Easter Blooms

 I am creating this blog post on Sunday during our second snowstorm this week. We have gotten so much snow there is no where left to put it. So, what's a gal to do? Go in to her craft room and think Spring and Easter. 

I love the "Bunny Blooms" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. It was fun to bring out some spring Copic colours to colour with and to get my first Easter card for this year done. 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers and hand fussy cut the stamp. I set it aside and found some patterned papers from my stash, Lemon Craft and Honey Bee that all worked together. I cut the paper to fit my design and added some matching gingham ribbon before gluing the pieced down. I added the stamped image to the circle and glued it down. A stamped sentiment on matching card stock and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - Bunny Blooms (T063) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Script Easter Greetings (F093)

Patterned Paper - House of Roses - Lemon Craft, Gingham Galore - Honey Bee, stash 

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, circle die, ribbon, enamel dots

Copic List

Body Shading  - W0 W1 W2

Tulips - Y11 Y8 Y18 V20 YG01 YG02 YG17 YG67

Ears/Nose - R00 R30 R21 R22

Thanks for popping by! Have a great day!

                                                                                        

Sending Smiles

Wow I can't believe it's Thursday again - one day closer to Fri-YAY! 

When I see a bunny, I immediately think Easter but I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could come up with something different with this cute Bunny Blooms stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I have a few friends who are going through some not so fun things so I decided to make this a card that will hopefully give one of them a smile when they receive it. 

I love when a stamp can be used a couple different ways. 

I coloured my stamp with alcohol markers and then fussy cut it. It was mounted on patterned paper and a piece of white embossed cardstock. I added a flower from my stash and some glittery gumdrops and it is very hard to see in the picture but the tulips have Clear Wink of Stella on them as well. I added a cotton ball to his tail - just for fun!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Bunny Blooms and Sending Smiles - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Sprinkles, Swim Suits - Soak Up The Sun - Carta Bella

Clear Wink of Stella

Antique Linen Distress Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Marker

Dies: Stitched Rectangle, Journalled Weekly 3X4 die set - Your Next Stamp, Foliage - Spellbinders

Sizzix Embossing Folder 

Ribbon and flower - from my stash, Copic Xpress It, Pop Dots - Forever in Time

Spectrum Noir Markers: PP1 PP2 PP6 1G1 1G3 1G4 BP1 BP2 BP6 LG2 LG3 LG5

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're inspired to find a different way to use a stamp in your stash.  Happy Crafting!