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Storybook Moments Z-Fold Bunnies Card

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Storybook Moments Z-Fold Bunnies Card

I think this Storybook Moments Z-Fold Bunnies Card turned out so sweet, not because I made it, but because the paper and the bunnies are just irresistible. I didn’t even add a greeting because this was not meant to be an Easter card (although it could be!) and I wasn’t sure for what occasion I would send it or to whom I would send it. And I could have no sentiment and just write a personal message inside.

This is a Z-Fold card which I think always looks special and yet is simple to make. It is just the front of the card folded back on a center score line. The only tricky part is adhering the center panel on the front, centered properly, so that if you have a stamped greeting on the inside, it is completely hidden from the front because of how you place it.

This card starts with a base of Boho Blue cardstock. Cut the usual card size, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. Score at 2 1/8″ and 4 1/4″. Or score the card at 4 1/4″ as usual, then score the card front in half. Half of 4 1/4″ is 2 1/8″. Or just fold the card front in half lining it up with the card fold. Then decorate however you like.

I used the Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper for this card. I have liked this paper so much I have almost used all of it and that doesn’t usually happen! I just love the patterns with the strawberries and I got to use both on this card! One has a pinkish background and one has blue. My friend said she’d like to have the blue one for wallpaper! That would take a lot of packages of paper!

I adhered a piece of the pink strawberry pattern to the front panel. It is cut at 5 3/8″ x 2″. The main thing to think about is keeping margins the same wherever you place paper on the card. This measurement gave a teeny tiny margin around the edges. If you want the usual margin, then cut the designer paper a little narrower and shorter. But then so that with the inside layer and the strip on the right-hand edge of the card, IF you are doing those. The inside of my card has a Basic White piece cut at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. I played and played trying to decide on the paper design for the edge of the card and finally the blue background strawberry pattern looked perfect.

The Basic White paper on the inside of the card (for a stamped or written message or note) looked too stark white against the other papers so I used a Small Blending Brush (or you could use a sponge) to apply just a very light shade of Crumb Cake ink just around the edges and even a bit in the center. Very light! It’s just enough to match the background of the paper with the bunnies instead of looking so white.

The focal point of the card uses the Storybook Moments DSP pattern with the larger images of bunnies in a variety of poses and actions. I used the largest circle die in the Stylish Shapes Dies because that was the size I needed to get every bit of the bunnies in the die. That left me with nothing larger for the layer. After looking through my dies, I chose the Memorable Blooms Dies (which were on the Last Chance List and now must be discontinued). The octagon shape fit the bunny diecut very well and the Old Olive cardstock helped it stand out from the background.

The strip on the side of the card is 1″ x 5 3/8″, again, matching the same length of the other papers and margins on the card. You can vary this size or not even add it. For a finishing touch, I added a small bow under the bunny piece. I haven’t gone through my ribbons in awhile so this one may be retired as well. It was a Granny Apple Green in a Ribbon Duo Combo Pack. Use whatever you have. Linen Thread would look perfect on this card as well. Another important tip is to only put glue or adhesive on the half of the focal point panel so that it only is sticky on the side going on the Z-Fold and not sticking to the inside of the card!

Here is a photo of the card opened up so you can see how the Z-Fold looks.

Storybook Moments Z-Fold Bunnies Card Open

As much as I like to add bling or sparkles, I felt this card was fine without anything else, just the bow!

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Countryside Inn Little Bunny Card

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Countryside Inn Little Bunny Card

When I first saw this particular paper in the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper with the little bunnies, I immediately thought it would make a cute baby card! I’m not saying this card, the Countryside Inn Little Bunny Card, is necessarily a baby card, but I think it could be. I think the greeting “could” be for a baby card because when do you “Enjoy All the Little Moments” more than when you have a baby and watch that baby grow up?

I don’t usually do it this way, but for this card, I used Basic White cardstock for the card base, but instead of leaving a margin showing, I completely covered the front of the card with designer paper. I began with the paper that had the little bunnies on it. I ended up cutting the bunny DSP at 5 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ because I wanted to save as many bunnies as I could. I wanted the bunnies to be the focal point of the card so I wanted as much of the full bunnies to show. At first, I cut the paper at 3 1/2″ wide, but obviously, that didn’t leave much room on the top and bottom of the card. So I trimmed off the tiniest bit off the top and bottom so the tiniest bit of the bunnies’ feet were cut off on the bottom and the tiniest bit of one ear on the top. If you want to do it differently, you can vary your measurements.

