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Looking For Last Minute Easter Papercrafting Ideas?
In case you are looking for some last minute Easter papercrafting ideas, here are some of my projects from past years! If you don’t have the newest Stampin’ Up! products, maybe you have some of these supplies! Even if you don’t make this exact project, it might just give you an idea of something close that you want to make with the supplies that you have!
I think the Circle of Spring Easter Card is a beautiful card to make with that pretty wreath that you can customize for any season or occasion. You can just stamp the wreath with the Circle of Spring Stamp Set and then easily color it in with markers or an Aqua Painter. If you have the Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies you can cut out the wreath and then adhere it to the front of your card.
The Easter Lamb Easter Card is one of my favorites! I loved that Easter Lamb stamp from a previous year in the Occasions Catalog! The background was stamped with the Watercolor Wash Background Stamp.
The card with the Easter cross is actually pretty easy and you can make it with any little flower punch or die you have! I accented each flower with a little Rhinestone Jewel in the center. The back layer is embossed with an embossing folder, don’t remember which one.
You can also make an oval Easter egg-shaped card if you have the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies or the older retired Oval Die. Then the egg is colored with the curved swish from the Work of Art Stamp Set.
I used the Easter Lamb again on the Easter Basket made with the Berry Basket Die (retired). There are many ways you can make a little Easter basket, much like you would make a gift box.
And the last card is the Emboss Resist Watercolor Easter Egg Card. It’s fun to make by stamping with Versamark Ink on Watercolor Paper and then embossing with Clear Embossing Powder and watercoloring over it. The embossing resists the watercolor so it’s almost like when you dye Easter eggs but first write on the eggshell with a wax crayon! Remember doing that as kids?!
There are lots of fun spring and Easter papercrafting ideas, just find some project you like and go for it!
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Easter Basket of Flowers Card on a Basket Weave Background
Images (c) Stampin’ Up! 2018 Design by Karen Fontinelle
Easter is fast approaching so you might enjoy making an Easter Basket of Flowers Card on a Basket Weave Background. Even if you don’t have these exact supplies, this card might give you an idea for your own creation with whatever supplies you own!
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. This Basket Weave Dynamic Embossing Folder works magic on a plain piece of cardstock! You will just gasp when you take the paper out of the folder and see the deep embossing that looks like basket weave! For best results, spritz some water lightly on the cardstock first, or some people recommend spritzing rubbing alcohol. Rubbing alcohol tends to dry faster but really by the time I run the paper through the Big Shot and work on my card, my paper is dry. Don’t get it “wet”…just spritz it.
The Basket Weave Folder is available in a Bundle with the Blossoming Basket Stamp Set during Sale-A-Bration with a $100 purchase. And if you would rather pay for it in the future, you will be able to buy the Embossing Folder in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Either way, I think you will LOVE this embssoing folder! And of course it is perfect for Easter and Spring cards!
For this card, I embossed Crumb Cake Cardstock for the basket weave background and adhered that to a card base of Whisper White Cardstock.
The basket of Easter flowers is stamped with the Blossoming Basket Stamp Set and colored in. Even though the Stampin’ Blends markers are not orderable right now, you can use other coloring techniques like the Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pen. I cut out the basket just around the outside and left the part inside the handle alone. I don’t think it takes anything away from the look of the basket. Besides, the pretty bow at the top of the basket will catch the eye of anyone looking at the card! The ribbon is the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon.
And for a little something to set off the basket, I pulled out a doily from my stash! Sometimes a doily or even a piece of a doily is just what a card needs! This one is the Delicate White Doilies by Stampin’ Up! I really like the look of the doily on this card!
The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, the stamp set that has practically every greeting you will need! It’s punched with the Classic Label Punch and accented with two Enamel Shapes.
There you have it! A card you could use for Easter, for spring, for a birthday, anniversary, and more! Make a card you can send someone for Easter or another occasion like this Easter Basket of Flowers Card on a Basket Weave Background.
