Spring Garden Greetings by Jean Okimoto

Spring has finally arrived - leaves and buds are appearing and days are getting longer.  Give the garden a headstart with the new Crocosmia Stems from our latest release.  Hi, Jean here with an Easter design for the new season.

Cut the blossoms and buds from the Crocosmia Stems set - and an extra blossom - from a Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack sheet.   Cut the centers from the green Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6.  Cut the leaves from a medium-green Greenery 6x6.

Cut the green plaid - from the Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 - with the largest die from the Half a Dozen Eggs set.  Cut a light green 6x6 from the Greenery 6x6 with the second-largest egg die.

Attach ScorTape to the light green Greenery 6x6 and cut it - tape-side-up - with the background die from the Cheery Happy Easter set.  Cut the detailed top layer of the greeting from the  medium-green 6x6.  Save the outline diecut for another project - and carefully attach the words to the adhesive-covered background.  Cover it with detail clear embossing powder, tap off the excess and heat-emboss it.  It'll be glossy and securely adhered.

Cut the light green 6x6 with the largest Wrapped Stitch Rectangles die and attach it to a top-folded white A2 card.  

Attach the diecuts - use foam tape for the greeting.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog - have a great weekend!

 

Supplies

 

94879 Crocosmia Stems

94906 Cheery Happy Easter

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

pp1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

sh44016 Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack

Easter Wishes…2 Buds and a Blossom by Jean Okimoto

Welcome spring and celebrate Easter with designs from the 2025 Peony release.  The Peony Bud Trio becomes a duo and gains a blossom.  Hi, Jean here with a versatile design to create in your favorite colors.

Cut Peony Bud Trio (except the 3 buds) from a dark green 6x6 in the Greenery collection.  Cut Gentle Peony Bloom and the Peony Bud Trio buds from pink cardstock.  The buds are specially-designed with tiny slotted sections.  Tuck the corner of a Post-It note into the slot to mask the top section of each bud and ink just the lower portion of the buds with Brilliance Pearlescent Thyme.  

Cut the peony stamens from the chartreuse Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Cut a 3/4" square of pink cardstock to use as a base upon which to attach the 5 peony petals and the 3-petal piece.  Add the remaining pieces.  

Cut the 2-3/4" wide Wrapped Stitch Rectangle from heavy white cardstock  (or 2 layers of medium-weight cardstock  glued together) for extra background dimension.

Attach Scor-tape to the topside of dark green cardstock and cut the background of the Cheery Happy Easter.  Cut the detailed portion of the greeting from white cardstock.  Attach the white greeting to the green background. Sprinkle it with detail clear powder and heat-emboss it.  

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-1/2" x  6-1/4 in .  Punch 1/4" accent circles from the lime green Graceful Garden Glitter Pad sheet.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting - see you on Friday!

Supplies

94872 Gentle Peony Bloom

94906 Cheery Happy Easter

94880 Peony Bud Trio

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

Happy Easter Bunny Card by Laura Fulcher

Greetings Friends. To those of you who celebrate it, I wish you a very happy Easter. In honor of the holiday, I chose to use the Festive Bunny for today's card. He is just so dapper in his jacket.

I also want to talk about a mistake you can make on your cards as I did with this one. I glued my bunny and basket die cuts down before I checked to see if my sentiment would still fit. It did not, so I had to add it to the inside:

This is just a friendly reminder to figure out the arrangement of all of the pieces before you start to glue things down!

To make the card, I cut out the bunny and his outfit using some of the Lagoon pack papers as well as patterned paper from the Anemone Grove paper pack. On my first try, I used teal paper for the vest, but I soon found out that patterned paper showed the vest off much better.

I cut the Easter eggs out with white cardstock and colored them with various Copic markers. I did it this way so that I could cut eggs out one time and color them rather than die cut lots of different colors of paper.

Here is a close up of the card:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94733 Festive Bunny

94729 Happy Easter Dover Script

94732 Woven Basket of Eggs

pp1026 Anemone Grove 6x6 pack

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

Two Plaid Cards - New Spring Cheer Release by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today.  I have 2 card for you today - one is to wish you a Happy Easter and the 2nd card is a birthday card! 

