Happy Easter To You & Your Family!
(I think this cute illustration could be an inspiration for a card! Just cut off the right side of the card front and then “hide” the bunny and flowers partly behind the card front! Maybe I’ll have to try it!)
Here’s one last Easter project for you if you need something last minute, maybe to put some candy or a small gift inside! Or make it and keep it for your own Easter decor! You can even leave it out for Spring and really, summer. Leave off the Easter Bunny! To make this Easy Easter and Spring Treat Bag, I used the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper. I used the sheet that has flowers at the top and bottom with a white space in between. You can vary the height of this project if you want to make it a little shorter or cut the paper in half at 6″, right in the middle of the white portion.
I cut the designer paper at 12″ x 6 3/4″. Of course, you can use any kind of designer paper or even cardstock. I like the idea of the beautiful flowers right there on all sides of the bag. The piece of designer series paper is scored at 1 3/4″, 5 1/2″, 7 1/4″ and 11″. Make sure your pattern is going the correct direction, then score the bottom flaps at 1 3/4″. Optional: If you like the pattern on the other side of the bag, score at the top of the paper about 1/2″ so you can fold that down for a nice pattern on the front of the bag at the top. Or, you can glue an extra strip around the outside of the top of the bag if you prefer.
Cut the score lines for the flaps, up to the horizontal score line. Cut off that little corner piece as you see in the photo. Then crease and fold on all the score lines and see how your bag will go together.
Here’s what the other side of the paper looks like which will be the front of the bag.
Pay attention to what will be the front of the bag. If possible, keep the side seam that you glue together to form the bag in the back and also fold in the flaps so the last flap you fold and adhere will have the fold line on the front of the bag and not the edge of the back flap. That doesn’t sound very clear, but if you look as you make your bag you will see what I mean. You want the front to look as smooth and professional as possible.
If you want to, cut a strip of cardstock or designer paper for a handle. You don’t need to do this. I used a strip of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock that was about 3/4″ wide and I covered it with a narrower strip of the “other side” of the paper I used for the bag. That way it matches the front lip that I folded over on the bag. I just adhered it to the inside sides of the bag with Stampin’ Seal but you could use brads or staples if you wanted to.
I wanted my treat bag to have an Easter look so I stamped a bunny in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and cut him out with the Easter Bunny Punch. I colored in his ear and his nose with a Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Write Marker just for a little color. For a little sparkle, I added some Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels. These will be retiring so make sure you stock up because I use them all the time!
Just in case you would also need one last Easter card to go with this treat bag if you were giving it as a gift, I used another piece of the Flowering Zinnias DSP for a card front, layered on Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock to match the bag. I wanted to keep it simple so I just added a ribbon about the Zinnia paper and adhered it to the card base. This is the 3/4″ Herringbone Ribbon, retiring soon! I also tied a bow with it around the handle of the gift bag!
For a greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” in Lemon Lime Twist ink on Basic White and cut out with a label die in the Something Fancy Dies. These were a good choice for the size and opportunity to cut out a layering die in Lemon Lime Twist. I popped up the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added two Lemon Lime Twist gems on each side of the greeting in the Tinsel Gems Four Pack.
Now all you have left to do is maybe put a little tissue paper or shred in the bottom of the bag and add some Easter candy or a small gift! You are all set with a card and gift! Or put some candy in the bag and set it out for your own Easter decoration or maybe at your Easter place setting!
Happy Easter! Happy Spring!
This diorama card is one that I have made for many years. It looks pretty dramatic, right, being a 3D kind of display for a card? Of course, with most projects in stamping, it is pretty easy once you know the basics! The basis of this Diorama Excellent Eggs Easter Card is that you score the ends of two pieces of cardstock that are the same size, cut some kind of hole in the top piece of cardstock, make some kind of scene on the back piece of cardstock that will show through the opening on the front, then crease the score lines and adhere the end sections together. This type of card can be folded flat for mailing so that is not a problem!
