Happy Easter Card

Happy Easter! I hope you have a lovely day enjoying time with family. This Happy Easter Card is one I made for my grandmother and a neighbor next door. I love Daffodils in Spring! They are such a happy flower and bring smiles with their Spring arrival each year.

The Daffodil image on this card is larger measuring 3.25", so I decided to repeat a layout I previously used on this Easter Penguin Card. It's simple and everything was adhered flat for easy shipping. The image is from the You're Inspiring stamp set by Stampin' Up! and it was colored with a mix of Copic markers and Stampin' Blends markers. An Avery Elle pierced oval and scalloped oval frame were used to die cut the image. The yellow crackle paper is from the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack by Stampin' Up! and the gingham was a scrap from my stash. The Happy Easter sentiment was added and this card was done. Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon.

Challenges entered:

• As You Like It: Favourite Flower
• Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
• Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: Spring Flowers
• Love to Scrap: April Showers bring May Flowers

Pretty Bunny Easter Cards

Hello! When I saw the Let's Be Happy stamp set by Unity Stamps I immediately feel in love with the pretty bunny. I used the stamp set to make four of my Easter cards for this year. The layouts are the same but I changed the colors and papers on each card. This post features two of the Pretty Bunny Easter Cards and you can see the other two HERE.

I really wanted to make this Pretty Bunny Easter Card using purple, but it was a challenge finding the right purple papers. I dug through a lot of patterned papers before I decided on this combination. The background paper is from a Recollections paper pad, the floral is from a freebie paper pad from a magazine and the dark plum was a scrap from my bin. The card with the pink and green color combination features papers from the new Spring Market paper pad by Carta Bella. A little yellow butterfly finished them off and that's it. Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges entered:

• Papercraft: Bunnies for Easter 
• Creates and Makes: Anything Goes
• Retarte: Anything Goes

Easter Penguin Card

Hooray!!! All my Easter cards are in the mail on their way to family and friends. I still have a few more cards to share like this Easter Penguin Card I sent to a cousin in Texas. The cute Penguin Easter Bunny image is a digital stamp and you can find it HERE. I made another card using this image and you can find it HERE.

To color the image Copic markers were used. Both patterned papers are by Echo park, the floral is from the Hello Spring paper pad and the pink stripe is from the Dots & Stripes paper pad. The image was die cut with a pierced oval die and matted to a scalloped oval both by Avery Elle. Two yellow butterflies were added for detail and that's it.

This Easter Penguin Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Always Fun Challenges: Easter
• Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes
• Crafty Cardmakers: Bunnies, Chicks or Eggs
• Fab 'n' Funky: Easter
• The Cutie Pie: Spring Cuties

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Easter Blessings Card

Happy Friday! It's Spring Break here in Oklahoma and I'm having a girls weekend with my nieces and mother this weekend. It's been a really long time since we did this, so it's long overdue. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can enjoy our time together.

One of my favorite new stamps is this sweet bunny by Unity Stamps called Let's Be Happy. Copic markers were used to color the details on the bunny and then a square stitched die was used to die cut the image. When selecting the patterned papers I decided to go pastel and used Amy Tangerine Collection called Yes Please by American Crafts.  Most of my Easter cards have a butterfly, so I added a small butterfly and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges entered:

• Brown Sugar: Spring or Easter
• Crafty Catz: Anything Goes/Easter
• Crafting With Friends: Anything Goes
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie: Photo Inspiration
• Moving Along With the Times: Easter
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes

Inspiration photo:

Using the same layout and changing the colors is one of my favorite things to do, so below is a brighter version of this Easter Blessings Card.

Dressed Bunny Easter Card

This week is going by pretty fast and I still need to make several more Easter cards. It's been a couple of years since I stamped this image that I borrowed from a friend. I knew it would make a cute card for my youngest niece. The image is really large, so I used a center focused design for this Dressed Bunny Easter Card. Copic markers were used to color the image, then it was trimmed and matted to pink cardstock. The plaid patterned is by Lawn Fawn and the yellow polka dots is by Echo Park. To finish it off I added a little yellow butterfly and a Happy Easter sentiment.