For my Easter Card, I used the new Woven Basket of Eggs 94732, and the Happy Easter Curled Script 94731. I cut them both from white card stock and colored the basket and eggs with alcohol markers. I added them to a piece of plaid purple paper from the Magnolia Plaid PP1021 paper pad that I cut with the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set 94646.

Here's a closer look at my card:

You can see that I added Glossy Accents to the eggs after decorating them with black and white pen marks. And here's one last look at my Easter card for today:

Now for my 2nd card which also uses goodies from the last release.

As you can see I kept the plaid theme going and used some paper from the Madras Plaid Blue and Violet paper pack (PP1014) for my background.  The floral image was heat embossed with white embossing powder onto vellum and then die cut.  I also cut a 2nd floral image from light gray cardsock and stamped the image with darker gray ink.  I then ran that one through my die cutting machine with the 3D matching embossing folder.  I rubbed a little violet ink on top of it, let it dry and then adhered the vellum flower image on top of the gray one.  To adhere it, I used a glue pen and only added ink in lines where the embossing was so I could hide the adhesive.  Here's a closer look:

I popped the image die cut up on foam tape and then added both the circle foiled sentiment tab and some clear gems to the floral centers.  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my cards for today!  Check out the new release and be sure to come back each day for more inspiration.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  

 

Supplies

 

PP1021 Magnolia Plaid 6x6 pack

PP1014 Madras Plaid Blue and Violet 6x6 pack

94732 Woven Basket of Eggs

94731 Happy Easter Curled Script

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

CL5278 Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set

EF1025 Cheerful Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

ST008 Thank You Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Happy Easter Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today I have a cute Easter card for you using new products from the 2024 Spring Release.

I started by adhering colored cardstock strips of paper to white cardstock and die cutting an egg shape from the it.

I die cut the Pinpoint Daisy Background on a white cardstock panel and glued it to a gold metallic mat.  Next, I adhered it to a white card base. 

The die cut egg was glued to the center of the prepared background and the "Happy Easter" was die cut from white cardstock and glued to the egg shape.

The Cute Layered Bunny was die cut from white cardstock, I added brown ink for a little color to the bunny and glued the layers together.  The eyes, nose and whiskers were added with a black marker and a pink colored pencil was used to add color to the ears and cheeks. I used foam tape to add him to the card front and glued on a white pompom for the bunny tail.

That's it for today!  Have a Happy Easter!

 

 

Supplies

 

94731 Happy Easter Curled Script

94727 Cute Layered Bunny

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

94621 Pinpoint Daisy Background

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

SP1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

SP1012 Blush 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Happy Easter Gift Bag with Layered Lamb and Clara Blooms by Anne Thompson

It doesn't feel much like spring here today with over a foot of new snow on the ground!  I'm still thinking spring, however, and crafting the items I need for Easter a week from today.  Here's a Happy Easter gift bag that features the Layered Lamb and Clara Blooms.

I began by die cutting the LAYERED LAMB 94730 from watercolor paper.  I then inked all of the pieces with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink, a gray ink, using a fingertip dauber.  I assembled the lamb using a glue pen.

Next I cut out multiples of the CLARA BLOOMS 94730, one set from a green card stock in the GREENERY COLLECTION SP1011 and two sets from a light yellow card stock from the SUNRISE COLLECTION SP1013.  I used fingertip daubers to add VersaFine Clair Shady Lane ink to the green leaves and layered all three sets with the green ones on top of the two yellows.  I then added Hero Arts Butter Bar ink to the petal pieces and layered all of them together to make two large blooms.

I die cut the HAPPY EASTER CURLED SCRIPT 94731 from black mirror card paper.

For the gift bag I cut a piece of green card stock from the Greenery Collection 3X6 and added it to the front of the bag.  I used dimensional foam dots to add the flowers near the bottom of the panel and the sheep tucked in around them.  I used a glue pen to add the "happy Easter" greeting.

And I have a gift bag ready for Easter treats!  Think about ways you can use Memory Box die cut images to decorate your gift bags and boxes.  Happy Crafting!