This card base is Bubble Bath cardstock. Cut two pieces of cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″. Of course, you can vary your measurements if you want a similar card in a larger or smaller size. Score each end of each piece of cardstock at 1/2″ and 1″. See the photo below for the side score lines and then whatever type of opening you want in the center.
Score those ends first and then you can more easily place the opening on just the top piece of cardstock so that it is centered. Crease and fold those score lines back and forth so that when you hold them together they will make the card into the diorama shape. You can see from the top view on this photo below. Don’t glue them together yet so you can more easily make the scene in the center of the back piece.
Decide if you want another piece of cardstock or designer paper for the background. I chose Boho Blue. Measure your space and see what size you want to cut the background paper. You may have to trim tiny bits off the sides to accommodate the score lines. Mine is 4 1/4″ tall and just a “smidge” less than 3 1/2″ wide.
I stamped three of the Excellent Eggs with Memento ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends markers. They are easy to cut out by hand if you don’t have the dies, which is what I did. The one farthest back is glued flat to the card, the other two are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The front opening for the diorama card is cut out with one of the Scalloped Contours Dies. You can use any shape or size.
The greeting is stamped in Boho Blue ink from the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set and then diecut with one of the banner shapes in the Stylish Shapes Dies. Since that cute little bunny was also in the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set, I stamped, colored, and cut him out also in hopes I could use him somehow. Luckily, he seemed to fit just fine at the end of the banner in the corner of the card!
For some sparkle and to fill in the empty space in the background, I added three Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins in gold, Balmy Blue, and Petal Pink. Remember, a lot of these embellishments can be used even if the colors are not exactly the same. My background is Boho Blue but the one sequin I used is Balmy Blue. The recipient is never going to notice or be critical of that! We are often too hard on ourselves trying to make everything perfect when we make a card!
Here’s another Diorama card I made for Easter a few years ago.
This Diorama card will fold flat to mail and fits in a regular size Stampin’ Up! envelope, but you may want to make one and use it for your Easter decor!
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I’ve been into Bubble Bath the last few days and I can’t say I was before now, but I guess it is a good color for Easter! I didn’t even have a grand plan for making this Easter Bunny Happy Easter Card but it just came together when I already had the package of Bubble Bath cardstock out along with the Lighter Than Air 6″ xx 6″ Designer Series Paper. Since this paper got lost in my stash for a while, I have missed out on using it on other spring cards. The colors are so pretty and it’s not all about hot air balloons!
The card base is Bubble Bath, a very soft pretty pink. At times it looks like it has a purple tone to it. I simply took a strip of the diagonally striped designer series paper and laid it across the card. Then I saw that the Balmy Blue pattern would look good with the stripes at the top and bottom. The striped pattern is cut at 5 1/2″ x 2″. The blue strips are about 3/4″ inches wide and 5 1/2″ long. That gives you space for glue to adhere the blue pattern to the top and bottom of the striped paper with about 3/8″ showing. If you remember to tie some ribbon around the striped pattern before adhering to the card base, then you won’t have to adhere it down and cut off the ends on the edge of the card! On the other hand, now that I look at it, once I adhered the two bows to each side of the bunny, you can’t see the ribbon anyway! If you copy this and put bows on each side, you don’t need a ribbon going across the center of the card! The ribbon is the Bubble Bath color in the 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack.
For the focal point of the card, I cut a scalloped rectangle in Bubble Bath pink with the Scalloped Contour Dies. By hand, I cut a Basic White rectangle to ft inside the scalloped rectangle. It’s a “smidge” less than 2″ wide and 3 1/4″ long.
On this Basic White piece, I stamped one of the bunnies in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and colored him in with gray Stampin’ Blends (I think I used Smoky Slate.) and Bubble Bath pink for the inside of his ears. For the background, I just used a Pool Party Stampin’ Blend marker to just scribble in some blue-like sky. The carrot is stamped, colored, and cut out. I thought the bunny needed to be sitting in the grass, so I just lightly drew in blades of grass with the Light and Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend Markers. This piece is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
There wasn’t much room for the greeting but I solved that problem! I stamped “Happy Easter” from the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set in Bubble Bath ink on Basic White. Then I just fussy-cut around the letters without trying to be perfect and adhered it to the card with tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
If you’d like to see another card I made last spring with the bunny and LOTS of carrots from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set, click HERE.