Sale-A-Bration Ends March 31st!
Springtime Foils All-Occasion Butterfly Card
This Springtime Foils All-Occasion Butterfly Card can suit almost any occasion, it would even make a pretty Easter card with an Easter greeting or springtime. After all, it uses the Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper, still available this week during Sale-A-Bration.
This is another card I made the the other day when I was making a stack of cards with the Springtime Foils Paper. This paper is so pretty you almost don’t need to do anything else to it except add a greeting if you like. On this card, I used two different patterns of the paper, side by side (with a tiny bit of overlap). I also colored in the flowers with some of the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers that unfortunately are not available right now until they get them restocked.
The butterfly is cut with a die we’ve had for awhile, the Butterflies Thinlits Dies. Some dies are just classic and can be used for a lot of things. This is one of them. I cut the butterfly out of the Copper Foil Sheet. All of our foil paper is so gorgeous!
The ribbon adds something to the card. Sometimes I have to remember to tie it around the paper before I glue it down to the card! This ribbon is the Pool Party 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon. Very pretty!
Here is the card from the other day that I made using the Springtime Foils paper and the butterfly.
All this card needs is a greeting before you put it in an envelope! And really, I think it could just go the way it is and you can write a personal note inside or a greeting. Not every card has to have a greeting on the front, but that’s what we usually do.
You could make a card design like this with any designer paper you have. Get into your stash and see what you can make, something like this Springtime Foils All-Occasion Butterfly Card.
Last week for Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration! Ends March 31.
Easy Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box
If you want to make something for a little Easter treat, try this quick and Easy Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box. These little treat boxes are handy to have on hand for when you want to take a little treat to someone and it is almost time to walk out the door! Yes, it would be better to plan ahead, but if you didn’t……you can do this! And the recipient will love it!
These Clear Tiny Treat Boxes are very small and come flat so they are easy to store! Just take one out when you need it and unfold and assemble. I happened to have a little bit of brown “shred” from another package and I thought it would look cute in this treat box. Then I put some Easter chocolates inside and tied up the box with the Powder Pink 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon.
To decorate the box, I stamped the bunny from the We Must Celebrate Stamp Set. Yes, I cut the little animals apart that were on the one stamp! I thought that the bunny would be cute to use for Easter. You can see how I did that in THIS POST HERE. You have to be very careful but it can be done!
I stamped the bunny with Memento Black Ink and then colored in just a little with Stampin’ Blends markers. Since I was in a big hurry, I just punched out the bunny with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and layered it on a piece of pink cardstock punched out with the 2″ Circle Punch. You might want to add an Easter greeting.
You can use the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes for any occasion! It looks snazzy to have the clear box, I think, with the treat inside showing through. And if you want something quick and easy, make this Easy Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box or change it up for a different occasion.
An Easy Card For Spring, Easter, or Any Occasion
I would hazard a guess that one of the most popular Sale-A-Bration items this year is the Springtime Foils Designer Series Paper, available FREE with a $50 purchase to make cards like this Easy Card For Spring, Easter, or Any Occasion.
This Springtime Foils Paper is beautiful enough just on its own, but if you like, you can color in a little or a lot with the Stampin’ Blends markers or other coloring techniques.
REMEMBER: The Stampin’ Blends Markers will become unorderable TODAY at Noon (MT). If you want to get some that are not backordered or order all of them and be ready for your order to go out when they get restocked in late May perhaps, be sure to place them on your order before Noon Mountain Time today. That way you can get Sale-A-Bration rewards even though you have to wait for your markers.
Here’s a card I was coloring with the Stampin’ Blends in several colors.
This card is just a Whisper White card base and a layer of the Springtime Foils Designer Paper. I colored in some, but not all, the leaves with the Old Olive Blends markers. I also tied around a piece of the Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon. The butterfly is die cut with the Big Shot and the Butterflies Thinlits Dies out of Copper Foil.
