Say I love you with a whimsical handmade Easter card

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You’ll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencils I used from A Colorful Life Designs.  Follow the link and use discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Easter means bunnies, chocolate, and celebrating traditions created over the years. Sending a card is a wonderful way to send a hug to someone you can’t be with.

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Border Layer:  5 x 4

Card Face:  5 x 4 

Card Face:

• After laying the card face on my Grip Mat, I positioned the Easter egg stencil.
• I applied blue ink to the bottom and pink ink to the top, going back and forth between the two colours until I got a smooth blend where they met.
• After removing that stencil, I positioned the bunny stencil so that the bunny on the right was in the correct position.
• I masked off all necessary areas around the bunny and applied gray ink across the exposed surface.
• I repositioned the stencil to place the bunny on the left in the right spot, and again added gray ink after masking off all necessary areas.
• I used a punch on all four corners of the card face to create the peek-through design.

Other:

• Using a scrap piece of cardstock, I stamped the Happy Easter sentiment with Versamark embossing ink.
• I sprinkled this with silver embossing powder and set it with my heat gun.
• I ran this through my Big Shot and cut it down with a small banner die.
• I applied gray ink to the corners of the border layer.   (This ensured a match to the bunnies on the card face,  and was more economical than using a piece of cardstock.)

Assembly

• I put dimensional foam on the back of the border layer, and then glued the card face on top of this, allowing the gray ink to show through the punched-out design.
• I centered this on the card base.
• I glued the banner on top of the Easter egg, in between the bunnies’ hands.
• I added tiny rhinestones to the center of the flowers on the Easter egg.

Final Thoughts:

I love these two stencils together:  I’ve been eyeing  the Bunny Dance stencil for a while now, and I’m so happy that I got it.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencils:

    Cute Easter Egg:  A Colorful Life Designs

    Bunny Dance, A Colorful Life Designs

Waffle Flower Grip Mat: Scrapbook.com

Versamark Embossing Ink: Simon Says Stamp

Silver Embossing Powder: Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua: Michaels

Card Base & Card Face: Accent 100 lb., Amazon

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