Both of those Easter/Spring stamp sets will be retiring in April. The Easter Bunny Stamp set will be discounted at 50% off starting April 9th. The pretty ribbon combo will also be discounted at 30% off. Be sure to check out the bargains on April 9th, but if there are products you really really want, it might be best to buy them right now lest they sell out!
I often say Z-Fold cards are so easy to make yet look exceptional and special to the recipient! This Easter Bunny Z-Fold Easter Card was fun and easy to make with the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. My package of paper had gotten lost, and pushed to the back, and I often forget to use the 6″ x 6″ paper. However, when I found it and looked at it, I saw that the colors and patterns were perfect for Easter and spring cards! This paper will retire April 30 along with other Spring Mini Catalog products.
The card base is Crumb Cake and was cut at 4 1/4″ x 11″. Instead of cutting horizontally across a sheet of cardstock, it was cut vertically. I decided to put the fold on the side of the card and make it into a Z-Fold card. To make a Z-Fold card just fold the front of the card back on itself. Score the front of the card in the center vertically, then fold the right half back, essentially making a Z shape if you look down on the upright card.
To decorate the card I used the Lighter Than Air Designer Paper. The panel on the left is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″so I cut the designer paper at 4″ x 2 3/4″. The striped paper was also cute, so I cut that for the inside of the card at 4″ x 5 1/4″. I also added to the inside left panel the same designer paper that you see on the circle under the bunny.
For the focal point of the card, I stamped a bunny from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. This stamp set is so cute and useful for springtime cards, Easter, baby, and maybe animal cards for little children. It will be retiring from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog by the end of April and beginning April 9th will be discounted 50%! There is also a coordinating Easter Bunny Punch, also retiring and will be discounted by 20%. The bunny was colored with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers (Light and Dark Crumb Cake plus Bubble Bath pink for the ear) as well as the little carrot in the stamp set.
The diecut circles are the largest and the next smaller circle dies in the Stylish Shapes Dies. The smaller one is the Lighter Than Air DSP and the background circle is Balmy Blue cardstock. When you adhere a shape to the front of a Z-Fold card, be sure to only put adhesive on the half that attaches to the card front on the fold and not to the inside of the card.
On the inside, I diecut a Basic White circle with the largest Stylish Shapes circle die so that it would fit perfectly underneath the front Balmy Blue circle. You want it hidden underneath the front of the card so it is a little tricky to get it positioned perfectly. To do this, put adhesive on the back of the inside piece, and with the card open, place it face down over that front piece. Then carefully close the card so the inside piece will adhere to the inside of the card, lined up with the front of the card so it will not be seen.
The inside of the card is stamped with “Happy Easter” in Memento ink. I had already stamped and cut out the three Easter eggs to possibly use on the front of the card, but instead, I used them inside the card. It would have been easier to stamp them on the inside rather than cut them out!
For an embellishment, I tied a Bubble Bath pink ribbon and bow just around the front folded panel. This ribbon is part of the 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack. The other two colors are Azure Afternoon and Lemon Lolly. This ribbon will be retiring and will be discounted at 30%. I could have added a greeting on the front of the card also, but there wasn’t very much room for one and I had the main one on the inside. You could also add some sequins or gems to the card.
Check out this Easter Bunny Stamp Set, Easter Bunny Punch, and ribbon when they go on sale on April 9th plus the other retiring products from the Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini. Here are the lists of Last Chance Products. Also, if you need any Stampin’ Blend markers (check yours for any brush tips that don’t work very well anymore if you use them a lot and you might want to replace them) the price will be going up $1.00 per Combo in the new Annual Catalog.
