Easter

I can't ever publish cards that I send to my family ahead of a holiday because my daughters see my blog. So here are a couple of the Easter cards that I made.

This card is for my two grandsons to share. I bought the bunny die but not the stamp set so I freehanded is face.

The bunny is popped up on dimensionals and attached to the tag which is also popped up.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Hippity Hoppity (PTI)

Paper: White, Kraft

Ink: Black, Sweet Blush for nose (PTI)

Other: Pink Pirouette marker (SU), Black Pigma marker, thread pulled off of a piece of canvas material, tag die (forget which one), So Sweet die (PTI), dimensionals

Here is another card.

I first stamped Rejoice in Hawaiian Shores and then I overstamped it with Versamark. I added Perfect Pearls over the Versamark. 

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Rejoice (SSS)

Paper: White, Hawaiian Shores (PTI)

Ink: Soft Stone, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet, Ocean Tides (PTI), Versmark

Other: Perfect Pearls

HAPPY EASTER!! 
HE IS RISEN!

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Easter After the Fact

I can't post Easter cards beforehand because my daughters look at my blog so here are the cards that I sent out this year.

The first card is for my 3 year old grandson and is a case of this card.  I think that he turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself.

Next we have a card using Hippy Happily by PTI.

My last card uses Polka Dot Parade, also by PTI. His little cotton tail is cut from shimmery white paper which is hard to see in the picture.

Hope you all are having a wonderfully blessed Easter. 

SUPPLIES:

Bunny card #1:

Stamps: Scribbled Sentiments (PTI)

Paper: White, Bitty Dots Basics pattern paper (PTI), Pool Party (SU)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Lovely Lady for cheeks (PTI)

Other: Nestabilities oval and petite oval dies, black Pigma pen, sponge, dimensionals for nose

Bunny card #2:

Stamps: Hippity Hoppity, Confetti Toss (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI), Melon Mambo (SU)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight (SU),  Lovely Lady (pti), Versamark

Other: Hippity Hoppity die, white embossing powder, dimensionals, sequins

Bunny Card #3:

Stamps: Polka Dot Parade #1

Paper: White, Shimmery white

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate

Other: Dimensionals

Hubbie's Easter Card

My husband mentioned a couple days ago that he really likes chocolate bunnies at Easter. Well I already got him a chocolate goodie so I put a chocolate bunny on his card instead.

Inside the card it says " . . . Easter" but since I already wrote mushy stuff in there I'm not going to show it :-)

Hope he likes his chocolate bunny!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Polka Dot Parade #1 (PTI)

Paper: Melon Mambo, Early Espresso (SU); White (PTI)

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: One Liners: Happy die (PTI), Scalloped circle punch (SU), Die-namics Peek-a-Boo Trio die (MFT)

Card Concept Challenge #51

Hi everyone! Our new challenge at The Card Concept is an inspiration photo for spring.

I don't usually have time to do challenges but I do enjoy them and this week's CAS on Sunday sketch was perfect.  I watercolored some pink onto watercolor paper. Then I stamped the nest over this and die cut the circle.  I found some old Pretty in Pink DSP to layer underneath and then stamped the sentiment above. Pretty CAS!

I hope that you will check out the rest of the Design Team and then get busy on the challenge. I'm looking forward to all your pretty cards!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Birds & Nests (Cavallini), Delightful Dozen (SU)

Paper: Naturals White, Pretty in Pink DSP (SU), watercolor paper (Canson)

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Lovely Lady (PTI)

Other: Aquapainter, Circle die (Nestabilites), dimensionals (SU)

Easter Cards After the Fact

These are the Easter cards I made this year. I couldn't post them until I knew that my family had received them and I was a bit slow getting them out. Oops. Sorry family!

My first card is a CASE of this card.  First I stamped the chevrons on a 5-1/4 x 4" panel. Then I used one of the In the Meadow dies to cut the arc at the bottom. It works as a nice substitute for one of the new Sentiment Splits dies by Papertrey. I played with angling the sentiment on my acrylic block until it fit the arc. Then I trimmed some off the top because the panel was now too big to fit on the card. 

The flower petals and leaves are two-step stamping with the new Brushed Blooms set. It looks like it is two colors for the petals and two colors for the leaves but overstamping like that produced a darker color for the second stamp. The Chevron panel and the flower are all popped up on Kool Tak Clear Foam Pads.

Stamps: Brushed Blooms, Wet Paint Holiday, Background Basics: Chevron Stripes (pti)

Paper: white

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, Lemon Tart, black

Other: Brushed Blooms die, In the Meadow die, Kool Tak Clear Foam Pads

My next card uses the PTI December 2014 freebie Pretty Petals Mini stamp set.

This card is pretty straight forward. The tag is popped up on dimensionals.

Stamps: Pretty Petals Mini (pti)

Paper: Simply Chartreuse, white, Dotted Vellum (pti)

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate (pti)

Other: Monthly Moments Journal Card 6 die (pti), button & Bakers twine (SU), dimensionals

My last card is for my 2 year old grandson.

I stamped the bunny in Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. Then I watercolored over the bunny mostly in blue but with a little added pink and green around the edges. When it was dry I lightly rubbed a dry baby wipe ( I guess I don't use them fast enough) over the bunny to remove any ink on the embossed areas.  Lastly I tied some Bakers twine around the watercolored panel and added some dotted paper behind.  Done.

Stamps: Hippity Hoppity (pti)
Paper: White, Spring Rain bitty dots (pit), watercolor paper
Ink: Versamark
Other: Bakers twine (SU), watercolors, white embossing powder (Hero Arts)


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Playing Around

Here are a couple cards that I made this week.

The first card took me forever. I was CASEing this card but just kept twiddling until I finally had something that I sort of liked.  The base of the card is Poppy Parade followed by Pool Party, Everyday Enchantment DSP and then Kraft. I punched out the flower with the Blossom Punch. The center of the flower is from the Mixed Bunch set and stamped in Pool Party with an antique brad in the center and then backed with Soft Suede. This is popped up on a dimensional. Below it is a flower punched with the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch in Poppy Parade with an Everyday Enchantment brad. The smallest flower is punched with Boho Blossoms punch (Soft Suede) and Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (Pool Party) with a mini gold brad.  Pool Party seam binding is tied around and the sentiment is stamped with Favorite Greetings (retired). Lastly I pierced around the edge of the Pool Party layer.

Stamps: Favorite Greetings (ret)

Paper: Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Kraft, Soft Suede, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Soft Suede

Accessories: Pool Party seam binding, brads

Tools: Blossom punch, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, dimensionals, mat pack & paper piercer

The next card uses Rich Razzleberry card stock which is something that I don't use a lot but thought my parents would like as this will be their Easter card.  The hydrangea is stamped in black and colored with markers in Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive. The black & white striped ribbon is layered on white textured card stock (hard to see in the pic). I edged this with the Scallop Trim Border punch and then tied some white taffeta ribbon over the whole thing. The three buttons are tied with white Baker's Twine and attached with glue dots. The sentiment is from Cute Converse.  Hopefully I remembered all the details. Inside is stamped "Happy Easter".

Stamps: Because I Care, Cute Converse (ret)

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, White (regular & textured)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry & Old Olive markers, Basic Black

Accessories: 3/8" white taffeta ribbon, 1-1/4" Basic Black striped grosgrain ribbon, Brights buttons, Baker's twine

Tools: Circle punches, Scallop Trim Border punch, dimensionals