Does your favorite colors change with the season? I'm always going to love green and purple but I love using yellow in the spring and one of my new favorite colors is coral sea blue (BG23). Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Cute Card Thursday: Easter
• Craftaholics R Us: Anything Goes
• Shopping Our Stash: Here Comes Peter Cottontail
• Aud Sentiments: Bingo + Sentiment  (patterned paper, stamps and favorite color)

Another version:

Hatching Chick Easter Card

Hello and happy Monday! This week I'm working on making my Easter Cards. I usually mail about a dozen cards and after making this Hatching Chick Easter Card I still need nine more. I usually make at least two of each design, sometimes more. The most time consuming part for me is picking papers and deciding on the design. Making duplicate cards goes much quicker!

This cute hatching chick image is by Angie's Digital Stamps and it was colored with Copic markers. It was a challenge finding the right papers for the image colors. I colored the image last year and used colors I liked without having a paper in mind. Usually when I color my images I pick the papers first and it's a lot easier that way. So, after going through every piece of patterned paper I own... this is what I decided on. The yellow polka dot is by The Paper Studio, the floral is by Recollecions (Happy Bouquet) and the purple stripe is by Echo Park. To add the embellishments I went through my stash of already stamped and punched/die cut flowers and butterflies and found these that matched well. The Happy Easter sentiment is from the $2 bin at Michael's and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Angie's Digital Stamps: Anything Goes
• Crafting With Dragonflies: Easter Cards
• Dragonfly Journeys: Bunnies, Chicks and Ducks
• Make My Monday: Easter Fun
• A Gem of A Challenge: Easter Time

Penguin Easter Bunny Card

Happy Wednesday! Since Easter falls earlier this year I'll have to pick between making more St. Patrick's Day or Easter cards. Between the two... Easter wins! I'm still having a hard time sitting for long periods of time, the bone spurs on my hip are not fun!!! I did buy a new padded chair today, so maybe that will help.

The stamps I ordered to make my Easter cards haven't arrived yet. So, when I found this cute Penguin Easter Bunny digital image at Whimsy Stamps, I decided to make a couple of my Easter cards with it. I adore penguins and this image is really cute. The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with a stitched rectangle die. All patterned papers are from the Echo Park Hello Easter 6 x 6 paper pad. It seems I covered up all the yellow in the patterned paper, but I thought yellow butterfly/butterflies went okay. Which card do you like best... one butterfly or two? I had the hardest time deciding, so feel free to help me out. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Penguin Easter Bunny Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark
• Creative Moments: Anything Goes
• Paperminutes: Rabbits and/or Eggs 
• Crea Chicky's: Easter

Card with two butterflies:

Easter Card with Lambs

Happy Easter! Today I'm sharing the Easter Card I made for my parents. They raise sheep and Spring is always a fun time when the babies arrive. So instead of using a bunny on their card I found these cute lambs by Craftin Desert Diva. The lamb images are digital and came with a colored version which I used. Once the images were printed they were fussy-cut and ready to adhere. For the layout I used the sketch from a previous Inky Paws Challenge. The plaid paper is from Lawn Fawn and the green is from Doodlebug Designs. Tumbled Glass distress ink was sponged onto white cardstock for the sky and the Easter Greeting sentiment is from Unity Stamp from the Bunny - Keep You Forever stamp set. A little stamped and punched yellow butterfly and twine were added for detail. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

This Easter Card with Lambs is entered into the following challenges:

• Glitter 'N' Sparkle: Easter
• Angie's Digital Stamps: Anything Goes with Easter Twist
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes with Spring Twist

