Cute Easter Bunny Card

Aww, I think this this Easter card turned out pretty cute ! It was time consuming, but making the basket full of Easter eggs  (and the bunny himself) the way I did makes a big difference in the look of the card I believe.



I stamped and water colored the bunny image on white card stock then carefully trimmed it out.
Originally I thought I'd do paper piecing on it, something I never do, but couldn't find any papers I was happy with in my stash to use.

I did the same thing to the basket then oh so carefully cut it out with an Xacto knife.

Little scraps of pastel colored card stock were stamped with the teeny tiny egg image then hand cut with sharp, tiny scissors.

A small scrap of green card stock was "fringed" to make grass by snipping along one edge with the tiny scissors.

I layered and glued in place all of the eggs and grass behind the basket top to make it appear they were in it.

The basket is attached with a dimensional/pop dot.

I stamped extra bow images, cut them out, slightly bending them for dimension before gluing into place on top of the base images.

The bunny is glued in place on the torso mainly so the ears and arms pop away from the card base for some dimension.


The pale yellow, slightly textured card base was run through an embossing folder (oldie from Stampin' Up!, I think it was called Tulip) before adhering all of the pieces.

The rubber stamp images are from an old Close To My Heart stamp set.
Inks and card stocks were from Stampin' Up! except for the yellow card base which is unknown. I bought a set of them with matching side opening envelopes on clearance at Big Lots long ago.

Thanks for looking =)

I'm entering my bunny card into the following challenges, Visit each of them for lots of wonderfully inspiring projects by their design teams and challenge entrants.

Cardz4Galz Challenge #18 - Cute and Cuddly

Penny Black March Challenge - Feature A Creature

DragonflyJourneys Challenge #49 - Hippity Hoppity

Make My Monday Challenge - something fluffy

Country Bunny Easter Basket Card

More fun water coloring in old stamp images

from Stampin' Up! , making Easter cards.

I use ink from my ink pads and an aquapainter.

This is actually a two part image:

the basket is stamped first then a seasonal

"basket filler"is stamped on top.

 It can be tricky to line up, you'll notice on one 

of the cards it isn't aligned as well.

Yes, I have one of those stamp positioner tools,

but I never bother to dig it out (not certain where it is right now

after the craft room move anyway.....). 

It's been too long since I've made anything (months!).

The past two days I've spent a little time working on cards,

the first time to make anything in my new craft room

on the upper level of the house.

No more fear of  flood waters getting to my toys now !

I'm trying to adjust to the new

(smaller!) space and table as well as the arrangement

of things. It will take some getting used to after

working in the old craft dungeon basement for years,

knowing where everything was. 

On the bright side, I have better natural light and fresh air :)

I'm entering my first card, the one with ribbon on it,

 in the following challenges:

Chocolate Coffee  & Cards Challenge #105 use ribbon

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #160 Easter

Little Red Wagon Challenge #334 Happy Easter/Spring

Stained Glass Angel Easter Card

I had fun coloring in the black heat embossed angel image

on this card I made for my Mom. I used inks from my 

classic dye ink pads. I squish the lid onto the ink pads, 

open them then lift the ink off of the inside of the lids with

an aqua painter and "paint" away.

Supplies used: 

Stamp images were from Stampin' Up!

(Stained Glass II and Teeny Tiny Wishes)

Cuttlebug embossing folder, I think it 

is called African Batik.

Stickles Diamonds glitter glue was placed in the 

small circular indentations from the embossing folder. 

Watercolor paper, white, yellow and blue card stocks. 

A scrap of vellum for the sentiment.

Angel image is attached with dimensionals/pop dots. 

Thanks for looking =)

I'm entering my card in the following fun challenges.

Visit each of them for lots of great inspiration 

from their design teams as well as challenge entrants.

Words 2 Craft By March Challenge - Easter/Rebirth

Easter card I made for my Mom, our first after Dad's passing

Little Red Wagon #334 - Happy Easter/ Spring

Crafting By Designs - 3 Or More Layers

5 layers on my card, yet still easily mailable

One Stitch At A Time -  Embossing

dry and heat embossing both on my card

Stained Glass Cross Card

Heat embossed stamp image water colored in.

Image is an old one from Stampin' Up!

