Egg-stra Special Easter

Up today is a sweet little Easter card. This is a case of a card where the background really dictated the rest of the design. What I mean by that is after making the Mother's Day cards in my last post, it occurred to me that creating another gingham background using both the pink AND the yellow inks would be really pretty. I tried it out and loved it! So using the Square Dance Stencils by The Greetery, I blended both Spun Sugar and Squeezed Lemonade distress oxide ink onto the first layer, creating a really pretty orange color. Then with the second layer I used only Spun Sugar, and with the third layer only Squeezed Lemonade. I had no real idea of what I was going to make ahead of time, but when I saw the cheery gingham pattern and cut it down with the Crimped Frame die, it just looked like it needed to become an Easter card. :) 

I looked through my Easter supplies and just started pulling things out and playing. First I embossed my little bunny (from a retired PTI set called Bunny Blessings) onto Kraft card stock and cut it out with the matching die. I also die cut a bunch of the flowers and leaves that are also in that set and inked them up using the same colors as on these cards. The colors I used were Pink Pirouette, Pale Peony, Barely Banana, Daffodil Delight and Vintage Jadeite. 

I used my Big Egg die to cut a white egg and used that as a place for my sentiment, which is from Hoppy Easter. And actually it helped determine the sentiment as well. I love the pun of an "Egg-stra special Easter"  being on an egg die cut! A little butterfly, also from Bunny Blessings, was added to the top of the egg. My entire main panel was popped up with a large piece of fun foam behind it and adhered to my white card base. This was a fun project and it went out to its new home in yesterday's mail. I hope it arrives in time! 

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Hoppy Easter (Honey Bee Stamps), Bunny Blessings (PTI)

Paper: Stamper's Select White, Kraft (PTI)

Ink: Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar (Distress Oxide), Barely Banana, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette (SU!), Pale Peony, Vintage Jadeite (PTI), Versa Mark

Dies: Big Egg, Bunny Blessings (PTI), Crimped Frame (The Greetery)

Stencil: Square Dance (The Greetery)

Other: white embossing powder

Layered Bouquets for Mother's Day

I'm getting a head start on making my Mother's Day cards this year. These ones use a beautiful floral set from Pinkfresh Studio called Layered Bouquet. 

The flowers and leaves are each just two steps so this large bouquet stamped up very quickly! For the flowers I used Pink Pirouette and Pale Peony inks. The leaves are stamped in Mossy and Leafy inks. 

The flowers are matted on a Delicate Doilies die cut from Stamper's Select White card stock. The doily has a circle of fun foam adhered behind it to add dimension.

The sentiment is from a retired Papertrey Ink stamp set called Keep it Simple: Mother, stamped in Pale Peony ink onto the banner portion of a Quilted Tag Sale die cut. The banner is also popped up with foam tape. 

Let's talk about the gingham background for a moment. It's made with the Square Dance Stencils from The Greetery and I am in love with how it turned out! Using a fairly light hand I blended Worn Lipstick ink for the darker portion and Spun Sugar ink for the lighter parts. I think it is so pretty! Finally, the stenciled panel was trimmed down with the largest Crimped Frame die. 

And here it is in yellow! I don't normally do yellow but I really like how sunny and cheerful it turned out.

The yellow flowers were stamped in Barely Banana and Daffodil Delight inks. The background was stenciled with More Mustard and Squeezed Lemonade distress oxide inks. 

These were a joy to make and actually turned out how I had planned in my head. That never happens! Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio), Keep it Simple: Mother (PTI)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade (Distress Oxide), Pink Pirouette, Barely Banana, Daffodil Delight (SU!), Pale Peony (PTI), Leafy, Mossy (The Stamp Market)

Dies: Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio), Delicate Doilies (Ink to Paper), Tag Sale Quilted (PTI), Crimped Frame (The Greetery)

Stencil: Square Dance (The Greetery)

Daisy Birthday Wishes

Hello! Today I am sharing a birthday card I made for my sister-in-law. Her favorite flowers are daisies so I decided to create a bouquet of them using Budding Beauties Summer by The Greetery! The background is blended with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress oxide inks to give a garden green glow behind the flowers. I also splattered some Mowed Lawn ink. 

I die cut three daisy bunches. The petals are stamped in Soft Stone ink, a very light grey with just enough color to give definition to the petals. The centers are stamped in Harvest Gold. The stems in front are stamped in Green Parakeet and the Stems behind are stamped in New Leaf ink. The bouquet is "tied" together with a a Fit To Be Tied die cut from Kraft card stock. I adhered the three daisy die cuts together with liquid glue and then used foam tape to attach them to the main panel. 

The sentiment is from an old Papertrey Ink set called Birthday Balloons. My main panel was also die cut with the Scallop Stacker Small die and popped up with foam tape onto my card base. 