I didn’t add a greeting yet to this card because I don’t know if I will use it as an Easter card or thank you or maybe something else. Honestly, I don’t know what occasion you couldn’t use it for except maybe Christmas!
When you find a card design you like or designer papers, make a stack of cards….at least 3….and keep them on hand. You can always add an appropriate greeting later! I made other cards with this beautiful paper, some colored in and some left plain, different ribbons, some with two patterns of the papers on it, top and bottom. Try you hand at making an easy card for Spring, Easter, or any occasion, make multiples, and keep them in your stash for when you need a card at the ready!
Make an Easter Card With a Basket of Flower Blossoms
Make an Easter card with a basket of flower blossoms using the beautiful stamp, Blossoming Basket. You can earn this stamp set free during Stampin’ Up!’s promotion called Sale-A-Bration! With a $100 purchase, you can earn not only this Blossoming Basket Stamp Set but also the Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Check out the Blossoming Basket Bundle.
The card base is made with Crumb Cake Cardstock. Then I chose Blushing Bride for a pink background layer and embossed it with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. I am still saying “Wow!” every time I open up that embossing folder and take out the embossed paper! The Dynamic heavyweight folder really embosses the paper into a deep basket weave! It’s best to spritz the paper with a little bit of water or rubbing alcohol to dampen the paper fibers to allow for the deep embossing. It really is stunning!
I stamped the basket with Memento Ink on Whisper White Cardstock, and enjoyed coloring everything in with my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers.
- Unfortunately, Stampin’ Up! just announced that they will turn off the ordering for these markers on Friday, March 23 at Noon (MT). The good news is that so many people love these markers that they were selling like hotcakes, but the bad news is that was happening at the same time as factories were shutting down in China for Chinese New Year and whatever other difficulties the supplier was having to keep up with the demand. So to take some time to catch up, Stampin’ Up! is making the markers unorderable until the supply is restocked probably the end of May. You can try getting some of the markers that you want before Friday and get the rest later on. This way you can still take advantage of Sale-A-Bration even if you have to wait for all your markers. But do it before the deadline tomorrow!
I die cut the Whisper White paper with the basket using the Lots of Layers Framelits Dies. The Easter greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The bow is tied with the Powder Pink 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon. And for a bit of embellishment, I adhered two little Subtles Enamel Shapes to the ends of the greeting.
If you want to see one of the first cards I made with this folder and stamp set, please click HERE.
This Basket Weave Embossing Folder is going to be available in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog, if you happen to miss out during Sale-A-Bration. I’m not sure about the Blossoming Basket Stamp Set, but it will not be bundled with the Folder even if it is.
Of course this Easter Card With a Basket of Flower Blossoms is not just for Easter, just change the greeting or don’t even put on a greeting and you have a beautiful card for any occasion!
All-Occasion Lavender Springtime Card
Here I have made an All-Occasion Lavender Springtime Card. I will probably make it into an Easter card, but before I put any greeting on it, I liked it so much as is that I just left it plain. Now I can add any greeting I like or need to this card! You might consider making a stack of cards like this that are ready to go for almost any occasion, and then if you need a birthday card, sympathy, congratulations you can simply add a greeting for the occasion!
This lavender bouquet is stamped with the Lots of Lavender Photopolymer Stamp Set that you can get FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase from Stampin’ Up! It’s actually a 2-step stamping process, if you want to do it entirely with stamps. You can stamp over the image to color in the flowers and even to color in the leaves. With the stamps being photopolymer you can see through them for placement. And it doesn’t have to be perfect! Many artistic images are not colored in “completely”.
