Say what? I’m a bunny!

Sharing my one and only Easter card for the year, featuring the cute The Chick Who was a Lamb by Stamping Bella.

The layout of my card follows the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  It seemed only fitting to use an egg shape for the any shape element.  I cut my egg from some fab Easter paper by BoBunny and added my sentiment in a combination of a chippie from Make it Crafty and half of a ‘Happy Easter’ die.  My stamped image was just the perfect size to fit into the rectangular element of the sketch, I did chop off one of the chicks though as it didn’t really fit the vibe of this card.

I was going for something fun with this card though, and I think these chickies all done up in their bunny costumes are super cute and clearly having fun playing dress-ups.  So I think this fits the current playful theme over at Time Out challenges and am entering my card there.

It certainly meets the chicks ’n bunnies theme at The Sisterhood of Crafters, even if the chicks are the bunnies!

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger UTEE ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Impression Obsession Dies ~ DIES14-Q Happy Easter

Noor! Design Dies ~ 6002/0258 Blue Oval

Embellishments

Make it Crafty Chipboards Adapt-a-Words ~ Halloween

Inks & Paints etc

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Color ~ No. 10 White

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Broken China, Forest Moss, Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso, Mowed Lawn, Pumice Stone, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade & Spun Sugar

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ White

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Snapdragron

Bellbird Paperarts Cardstock ~ 210gsm Cotton Blend

BoBunny Cottontail Collection ~ Cottontail & Joy

Stamps

Stamping Bella ~ EB496 The Chick Who was a Lamb

Challenges

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Chicks ’n Bunnies

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De tous les billets doux, devenus papillons

Sharing a CAS card featuring the lovely Butterfly Gown stencil from Funky Fossil Designs.

I decided to go with a stencil rather than stamp as my main feature on this card so I could play along at Mod Squad.  I used Distress Inks and the smallest of the Life Changing Blender Brushes so I could ink the stencil in different colours.  I wasn’t game to outline the butterflies completely so limited myself just to adding in their bodies with some Enamel Accents.

My colour choice is inspired by the cookies at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.  The cookie inspiration was also why I added the green accents in Enamel Accents, to give a bit of height and texture to imitate icing, and why I chose the Ornate Trims and embossed them for my two accent lines.

I’ve got those accent lines as part of my layout thanks to the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches I’ve followed.  My image was too big for the rectangular element so I used mats to create it topping the three coloured ones with a dry embossed white panel.  I then fussy cut my stencil girl and placed her over the top.

This card is actually going out to a friend for her birthday but I thought adding a sentiment would ruin the simplicity and elegance of the design.  I also couldn’t see any need for any embellies deciding to keep this uber CAS to let that gorgeous stencil shine.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Funky Fossil Designs Stencil ~ Butterfly Gown

Stampin’ Up! Embossing Folder ~ Tufted Dynamic

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Enamel Accents ~ Electric Lime

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Broken China, Scattered Straw, Tea Dye & Worn Lipstick

Tsukineko ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Tropical

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Collection Cardstock ~ Worn Lipstick

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Granny Apple Green

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS 326 Ornate Trims

Challenges

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #115

Mod Squad ~ Use AStencil

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On one’s back they are a heavy weight

Sharing a card featuring the sweet Tiny Townie Bess the Butterfly from Stamping Bella.

I made this card for my Mum, who’s off to a first birthday party, so I left off fussy embellies in case anything fell off and became a chocking hazard.  Instead I used the elements from the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch to add interest by using multiple layers.  For the thin rectangle element, I added some butterflies using a stencil and Nuvo Mousse so I could play along at CAS Stencil.  I think Nuvo Mousse is like texture paste or gel, at least I hope it’s considered the same kind of thing!

I did add one embellie, my sentiment chippie from Make it Crafty.  Apart from loving these beyond all other chippies in the world I wanted to also play at Shopping Our Stash.  I heat embossed the chippie in an embossing powder that matched the Nuvo Mousse I used for my butterflies to tie the whole card together.

It’s a bit of a pink explosion but I think still a sweet card for a little girl and Mum is more than happy with it, and it’s always good to keep your Mum happy!

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Pearl ~ Copper

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Magenta Stencil ~ TM28 Nature Elements

Embellishments

Make it Crafty Chipboard Cursive Sentiments ~ Birthday Wishes

Inks & Paints etc

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse ~ Fresh Copper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Mowed Lawn, Spun Sugar, Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass & Worn Lipstick

Twinkling H2Os ~ Mocha Rose & Rose Petal

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ White

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Piglet

Echo Park Alice in Wonderland ~ Daydream & Journaling Cards

Tim Holtz Distress ~ Watercolor Cardstock

Stamps

Stamping Bella ~ EB665 Tiny Townie Bess the Butterfly

Challenges

Shopping Our Stash #393 ~ Chipboard

Thanks for stopping by!