Happy Easter!

 

I did some tone on tone stenciling using the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Eggs stencil and Bubblegum Pink, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Applemint, Sea Glass, and Lovely Lavender inks from Gina K. I topped it with the Giant Happy Easter die from Lawn Fawn. I stacked several die cuts to give it dimension. I then trimmed it with the Large Rectangle Stackables from Lawn Fawn and attached to a mint panel from my stash with foam tape. Hard to believe Easter’s almost here!

Round and round

 

This card was made using the Gina K. Wreath Builder and images from the Pretty Pink Posh Easter Wreath. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn’s Celebration Scripty Sayings and the images were colored with Prismacolor colored pencils.

Eggstra special Easter

 I started with a panel of Lawn Fawn’s Ballet Slippers cardstock, cut with their Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables. I stamped the sentiment from Eggstra Special Easter, also by Lawn Fawn, with Versafine Onyx Black ink at the top. I stamped the bunnies and basket from the same set with Jet Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. The egg was cut from vellum with the Outside In Easter Egg Stackables. I glued the basket to the vellum and the vellum to the card, and popped the bunnies up with foam squares.

Spring love

 This happy bunny couple is ready for Easter on this sweet Lawn Fawn card. All the solid cardstock is Lawn Fawn, and I also used their patterned papers from the Spiffy Speckles, Perfectly Plaid Remix, and Flower Market collections. Build-A-Bunny and Build-A-Bunny Accessories dies were used to cut out the bunnies and their clothing and accessories. The bunnies and background were assembled with liquid glue and then the panel was popped up on foam tape.

Spring has sprung!

 I created this sweet spring card using Newton’s Nook’s Postage Layout die, Frames and Flags die, and Easter Postage Sampler stamps and dies. The images were colored with Prismacolor pencils and mounted on foam squares, and the yellow basket weave paper is from the Newton’s Nook Happy Easter pack. It certainly seems springlike here in Texas, with temperatures in the 80s!

A huge thank you to the Newton’s Nook Design Team, who chose this card to be featured in the Inky Paws Challenge! It means a lot to me!

Quadrant eggs

This stamp and die set is by Pretty Pink Posh and called, appropriately enough, Easter Eggs. The sentiment is also from that set. The eggs were colored with Copic markers and mounted on thin foam squares.

Silhouette eggs

 

These simple silhouette eggs are from the Newton’s Nook Easter Egg Builder set. The egg paper is also Newton’s Nook, from their Happy Easter paper pack. The solids are from my stash. I was inspired by Samantha Mann to use the white designs over the solid eggs, although her finished card is very different. 

I promised an announcement about this blog. I set a goal for myself at the beginning of February to post content every day, and I only missed two days. However, it’s taken a toll on me. So I’m going to an every three days posting schedule, and may include other crafts besides cards. I hope you’ll continue to follow along, even though it will be less frequently. I really appreciate all my visitors and commenters.

Repetition is the key

 This card has a simple design-stamps from Lawn Fawn’s Celebration Scripty Sentiments and Hoppy Easter repeated in Gina K.’s Bubblegum Pink, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Applemint, Sea Glass, and Lovely Lavender inks. The large Happy Easter is by Newton’s Nook and is mounted on a vellum shadow layer. Finally, I added sequins from Stage Lights by Trinity Stamps.

Simple and charming

 This card uses two new products from Newton’s Nook- their Card Layout 6 die and their Happy Easter paper pack. The aqua outline paper is from my stash and the sentiment is from Newton’s Easter Basket, stamped in Ranger Archival Ink in Aquamarine.

Hoppy Easter!

This Springtime Bunny is one of Lawn Fawn’s paper piecing sets. She was built on their double sided adhesive sheets with paper scraps from my stash. I love paper piecing-it reminds me of jigsaw puzzles, and it’s a great way to use up scraps. The eggs are in the same set, and I mounted them using foam squares on a hill cut from Lawn Fawn’s Flower Market paper with a sky from their Spiffy Speckles paper. The sentiment is from their Hoppy Easter set stamped in their Grape Soda ink.

Easter wreath

 

Colored pencils time! The stamps and dies are by Pretty Pink Posh, and they were colored with Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn’s Celebration Scripty Sentiments stamped in Picked Raspberries Distress Oxide.

A tisket, a tasket

 

This card combines stenciling with paper piecing to convey the season without words. I stenciled the sky using Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Lawn Fawn’s Cloudy stencil, then trimmed it with Lawn Fawn’s largest Stitched Rectangle.I then inked a panel with Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough and trimmed it with the largest Stitched Rectangle and a Grassy Hillside Border. The basket is also by Lawn Fawn, their Eggcellent Easter Basket. I cut the outline from white and filled it in with the different colors. The large eggs are the Mini Egg set by Waffle Flower.

Egg-stra special card

 Newton and his friends want you to have a happy Easter on this card. I used the Newton’s Nook Springtime paper pad cut into banners and their Newton’s Easter Basket stamp. The image was colored with colored pencils and Stage Lights sequins from Trinity Stamps were added for accents. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Hopping into Easter

Now that Valentine’s Day is behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to other things. Although I do have a St. Patrick’s Day card planned, with Easter falling so early this year, I thought I’d begin posting my Easter selections. This adorable bunny is the Bunny & Carrot Fold-It card from The Stamps of Life. The fold is hidden behind his ear, allowing him to stand up. I used paper from my stash to piece him together.

Shake things up!

 I love to make shaker cards and I've had the idea for this one for a long time. The Lawn Fawn bunnies and eggs on the front were stamped and embossed in Ranger Fine Detail white embossing powder and then I ink blended over them. The large egg cut out is from Lawn Fawn's Outside In Easter Egg Stackables. On the inside, I stamped and white embossed again this time using the Simon Says Stamp Doodle Egg Background stamp. Then I used Altenew foam tape to put it all together and decorated the front with some Gina K. sequins. The shaker fill is Brutus Monroe's Spring sequin mix. I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire to mix it up and use products from different companies together. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. Happy Easter to all who celebrate and for those that don't I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Hoppy Easter!

 This card is for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. The theme is Easter/Spring, and this card is one of my favorites so far. I love tone on tone designs, and so I fell in love with the bunny paper from Doodlebug Designs. I paired it with some aqua cardstock and cut both backgrounds and the banner using the Newton's Nook Frames and Flags set. I stamped out the Lawn Fawn bunnies and colored them in various shades of brown using Copic markers, and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I stamped the sentiment using Lawn Fawn's Peacock ink. I popped the bunnies and sentiment up on some thin foam squares.

Hoppy Days Ahead

 More bunnies from the Hoppy Days Ahead set by Simon Says Stamp. I used the papers from the March 2022 Card Kit of the Month, which is also where the stamps came from. The bunnies, flowers, and sentiment are all in the set. I cut them out with the coordinating dies and colored them with Copic markers. The background dies are from Newton's Nook Slimline Frames and Windows set. I popped the bunnies, flowers, and sentiment  up on some foam squares to give the card some dimension.

Newton Loves Springtime!

 

Posting a day early because I won't be able to tomorrow. I was so honored to be chosen as a Designer's Favorite in the last Newtons's Nook Challenge #168, which was a sketch challenge. This card is for Newton's Nook's Challenge #169, which was a theme challenge and the theme is Think Spring. I chose a stamp of Newton surrounded by eggs as well as his bunny and chick friends. I used pink and polka dot paper, popped the image and sentiment up on some foam squares, and accented with some fun sequins.