This Excellent Eggs Easter Treat Card is one of those cards that I came up with so easily and I like it! The egg was already colored in and cut out from another stamping session where I must have made extras to use another time. Since it would be by itself, I thought it needed a smaller card. First I thought of 3″ x 3″ but if I were to mail it, 4″ x 4″ would fit in a regular-size envelope.
The card base is a 4″ x 8″ piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock to match the egg folded in half to make a 4″ x 4″ card. You can have the fold at the top or the side, as with any card. Mine is at the top. After I decided on Basic White for the background behind the Easter egg, it looked too blah so I embossed it! I used the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder for this 3″ x 3″ square of Basic White. After some deliberation, I layered a Bubble Bath piece of cardstock, cut at 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ underneath the embossed cardstock. That color of pink goes well with the Fresh Freesia since the Bubble Bath had purple tones in it.
After seeing where the egg would go, and finding that I did have some Bubble Bath ribbon in the 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack (which is retiring in April and will be 30% off!), I wrapped and adhered the ribbon around the white embossed layer to go behind the egg. After that I could adhere the white piece to the Bubble Bath layer and then onto the Fresh Freesia card base.
The Easter egg is stamped with Memento Ink from the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set in the Spring Mini. This stamp set will be retiring in April. I colored in the background of the egg with Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends, left the bunnies white, colored in the stones gray, and colored in a few pink flowers with green leaves. Use whatever color of Blends or markers to color your egg. The egg is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals over the ribbon. I also added two knots on each side of the egg with the ribbon. The little silver thread along the sides of the ribbon really adds a little sparkle to the card!
For the greeting, I stamped this one in Fresh Freesia ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog. This stamp set is going to retire at 50% off in April which is a fantastic deal if you need some bunnies in your collection! Three different bunnies, a carrot, a butterfly, Easter eggs, flowers…everything you could need for cards even other than Easter. Bunnies always make cute baby cards! I stamped the greeting on a narrow scrap of Basic White, then flagged the ends and it fit perfectly on this small card!
You still have a little time to make a few Easter cards, especially if you aren’t going to mail them or if the recipient doesn’t live too far away! Who knows with the post office these days?
Next weekend is Easter, believe it or not! If you need some little Easter baskets for a little treat for someone, a dinner table favor, or just a little home decor, try this basic easy basket patterns! Decorate however you like once you know the way to make the basket!
I used the same pattern for both baskets. Just start with a 6″ x 6″ square piece of paper and score like a tic tac toe. Score at 2″ and 4″, then turn and score at 2″ and 4″. Cut on the two vertical score lines up to the horizontal score line. Do the same on the opposite side. See the diagram below. Cut a handle of about 8 1/2″ x 1/2″.
Crease and fold all score lines. If you like, round all four corners. Or you can leave them as is. Form the paper into a basket and use brads or glue to hold the sides and handle together. The handle goes in between the two side flaps and the center flap. That hides it a little bit on the inside. (If you think of it ahead of time! Or it can just be glued to the inside of the basket.)
Decorate the basket with designer series paper or stamping or whatever you like.
For the basket in the photo at the top I cut a 6″ x 6″ piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock and the plaid pattern in the Bee Mine Designer Series Paper. I glued them together so the whole front of the basket would have the yellow plaid design.
After assembling the basket, I stamped a bunny in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set (retiring soon!) and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. For the bunny, I used Light Pecan Pie and Petal Pink for the ears. I cut out the bunny and layered him on a diecut from the Thoughtful Expressions Dies. It’s cute-shaped label with a stitched look around the edge. It will retire soon also. I also added two of the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers Embellishments.
For this basket I used Sweet Sorbet cardstock, but added the cute little flowered paper in the Bee Mine Designer Series Paper cut in squares to decorate each side, front and back. Since each square is 2″ x 2″, I cut the DSP at 1 7/8″ x 1 7/8″ .
The Easter egg is in the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set (retiring) and to keep it all simple, I stamped it with Sweet Sorbet ink, then colored in just parts of the egg with the Light Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blend marker. I cut out the egg by hand, although there are dies if you like. After adhering it to the basket, I added some Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels in two different sizes. Very easy!