Next, I chose Misty Moonlight cardstock for the narrow strip at the top and bottom of the bunny pattern. It just helps set off the bunny paper. It is one of the coordinating colors with this Countryside Inn Designer Paper. The other colors that would work are Boho Blue and Night of Navy. I didn’t care for Balmy Blue for this card, but it is listed as one of the coordinating colors. These two strips are cut at 5 1/2″ x 3/4″ and I used my Grid Paper to try to line up the paper as well as I could with 1/4″ showing at the top and bottom of the bunny paper. You could make it narrower. Honestly, I can’t stamp without my Grid Paper! Once you get used to it, you can’t do without it. There are two other choices for Grid Paper in the Online Store but I love the original with the measurements printed along the bottom and up the side. I have some other “prettier” grid paper but I write in my own measurements because that’s partly why I am using Grid Paper!!

If you flip the bunny paper over to the other side, the pattern I used at the top and bottom of the card is what is on the other side. I decided to just go with that pattern since it obviously went with the bunny paper if it was printed on the opposite side. You can cut strips of this DSP to 5 1/2″ x 1″ (or less) so that a little shows above and below the main panel.

To assemble, I first adhered the striped pattern to the top and bottom of the Basic White card base. I adhered the Misty Moonlight cardstock to the top and bottom of the bunny paper, then adhered that panel to the card base. I used the Multipurpose Liquid Glue on this card to give me that “wiggle room” to get the edges all lined up. With a card like this, sometimes one or more of the papers hang over the edge of the card base, but just use Paper Snips or a paper cutter to slice off that tiny bit along the edge.

For the greeting, I used this one in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. This could be a baby card even without a specific baby greeting. So don’t worry if you don’t have the exactly greeting you want, there is always something else you can use if you look through your stamp sets! I stamped the greeting in Misty Moonlight ink and die-cut it with a die in the Timeless Arrangements Dies. There are other die choices you could make depending on your greeting. I wanted something small to not hide the bunnies! I also cut out an extra little bunny by hand that I popped up on some trimmed Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered him right over one of the printed bunnies next to the greeting as well as a flower from another sheet of the paper.

It might seem like a lot of steps to this card, but it isn’t really. It took me a little while to design it and do the “math” to get everything the size I wanted, but you can just copy and not figure anything out!

If you like blue, you will really enjoy this Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog! Maybe even if blue isn’t your favorite color, you will come to appreciate the different colors of blue and the cute patterns in all the papers in this pack! Go check it out in the Online Store HERE.

Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card

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Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card

This Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card is an easy one to make! But is it an Easter card?? Or is it a baby card?? Well, I made it as an Easter card but the whole time I was making it I thought this sweet bunny reminded me of baby cards! In fact, I was so taken with stamping the cute little bunny that I forgot about a greeting! But I’ll show you the inside and I think we don’t ALWAYS have to put a greeting on the outside.

This bunny is in the Friends of the Forest Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 19. This is not an “Easter” set but of course, the bunny is perfect for Easter. I did one of the things I like to do best … I randomly stamped the bunny on the Basic White layer to make my own designer paper! Or simply a pretty background! I used Crumb Cake ink and I went back and colored in the ears with the Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Marker. I had to stop myself before I started doing even more coloring because I didn’t want all the bunnies colored.

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock, although it looks darker in the photo. Then there is a layer of Petal Pink underneath the Basic White. You could use any pink and you could use a darker brown like Soft Suede. Or change up the color scheme altogether.

I actually copied myself making this card! I remembered a card in THIS POST that I had always liked so I updated it with this bunny!

I wanted a colored bunny to be the focal point so I stamped the bunny on Basic White and die cut with one of the dies in Ornate Frames that fits on the frilly die cut in the same set. This one is on Petal Pink cardstock and was already in my bag of cardstock so I must have diecut it before and didn’t use it! Just seeing it in with the other Petal Pink cardstock gave me the idea. It was the perfect size for the bunny!

The bunny is just colored with a Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend Marker. I wanted to keep him light and didn’t do any blending with another color. I used the narrow tip of the Petal Pink marker to color the insides of the ears, the tail, and the cheeks. I could have stopped there but I added a bit of grass for him to sit in with the Light Mint Macaron marker.

To embellish the card a bit I simply wrapped around a piece of the Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon. This has been one of my favorite ribbons so I am sad it is retiring on May 2, if not before. It is even on sale so check it out (or stock up!). The bunny piece, on the Ornate Frames diecut is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

After I got this far on the card, I realized I didn’t have a greeting and no space for one. I guess I could have fit one on somehow, but sometimes I think a card is fine without a greeting on the front. Or sometimes I make a generic pretty card that I like and don’t want to put the greeting on until I need the card. That way I can add whatever the occasion calls for.

On this card, I got the idea to make the greeting inside a little fancier. I stamped the greeting from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. What a great set of greetings! It is in the Spring Mini Catalog but it is also carried over to the new Annual Catalog! Yea!! On each side of the Petal Pink greeting, I stamped the bunny in Crumb Cake ink to match the outside. I think it’s really cute! It’s common to stamp a little something inside the card or add some of the designer paper, but I like the idea of stamping something on each side of the greeting! I should color the inside of his ears with Petal Pink as I did on the front of the card.

Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card Inside

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