Blessings to You At Easter

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am looking forward to some sunshine today--still cold, but better than rain & dampness!  My quick little card today is for the Inspired By challenge as well as the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I am still finding ways to use some of the pretty papers I got recently from Craft Consortium!  I chose a leafy pattern for the top portion of the sketch, using a circle die to cut out the right portion.  I then diecut a little egg from a solid piece, stamped some little polka dots on it, then added a wee little bunny:

I stamped a sentiment on a Crumb Cake banner in Mossy Meadow ink:

And the inside:

Both sentiments are from Divinity Designs!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), Easter Cross (Divinity Designs), Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Versamark, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AHSC674 Easter Eggs

 Happy Monday, all! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

I am still making Easter cards, and although I had a much simpler initial idea for this one, it morphed into something more, LOL!

I'm trying to use all my Easter stamps this year (haha) and the eggs from the Happy Eggs set from Simon Says Stamp hadn't seen any ink yet!  I stamped them in Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Coaster Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather, then cut them out with the matching dies.  I diecut strips of the same colors and mounted them within a cross-stitch border, then added a few more diecut embellishments:

I stamped the inside in Highland Heather with a set from Divinity Designs:

I am also entering this at the In(k)spire Me blog, where they're looking for Easter:

You can have a lot of fun with this sketch!  And I hope you'll play along! Check out all the designers' card at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Alleluia (Divinity Designs), Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather
Ink	Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (Gina Marie)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Cross-Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Easy Strips 1/2" Dies (Taylored Expressions), Stitched Florals Dies (My Favorite Things)

PP778 Sketch Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going well so far!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess with a wonderful sketch--I just love banners!  Here we go:

I had an idea in my head to make a little "diorama" Easter egg--remember them? You peeked in a hole in the side of the egg and you'd see a little scene!  Mine didn't quite turn out the way I imagined, but it was still a fun card to create.  Here we go:

I recently got some pretty papers from Craft Corsortium called Bloom and Wild; they have florals on one side and these pretty watercolors on the other.  I diecut two eggs, cutting an opening in one, then adding a little diecut bunny:

If I were to do this again, I probably wouldn't add the pearls and the little punched flowers around the edge--they were supposed to represent the "icing" around the opening! I think it's a little busy! I created the banner with the opposite side of the papers and added an Easter sentiment from Our Daily Bread, stamped in Strawberry Slush.  The horizontal piece has a diecut scalloped border, and it all went on a panel embossed with the Lovely Stripes embossing folder.  The little bow on the bottom of the egg is from the Mini Treat Bag dies.  

This sketch is really versatile and I hope you'll play with us! Check out what the other designers at the Paper Players did with it!  Thanks so much for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Purple Posy (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Lovely Stripes EF, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Bunny Dies (Lil'Inker), Small Flower Punch (ret), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret)

Hippity Hoppity

 Hey peeps! I am in full-bore Easter-stamping mode with bunnies taking center stage again!  I got some new stamps and dies from my local Amish stamp store (I'll be sharing those later), but I dug into some of my stash of papers and stamps to create this cutie:

 

My papers are from Carta Bella's Gather at Home, along with a little Blushing Bride stitched tag from Impression Obsession.  The bunnies are also from IO, stamped in Crumb Cake and colored with a Pink Pirouette Blend and accented with Blushing Bride ribbon and twine:

I had a couple of already-cut banners from the Greetery, so on one, I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamps' Happy Eggs.  The inside sentiment was also from that same set, along with a Christian sentiment from Divinity Designs:

I hope it's okay to mix secular and Christian!  Those bunnies are just too cute!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bunny Friends (Impression Obsession), Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp, Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Gather at Home (Carta Bella)
Ink	Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Blushing Bride Ribbon (ret), Blushing Bride Twine (ret0, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Bunny Friends Dies (Impression Obsession), Tear Strip Tags Dies (The Greetery)

Wee Little Bunny

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Short and sweet post today--no challenge, although I originally intended this card to be for last week's FMS sketch, but I put the sentiment in the wrong place! So I am sharing here anyway because I like it, and because it was inspired by Michele's cute card here.  So here we go:

I really liked the soft pink that Michele used on her card, so I searched in my Scrapbook.com paper stash and found this soft pink plaid.  I had a wee bit of Papertrey's Soft Stone cardstock left in my stash as well, so I diecut a little Impression Obsession bunny and some foliage with that, then mounted it atop a double scalloped frame diecut from Penny Black.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs, stamped on an Everyday Arch diecut:

Of course, he has a little velveteen tail....so cute!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Stone (Papertrey), Velveteen (ret), Winter (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Double Double Frame Dies (Penny Black), Bunny Buddies Dies (Impression Obsession), Timeless Arrangement Dies (ret)

Happy St Patrick's Day

 Hello, peeps! Happy St Patrick's Day to you!  I don't send out St Pat's cards, but I did receive a couple:

This one is from my friend Kathy; I recognize that Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment!  And this one is from my friend Karen:

Let me tell you, the gold on this card will light up the room!  Thank you ladies!  So fun to get happy mail like this!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

AHSC673 Floral Charm

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a nice weekend!  It's time for another wonderful sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

                                                       

I wanted to revisit some of the lovely DSPs that've been in the main catalog, Floral Charm and Country Woods.  They tend to get neglected when the mini catalogs come out, right?  I guess that's why SU is going to be having three catalogs a year going forward!  More fun stuff to look at!  Anyway, I did some layering of these pretty papers; added a Basic White panel embossed with the Exposed Brick EF and some lovely ribbon and pearls:

I simply diecut one of the florals from the DSP and added a Mossy Meadow mat.  I sponged white ink around the edges of the Mossy Meadow to give it a softer look!  The sentiment is from the new Rolling Waves....I've used the sentiments several times and still haven't gotten to use the dies yet!  Hopefully soon!  I diecut it with the Textured Notes dies and added a little flag on each end from the Stylish Shapes dies:

And another sentiment from Rolling Waves went on the inside, stamped in Misty Moonlight:

I hope you'll find this sketch perfect for your crafting!  We hope you'll come along and create something, then share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts sketch blog!  See you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rolling Waves
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Mossy Meadow, Country Woods DSP, Floral Charm DSP
Ink	CLoud Cover, Misty Moonlight, Craft White
Accessories	Festive Pearls, Dimensionals, Faux Linen Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Textured Shapes Dies, Sponge Dauber