Layered Lamb 94730 Clara Blooms 94688


Happy Easter Curled Script 94731

Greenery SP1011
Sunrise SP1013

 

Easter & Thanks You Cards by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with another Easter card and a bonus thank you card featuring products from the latest release.  For this first Easter card,  I used the Woven Basket of Eggs die set with the new Festive Bunny die set.

I cut everything from white cardstock except the eggs which I cut from the same scraps of patterned paper that I used for the red plaid and green on the bunny's jacket.  I inked all the pieces and colored them with Distress Inks. 

The Happy Easter is a new die called "Happy Easter Dover Script" and I cute 3 white ones and inked the top one with Fired Brick red ink.  To make the border around the card I masked off the edge and added more red ink, then added small white dots with a gel pen.  Here's one last look at my first card:

Now on to my 2nd card for today! 

This card features the new Clara Blooms die set along with the Thank You Daily Script die set.  I used Distress Inks and colored pencils to color the die cuts on this one, then arranged them on the card front.  Easy and quick!  Here's a closer look:

I love how this turned out, clean and simple!  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my cards for today!  I hope I've inspired you with these two cards!   Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94729 Happy Easter Dover Script

94733 Festive Bunny

94732 Woven Basket of Eggs

94688 Clara Blooms

94655 Thank You Daily Script

Hatching Bird Easter Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have an Easter card with a focal image of the hatching baby bird and its mother.  In this design I kept to only 3 colors and with lots of ink blended die cut layers on a diagonal. 

Spray Distress Scorched Timber spray stain 7 inches of  Idea-ology Mummy Cloth.  Let dry.  From heavy white card stock die cut 3 Clara Blooms sets, 3 Leaf Bunches, 1 Birds Nest, 1 of the right facing Nestled Chickadee Duo, 1 Bundled Bird, 2 Lavender Bouquet, the 3 larges egg for the Half a Dozen Eggs, and 2 of the smaller flowers from Charlotte Blooms and Leaves.  

Flowers:

Ink blend Distress Chipped Sapphire the Clara Blooms flowers from the end of the petal heavy and fading only half way down the petal. For the center lightly ink blend using Distress Scorched Timber.  Ink blend the Charlotte Blooms flowers with Chipped Sapphire heavy at the tip of the petal and fade out to the end of the petal. Use the Scorched Timber to ink blend the top of the flowers.  Ink blend the Lavender Bouquet lightly with Chipped Sapphire. Lightly ink blend the bottom of the lavender with Distress Pine Needle and then Scorched Timber.

Leaves:

Ink blend the leaves from Clara Blooms and Leaf Bunches and ink blend heavy on the stem and leaf base out to the end of lead using Distress Pine Needle and the Scorched Timber.  Take the edge of a flat bending brush or a smaller ink blending tool and add darker ink streaks from the edge to center.    Add Scorched Timber to the center of the leaves.  

Birds, Egg, and Nest:

Ink blend the top layer of the Birds Nest with Distress Antique Linen, blending heavier at the sides.  Then ink blend with Gathered Twigs at the sides.  Ink blend the middle layer using Antique Linen then Gathered Twigs heavy at the side.  Ink blend the bottom layer using Gathered Twigs, blending heavy on the sides.  Ink blend with Scorched Timber on sides and back side of the nest.  For the Nested Chickadee ink blend with Chip Sapphire for the top and chest.  Ink blend the eye and beak using Scorched Timber heavily and then the body lightly.  For the Bundled Bird ink blend the eye and beak with Scorched Timber.  Ink blend the top piece with Chipped Sapphire.  For the top feather ink blend heavy from the tips and lighter to the top with Chipped Sapphire and then just the tips of feather with Scorched Timber.  For the bottom feather medium ink blend Chipped Sapphire medium from the tips to lighter.  Do the same technique to the the tail feathers.  Lightly ink blend the body with Scorched Timber around the tail and head to chest.   Cut the top portion of the egg off and fussy cut 2 small triangles into the top.  Ink blend lightly from the outside to center with Pine Needle than Chipped Sapphire.  Splatter with Scorched Timber.

