Bunny Kisses for the Paper Players

Hello friends and Happy Easter!  It's time for a new challenge at the Paper Players.  The amazing Elizabeth is hosting CAS week, and she has chosen the prompt Bunny.

Paper Players

I had some fun with this one, I hope it'll make you smile!

I decided to use the Bounding Bunnies from SSS and actually have them bound across the card!  The bunnies have two layers, one is the white front and the other goes behind to add color to the ear interior.  It also has a spot for the tail, where I chose to use little pompoms from my stash.

The sentiments are from the SSS Happy Eggs set and after die cutting, were lined up in the middle of the card.  Well, except the Bunny Kisses was added a little too close to the ampersand, so there's a bit more room at the bottom than the top.  But hey, it's handmade not store bought, right?

After adhering the bunnies and "tails", I used a black glaze pen to color in the eyes and add a bitty nose, then used a light pink Copic marker to add just a smidge of pink to give them rosy cheeks.  I thought about adding some gems, but I wanted to leave more "white space" since I knew my card was already pushing the boundaries for CAS lol! 

I hope you'll join us this week, wherever that bunny trail takes you in your creative journey!  The design team has a variety of cards to inspire you, so be sure to visit the blog.  You'll have until Friday, April 25th at 3pm EDT to join in.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week!

Stef

• SSS Happy Eggs stamps and dies
• SSS Bounding Bunnies dies
• Honey Bee Stamps Scallop Rectangle die
• Pompoms from my stash

Ears to You for Color Hues

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing my card for the latest challenge at Color Hues!  The delightful and talented Nancy will be our host for the next two weeks and she has chosen a beautiful color combination.

Color Hues

I'm also popping in at the last minute to join the Word challenge at Just Us Girls, using the word you.

JUGS 770

I love this soft color pairing and decided to make a cute and simple Easter card.

I adore that big bunny and used it a couple of years ago to create shaped Easter cards for the grands, but this time I wanted to use her on a card front.  Because of her size, the card ended up being A7.

Starting with the background, I randomly ink blended Shaded Lilac and Salvaged Patina over a panel of mixed media paper.  When the ink dried the panel was embossed with tiny polka dots and then trimmed down. 

The bunny, flowers and leaves were die cut in white, then ink blended with the same colors.  The bunny was adhered to the blended background, added to the card front and decorate with one flower and the leafy branches.  The sentiment was stamped, fussy cut and added to the card with thin foam squares.  I decided it still looked a little bare, so the remaining flower and two leaves were adhered in the corner.  The last touch was to add Glossy accent to the bunny's gray eye and Stardust Stickles to the white flower centers.  

For more inspiration be sure to visit the challenge blog and check out the fabulous variety of cards created by my talented teammates and our Guest Designer Caroline!  I hope you'll join us for this challenge, it will remain open until Tuesday, April 29th at 3pm EDT.

Thanks for visiting and take care!

Stef

• Ellen Hutson Essentials by Ellen Sew Cute Bunny dies and Ears to You stamp set
• Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
• Salvage Patina and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks
• Simon Says Stamp Earl dye ink