This simple card was actually made over time! Awhile back, I made THIS CARD and at the same time I was stamping, I stamped this lavender bouquet you see on my card above, but I got a smudge or something on the paper. So I put that aside and made the Easy Easter Card With Lavender. I thought maybe I could just cut out the lavender bouquet on the smudged paper to eliminate the smudge. Then at some point I wanted to color in the stripes on this Springtime Foils paper to see what it would look like. After that I thought maybe that lavender bouquet would look pretty on the Springtime Foils paper! Finally, the whole card came together with the cut-out lavender bouquet and an oval die-cut layer underneath of Whisper White, layered on a Silver Foil scalloped oval die cut. For these oval die-cuts I used the Layered Ovals Framelits Dies. You could add more embellishment to this card, but I liked it simple the way it is.
I used Wisteria Wonder Cardstock for the card base even though I used the Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Marker to color the Springtime Foils paper. I think it has a greenish look to it which goes with the leaves on the bouquet.
The photo doesn’t do this card justice because of the glare from the foils. It’s very simple and pretty in person! I think I should make more to have on hand, as I suggested to you!
There are only about two more weeks left of Sale-A-Bration so don’t let it slip by! Sale-A-Bration ends March 31. Lots of great choices this year!
Today your assignment is go make several cards like this All-Occasion Lavender Springtime Card and leave it plain so you can add any greeting you like when you need a card next time, or add some greetings and send out the cards right away!
Easter Bunny Tiny Treat Box For Candy
Here’s a fun Easter Bunny Tiny Treat Box for candy or even a small Easter gift! It’s so handy to keep some of the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand for making cute little treat boxes or party favors like this one for any occasion.
The Clear Tiny Treat Boxes come flat so storage is not a problem. They are small, just 2″ x 2″ x 2″ and even food safe. But that size is big enough to make a cute project out of them. Just assemble when you are ready and fill with your special treat or gift!
For Easter, I made this cute punch art bunny! Just use one of the heart die cuts in the Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies for the bunny face, or you can use a heart punch if you have one the right size. For the ears, I used a small oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and then layered on a scalloped oval die cut from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. I just drew on the face myself. Use oval punches for the ears if you prefer.
After you put the treat in the box, just tie with a ribbon! I used the Powder Pink 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon, which is a beautiful light pink color and has such a nice feel to it. In fact, I think I have used up my roll so it’s time to order more!
Speaking of ribbon, if you need or want any of the 2016-2018 In Colors that will be retiring in May (at least if Stampin’ Up! follows their usual routine!), whether you need ink refills, cardstock, any ribbon with those colors or designer paper (well, usually most designer papers retire!), I would suggest ordering what you need in those In Colors right now before everyone else is thinking about it. As soon as that retirement list comes out, people rush to order, especially the ink refills, and later on you will end up paying a higher price on an auction site! I know it is early to think about retiring products and the list won’t come out until May, but that’s only a month and a half away! Beat the rush so you won’t be disappointed.
But right now, we have Easter coming up, so if you want some easy cute treats for your family, your guests, teachers, co-workers, try this Easter Bunny Tiny Treat Box and impress everyone!
Easter Basket and Bunny Easter Card
There’s a lot to talk about on this Easter Basket and Bunny Easter Card. Such a fun time to make cards, for Easter and for spring. You can use bunnies, baskets, and flowers! Easter is coming soon, April 1st!
The bunny is from the We Just Celebrate Stamp Set. Yes, the animals in that stamp set are all attached, but I……cut them apart!!!! It was a nerve-wracking decision, but I did it and I think I managed to do it perfectly. Some parts of the stamps are pretty close together so you have to be very, very careful. I wanted to be able to use the animals separately, not always all in a line. The stamp is very cute either way, but I did cut them apart! Yikes! So the Easter bunny is stamped separately and then cut out with my Paper Snips. Actually, I cut the animals apart with my Paper Snips. I figured they were narrow enough to cut in between the animals.
The basket is made with the Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. This folder is available FREE during Sale-A-Bration in a Bundle along with the Blossoming Basket Stamp. This embossing folder is fantastic in the bold way it embosses that basket weave look. It’s best to spritz the cardstock with water to moisten the fibers and make them easier to be pressed into the embossing folder.