Adhere all the die cut pieces flat using the envelope as guides.  Adhere the Chickadee behind the egg.

Die cut Easter from the Happy Easter Curled Scripted 3 times from heavy white card stock and adhere together.  Cut Happy from the Happy Birthday Foil Greeting White Tab.  

Lightly ink blend an 5" x 7" white card using Distress Chipped Sapphire from the center to the right top corner to the bottom left corner.  Fading out to the edges.  Adhere the mummy cloth in a diagonal from top right to bottom left, bunching up in the center.  Adhering the leaves and flowers next.  Adhere the Bundled Bird, the nest and then the bird in the egg into the next.  Adhere any left over leaves and mummy cloth to fill in empty spaces.  Adhere the sentiment to the top of the next.  Ink splatter with Scorch Timber.  Add Fairy Drops to the background paper.

Supplies

 

94688 Clara Blooms

94731 Happy Easter Curled Script

ST006 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Tabs

94740 Bird's Nest

94741 Nestled Chickadee Duo

94745 Leaf Bunches

94760 Bundled Bird

94640 Lavender Bouquet

94645 Charlotte Blooms and Leaves

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

DRP101 Fairy Drops

Chicks and Bunny Easter Card by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome! I have a fun Easter card featuring the newly released Layered Chicks 94726 and Cute Layered Bunny 94727. I also used the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die EF1040 released last Christmas for my background. Here's a closer look at my card:

I embossed two of the tray dies from white card stock and used the coordinating die on one of them. On that one I used the cut outside edge to frame the other embossed panel. I added dark brown ink to the frame before adhering it to the white tray.

Next I cut the critters and sentiment (Happy Easter Curled Script 95731) from white card stock and colored them with alcohol markers. I put the critters in the openings and then added the sentiment to the larger opening and finished it off with some Autumn jewels. Here's one last look:

I hope you like my Easter card for today. I just fell in love with those little critters when I say them and couldn't wait to use them on a card. Be sure to come back each day for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies

 

94726 Layered Chicks

94727 Cute Layered Bunny

94731 Happy Easter Curled Script

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

Layered Easter Greetings by Jean Okimoto

A trio of chicks, a little lamb and a sweet bunny pose with a giant floral egg on a spring greeting.  These cute spring icons are lightly layered for dimension - no foam tape required!  Hi, Jean here with new layered designs from our latest release and a bit of inspiration for March's Spring Challenge.

Cut the Anemone Grove floral 6x6 with the approximately 3" tall Half a Dozen Eggs die.  Cut a dark yellow-green 6x6 from the new Greenery Collection with the 4-¼" x 5-½" A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Attach the rectangle to a side-folded white A2 card.

The Memory Box Color Collections create custom A2 cards in a wide range of colors.  Lagoon, Greenery, Sunrise and Blush are our latest assortments.  They're sturdy 110# solid core cardstock 6x6's in great colors for cardmaking throughout the year.  Each set contains 3 each of 10 shades.  Cut them with our A2-sized dies from the Rectangle Basics, Wrapped Stitched Rectangles or A2 Rectangle Frames sets.

Cut Layered Lamb from textured white cardstock.  Color the legs with a black marker.  Color the ear and muzzle areas of the base piece with Angel Pink Memento Luxe.  Add dots of black marker to the eye areas.  Lightly shade the edges of the bottom layers with iced spruce Distress Oxide. Heat-set the inks.

Cut the Layered Chicks from pale yellow and orange Sunrise Collection 6x6's.  Dot the eye areas of the base layers with a black marker.

Cut Cute Layered Bunny from two shades of beige cardstock.  Dot the eye area of the base layer with a marker.

Happy Easter Dover Script is a casual, freestyle greeting that looks great even when it's wonky.  Cut it from the same green 6x6 as the card front.  Attach it inside the card.

Thanks for visiting...hope you'll have time to create spring cards this weekend!

Supplies

 

94730 Layered Lamb

94726 Layered Chicks

94727 Cute Layered Bunny

94729 Happy Easter Dover Script

94672

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

pp1026 Anemone Grove 6x6 pack