Easter Bunnies and Christmas Train

An Easter card for AAA Card Challenge "E is for....", Inkspirational Challenge "E is for....", and Sweet Stamping "Spring or Easter".

 

I stencilled a swirly leafy background with light shades of Distress green inks. Then stamped the text and mushrooms in light brown and the bunnies and sentiment in dark brown. I popped the panel up on fun foam.

 

I went with a Christmas card for Cut It Up "For Babies or Kids".

I stamped all the images, coloured them with alcohol markers, and die cut them with the matching dies. Added them to my focal panel (die cut with a pierced rectangle die) and drew a black line under the train and added a sentiment below. Added a layer of green cs to border it and show through the pierced dots.

        

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Lavinia, SU sentiment
Ink - various Distress greens and browns
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Lavinia stencil, stitched sentiment banner die, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink -  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white and green cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Sunny Studio "Holiday Express" dies, alcohol markers, Sizzix pierced dot rectangle die

A Baby Horse and an Easter Bunny

A twofer with animals today!

For Simply Clean and Simple, the theme is Baby Animals.  And AAA Cards is "Zoo or Animals".

I sponged Distress inks onto cs, and then stamped the horses (using my MISTI to get a good strong silhouette image).  I trimmed the panel with a hemstitch square die and layered over pink cs.  My sister's riding coach is having a baby girl so she asked me to make a horse-themed card for her to take to the baby shower.

Then for two Easter challenges - Double D and Festive Friday.  The Festive Friday elements I used are pastel colours, rabbit, Easter eggs, and Easter greeting.

I stamped the eggs from the old SU Nature Walk set in pastel shades of blue and then fussy cut them.  I arranged them on focal panel and then inked and spritzed some pastel green leaves around them, and sponged in some pastel blue in the spaces.  The rabbit is die cut from a leftover scrap of pale brown/beige smooshing.  I sat him on the biggest of the eggs and added a small sentiment.

  

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Lavinia horses, SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Mowed Lawn, Faded Jeans, Spun Sugar, and Wild Honey
Paper - white, pink, and cream cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Spellbinders hemstitch square die

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Nature Walk and SU sentiment
Ink - various pastel greens, blues, beige Distress inks
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Charlie & Paulchen rabbit die

Another Easter Bunny

I made this card for my friend who hosts a large Easter brunch.  It's also for Shopping Our Stash (Hippity Hop), The Paper Players (Bunny) Inkspirational (I was inspired by the colourful eggs in their mood board), and Stamping Sensations (Birds, Animals, Flowers, and / or Nature).

I stamped the nest onto linen cs and cut a slit along its centre. I stamped the eggs on a scrap of cs and coloured them with alcohol markers and then fussy cut them and arranged them in the slit I'd cut in the nest. The bunny is die cut from a scrap of cs smooshed in various light brown and beige inks. I added a bit of pink with a coloured pencil to his ears. He's glued on to the nest and then I die cut the panel with a stitched square die and popped it up on fun foam on the card base.

   

Supplies:
Stamps - SU sentiment, SU Nature Walk (eggs), Rubber Monger nest
Ink - Ranger Potting Soil, light brown and beige inks
Paper - white linen cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Charlie and Paulchen bunny die, alcohol markers, Lil Inker stitched square die, fun foam, pink coloured pencil

Easter Bunnies and Christmas Snowflakes

Cards for two of the big holidays today!

First up an Easter card for Addicted to CAS ("Bunny"), Shopping our Stash ("Hippity Hop"), and Inspired By ("Bunnies").

I die cut the brick wall and layered it over a piece of cs sponged in various red and brown Distress inks. The bunnies are cut from a leftover piece of light brown smooshed cs, and layered for more substance. I went over their ears with a pink coloured pencil and sponged a bit more brown around the edges. Trimmed the panel with a stitched rectangle die.

And then of course, keeping on top of my Christmas card making, this one is for Festive Friday's Earth Day challenge.  For my three things from their list, I chose earthy colours, wooden elements (the snowflakes), and recycled elements (the corrugated panel is part of a Tim Horton's coffee cup sleeve).  Jingle Belles is also having a World Earth Day challenge to use some recyling (again,I used part of a coffee cup sleeve).  It's also for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown ("Kraft and White"), My Time to Craft ( "Rectangle Shaped Cards" - I've got a rectangular card base, and two rectangular panels), Neglected Stuff (I've had the tin of wooden snowflakes for years and never use them), and Word Power (my large sentiment is the big focus of the card).

I trimmed down a Tim Hortons corrugated coffee cup holder and randomly brushed a bit of white paint on it.  I stamped the sentiment on a white panel and added the corrugated panel next to it, then added the white panel to a kraft card base.  I glued three wooden snowflakes to it.

 

  

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU sentiment
Ink - various brown and red Distress inks
Paper - white linen cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Charlie and Paulchen bunny dies, pink colour pencil, The Greetery brick wall die

Supplies for card:
Stamps - Magenta sentiment
Ink - Distress Gathered Twigs
Paper - kraft and white cs, Tim Hortons corrugated coffee cup holder
Size - A2
Accessories - wooden snowflakes, white acrylic paint

Easter Bunny with Chicks, and a Snowman with Pressure

For Stamping Sensations (Birds, Animals), ATCAS (Bunny), Festive Friday (Easter - I picked yellow, bunny, and Easter sentiment from the list of options), Shopping Our Stash (rabbit or chick), and Double D (Easter):

Stamped, watercoloured, trimmed with a stitched rectangle. I thought of doing the chicks' little sweaters and the ball of yarn in various colours but I'm going to send it to my sister and her favourite colour (like mine) is blue, and keeping it to blue reflects the colours in the Double D mood board (see below).

I've been away visiting family so didn't get any Christmas cards made for two weeks, so now I'm back, I'm getting some quick ones made to keep up with my goal of 8-10 a month.  Did this one for Can You Handle the Pressure "Dry Embossing and Your Favourite Colour" (and as I said above, blue is my favourite colour).

I used a narrow snowflakes embossing folder on the top and bottom of a mini slimline card base.  I stamped the image in blue, trimmed the panel, ran the ink pad around the edges, and popped it up on fun foam.

 

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - House Mouse "Will Knit for Friends", SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, off white and blue cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Local King
Ink - Distress Faded Jeans
Paper - white cs
Size - 6x4.25"
Accessories - narrow snowflakes embossing folder, fun foam

Happy Easter and a CAS Sympathy

Easter is coming up and I had to get this card ready for the hostess of the brunch I'm going to.  And Sweet Stampin' and Shopping our Stash both want Easter cards.

Stamped, watercoloured, trimmed with a stitched rectangle. I thought of doing the chicks' little sweaters in various colours but my friend's favourite colour (like mine) is blue. 

While I was away recently, another friend of mine's husband passed away.  So this is for her.  It will work well for Addicted to CAS "Bloom" as I've got a single bloom and for Word Power as the sentiment is the more predominant part of the card.

I put the flower in my MISTI and coloured it with Tombow markers. I used a grey ink for the sentiment as I thought black would look too strong.  I die cut the panel with a stitched square and popped it up on fun foam. I added a drop of liquid pearls to the centre of the flower.

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - House Mouse "Will Knit for Friends", SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, off white and blue cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Love and Sympathy
Ink - Versafine Clair grey
Paper - white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Tombow markers, liquid pearls, Lil Inkers stitched square die, fun foam

Two Holiday Cards - One Christmas, One Easter

Can You Handle the Pressure is an "anything goes as long as you use an embossing folder" challenge so I did a Christmas card as I'm behind on my quota I try to get made each month ready for my sale in November.

I love text in the background of a card.  Usually I stamp the text but the challenge inspired me to use a text embossing folder instead.  The image is stamped and watercoloured, trimmed with an oval die, and bordered with red cut with the next larger oval die.

And for Easter, I made this card for My Time to Craft Challenge "Easter Flowers".

I put the wildflower stamp in my MISTI and inked it up with various Tombow markers, one colour at a time and spritzing each time. I pulled a bit of the colour out to fill in the flowers that just had outlines.

I stamped and fussy cut the nest and eggs, glued the eggs in the nest and set the nest in front of the wild flowers.

Can You Handle the Pressure?

My Time to Craft "Easter Flowers"

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU Beautiful Season, Impression Obsession sentimen
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - cream cs, red shimmer and cream shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, script embossing folder, Spellbinders oval die cut

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Indigo Blu wildflowers, SU sentiment, SU Nature Walk eggs, Rubber Monger nest
Ink - Indigo Blu wildflowers, SU sentiment, SU Nature Walk eggs, Rubber Monger nest
Paper - mixed media and off-white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Tombow markers