I figured this embossing folder would be great for making Easter baskets or just any baskets on cards and projects, and I assumed I would need to cut out a basket shape by hand. But then I saw a tip from another Demonstrator about using the Coffee Cups Framelits Dies to cut out a basket shape! I used the one that looks like the bottom of a cupcake or muffin. For the handle, I used two oval dies to cut out the handle shape and trimmed it down a tiny sliver at the bottom to make it fit the basket.
For another tip, I cut the Easter eggs out of the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper, using some scraps I had. I wondered if there was any chance there was a very small oval die in all of my Big Shot dies……and there was! In the Coffee Cups Framelits Dies! It is in there to fit one of the stamps in the Coffee Cafe Stamp Set. I cut a bunch of Easter eggs since I had the scraps and I’ll use them on other cards as well.
The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I wasn’t sure where I wanted to put it on the card so it ended up being like a tag on the basket! The designer paper layer is also Sweet Soiree. The card colors I used were Soft Sky and Old Olive.
Get out some paper, ink and stamps and make some Easter cards and be sure to mail them! Easter is right around the corner. I hope this Easter Basket and Bunny Easter Card gets you in the mood!
Spring Card With Basket Weave and Blossoming Basket
I used a couple of new Stampin’ Up! products to make this Spring Card With Basket Weave and Blossoming Basket. This stamp set, available during Sale-A-Bration, will be so useful for many different kinds of cards and occasions.
My Stamparatus arrived and finally yesterday I got to play with it! I think it is going to be a fantastic tool in many ways to make your stamping easier and better! We’ll talk about the Stamparatus another day, but I did use it to stamp this basket. You wouldn’t exactly “need” the Stamparatus to stamp just this basket, but since I’d cut my paper pretty much to fit the basket and since I wanted the basket centered and fully stamped, I used the Stamparatus. This way I could place the stamp where I wanted it on the paper, pick it up with the Stamparatus, and if it didn’t stamp beautifully (which it did!), I could have stamped it again with the Stamparatus with the paper and stamp in exactly the same position.
This Blossoming Basket was beautiful just stamped in the Memento Ink! It’s very finely detailed and lovely! I was eager to color it in with my Stampin’ Blends markers! Coloring with these markers is very relaxing and therapeutic! Some of the Stampin’ Blends markers are going on backorder because of their popularity, so I suggest ordering them if you want some as soon as possible. I believe it is better to order them individually or in the combos so that Stampin’ Up! will send out what they have right away and then send you the backordered ones when they are re-supplied. If you order the Collection of all the markers, they may hold that whole set of markers until they have all of them back in stock. It takes longer to order the markers individually, inputting all those numbers, but at least you will get them.
The Blossoming Basket Stamp Set is part of a Bundle with the Basket Weave Dynamic Embossing Folder. Let me tell you, this Basket Weave embossing is fantastic!! You will really be impressed the first time you take your embossed cardstock out of the folder! It is a WOW! You are supposed to spritz the paper lightly with some water to loosen the paper fibers and then emboss, and it works wonderfully! I used the Basket Weave piece as a background over part of the card, then layered the Blossoming basket over it. I cut out the basket and sponged a tiny bit of Soft Sky Ink over the background Whisper White paper and in the little part I did not cut out under the basket handle.
The Blossoming Basket Bundle includes the Blossoming Basket Stamp Set and the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. You can earn it FREE with a $100 qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. It is well worth the $100 order to get this Bundle, much less FREE! You can use it for Easter, for Mother’s Day, for a bridal shower, for an engagement, for a sympathy card, for a birthday, for a Thinking of You card…..really an all-occasion stamp set!
The traditional Sale-a-Bration has always been that for every $50 a customer spent, they would earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. This year Stampin’ Up! has also introduced a few products that could be chosen with a $100 purchase. So that gives you even more choices! And remember, with a $150 or more order, you also receive Stampin’ Rewards! And during Sale-A-Bration, with a $250 order you would IN ADDITION earn $25 more in products in addition to regular Stampin’ Rewards.
Sale-A-Bration ends March 31, and although that sounds like a long way off, it will come up sooner than we think. Don’t wait until the last minute! If you like this stamp set and embossing folder to make a card and other projects like this Spring Card With Basket Weave and Blossoming Basket for Easter and other occasions, stock up on your stamping supplies, like paper and adhesives, to reach a $100 order.
Easy Easter Card With Lots of Lavender
It’s time! Easter is just a month away so here is an easy Easter card with the Lots of Lavender Set, available FREE during Sale-A-Bration. This card uses two-step stamping and a little bit of watercoloring.
I chose Wisteria Wonder Cardstock for the card base, a color I’d practically forgotten I had! Maybe it has been winter for too long! The lavender bouquet is stamped on Shimmery White Cardstock. If you don’t have this paper in your collection be sure to order some. It is so pretty on its own with just a barely-there glimmer. It also is good to use for some watercoloring, if you aren’t using Watercolor Paper. Whisper White Cardstock just does not hold up to very much water if you are trying to watercolor.
To use this stamp set as two-step stamping, I started with the “blob” stamp that doesn’t look like anything and stamped that with Wisteria Wonder Ink which becomes the coloring for the flowers. Then stamp over the “blob” with the bouquet outline image. I used Memento Ink, but you could use Wisteria Wonder to overstamp as well.
I was planning to color the leaves with markers when I realized there were leaf stamps in the stamp set. Here is a good technique for stamping the leaves. Lay the leaf stamps over where you want them stamped on the bouquet, facing down, then lay the acrylic block over them to pick them up. They will be on the block in the perfect position for stamping!
This is what the stamps look like on the block, but you couldn’t place them randomly on the block and get them placed properly on the image.
Now if you want quicker and faster, I would just color in the leaves with a marker, whether the Stampin’ Write Marker or preferably the Stampin’ Blends. Those colors are a little less intense than the Stampin’ Write Markers.
For the greeting I just stamped the “Happy Easter” from Teeny Tiny Wishes, one of my favorite stamp sets! To keep it easy, I just stamped it right on the card front, not on a banner or other piece. This stamp set has greetings for almost any occasion you can imagine, and I prefer having this set in the wood-mount since they are all small stamps.
After I stamped and colored the lavender bouquet, I felt the card still needed something, so I used my Aqua Painter and some Wisteria Wonder Ink to just add some very light watercoloring around the bouquet. Here is another card with Swirly Scribbles where I put a slight watercolored background behind the flowers.
And for a final embellishment, I tied a very small little bow over the stamped bow. It’s probably a little too large for this card, but that’s okay!
Don’t forget! Sale-A-Bration is going on through the end of the this month, March 31. Sale-A-Bration is the Stampin’ Up! promotion where for every $50 you spend on products, you earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift. No limit! And this year, if you have a $100 increment, you can choose one higher-value item instead of two $50 choices. Time will fly this month, so be sure you get your order in!
Flowers are always great for making an Easter card or spring card. If you choose the Lots of Lavender Stamp Set as your Sale-A-Bration free item, you can try your hand at this easy Easter card with Lots of Lavender.
Easter Small Gift Card With Bunny
Here is a quick and easy Easter Small Gift Card With Bunny to kind of go along with my little Easter basket from the other day! Maybe you will have a little gift or bouquet of flowers for a hostess and you will want just a little card to go along with the gift. Something like this will be perfect, easy for you to make, and suits the holiday!
For some reason I was in the mood for just a little card and a little Easter bunny! The card base starts out at 3 1/4″ x 6 1/2″, folded in half. This is Powder Pink Cardstock. The top layer is the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper, the same pattern I used on the Easter basket except the opposite side without the foil accents.
Just to make the designer paper stand out a tiny bit from the card base, I added a layer of Whisper White under the designer paper. The designer paper is cut at 3″ x 3″, so the Whisper White layer is 3 1/8″ x 3 1/8″. If you don’t do fractions, you just want it to fit in between the card base and the designer paper!