Embossed lines on the card base were made with 

a stylus and a scoring board.

This is a card I made last year and never shared.

Thanks for looking =) 

Easter Tulips Card

Stamp images are retired from Stampin' Up! 

I colored directly on the rubber with water based 

markers to create the multi colored bouquet. 

Easter egg eyelet, unknown. It was gifted to me.

Jumbo circle paper punches I'm unsure of the manufacturer.

They too were gifted to me. 

Decorative paper is from and old stack by Die Cuts With A View.

This is a card I made last year and never shared.

Thanks for looking =) 

Lucky Stars digi kit

 facebook timeline cover

Pages created with the new Lucky Stars digi kit by

JMC Designs at Scraps-N-Pieces.com

These layouts are totally inspired by some I saw online;

unfortunately I don't remember where or whom 

they were created by..............

I used My Memories Suite 7 software.

kit contents

Full Alphabet
9 Cardstock
30 Patterned Papers
8 Flair
8 Journal Cards

69 Unique Elements:
3 Arrows
Border
Butterfly
3 Clovers
3 Clover Flairs
Flair
12 Flowers
3 Hearts
2 Horseshoes
Leaf
Mini Flower
2 Mushrooms
Rainbow
Star
4 Bows
5 Buttons
2 Frame
Grunge/Paint
5 Ribbons
RicRac
Staple
Star Clip
Stitching
Butterfly String
4 Strings
2 Tags
Tape
3 WordArt
1 Word Bit

Music Notes Birthday Card

A fairly clean and simple card I made for my nephews birthday. He is turning 15 and plays an instrument in his high school band, so this is what I came up with this year. Next year I get to make a birthday card that is new driver / automobile related since he'll be 16  ;)

I used a sheet music embossing folder on a slightly smaller piece of white card stock than the card base to create a textured background.

I found a sheet music image of the "Happy Birthday" song online, cropped and printed it out then mounted it onto black card stock.

The black music note was something from a really old set of black pre-cut images that were in a kids craft set. Remember when doodling on black paper with neon colored gel pens was "cool" ?  I added white gel pen and water colored black highlights then attached it to the card front with a pop dot.


I'm entering this card in the Creative Playground Challenge #2 - Birthday
and the Cardz4Guyz challenge, create your own background.

Thanks for looking =)

Where Is Spring digi kit

Two layouts created with the new

Where Is Spring digi kit by JMC Designs at 

Scraps-N-Pieces.com

The first layout uses a template from the challenge forum

at Scraps-N-Pieces.

The second layout is a freebie from

kimeric kreations

Kit contents

(many images not shown in the above photo)

Full Alphabet
9 Cardstock - 12X12 300DPI
24 Patterned Papers - 12X12 300DPI
9 Wrinkled Papers - 12X12 300DPI
6 Journal Cards - 3X4 300DPI

61 Unique Elements:
2 Arrows
Banner
Bird
5 Bows
4 Buttons
5 Flair
5 Flowers
Flower Circle
3 Frames
3 Leaves
3 Grunge/Paint
3 Hearts
3 Labels
5 Ribbons
Scatter
Shape
2 Stars
Stitching
5 Strings
3 Tabs
3 Tags
Tape

Celebrate Everyone digi kit

Two card fronts I created with the fun new

Bits N Pieces digi kit by

JMC Designs at Scraps-N-Pieces.com

NOTE: text is my own; there are word arts available.

I used My Memories Suite 7 to create the card fronts.

Skip To My Lou digi kit

A quick card front I created using the new 

Skip To My Lou digi kit by

JMC Designs at Scraps-N-Pieces.com

I used My Memories Suite 7 software. 

NOTE: The text is a font from my collection.

kit contents

    

9 Cardstock - 12X12 300DPI

16 Extra Papers - 12X12 300DPI
15 Patterened Papers - 12X12 300DPI
48 Unique Elements:
Arrow
Banner
2 Bows
Butterfly
4 Buttons
2 CLips
3 Flair
5 Flowers
Fly
2 Frames
2 Girls Jump Roping
Grunge
4 Hearts
2 Leaves
Marker
Paint
3 Ribbons
RicRac
Scatter
Staple
Stitching
String
2 Tape
Tiny Flower
Wagon
3 Word Bits