If you want to check out some other baskets I have made, look HERE and HERE.
You will be surprised at how easy these little baskets are to make. You can make them for other occasions, not just Easter or spring!
This Excellent Eggs Happy Easter Card is the first Easter card of the season for me! Believe it or not, Easter is less than a month away! Time to get out your bunnies and eggs and make some cards to send, too!
For this card, I used the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog. You’ll find it on page 27. You can also get the Dies that go with the stamp set to step up your egg-making! Get both together in the Excellent Eggs Bundle and save 10%.
I started just stamping both egg designs on Basic White in Memento ink so I’d have lots of eggs to choose from as I designed my card. Then I colored in with various Stampin’ Blends Markers. I didn’t so much use the Dark and Light to blend but just chose whatever colors I wanted to use. The two eggs that are the same design I colored a little differently.
The center egg looks as if it would be tough to color, but truthfully, it is easier than it looks! I colored in the bunnies with a couple of different browns, including the skin tones of Stampin’ Blends. Just choose whatever you like! After coloring the stones and the little flowers, it was easy to color the background grass! Don’t color super-carefully, just scritch-scratch around with that marker and before you know it you will have it all colored!
The card base is Petal Pink with the largest Scalloped Contours Die for the layer behind the Easter eggs. I glued the two outer eggs down flat on the card, but the center egg is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting is also in the Excellent Eggs Stamp Set. I stamped that in Petal Pink in on Basic White and die cut with a banner die in the Stylish Shapes Dies. It needed a layer so I adhered it to a strip of Petal Pink and flagged the ends to make a layer that fit right. This is adhered with a Dimensional on each end and a strip from the outer edge of the sheet of the Dimensionals placed at the bottom of the greeting so that it would go underneath the popped-up greeting and everything would fit.
For some bling, I added a few colored sequins in the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins. It’s always fun to add some embellishments if you can. At the same time, sometimes you have to know when to stop!
I stopped the world last night and worked on my new Paper Pumpkin Kit, Sweet Springtime. I didn’t get a perfect photo of the finished products, but you get the idea! This is a very cute kit and is easy to make the cards. It also makes three of the “milk carton” tree boxes and I did make all three but held off on tying the linen thread until I put treats inside. These can be cards and treats for Easter or simply for spring!
As soon as I saw the Paper Pumpkin box I knew I was going to love the kit! It has that light green background with white flowers and a bunny and chick on the front. What could be cuter?
This kit made 3 regular size cards, 3 slimline cards, and 3 of the milk carton box for treats. You only have to do a little stamping and the rest is adhering the pieces in place and embellishing with the little white dots. Everything is included that you need, even adhesive. Also, envelopes and these have a cute liner inside them, a cute plaid.
You have already missed this Paper Pumpkin Kit if you weren’t a subscriber, but you can still subscribe and then go into the Stampin’ Up! Online Store and buy a Sweet Springtime Refill Kit. You will miss out on the stamp set and the ink spot, but you can stamp or write a greeting on the banners yourself. That’s the only stamping there is. In the refill you get all the materials you would need to make these cards and treat boxes.
If you like giving yourself a treat once a month, (I do!) then subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and start receiving these kits in the mail!
One of the popular Suites in the new Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog is this Lighter Than Air Suite! You will find this Suite on pages 32-34. If you like hot air balloons, you will love this Suite! I might like looking at hot air balloons, but I don’t think I want to ride in one so high up! I remember when we were first married, there was some event with several hot air balloons on the ground in a field and we could walk up and see them up close. There was one that you could get into the basket and just be lifted up a little bit, still anchored to the ground. Just a tiny little ride not far off the ground! I wish we would have tried that! It was a pretty safe way to test out a hot air balloon ride, just a little bit! One time, years ago, a hot air balloon landed in my parents’ neighborhood, right out on the street! Fortunately, it was a neighborhood street, not a heavily trafficked one, but I guess that is where the balloon needed to land. They certainly are pretty floating across the sky!
