project in our first Friday Challenge next year, so please check back for that on January 7!  We hope you'll return tomorrow to see another very "sweet" new stamp set!

 
{Easter Blessings card designed by Kellie Fortin}
JustRite Stamps: JB-09265 The Greatest Joy, JB-09820 Happy Everything, 
Dies & Punches: JustRite Custom Dies, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities
Paper: Neenah Solar White,
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, 
Copic Markers: JustRite's Buttercup Trio & Soft Green Quad, BG000 (Turquoise Trio), Y15 (Golden Trio)
Accessories: Pearls

{Greatest Joy sticky note cover designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stamps: JB-09265 The Greatest Joy,   
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Classic Oval & Classic Scalloped Oval Nestabilities dies 
Paper:  Webster's Pages Petite Papers-Hollywood Vogue, black cardstock 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, 
Copic Markers: 
Accessories: Scor-Buddy, Black gingham ribbon, sticky note pad
 

Introducing Mother Nature's Gifts

This week we're getting ready for Spring and Valentine's Day here at JustRite Stampers, and will be introducing you to some beautiful new floral and general purpose stamp sets that you will use year round!  Here's the first, Mother Nature's Gifts, a 3-1/4" round JustRite original ribbed set of four interchangeable centers (the flowers are lily, dahlia, hibiscus) and four borders.  It retails for $16.95:

 

This set is currently in our warehouse and shipping!  Here's my sample with this set:

I stamped the Dahlia flower onto solid Basic Grey paper and then did a little shading with my Copic markers (colors are listed below).  The flower was cut out and popped up with foam tape over another solid die cut circle of BG paper, which was all layered into the center of the scroll border that I stamped with cocoa ink onto Neenah Natural White cardstock.  The edges of the border were sponged with Corduroy Distress Ink and pink Zva crystals added to the centers of the scroll work.

The "Thinking of you" sentiment center was stamped without a border directly onto the lower right card front.  Coordinating Basic Grey patterned paper was die cut with a Spellbinders scalloped border die and threaded with ribbon.  The card measures 4.25" wide x 6" tall.

We hope you'll be back to see another pretty floral introduction tomorrow!

 
{Thinking of You card designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stamps: JB-09260 Mother Nature's Gifts, JB-08117 Wood Stamper 3-1/4", 
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities & Big Scalloped Border Petites,
Paper: Basic Grey Olivia, Neenah Natural White, 
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink
Copic Markers: R81, R83, R85 (Rose Quad)
Accessories: Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper, Zva pink crystals, satin ribbon, foam tape