Hello, my friends! Its's almost Easter and you really should have all your cards made, if not sent, already. I readily confess I have not! And if you, like me, thrive on the thrill of living on the edge here are some last minute ideas.
Today I want to show you 2 cards I made using Chocolate Baroque's
Springtime Edges stamps from the April release collection and the
Easter Traditions set. You can see the original post on the
Chocolate Baroque DT blog. Here, I will give you details of the inks, paints and techniques used to create these cards.
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No patterned papers on the first card. Using
Spellbinders Classic Oval die, I cut out a window on some green CS and ran it through the Bog Shot with a
Darice Checkered Folder. Then I made a frame using the
Scalloped Oval for the window.
I stamped the Daffodils and Snowdrops from the
Springtime Edges with
VersaFine Olympia Green. I coloured the Daffodils with
TH Distress Inks Mustard Seed and
Squeezed Lemonade. Then I fussy cut and adhered it as a border with some of the leave over the window. I stamped the solid Snowdrops in
VersaFine Olympia Green. The Cross is from the
Easter Traditions set, which I stamped in
VersaFine Onyx Black and coloured with
TH Distress Inks Walnut Stain and
Vintage Photo for the wood and
Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and
Spiced Marmalade for the sunflower in the middle.
Then I fussy cut the Cross and adhered with foam tape over the stamped snowdrops. Finally the windowed card front goes up on some more foam tape!
By setting the solid image behind the foam-mounted cross and adding a coloured border in front, I'm creating a perception of depth and distance. Here's a closer look at the
Springtime Edges in action.
On the inside, a beautiful sentiment perfect for Easter, from the
Easter Traditions set.
Challenges for this card:
Fab n' Funky #212: Flower Power
Cuttin' and Stampi' #14: Easter
Loves Rubber Stamp #99: Easter
Sweet Stamps: Combo AG + Embossing - Easter + dry embossing
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My second Easter card features the Primula border from
Springtime Edges with the tall Daffodil and sentiment from
Easter Traditions.
For this card, I painted a faux plaid background directly on the card base using watercolour and mounted the image with some foam tape.
I coloured the flowers in traditional Pascal colours using
Promarkers. I first stamped the Daffodils using
TH Bundled Sage as the background and adhered the fussy cut primula border in the foreground. The sentiment is from the
Easter Traditions set, stamped directly on to the background.
Here's the inside, with another round of Daffodils in
TH Bundled Sage.
Challenges for this card:
There you have it - 2 Easter cards a couple of days before the big day. Cutting it a bit fine, wouldn't you say?! Keep an eye on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog for more fun ways to use your newly acquired April release stamps.
Thank you for stopping by. It's going to be a hectic few days for me. We have the entire fam and some very dear friends from Norway popping over to spend the holidays with us. With 15 people turning up for Easter lunch, I'm in a bit of a state... our table seats a maximum of 8! Any suggestions? Leave the country, perhaps?! LOL.
Have a Blessed Easter, my friends & Uma Santa Páscoa para todos.
Beijinhos,
