Happy Easter

Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

“Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.”

 - Janine di Giovanni

"The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, 
the human soul is apt to revive also."

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

The COVID 19 vaccines are giving me hope
 that this will be the last big holiday
I celebrate without all of my loved ones.

Easter Basket Card

This card was created with the final pre-cut card "kit"

I made for a class I taught many years ago.

I added some extras to it, not on the original project:

die cut edge,

pressure embossed background and ribbon trim.

The image is stamped and water colored

on a stitched edge die cut piece. 

I had several of these leftover, cutting more

than the number of people that showed for the class.

I have made other cards with the same kit,

but with different images and themes.

Here are some others:

I think this was the original card design,

inspired by a sample I saw somewhere

Everything used on these cards,

other than the ribbon,

came from Stampin' Up! over the years.

 

Thanks for looking =)

Bunnies and Tulips Cards

 

A couple of cheery cards for sending Easter wishes.

I water colored the image of the bunnies

 (a really old set from Stampin' Up! , Friends).

Terrific Tulips (also quite old) was used along with a

Stampin' Around wheel (stitched) for the purple card.

Embossing folder detail on the pink card. 

Both cards are finished off with a bit of ribbon. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Dry Embossed Flowers Easel Card

While reorganizing some things in my craft room,

I came across my neglected brass templates.

I haven't done dry embossed design cards in ages

and decided to make a couple of Easter cards with some.

The templates I used came from Lasting Impressions.

I embossed white core card stock

then lightly sanded the raised areas

 to reveal some of the white. 

The easel card base was cut with an old die by Sizzix,

Royal Stand Ups.

I used Pink Passion card stock from Stampin' Up!

for the base and some purple plaid patterned paper 

by Die Cuts With A View.

Happy Easter, Happy Spring was created by stamping

three separate word images from Stampin' Up!

Even using clear stamps I still can't line things up

really well. This was my third attempt!

I used a pen to add a comma.

There is a dimensional underneath the flower

on the base to help hold the front up in place.

I made a second card with sanded dry embossing

that I'll share soon.

Mother Nature played a bit of a trick on us for

April Fool's Day:

temperatures fell into the upper 20's overnight!

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Easter Flip Card 2

This is the second flip card I made for Easter this year. 

Flip card base die was from Sizzix.

The images on this card and the other die cut

shapes were from Stampin' Up!

as were the inks and papers.

Wondrous Wreath stamp and die

Tag Time (Easter egg stamp)

Crazy About You (words)

The yellow striped paper is unknown.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Easter Flip Card 1

This is a flip card, one of two I made

for Easter this year. 

The second will be shared tomorrow.

It was easy to make using a die from Sizzix,

but you can make your own with some 

creative die cutting.

There are many tutorials online that show how.

The image is an oldie from DOTS.

It was water colored with inks from my ink pads

using an aquapainter brush.

The purple papers are from Lasting Impressions,

bought long ago. The yellow layer is

Barely Banana from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

 

CAS Easter Card

Today I'm sharing one of the many Easter cards I made this year.

I'll be sharing one every day this week.

This particular card uses a small Easter Egg image that I colored 
with markers. The image is an oldie from Stampin' Up!,  Tag Time set.

I stamped several of these images, trying to get the perfect impression for another card I was making. I used one of the practice pieces on this card.

The embossing folder on the background is from Cuttlebug.

The gingham ribbon is unknown, it's quite old and the roll is not marked with a brand name.

Lovely Lilac, Pixie Pink and I believe Pool Party were the colors from SU! that I used.

Thanks for looking =)

EDITED TO ADD 4/12/2021:

This card was chosen as a CAS favorite as Splitcoaststampers

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/favorites-forum-447/clean-simple-cas-favorites-week-ending-saturday-april-10th-2021-a-638037/

Flower Diorama Card

Happy Spring!

Here is a colorful, fun card to welcome the changing of the seasons!

It was a bit time consuming making this diorama card,

but fun and worth it.

Everything, other than the purple gingham ribbon,

came from Stampin' Up and are no longer available.

I used the Sending Flowers die 

to create the field of flowers.

Two colors of pink, purple, yellow

and green card stocks were used.

I flipped the dark green die cut flowers over

and glued them a bit higher than

 the lighter green so they wouldn't line up,

creating a fuller field of flowers.

The tiny die cut flowers were glued in place

over the green bits then I added clear rhinestones

that I had colored with a yellow Sharpie marker. 

The sky was made by lightly water coloring

around the Cloudy Day embossing folder

background.

I added flower eyelets and gingham 

ribbon to the ends to dress it up.

The card folds flat for mailing.

It is 4 1/4" by 5 1/2".

Basic instructions:

Score in from each short end

at 1/2" and 1" for the fold lines.

I used a round circle die to cut the window

then cut the flowers out and 

glued them behind the window.

Adhere the front and back

at the ends with heavy duty adhesive. 

Thanks for looking =)

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks,

May your heart be as light as a song,

May each day bring you bright, happy hours,

That stay with you all the year long.

I used the old Bold Basics brass template

from Stampin Up! and some lightweight,

white core paper (Die Cuts With A View)

to create this simple shamrock card.

The green paper was lightly sanded

to reveal some white and I hand doodled

lines around the edge of the plaid paper

with a black fine point Sharpie marker.

The white card base is textured.

Thanks for looking ;)

Lots of Happy Birthday Card 4

Final card with leftover bits from the 

Lots of Happy card kit refill I bought

last year from Stampin' Up!

I used some other stamps and items, too.

This will be the last post from me for a bit. 

I have a few Easter cards I'll be sharing when

it gets closer to the holiday. In the mean

time, I need to get back into working on

my many (but I think not enough) photo albums.

Edited 3/8/2021:

My card was chosen as a CAS Favorite

at Splitcoaststampers.com!

Thanks for looking :)