Here Comes the Easter Bunny

I had a wonderful time stamping with my Roanoke Rapids Scrap & Share friends yesterday. We made quite a few Easter cards. This is one that I took to share and I promised that I would post it so those that didn't have time to make it could catch up. It is a CASE of a card by Sandi MacIver. She generously shared her template. You can see her card here. She constantly amazes and inspires me. I actually combined her card from last year and this year and this is what I came up with. She has templates on her blog. Just follow the links.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Garden Green, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Tea Party DSP
Ink: Basic Black
Acc.: Egg & Bunny Templates, Big Shot, Ovals Die, Large Oval, Word Window, 1/2" Circle, & Heart to Heart Punches, Cropodile, Brads, Sponge Dauber, Stampin' Pastels, Dimensionals. Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon.

This little guy wasn't a quick and easy project but he turned out so cute that I think I will try another one. My grandsons would probably love Sandi's with the candy in the tummy, but this with a bit of chocolate on the side will have to do. Hope you get to try him too.

Sweet dreams,
Bonnie

Silhouette

Hello Stampin' Friends. No stamping today but a lot of cutting and embossing with the Big Shot. I saw a card on Splitcoast this week with a silhouette and I thought it would be perfect for a certain special friend. You can see Sally's card here. The layout is from the Sketch Challenge this week. Instead of using decorative paper, I embossed white card stock with different backgrounds. This friend favors black & white.


Card Recipe

Paper: Whisper White, Whisper White Textured, Basic Black

Acc.: Big Shot Machine, Perfect Polka Dots & Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folders, SU Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate, Oval Die

I'll be stamping with my Roanoke Rapids friends tomorrow. I always look forward to sharing ideas with them. Have a great weekend. Looks like the sun is going to shine here. Hope it shines for you too.

Hugs,

Bonnie

Easter Basket

This card was for the CAS Challenge this week to make a square card. As a rule I don't make square cards because they take extra postage. I did see a hint that they can be put in a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" envelope and sent for regular postage. The envelope can be lined with coordinating paper and the lining adhered together on the ends so the card doesn't slip and slide. I will probably hand deliver this one anyway. I would hate for the Post Office to scrunch my bow!


The basket is made from a Top Note cut with the Big Shot Machine. I cut it in half and adhered it on the bottom with the back piece a tad higher than the front. I cut a strip from the leftovers for the handle. The eggs were cut from Decorative Paper with the Oval Die (it has 3 sizes) and the Wide Oval Punch. I put the eggs in the basket with dimensionals so it would have some depth. Sorry the picture isn't better.



Card Recipe
Stamps: Well Scripted (p 19 Occasions Mini Catalog), Sanded
Paper: Barely Banana, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Sahara Sand
Acc.: Big Shot, Top Note & Ovals Die, Scallop Trim Border, Scallop Oval & Wide Oval Punches, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

Hope you like this and I hope they like it over at Splitcoaststampers. You can see all the beautiful cards for this callenge here. It's a great source of inspiration.
Bonnie

Yellow Rose on Gray

This week's Color Challenge was to make a card using Basic Gray (ugh!), Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke and Neutrals of choice. Dessert was using a border with Nesties. Usually when there is a color I really don't like (Basic Gray) I use it very sparingly. This time I got brave and just put it out there! Thankfully the Crushed Curry and Whisper White do perk it up.

I found a Tutorial for the flower on this awesome blog. Instead of the punch, I used the Stampin' Up Birds & Blooms Sizzlit with my Big Shot Machine. I used 2 large, 1 medium and 1 small flower. This is one time that nothing but the bone folder would do.

The little butterflies were done with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die in the Occasions Mini Catty (p. 24). It punches 5 butterflies at one time. These are the smallest. I also used the Big Shot to emboss the Basic Gray piece with a Texturz Plate. (Trying to pretty it up!) I really gave the Big Guy a workout on this card!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Short & Sweet

Ink: Always Artichoke

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke

Acc.: Big Shot, SU Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate, SU Birds & Blooms Sizzlit, Ovals Originals Die, SU Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Extra Large 2 Step Bird Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, Artichoke Brad

I love the card I did for the CAS challenge but unfortunately the photograph didn't come out well. I'm off to work on that now. Hope to show it off tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy!

Bonnie

Upsy Daisy Funky Fold

Hello Creative Friends. Sorry for the delay in posts. We babysat over the weekend and it always takes a while to recover from having so much fun. We have some of the sweetest grandchildren in the world. Of course there is no prejudice there at all!



A while back I posted a card made with this fold. The base card is cut as a tent fold by cutting the cardstock the long way at 4 1/4" and folding in half to make a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card. Then I cut 1" the end of the front of the card. I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch (free with $50.00 order until the end of this month) on the short side and also punched a 2 1/8" piece of Rose Red to adhere on the back piece. This Upsy Daisy stamp is one of my favorites. I stamped the flowers with So Saffron ink and used a cotton swab dipped in Rose Red ink to add some color to some of the flowers. The stems are traced with a Certainly Celery Marker and the sentiment (from the Heard from the Heart set) is stamped in Bravo Burgundy.

I have been busy today doing challenge cards. I've almost finished the second one and as soon as I have pics, I'll share them with you.

Hope you get to play today.
Bonnie