The punch art Easter bunny is almost the same as the one I made on the Easter basket, just smaller. For the body I used the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch and the 1″ Circle Punch for the head. The ears are punched with the Classic Label Punch, but I just rounded the pointy ends with my Paper Snips. If you own the retired Word Window Punch that would be perfect! Since these ears are so short, I just cut the Label in half for the two ears.
Just for a little definition, I sponged Powder Pink Ink around the edges of the bunny body parts and then glued the bunny together. The facial features are sketched out freehand with a black marker. (I did a better job the other day!). I popped up the bunny on the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For the greeting, until my next order gets here with some new Easter greetings, I used the Happy Easter from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set. This is one of my favorite stamp sets of all time because it has greetings for everything! I use it all the time. It is just glued across the bunny.
As I look at the photo later, I wish I would have put a little bow on the bunny and maybe some Rhinestones or Pearls on the ends of the greeting! But I took the photo in a hurry before I thought of embellishing it. And yet, if you gave this card to someone, they wouldn’t think or know it was missing anything! They would love it just the way it is because you made it!
Bunnies aren’t just for Easter either! Could you see this with a different greeting for a baby card instead?? It would be adorable with your baby gift!
Get out your punches and paper and see what bunnies you can come up with. Make a small card like this Easter Small Gift Card With Bunny or make a full-size card with a larger bunny, but just have fun!
How to Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket With Punch Art Bunny
Easter is on its way, so let’s learn how to make an easy paper Easter basket with a punch art bunny using the Sweet Soiree Designer Paper. When I saw this paper, I knew it would make a beautiful gift box, but somewhere along the way it turned into an Easter basket! And what better decoration for an Easter basket than a cute punch art bunny!
You can decide what size you want your basket to be, but I chose 3″ wide on each side, which meant I needed to start with a 9″ x 9″ piece of the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper. I just scored it at 3″ and 6″ on each of the two sides so that it looks like a tic-tac-toe board.
At this point, you can cut on the vertical score lines from the bottom up to the horizontal score line and down the same way from the top. Then you can crease all the score lines, fold in all the tabs, and make your basket.
To eliminate the bulk of all that paper, after I cut up to the score lines as above, I cut in from the sides as you see below in the photo. This makes “tabs” to adhere to the sides. The tabs do not have to be cut exactly straight. I just eyeballed that part. Then you can use Fast Fuse, or I used Tear & Tape Adhesive on the tabs.
Just for an extra tip, I cut the little angles on the tabs, just to keep them out of the way on the edges. Nothing special, just eyeballed it.
The handle for the basket is just a 3/4″ strip of paper, adhered inside the basket again with Tear & Tape. You could use brads or staples if you wanted to, or ribbon. For a little embellishment, I punched strips of Powder Pink Cardstock with the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch to decorate the top edge of the basket. I also made this 3/4″ wide but if I did it over I probably would make it wider.
The punch art Easter Bunny is fun to make! You can experiment with whatever punches you have. For this bunny I used the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch for the body, the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch for his head, and a small oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies for his ears. If you have a retired Oval Punch you can use that. I only needed one die cut because I just cut it in half for the ears. For the face, I just drew it in. Before adhering the bunny, I sponged the edges of the pieces lightly with Powder Pink Ink. I meant to color the inside of the ears with Stampin’ Blends in pink but I forgot! The bunny is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on the front of the Easter basket. He/She still needed a bit of something so I tied a bow with Powder Pink 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon.
The Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper is so pretty by itself you can make bags, baskets, or boxes easily without having to do much else! The silver foil and colorful handpainted design of the flowers don’t require much embellishment. If you learn how to make an easy paper Easter basket with a punch art bunny with the Sweet Soiree paper, you will have a beautiful little gift or treat for someone special.
Happy Easter Day 2017!