Thanks for reading!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Budding Beauties Summer (The Greetery), Birthday Balloons (PTI)

Paper: Stamper's Select White, Kraft (PTI)

Ink: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide), Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Soft Stone (PTI), Versa Fine Onyx Black

Dies: Budding Beauties Summer, Fit To Be Tied (The Greetery), Scallop Stackers Small (PTI)

Some Bunny Loves You

Easter is coming up quickly and as we'll have my niece and nephew with us this year I wanted to make small Easter baskets for each of them. Papertrey Ink's Berry Basket die was perfect for this! The blue basket was die cut from Spring Rain card stock and the pink basket was die cut from Sweet Blush card stock.

I made cute little tags to go on each basket by die cutting a Tag Sale #3 from Rustic White card stock. The background was stamped with the Nifty Plaid background in Spring Rain ink. The bunny, also cut from Spring Rain, is from Sugar Pea Designs Egg Cut Away Window die. I got the idea to add the carrot after seeing The Greetery's newest release with their Botanicuts Carrot die. I looked through my supplies and found a carrot from a retired Papertrey Ink set called Vegetable Garden. I was so happy that it was the perfect size to go with my bunny! I have to say it never occurred to me to use this carrot for an Easter card, so thank you to Betsy Veldman for that piece of inspiration!

I also included the little sentiment from another retired Papertrey set called Bunny Basket. It was so appropriate for this project! It is stamped on another Sugar Pea Designs die called Sentiment Strips. The bunny, carrot and sentiment are all popped up with foam tape.

I tied a bow of white satin ribbon onto the handle of the basket and then used thin jute button twine to tie the tag onto the bow. 

The basket die doesn't come with a handle so I made my own. I found the very old blog post where this die was introduced because I remembered that Nicole Heady had made a handle for her basket. I followed her instructions and it worked great. 

And here's the pink basket! It is done entirely the same way as the blue one, I just swapped out all the blue for pink. I did fill this basket with white paper shred while I used kraft shred for my nephew's basket. 

Pink bunny tag!

I'm really excited with how these turned out and can't wait to give them to my niece and nephew in a few weeks. I'll fill them with some fun goodies like bubbles and chalk and a *little* candy. :) 

Thanks for reading!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Bunny Basket, Vegetable Garden (PTI), Nifty Plaid (Ink to Paper)

Paper: Rustic White, Spring Rain, Sweet Blush, Kraft (PTI)

Ink: Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie (SU!), Sweet Blush, Terracotta Tile (PTI), Mossy (The Stamp Market)VersaFine Onyx Black

Dies: Vegetable Garden, Berry Basket, Tag Sale #3 (PTI), Egg Cut Away Window, Sentiment Strips (Sugar Pea Designs)

Other: buttons, button twine, white satin ribbon, foam tape, white and kraft shred

Love for a Lifetime

Hello! Today I am sharing a card I made for a friend's upcoming bridal shower. I haven't used my Botanical Bounty set in a long time so decided to pull that out and create a lovely floral card. 

Except for the little dies that are nested inside larger ones,  I've kept all of the dies wired together. I ran them through my die cutting machine out of Rustic White card stock and inked them all up so I would have lots of pieces to play with and arrange. This went fairly fast because I kept by color scheme simple. The flowers are all done in Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky and Enchanted Evening. Most of the flowers have a second darker shade of blue sponged on with a finger dauber to add shading and dimension. The greenery was all done in Green Parakeet, Prairie Grass and Olive Twist. 

The tone on tone background was created by adding a Cover Plate: Ornate die cut over the card base.  Both are made from Rustic White card stock. Lastly, the greeting is from Graceful Greetings II. I die cut and stamped it in Enchanted Evening ink. I actually layered and glued three die cuts together for dimension and stability. I'm so pleased with how this turned out and hope my friend likes it!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Botanical Bounty, Graceful Greetings II (PTI)

Paper: Rustic White (PTI)

Ink: Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Green Parakeet, Prairie Grass, Olive Twist (PTI)

Dies: Botanical Bounty, Graceful Greetings II (PTI), Cover Plate: Ornate (Ink to Paper)

 

Lavender Praying for You

Unfortunately I found myself needing a sympathy card this week. I had stamped these lavender blooms a few days ago for another project but decided they would be perfect for this. The flowers are from a retired Altenew set called Build-a-Flower: Lavender. 

The lavender buds are stamped in Lilac Grace, Lavender Lace, Amethyst Allure and Wilted Violet inks. Very pretty! The stems were inked in Green Parakeet, Leafy and Mossy inks. I layered the two lavender stems over a white card base covered with a piece of Lilac Grace card stock die cut with the Bold Borders: Arabesque die. 

The sentiment, from a retired Papertrey Ink set called Keep it Simple: Praying for You, was embossed in gold on a vellum strip. It wraps around the card front and is adhered to the pack with Scor Tape. I hope this card brings a small amount of comfort!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Build-a-Flower: Lavender (Altenew), Keep it Simple: Praying for You (PTI)

Paper: Lilac Grace, Stamper's Select White, Vellum (PTI)

Ink: Lilac Grace, Amethyst Allure, Green Parakeet (PTI), Lavender Lace (SU!), Wilted Violet (distress oxide), Leafy, Mossy (The Stamp Market), Versa Mark

Dies: Build-a-Flower: Lavender (Altenew), Bold Borders: Arabesque (PTI)

Other: gold embossing powder