Leaping into Easter - Try Stampin on Tuesday #600

For challenge #600 at Try Stampin on Tuesday, I made a slim line card as I wanted to include all three characters for the theme challenge. ie. bunny, duck and lamb. I used a retired Easter stamp set " Welcome Easter".

The card base is Daffodil Delight, layered with Basic White card stock embossed with the Quatrefoil Embossing Folder. Before adding the Basic White layer to the Card base, a piece of Daffodil Delight ribbon was added towards the left side.

On a piece of Basic White card stock, and using the new masking paper and the stamparatus, the lamb, duck and bunny from the "Welcome Easter" stamp set were stamped one on top of the other. In addition, a tiny bee can be seen buzzing over head and some flowers and pebble embellishments are in the grass below. The Easter characters look like they are playing leap frog. All 3 were coloured with Stampin' Blends. On impulse I placed a small fussy cut flower above the right ear of the lamb.

After they were coloured, using the new small blender brushes, some Balmy Blue ink was added in the sky around the wobbly Easter characters, and some Garden Green on the ground below

The focal image piece was matted with Daffodil Delight card stock and added to the left side of the embossed Basic White layer using dimensionals.

The Easter sentiment was from another retired stamp set "Fable Friends" .  A circle from the Stylish Shapes dies was used to die cut this sentiment rather than a square. It was added to the lower right side of the focal piece.

I added some Glossy Accents to the nose and flower of the lamb, the beak and feet the chick,  and the nose of the bunny.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Welcome Easter, Fable Friends

Inks;  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends, Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Smokey Slate

Lamb:  Smokey Slate, Real Red, Melon Mambo

Duck:  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Bunny: Gray Granite, Flirty Flamingo

Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Basic White

Accessories:  Quatrefoil Embossing Folder, 3/8" Daffodil Delight mini Chevron ribbon, Glossy Accents, Dimensionals, Loose flower flourishes, Loose daisy embellishments, Pebble embellishment, Stylish Shape die, Glossy Accents, Dimensionals.

Welcome Easter meets Grace's Garden

These cards were made for my grandchildren.

Using the masking technique, the images from "Welcome Easter" were inserted into "Grace's Garden".

Each card is slightly different from the other - they are the same, yet different.  Each card features one of the characters from "Welcome Easter" and some of the images from Grace's garden.  All feature the fence, but the flowers differ as does the placement of the sentiment.

All are coloured using Stampin' Blends.

All are top folding A2 cards with a Thick Whisper White base.  Two of the focal piece were matted with Highland Heather card stock; the third with Daffodil Delight.

Below are the three cards.

Card #1   The Easter Bunny

This little bunny is so "hoppy", looking as if he just hopped through the gate.

Card #2   The Little Lamb

Notice the cotton fluff placed on his head giving him more of a woolly appearance.

Card #3  The Easter chick

 Did he hide the Easter eggs in the garden behind him?  Only the robin knows for sure.

Pop Up Easter Flower Card - a partial case

I came up with this idea from Jan Brown, a UK demonstrator, so the basic design is her's, but the choice of stamp, colours and paper is mine.

I knew I wanted to make an Easter card, but initially had difficulty choosing some DSP, until I reviewed the Bird Ballad DSP.  The pale pastel colours with Daffodil Delight highlights was perfect for what I had in mind.

The front of the card looks like an ordinary A2 card, but the surprise comes when the card is opened!
Out pops a flower pot containing some lovely yellow crocuses!

The flower pot is made by taking a 1 3/4 by 8" strip of Daffodil Delight card stock, scoring it at 2, 4, and 6" then embossing it with the Basket Weave embossing folder.  Adhesive is added to the right side of the end panels which are then added to the inside of the card  with the edges right against the card fold line.

But, I'm ahead of myself.

The base card is Daffodil Delight, with the front, and two inner sides decorated with identical pieces of Bird Ballad DSP layered with Whisper White card stock. I debated about changing the DSP pattern for the inside, but decided to keep thepattern the same as the front.

The front - on top of the DSP, an oval circle, embossed with the Basket Weave embossing folder, is added to the center.  Using dimensionals, the Easter sentiment, from "Welcome Easter" is die cut . with the Petals Label Die.  An extra coloured crocus flower, snipped off the bouquet, was tucked underneath this die cut and a bird, fussy cut from the DSP, was added just below it.  Then I added a bow made with ruched Daffodil Delight ribbon below the sentiment, and 3 Champagne rhinestones.

Back to the Inside:
After adding the flower pot pop up, and making sure the card closed and opened smoothly, two crocus bunches were added to the pot.  These were coloured with Stampin' Blends and fussy cut as there are no dies for this image.
On the pot  itself I added the coloured image of a field of Crocuses which I cut in half.  Each half was adhered so that the edges of the middle cut line met at the fold line.

After filling the pot, I did a quick check by opening and closing the card to ensure that no parts of the flowers extended from inside of the card.

Although Jan added some butterflies to each of the upper inner corners, I decided no further embellishments were needed.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:Easter Promise, Welcome Easter
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive)
Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP
Accessories:  Basket Weave Embossing Folder, 1/4" Ruched Daffodil Delight ribbon, Champagne rhinestones, Dimensionals, Oval dies,  Petal Label Die