I love the soft colors in this Suite, especially in the Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is pretty to use for many cards for many occasions or projects. There’s only one pattern with hot air balloons on it but the other patterns are very generic. There are stripes, dots, and many other patterns you can use for general cards, baby cards, birthday cards, and more!
I suggest getting this designer paper, Rainbow Dots, and Baker’s Twine if nothing else! Here is a card I made recently using the Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and the Rainbow Dots. The pastel colors are so pretty, you can’t go wrong! Of course, there is a stamp set and dies to really indulge your love of hot air balloons. You can see lots of design ideas on pages 32 and 34.
Enjoy this Stampin’ Up! video telling you all about the Suite!
Remember, with every $50 you spend at Stampin’ Up! you will earn a FREE product during Sale-A-Bration through the end of February. There are no limits to how many products you can earn!
The February Paper Pumpkin Kit, Sweet Springtime, is ready for you to subscribe to! I know some(?) of us have just put away our Christmas decorations (okay, me!), but do you realize Easter is March 31? So with springtime and Easter coming up rather soon, it is time for us crafters to begin our springtime cards and projects. And what would be more fun than bunnies, chicks, flowers, and everything spring?!
Get this Sweet Springtime Kit in the mail in mid-February if you join Paper Pumpkin by February 10th. Even if you are not sure about Paper Pumpkin, try this kit, which looks to be very cute and fun, and then you can decide. Each month you can skip a kit if you need to or get the one that is automatically coming with your subscription. Certainly, there is no obligation, and you can cancel at any time. Just make your choice known by the 10th of any month when Stampin’ Up! bills the kit and sends it out. Stampin’ Up! guarantees all Paper Pumpkin kits.
Here is the information about this Kit:
Celebrate Easter and Spring with adorable cards and treat boxes!
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes (not food-safe)
• Precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments
• Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green,
Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake
PLUS: Stampin’ Up! is doing something different this quarter! The first three months’ kits all coordinate with a set of dies you can purchase separately! They will be in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store while supplies last!
—Add dimension to your crafting projects with The Love of Spring Dies! Choose from a leaf sprig, daffodil, “Love” sentiment, or label to give your cards or tags that extra special touch. The best thing about this add-on is that it coordinates with not just one but three kits (Lovely Lavender, Sweet Springtime, and Memorable Meadows). (Please note that the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine is not included and can be purchased separately.)
The Add-on details:
· Item number: 164396
· Name: The Love of Spring Dies
· Price: $12.00 USD
· Availability: Available in the Online Store while supplies last.
· Includes: 4 dies
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get this kit! The box already sets the tone and it looks like a very cute and useful kit. Even if you don’t celebrate Easter or send out cards, you can use the contents for baby cards, springtime cards, or any-time cards! Plus, you will have variety in the projects with regular size cards, slimline cards, and milk box treat boxes! So fun!
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Have a Very Happy Easter!
(I hope the Bunny is good to you!)
Here’s one last Easter card for the year, the Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny Card! I saw a card that used the Framed Florets Dies to make Easter eggs! In past years we’ve had oval punches or oval dies to use to make Easter eggs, but I hadn’t thought of using these dies. Naturally, I couldn’t find the exact card again but it was easy enough to make up my own design.
This card has a Basic White cardstock card base with a layer of Petal Pink. The Easter eggs are die cut with the smallest oval die in the Framed Florets Dies. I used the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is on the Last Chance List and is very pretty! It has all kinds of floral patterns plus more generic patterns on the “back”.
The bunny is also made by punching out the Regency Park DSP using the Easter Bunny Punch. The Bunny Punch was so popular it sold out pretty early but more are due back in stock the middle of May. The Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Punch are both in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog which is great! Besides Easter, you can make cute baby cards with the stamp set and/or punch.
The background piece is Basic White but I added a little bit of Pool Party ink with a Blender Brush just so it wasn’t so plain. To make it look like the eggs and bunny are in the grass, I die cut some grass pieces from dies in the Playing in the Rain Dies.
