CAS Easter Cards

I have a couple of really easy cards using some sweet Easter images! The first one uses Little Cuties, which is a fun little (retired) set that has lots of images perfect for spring, babies or children's birthdays!  I chose to use the chick and the EARS for a CAS, one-layer card:

It's a note-sized card, stamped in Stazon on Thick Whisper White cardstock, colored with So Saffron, Mango Melody and Pear Pizzazz inks:

I'm entering this in Little Red Wagon's one-layer challenge, Krafty Chick's CAS challenge, and the CAS Colour & Sketches color challenge:

My second one is very simple as well; my sweet friend Vickie shared this bunny image with me and I trimmed it with some Stitched Rectangle dies and added some gingham:

The sentiment is also from Little Cuties, cut (and trimmed a bit) with a Tasteful Labels die:

That sweet little face...love it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White
Ink	Stazon, So Saffron, Mango Melody, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories
Tools	Aquapainter

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unknown Bunny, Little Cuties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Crumb Cake, Homespun Gingham DSP (My Favorite Things)
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Label Dies

IC235 Easter Blessings

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend! I have been in full Easter-card-making mode! My craft room desk looks like a tornado hit it, LOL!  This particular card happened to fit the Inkspirational challenge of fur or feathers:

I used a CTMH set from a couple of years ago; I stamped my chicks and bunny on Whisper White cardstock in Stazon ink and colored them in with inks and an aquapainter:

After coloring them in, I stamped the grass and sentiment, then mounted it all on a Pear Pizzazz card:

I just the look on this little chick's face!

My final embellishment was to add a Pear Pizzazz ribbon!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Praise the Lord.  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. "  Psalm 106:1

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Ink	Stazon Black, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Pear Pizzazz Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Aquapainter

PP533 CAS Funny Farm

Happy Sunday, everyone!  It is Ann's turn to hostess our Paper Players challenge and she has a fun CAS one for us:

 

When I saw the array of animals in the challenge prompt, I knew just which stamp I wanted to use!  I first started with the FMS sketch from Jen:

And here we go:

This image and sentiment are both from Unity, stamped with Memento Black and diecut with various stitched dies.  I embossed a background panel with the Pinewood Planks EF, cut it in half diagonally, then mounted it on a Basic Black card base 5" square.  I created my own envelope as well, because of the large size, using some DSP from True Love.

I used two stamps from Papertrey for the inside, and sadly, I think I washed the smaller one down the drain while I was washing my Stamp Shammy!!! :(  Anyway, I still have the big one, so that's the important one to me!  I also punched out the corners for some interest!

Since I've only used black and white, I am also entering this in Color Hues' challenge this month:

Come play along with us this week at the Paper Players...remember to keep it CLEAN AND SIMPLE!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today!

So no pictures of the family, but I had to share an interesting find....we have a discount grocery store that I like to frequent. They sell stuff that's slightly outdated, or a can with a bump or torn label.  I have some amazing deals at really good prices!  On my last trip, I noticed these:

Sauerkraut....in little individual packets, just like ketchup at MickyD's!!!  I don't care for sauerkraut, but John does, so I bought them for him!  He had some with a couple of hot dogs for lunch, and said they weren't bad! Plus they didn't stink up the whole house, LOL! And this is what HE brought home the last time he shopped (I told you he liked sauerkraut, LOL!)

Yep, CHIPS made from cabbage and sauerkraut...AND dill pickle flavoring!  They're actually not bad at all!  A little garlicky for my taste, but at 75 cents a bag, who cares?  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Funny Farm (Unity), Barnyard Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker), Triple Corner Punch, Pinewood Planks EF

Fusion Nest of Eggs

Happy Saturday, peeps!  And happy SPRING, if you're in the Northern hemisphere!!  I am so glad to know that we might be able to sweep away that chilly weather soon!  And speaking of spring, I have a sweet little springy Easter card for you today; it uses both the sketch AND photo prompt from Fusion:

My friend Martha gave me some Easter egg dies a long time ago and I think this is the first I've used them:

I couldn't find any gingham DSP in my stash that suited me, so I printed some out on my computer!  The sentiment is from W+9, stamped in Memento Black and diecut with a die from Tasteful Labels dies.  I wanted to add a black border around it, but there is only one die in the set with that shape, so I cut two and adhered them together to create a mat:

My "nest" of eggs features eggs cut from Rococo Rose, Naturals White, Soft Seafoam, Soft Sky and Crumb Cake; I sponged them and speckled them with Crumb Cake and Memento Black ink.  I "gathered" them together with a bit of Braided Linen Trim!  This is actually a remake of this card:

I decided I didn't like the pink striped background, so I disassembled it and used the gingham paper instead!  I am also entering this in the Inspire.Create Anything Goes challenge, and the Sugar Pea Mix It Up challenge:

Thanks for visiting today---be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Rococo Rose, Soft Sky (ret), Soft Seafoam, Naturals White (ret), Crumb Cake, computer paper
Ink	Memento Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede (for shading)
Accessories	Braided Linen Trim, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Egg Die (unknown maker), Tasteful Labels Dies, Sponge Daubers

AYSI246 Happy Easter

Happy Friday, peeps!  Time for a new As You See It challenge...right on time for the Easter holiday!  You might want to do a fun card or a religious one!  I chose to do both!

My first one uses some current and retired products:

I used some Ornate Garden Specialty paper for my background, layering it on a Soft Seafoam card.  The cross from Cross of Hope die was cut from some Gold Foil, as was the back layer of the Nesting Labels die.  I heat-embossed a sentiment from the retired Easter Lamb set in gold embossing powder and diecut it with the banner die from the same die set:

I also added some Soft Seafoam leaves, diecut with the Pierced Blooms dies.  The inside sentiment was from an older SU set, God Bless II:

The second one is more whimsical; again, I used Easter Lamb with the same DSP line, and added some Pierced Bloom flowers and a Bumblebee Gingham ribbon:

I did a tiny bit of shading with some Blends, and added Pierced Bloom flowers as well:

And used the sentiment from the same set for the inside:

Finally, I used the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

Oops, I forgot the little doodads at the top left!  Oh well!

We're open to any way you want to interpret our Easter-themed challenge this week, and we hope you'll play along!  Check out what the DT created at As You See It if you need some additional inspiration!  Thanks for popping by today!

Not an Easter lamb....but still cute!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"See!  The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.  Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land."  Song of Songs 2:11-12

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Lamb, God's Blessings II(both ret)
Card stock & Papers	Soft Seafoam, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Ornate Garden Specialty DSP
Ink	Old Olive, Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Cross of Hope Dies (ret), Crumb Cake Blend, Heat Tool

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Lamb (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Flirty Flamingo, So Saffron, Ornate Garden Specialty DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Calypso Coral
Accessories	Dimensionals, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch

IB166 Easter Bunnies

Hello, everyone!  What a sweet Inspired By inspiration photo Danni has for us this week!  I just love the sweet little patchwork blanket with all the little bunnies popping out!  Adorable!

 

And here is our optional sketch:

The mailman just happened to drop off this cute little Poppystamps bunny die just in time for today's challenge!  I cut three of them out of some retired Naturals Ivory cardstock and backed them with some retired DSP to create a clean and simple card:

I cut out a fourth one and snipped out the bunny, just leaving the frame, and adhered it to another piece of cardstock, trimmed it, then stamped a sentiment from the retired Little Cuties on it:

On the inside, I adhered the snipped-off bunny to a Pear Pizzazz panel and added a sentiment from W+9:

The Inspired By design team did an awesome job with their cards this week...."hop" over to the blog and see what they created!  Then share yours with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Sorry....one of our favorite games!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Pear Pizzazz, Naturals Ivory (ret), SU DSP (I can't remember the name)
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peek a Boo Bunny Die (Poppystamps)

TCC151 Brilliant Butterfly

 Happy Wednesday, all!  Our Card Concept challenge for this week is a brilliant one:

I had a few ideas in my head, but since I usually don't tend to go for bright jewel colors, I thought I would use them, but in a minimal way!  So here we go:

My card base of Thick White cardstock was embossed with lines created with a stylus and my scoring board.  I added a panel of Magenta Madness and True Love DSP, then did a watercolor background on a piece Shimmery White cardstock with some Pacific Point ink.  I stamped the butterfly from Positive Thoughts and added some deeper shades of PP and Granny Apple Green.  I cut it out with some circular dies, and rhinestones added some sparkle.

Finally, a sentiment from Ornate Thanks, also stamped in Pacific Point and diecut with the same Stitched So Sweetly dies finished off my clean-and layered card:

I hope you'll play along with us; if you need to identify the different concepts we feature at The Card Concept, check out our blog, then play along!  Can't wait to see you there!

Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ornate Thanks, Butterfly Gala
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Shimmery White, Magenta Madness, Pacific Point, True Love DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Pretty Peacock Rhinestones (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Layering Circle Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Aquapainter, Stampin Score Tool