Cat Bunny Easter Card

Yes My Dear, the Easter bunny is really a cat dressed up like a bunny. Well, maybe not but this Cat Bunny image by IkesArt is super cute and made the perfect card for my nephew. I have a harder time making Easter cards more masculine, probably because of the colors I like to use. So, for this card I went with yellow, orange, green and blue. My nephew is only 16 months old, so he isn't going to care but I think it turned out cute. All the patterned paper was from my scrap bin and the image was colored using Copic markers. The sentiment is from Unity Stamps from the Bunny - Keep You Forever stamp set. A couple of punched banners and two glitter dot stickers by Jolee's and this card was done. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Easter wishes to you!

This Cat Bunny Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cardz 4 Guyz: Animal Antics
• Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark
• Crafty Creations: Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon: Happy Easter
• Show Us Your Pussies: Furrything Goes 

Look! The Cat Bunny visited my house.

Handmade Easter Cards

When making handmade holiday cards I usually make multiples with the same image and layout but I use different colors and papers. So, they are the same but different. If you follow my blog on a regular basis these images will look familiar. If you are like me, I love seeing the difference color makes, so I have included the links to the previous posts. The card to the left (or above) was first done with purple and yellow (click here). To change things up, this card used patterned paper from the Spring Things paper pad by Doodlebug Designs. The orange and blue are fun and different. I'm always asking my hubby which one he likes better but he's really no help... he says "it's the same just different colors." I'm like "yes!" but which one do you like better. I think he's afraid to give me an answer. This card is entered into the following challenges: Simon Says Stamp - Hip Hop, The Cutie Pie - Bunnies & Chicks and Cute Card Thursday - Easter.

On the cards below I did change one element from the original card (click here). I added the scalloped die cut and stamped the sentiment directly onto the cardstock. This change will help avoid extra postage charges for those raised/bumpy areas. Plus I added some zig zag stitching where the papers join. The papers on these cards came from my scrap bin. The Handmade Easter Card below is entered into the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Happy Easter Card

When it comes to making Easter Cards mine usually feature a rabbit. Although I realize the rabbit has nothing to do with the holiday. It did make me wonder why we use rabbits, chicks and colorful eggs to adorn our Easter Cards, so I did a little digging and found this article from NBC News.

To make this Happy Easter Card I started with the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. Their sponsor this week is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and since I love using Bugaboo images, I decided to make a quick Easter Card. After searching my images I decided to us EB Eggs Easter Bunny and turn the sketch vertical to accommodate the image. The rest is pretty simple! The patterned paper is from the Spring Things paper pad by Doodlebug Designs and was matted to a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock. Since my sewing machine was sitting out with yellow thread, I decided to stitch around the edges of the paper. It was then adhered to the white card base. To accent the image a bitty butterfly was added using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set along with the bitty butterfly punch both by Stampin' Up! The Happy Easter sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set by Stampin' Up! along with the word window and modern label punch (both retired). That's it!

This Happy Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Deep Ocean: Easter
• Little Red Wagon: Egg-cellent (use eggs)

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Bunny and Butterfly Easter Card

Easter is one of my favorite holidays to make cards. It combines wonderful Spring colors and usually a bunny image, both make me smile. When I recently found this Wild Rose Studio Bunny and Butterfly stamp I immediately fell in love. The image is so sweet, I couldn't resist. Although the image is large, I still manged to fit it onto a A2 sized card. The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut using a cross stitched oval by My Favorite Things. It was then matted to a die cut scalloped oval by Avery Elle. The polka dot paper is from the Bella paper stack by Wild Rose Studio and the Easter Greetings sentiment is from a Unity stamp set. Three white sequins were added for a little sparkle and that's it. Everything was adhered flat for easy shipping. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Bunny and Butterfly Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Alphabet: *B for Bunnies*
• Crafting When We Can: Animals
• Come and Get It: Easter

Second card using the same stamps and patterned paper.

