The challenge at the My Time to Craft Blog is to make a card with Easter Wishes. My card is made with and image and sentiment from the wonderful new Windows & Doors set from Artistic Outpost.
The door was stamped on richly colored Memory Box DP with some distress ink sponging on the edges to frame it. A simple sentiment stamped at the top completes the design.
Happy Tuesday!
Since the picture for this week's Moxie Fab World Blog Tuesday Trigger captures the hues found throughout my studio, I knew I had to play along ... bright, vibrant colors make me happy.
I found a final scrap of my favorite lime green velvet polka dot paper, so I made that the base of my design. Next I added a wrap of wide, orange grossgrain ribbon (I got the entire 18 foot spool for fifty-cents at JoAnn's in the clearance bin ... another great thing about loving bright colors ... others often shy away from them, so you can find some great bargains).
I finished with a fun felt baby chick sticker & an SRM Sticker sentiment welcoming spring ... I'm so ready.
In Iowa, it's a bit too early to start wishing for spring yet, since snow still finds its way into our weather forecasts, but I still appreciate those occasional hints that remind us it will be here soon ... like these pretty little crocus that appeared in my garden today.
The Challenge at the Let's Get Shabby blog is an Easter or Spring card in the style of Beatrix Potter (ooops, just read the fine print that said it can't be combined with any other challenge ... oh well, it was fun to make any way).
Since one of the gorgeous samples from the design team was made from Graphic45's Once Upon A Springtime Collection, I went to see what I ahd left. I have already used up all of the cute little bunny papers, but I thought the fairy with the Easter chick would fit the bill to capture the design style I was after.
I punched the image from the paper and used this week's Get Sketchy layout.
I added a pearl floral flouish from the Michael's $1 bin, as well as a sentiment & fairy postage stamp cut from the papers from the same collection. I finished with lots of distressing and sponged Distress Inks to "shabby" it up a bit more.
My card for this weeks SCS Inspiration Challenge is inspired by this adorable Hop To It Bunny Blanket from Ruche. Ruch describes itself as "a vintage inspired boutique with a modern touch". Ruche is a collaboration of everything that has inspired its founders - fashion, photography, design, and lifestyle.
I picked up a package of felt stickers at Michael's last week in the Easter decorations section, thinking that they would make fun Easter cards for the nieces and nephews.
Unfortunately, the quality of assembly of the stickers was so poor, that most of them were not useable. For the two on my card, I was able to remove the eye gems (which were attached to the poor bunnies' ears) and replace them with a black gem where the eye should be located. I wanted to use the white felt bunny stickers, but there was yucky adhesive left behind when I remove the eyes that would not come off, so pink & purple it is.
When I went searching for papers to coordinate with my little bunnies, I loved that the best match is actually a winter-themed design ... Crate's Snow Day Collection. I used this week's CardPatterns Sketch for the layout.
The scallops were cut from a piece of the designer paper. I cut two strips, so the scallops could face outward on both sides, and then wrapped orange ribbon over the space inthe middle. I finally found a video that helped me understand how to use my Bow Easy (she films with the camera over her shoulder, so her perspective with the tool was the same as mine ... Sharon has a good picture tutorial here) that I've had forever, so that is how I made my tiny little bow.
I punched some grass and used a tiny strip of foam tape along the bottom, so it could stick out far enough to overlap my foam bunnies. The bunny background is Hero Arts Wavy Leaf Pattern inked with Turquoise and stamped off once to lighten the color intensity. I finished with an SRM Sticker sentiment.
I hope you find inspiration.
Often sketches intended for layouts have too many elements to shrink into a card-sized palette, but I when I looked at the current Pencil Lines Sketch, I decided to try and make it work. My finished card is 5 1/2" square and will be included in a box of Easter goodies for the nieces and nephews, so I didn't have to worry about bulkiness for mailing.
I used my felt Easter egg sticker as my color palette, and went hunting through my scrapbox for pieces of paper that would coordinate. I used two different yellow DPs and some Cosmo Cricket Matilda for the background (why is it Halloween is the only holiday that has embraced purple?).
I finished with a felt chick sticker, some tiny gem flourishes from the $1 bin at Michael's, a tiny metal charm, and SRM Sticker sentiments. A bit busy, but considering my audience is the five-and-under crowd, I think it is just perfect.
Another quick and fun card using Lucy's New Year Sketch #6, an SRM Sticker Sentiment, and sweet little fairy tale scene punched from Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime papers. I love the little rabbit that's holding out her skirt ... rumor has it I tended to hold my skirt out like that when I was little ... and then raise it above my head ... so very lady-like.
I finished with some sponging, very fancy ribbon I found on one of my travels, and a few punched leaves. I just love the colors in this collection.
This Tuesday's Challenge at the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Blog is to make a card or project with an Easter Theme. Just link your card to the challenge post or use keyword JBE098 if you upload to a gallery.
I usually don't make many Easter cards, but this year I fell in love with this fun What's Crackin'? stamp set from My Favorite Things. I combined fun springy papers from Pink Paislee's 360 Degree Collection and Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl, which worked perfectly for the Just Us Girls Color Challenge. The chicks were stamped on yellow DP and I cut them out and paper pieced the cracked egg shells & colored the beaks with orange glitter pen.
I used the sketch from Everything But the Kitchen Sink and for the scalloped border on the bottom of the sketch, I applied strong adhesive across the card base and used my fingers to fold & ruffle vintage lace for the Caardvarks Lacy Days Challenge. The sentiment is from SRM Stickers' Express Yourself Easter Set.
For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!
Can't wait to see your fun new Easter designs.
Today's Jacksonbelle Challenge is another great sketch. I love these fun new Flutter Papers from Making Memories. They work so well with the very fun What's Crackin'? stamps from My Favorite Things.
The leaf design in the paper is embellished with Making Memory Chipboard Flower stickers. I stamped the cute bunny on watercolor paper and then stamped again on the pink DP to paper piece the egg. I colored his tummy using a colored pencil.
Jacksonbelle also has new Basic Grey & Pink Paislee 6" paper collections ... and they are awesome.
And a Woot Woot for me ... I was excited to see that my card made the Super Six at the CardPatterns blog this week.
Make sure you check out the sketchy creations of the other Rockstars:
For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!
Happy Tuesday ... can't wait to see what you create.
I woke up to several e-mails congratulating me on being chosen as the Featured Stamper at SplitCoast today ... what fun! I have had such a great time perusing the gallery of cards inspired by my creations.
I decided to make a quick card inspired by my Denim & Muslin card design with American Craft papers and Accent stickers I picked up on our last road trip to Madison. Even though we're covered in lots of snow right now, it's never too early to start dreaming of Spring.
I attached the stickers to white cardstock and trimmed them for some stability and definition against the patterned papers. The coral piece is stamped with Hero Arts Four Leaf Grid.
Thanks for sharing my special day with me.
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