The greeting is stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and die cut with a small Stitched Rectangle Die. These dies are retiring which makes me very sad! I used them a lot so if you don’t already own them you might want to pick them up on the Last Chance List AND they are discounted! For a finishing touch, I added a bow to the bunny with the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon.
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Happy Easter!
If you need some last-minute Easter ideas for this weekend, here are some from the past. Maybe you have these older supplies to use! Of course, you can always substitute papers, colors embellishments, etc. Use what you have! Just click on the link below the photo to go to my blog post with information and directions.
Someone asked me to make two Easter treats for her nephews, so I copied a bunny treat box I had made earlier! If you don’t have this old die to form the box, just make an ordinary box (or maybe you have a small gift box around the house you could cover or decorate with designer paper).
Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket
You’ve likely made these little baskets before. Use cardstock or designer paper and just decorate!
Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card
Use the retired Flowering Fields Designer Paper if you have some in your stash or ANY pretty paper, layered on a rectangle of some sort. Make it a Z-Fold card for extra pizzazz. Add a greeting or write “Happy Easter” by hand if you don’t have a stamp. “Just For You” always works, too!
Triangle Box Easter Bunny Treat
Here’s one of those easy Triangle Boxes that I like so much. This one is decorated to look like an Easter Bunny, of course! You just need some ovals for ears and maybe a little heart or circle for the nose plus some whiskers! Draw on a face. Fill with treats and tie at the top.
You can find even more ideas if you click on the “Easter” in my Categories drop-down box. It probably goes back MANY years!
How about a hot pink Easter card? Well, this Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card probably fits the bill! As long as I already had the Polished Pink cardstock out and as long as this piece of designer paper had already grabbed me, I decided to go ahead and make this card! It’s quick and easy if nothing else!
You still have time to get a few Easter or Spring cards in the mail if you want to and hopefully, they will arrive in time! Easter is Sunday, April 9, 2023.
This card uses the Flowers & More Designer Series Paper that I have really enjoyed from the Spring Mini Catalog. I didn’t even pay attention to it at first, but once I got it as a Host Reward (p. 90) I loved using it. Before adhering the designer paper to the card base of Polished Pink, I wrapped around some ribbon. I pulled out several white ribbons but I liked my first try, the White 3/4″ Frayed Ribbon. Even though it is quite wide, I think it works okay. Instead of trying to tie ribbon all the way around a card layer, just cut it long enough for a small amount to wrap around to the back and adhere those ends. Then you can add a bow or knot or whatever you want separately.
The bunny is stamped in Memento ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I really have gotten a lot of use out of that stamp set for Easter and it will be good for baby cards, too, with those cute bunnies! I punched out the bunny with the Easter Bunny Punch. As I’ve mentioned before, it is backordered and hopefully will be back in stock around May 15. I popped the bunny up with just two Stampin’ Dimensionals, one to be over the top of the ribbon and one below. It might not be exact but get it as close as you can since the ribbon is a little thick.
For the greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” in the Celebrating You Stamp Set in Shady Spruce ink. Next, I use the Conversation Bubbles Dies to cut out the greeting. It actually cuts out the two separate pieces, so then I diecut a piece of Polished Pink cardstock to get the border piece I wanted. I first tried Shady Spruce for the border but I liked the pink better!
I did tie a small piece of the Frayed Ribbon around in a knot, which is a little thick, but I liked it fine! If you would like you could add a few rhinestones to the bottom of the greeting.
Remember, the Last Chance Sales for both the Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini begin on Tuesday, April 4th. If you are interested in the Conversation Bubbles Stamp Set and/or Dies which are retiring, do NOT buy the Bundle! The stamp set will be discounted 60% and the Dies 20%. The Bundle itself is still full price! So do the math if there are discounts on the things you want to buy when the sale begins! The Celebrating You Stamp Set is also retiring but not discounted. It is one I have used a lot for greetings! I’m sad to see it go!