This Bunny and Butterfly Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Mustard Seed: Easter
• Stamping Sensations: Anything Goes with Stamping
• Addicted to Stamps: Stamped Image and Sentiment
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes

Lots of Green at Simply Create Too

The month of March is well on it's way and this month is notorious for shamrocks, leprechauns and the color green. Although St. Patrick's Day is not celebrated by everyone, we would love to see Lots of Green in your crafty creations for the challenge at Simply Create Too. The challenge is open for a month, so you have until March 31st to link your creation. Click here to enter the challenge and for all the lovely green inspiration from the design team.

When deciding on the occasion for this card I considered making a St. Patrick's Day card because I do mail a few. However, I send a lot more Easter cards and really wanted to use the hatching chick image by Angie's Stamps. The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. After searching through patterned papers I decided on the small green floral paper by American Crafts from their Heartland Farm collection. To add some contrast I used some Garden Green patterned paper by Stampin' Up! accented with a white scalloped die cut edgelit. The Easter Wishes sentiment is by Studio G and has been in my stash for many years. To finish off the card I added a paper flower with leaves cut with a Cricut machine and a bitty butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set by Stampin' Up! accented with three small pearls. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your creation in the gallery at Simply Create Too.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks: Green
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Blessed Easter Card

Good day crafty friends! I've been busy making Easter cards to send to my family. Last year I bought the Blessed Easter stamp by Stampin' Up! but never used it, so I decided to ink it up.

This Blessed Easter Card was pretty easy to make. Once the image was stamped I colored the tulips with a blender pen and stampin' pads. Then it was die cut using an Avery Elle oval set.  The patterned paper is from the retired Painted Blooms dsp by Stampin' Up!. I added the bitty butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set for a pop of yellow and accented it with three small pearls. That's it!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers: Easter
• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
• Where The HeART is: Easter/Anything Goes

I'm glad you stopped by my blog and hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Quick Easter Card

Hello! The next couple of days I'll be making several Easter cards to get them in the mail on time. Life just got busy the last couple of weeks and I didn't spend much time in my craft room. I do send out several, so I'll need Quick Easter Cards like this one.

To create this card I used the layout from this weeks challenge at Sketch Saturday. The digital image from Deedee's Digis (shop closed) came pre-colored, which saved some time. The image was die cut with a rectangle stitched die from Lil' Inkers and matted to a slightly larger piece of purple cardstock. Using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set from Stampin' Up! the butterflies were stamped onto Crushed Curry cardstock, punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch and accented with Basic Pearls. The Happy Easter sentiment was stamped using the Crazy About You stamp set by Stampin' Up! and punched using a 1 1/4" circle punch and then matted to a slightly larger pink scalloped circle. All patterned paper is from DCWV, the Girl Fille paper stack. Before adhering the patterned paper panel, some twine was wrapped around three times and secured to the back with tape. The card was assembled and that's it!

This Quick Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Card in Envy: Beautiful Butterflies
• Allsorts: Easter
• Sweet Stampin': Easter

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Circle Shaped Easter Card

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today is the start of another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week we want to see your circle cards. Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and I've used their Rory's Eggstra Delivery digi on my Circle Shaped Easter Card. This was my first attempt at making a circle card and when it came to adding embellishments I wasn't sure what to do. So, I added a sentiment and a butterfly and stopped. The image was colored with Copic markers and the size of this card is 5". I would love to see your circle cards this week and hope you will play along in the challenge. You have until mid-day next Monday, March 21st to link your creation. Click here for all the challenge details and to see the fantastic inspiration from the design team.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Come and Get It: Easter/Spring
• Robyn's Fetish: Easter Cards
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Circles and/or Pies
• Suzy Bee's: Anything Goes with Easter Twist

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Trefoil Cross Easter Card

Happy Easter! My family will have to forgive me this year for neglecting to send them Easter cards. I was in a car wreck the end of January that totaled my vehicle and my back has been hurting ever since. It makes it hard to sit at my craft desk for long periods of time and therefore I only made a couple of Easter cards this year. I guess I'll send everyone a link to this Trefoil Cross Easter Card to let them know I was thinking about them.

