Easter Is On Its Way

Hey Everybody, I have three Easter cards for you today. With Easter about 3 weeks away, I thought I'd better get moving and make a few cards. Our challenge today was to make a Pop Up Z Fold Block Card. You can find Mary's card and directions here. Garden Poetry Sneak Peek Pop-Up Block Fold with Video by Stamps-n-lingers at Splitcoaststampers Once I put the card together I gathered already colored images from last year and added them to my card with dimensionals. The large bunny is on a wobbler so he will wobble. I think this might go to my granddaughter.

Keywords: TLC1096

Stamps: Assorted colored images from my stash

Paper: pretty in pink, Easter Joy-Stampin' Up designer series paper

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic Markers, dimensionals, dies, wobbler

Techniques: Pop Up Z Fold Block Card

For my second card, I used a very old die called, Top Note Die. It was one of my favorite dies back in the day. It's one of the big, thick dies we used to have. I remember making all sorts of 3D items with this die. I was so sad when it retired. I did keep it so I could continue to use it.

Our challenge was large sentiments. I stamped the greeting in memento tuxedo black ink. I used white paper and cut the top note die. Then I embossed it with my egg embossing folder. I ran my lemon lolly ink over the embossing so it could be easily seen. I colored the eggs and cut them out. I layered it on the Echo Park designer paper.

Keywords: CAS887

Stamps: Easter Blessings

Paper: white, gold glimmer, Echo Park-Bunny + Baskets designer paper

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black, lemon lolly

Accessories: cross die, Top Note Die-Stampin' Up, egg embossing folder

Techniques: dry embossing, direct to paper inking, coloring

My last card is a new to me, House Mouse stamp. A good friend gave this to me. She was clearing out some things and knew I loved House Mouse stamps. Notice here I used soft colors for the image and cut the sentiment out of designer series paper called Easter Joy from Stampin' Up.

Our Challenge is to use daffodil delight, pretty in pink and misty moonlight. The challenge can be found here.
CC1093 The Pretty Daffodil Moonlight (2/24/26) by stampin'nana at Splitcoaststampers
I stamped and colored the image with Copic Markers. I die cut the image and several designer series paper frames. Lastly I rounded the corners on the card base and added the sentiment.

Looking at this card reminds me of my early days of stamping when one of the few tools I had was a corner rounder.  After I got that tool, almost every card I made for weeks had rounded corners! LOL  That's what you do when you get a new tool, right?

Keywords: CC1093

Stamps: House Mouse-Jelly Bean Break

Paper: daffodil delight, white, SU-Countryside Inn designer series paper

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: curved rectangle dies, Daily Bread Designs-Happy Easter Die, Copic Markers

Techniques: coloring, die cutting

As you can see there are three very different Easter Cards here. There are also very different layouts for the cards. For me it's always exciting to make a card. I usually know the colors I'll use or the paper I'll use but I never know what my card will look like until I finish. 

I rarely have a finished picture of my cards in my brain when I start. It's the kind of thing that just develops as I go.

Is that how your cards are made, or do you have a picture in your mind of the finished card before you even begin to stamp?  I love that we're all so different in how we stamp and assemble our cards.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue