Project of the Day :: A giveaway at the end of the rainbow!

After a long, cold winter it's finally springtime and the April-shower season is well and truly here! And while this can mean you never know which coat to wear, having to take an umbrella everywhere with you 'just in case' and inevitably the hairstyle you perfected in the morning ends up damp and frizzy by lunchtime... April showers do often bring with them a few special treats ... like rainbows!

This rainbow-themed page, which features the 'Make A Chain' set, tells the story of how shortly after my partner brought home a surprise packet of 'Rainbow Drops' [one of my favourite sweets] a rainbow appeared in the sky.  My first response was to suggest that if the very things he brings home for me would then suddenly appear before our eyes ...it might be a good idea to bring me some money! You never know do you?  My second response was to take a photo of the rainbow and make a layout!

To re-create the rainbow I used the dashed, dotted and straight line stamps from 'Make A Chain':
I curved them into an arched shap as I applied them to my acrylic block:

Then stamped each colour individually: 

Other sets you might like which also include flexible line stamps wiht which you could achieve this effect include: 

• Build A Daisy;
• Superlicious;
• Build A Bloom;
• Circus Stories and
• Sewing Kit .

Finally I added a few more 'rainbow drops' of my own by taking the discs from the set and using several colours of ink on the stamp at one time. The corners of square ink pads and the tips of petal-shaped pads worked best for this technique:

So that's the end of my rainbow ... now here's the pot of gold - we're giving away a 'Make A Chain' set to one lucky reader!

All you need to do to be in  with a chance of winning is leave me a comment below telling me what one thing would you like to see raining down from the sky! Cakes? Ribbons? Johnny Depp? Let me know!

The closing time + date for entries is 21:00 [GMT] on Sunday April 25th and I will announce the winner in my Lilypad Lesson post the following day when, who knows ... I might just have a giveaway of my own for you ..... 

Until then, you know where to find me.

Julie

Comments

[heather]

ooh, I think pretty pink cupcakes with ribbon tied round the cases - best of both :)

[Katy]

OK, this is a no brainer... STAMPS of course!!!!!!!!!!

[chrissy o]

thats lovely
chrissy o

[Lisanna]

This layout is fantastic.. raining down from the sky???? It's simple: STAMPS!!! many many banana frog STAMPS!!!

[CraftyNess]

I would like to see inspiration raining down from the sky. Always seem to be short of it but there are always plenty showers!!

[{vicki}]

I wish groceries would rain down from the sky ---it seems like everytime I turn around I'm out of something.

[Helen Overton]

I think I would like buttons to rain down from the sky, not that my collection is lacking particularly :)

[Claude]

I wish luck would fall down from the sky... we've had a bad run lately!

[Vicki]

I would like to see peace and happiness raining down - when I saw your set it made me smile.

[Melinda Wilson]

Right now . . . money so I can buy all these stamps plus the ink, stickles, paper, etc. to go with them!

[Mel]

Honestly truly? As long as there's a rainbow to go with them, I'm happy for raindrops to be falling from the sky :-)

[Amaranta]

I think I would love to have words coming down from the sky... like snow, so I could taste them and play on them... and maybe learn some new ones.

[Emy]

My new favourite craft things are border punches, but I think they would be a bit heavy to rain down!!Sounds dangerous!

[Carol G]

I would like to see MONEY raining down from the sky. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Victoria Scrivens-Smith]

As i work in the rainbow room at school and often get refered to as the rainbow lady it would have to be the smiles on children's faces!

[Hannah Carroll]

Ok so what would I like to see raining down? JASON ORANGE!! Oooh, yes please!! Well actually, can we make that all of TT please? Fab LO I love it!! Thanks for the chance to win! Hannah xx

[Karen Keiper]

raining from the sky??? paper, paper i love my paper!!!

[Lynn]

Pink rose petals, just because it would look pretty!

[gemma harman]

spagetti and meatballs, as my son's fav film at the moment is cloudy with a chance of meatballs and the mess it made would be worth it just to see his face.

[Hanna Milburn]

Love this Julie, what a super creative way to use 'straight' stamps. x

[Mustavcoffee]

Woaw, Love those crazy circles, brill, x

[Cat Findlay]

Lovely rainbows!
As a teacher, I'd love to see ready-completed lesson plans raining from the sky - then i'd have more crafty time!!

[Louise]

I would love to have said something for scrapping but the first thing that popped into my head was Edward Cullen (Twilight) oooh!!

[Stacy Caddy]

Well I guess I would have to say a job for my dh, he has been out of work for almost 2 yrs now... I would settle for money!!! LOL!!!

[Sarah]

Would love raindrops when they are accompanied by sunshine. Otherwise I would like it to rain down energy crystal like in computer games, to give me more energy for the day lol

[Lousette]

I would like to see ready ironed shirts raining from the sky ... would give me more time to craft that is for sure (she says staring at her pile of unironed clothes). Great set of stamps, thanks for the give-away.

[Helena]

STamps and Tim Holtz's Big Dies.

[Kate]

Money, because I could then go out and but all the crafty things I have wanted for ages!! :o)

[Sam]

Gerard Butler and his valet, Gerard would take me to Paris for a fantastic dinner, followed by coffee on the Champs Elysee, whilst his valet would stay home, tidy up, clean and build me the perfect crafting space ready for me to come home to and organise my stash. Well a girl can dream.

[Alison Russell]

Love and happiness to share around - or if I'm being selfish a few extra hours in the day ( though most people could do with that!) I guess these kind of thoughts run in our family - my daughter just handed me a birthday present list and top of the list is world peace! She's only turning 9!!!!

[Lisa Russell]

I would say CUPCAKES raining from the sky! Such a beautiful giveaway!

[iana]

ribbons would be nice (and not hurt) vodka maybe (i could lay with mouth open and catch some??) Harrison Ford would always be welcome (and i'd be a soft landing,..

oh and of course peace, harmony, anti-teen sulky hormones, and some cold cash too!!

[Kathy Cote]

Of course I would love to see money raining down from the sky. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Diane Ingram]

Calorie free chocolate!... please... if it could be arranged.
Lovely projects, really bright and cheerful.

[jo]

Would have to be chocolate buttons raining down from the sky - then I would be in 7th heaven!!!!!!

[Judi]

Love! I know I am weird but can you imagine a world where there is love raining down all around you. Nastiness etc wouldn't stand a chance.

I love your LO. Do you know how old rainbow drops are! I bought them when I was at school and that was 40+ years ago.

[Jennifer B]

Diet coke and Dove chocolates ;)