Most of the supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up!. The two exceptions are the Spellbinders oval die and the Easter Sentiment by Studio G. I tend to always use a mix of retired and new supplies when making a card. The Trefoil Cross is retired but it's one of my favorites and I stamped it using Blackberry Bliss ink. A new patterned paper from the Occasions Catalog was used on the bottom, it's called Painted Blooms and I paired it with the retired Daffodil Delight polka dot from the Designer Series Paper Stack. The Wild Wasabi paper strip was embossed using the Fancy Fan embossing folder and I added a punched butterfly with a three pearls for detail. That's it!

I'm entering this Trefoil Cross Easter Card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts: Easter
• Sister Act: Any Card Goes
• Pattie's Creations: Easter
• The Stamping Boutique: Easter

Petal Potpourri Easter Card

Good evening! You may already know that color challenges are a favorite of mine. When I saw the color challenge at The Paper Players this week, I decided to make another floral Easter card. Using the Petal Potpourri stamp set and coordinating punch made creating the focal flower pretty easy. The leaves are from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set and I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes for the Easter sentiment. The Whisper White cardstock was embossed using the Spring Flowers embossing folder. When choosing the patterned papers, polka dots seemed the natural choice and I added three banners of Crumb Cake paper from the Fresh Prints paper stack. The final touch was adding the butterfly and pearl accents. If you're thinking you've seen this layout before, well you have. Click here to see my original card from last July. I love seeing the same layout with different colors. Thanks for stopping by!

My Petal Potpourri Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Color
• SU-Only: Easter

Floral Easter Card

Are you counting the days until Spring? It will be here shortly and I can already see the green poking through the ground for my Daffodils. I love Spring flowers and the colors in this Floral Easter Card are some of my favorites.

To create this card I used all supplies by Stampin' Up!. I started with a base of Mossy Meadow cardstock and topped it with floral patterned paper from the All Abloom paper stack. Then I created the center panel for my focal images. I stamped the retired Ears for You stamp using Blushing Bride ink and then fussy-cut the bunnies. The flower was stamped in Strawberry Slush and punched with the Pansy punch. I used the Bird Builder punch for the green leaves and the Boho Blossom punch for the yellow flower center. The butterfly stamp is from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set and was stamped using Daffodil Delight ink and punched with the Itty Bitty Butterfly punch. I debated about using a sentiment and finally decided to use the Teeny Tiny Wishes Happy Easter sentiment. The sentiment was punched using the Word Window punch and then layered onto the Modern Label punch. To add the finishing touches, I added three small pearls to each butterfly and a Old Olive candy dot to the flower center. It turned out pretty busy but it definitely feels like Spring.

This Floral Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Think Spring 
• Moving Along with the Times: Bunnies!
• Cute Card Thursday: Die Cuts and Punches

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Little Lamb Easter Card

Good evening! I wanted to make sure my parents received their Little Lamb Easter Card in the mail before I posted it. They raise sheep and every Spring we have a pasture full of baby lambs. They primarily raise Dorset sheep but they have a few others as well. The lamb stamp on this card is by Stampabilities and the sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. Using PEARLustre Amethyst embossing powder by Stampendous!  I heat embossed the sentiment. The patterned papers are from a freebie paper pack from a magazine. To bring out the yellow in the flower centers I added a layered embosslits butterfly with a little Stickles for sparkle. Well, that about sums it up. I want to thank you for stopping by and I wish you and your family a Blessed and Happy Easter.

My Little Lamb Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Open-Minded Crafting: Easter or Pastel Colors
• Sister Act: Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations: Easter
• Craft for the Craic: Something for Easter
• Craftitude: Anything Goes or Spring/Easter