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Lighter Than Air Suite in Spring Mini

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One of the popular Suites in the new Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog is this Lighter Than Air Suite! You will find this Suite on pages 32-34. If you like hot air balloons, you will love this Suite! I might like looking at hot air balloons, but I don’t think I want to ride in one so high up! I remember when we were first married, there was some event with several hot air balloons on the ground in a field and we could walk up and see them up close. There was one that you could get into the basket and just be lifted up a little bit, still anchored to the ground. Just a tiny little ride not far off the ground! I wish we would have tried that! It was a pretty safe way to test out a hot air balloon ride, just a little bit! One time, years ago, a hot air balloon landed in my parents’ neighborhood, right out on the street! Fortunately, it was a neighborhood street, not a heavily trafficked one, but I guess that is where the balloon needed to land. They certainly are pretty floating across the sky!

I love the soft colors in this Suite, especially in the Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is pretty to use for many cards for many occasions or projects. There’s only one pattern with hot air balloons on it but the other patterns are very generic. There are stripes, dots, and many other patterns you can use for general cards, baby cards, birthday cards, and more!

I suggest getting this designer paper, Rainbow Dots, and Baker’s Twine if nothing else! Here is a card I made recently using the Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and the Rainbow Dots. The pastel colors are so pretty, you can’t go wrong! Of course, there is a stamp set and dies to really indulge your love of hot air balloons. You can see lots of design ideas on pages 32 and 34.

Enjoy this Stampin’ Up! video telling you all about the Suite!

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February 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit

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Paper Pumpkin February 2024 Kit Sweet Springtime

The February Paper Pumpkin Kit, Sweet Springtime, is ready for you to subscribe to! I know some(?) of us have just put away our Christmas decorations (okay, me!), but do you realize Easter is March 31? So with springtime and Easter coming up rather soon, it is time for us crafters to begin our springtime cards and projects. And what would be more fun than bunnies, chicks, flowers, and everything spring?!

Get this Sweet Springtime Kit in the mail in mid-February if you join Paper Pumpkin by February 10th. Even if you are not sure about Paper Pumpkin, try this kit, which looks to be very cute and fun, and then you can decide. Each month you can skip a kit if you need to or get the one that is automatically coming with your subscription. Certainly, there is no obligation, and you can cancel at any time. Just make your choice known by the 10th of any month when Stampin’ Up! bills the kit and sends it out. Stampin’ Up! guarantees all Paper Pumpkin kits.

Here is the information about this Kit:

Celebrate Easter and Spring with adorable cards and treat boxes!
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes (not food-safe)
• Precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments
• Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green,
Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake

PLUS: Stampin’ Up! is doing something different this quarter! The first three months’ kits all coordinate with a set of dies you can purchase separately! They will be in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store while supplies last!

—Add dimension to your crafting projects with The Love of Spring Dies! Choose from a leaf sprig, daffodil, “Love” sentiment, or label to give your cards or tags that extra special touch. The best thing about this add-on is that it coordinates with not just one but three kits (Lovely Lavender, Sweet Springtime, and Memorable Meadows). (Please note that the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine is not included and can be purchased separately.)

The Add-on details:
· Item number: 164396
· Name: The Love of Spring Dies
· Price: $12.00 USD
· Availability: Available in the Online Store while supplies last.
· Includes: 4 dies

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get this kit! The box already sets the tone and it looks like a very cute and useful kit. Even if you don’t celebrate Easter or send out cards, you can use the contents for baby cards, springtime cards, or any-time cards! Plus, you will have variety in the projects with regular size cards, slimline cards, and milk box treat boxes! So fun!

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Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny Card

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Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny

Here’s one last Easter card for the year, the Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny Card! I saw a card that used the Framed Florets Dies to make Easter eggs! In past years we’ve had oval punches or oval dies to use to make Easter eggs, but I hadn’t thought of using these dies. Naturally, I couldn’t find the exact card again but it was easy enough to make up my own design.

This card has a Basic White cardstock card base with a layer of Petal Pink. The Easter eggs are die cut with the smallest oval die in the Framed Florets Dies. I used the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is on the Last Chance List and is very pretty! It has all kinds of floral patterns plus more generic patterns on the “back”.

The bunny is also made by punching out the Regency Park DSP using the Easter Bunny Punch. The Bunny Punch was so popular it sold out pretty early but more are due back in stock the middle of May. The Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Punch are both in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog which is great! Besides Easter, you can make cute baby cards with the stamp set and/or punch.

The background piece is Basic White but I added a little bit of Pool Party ink with a Blender Brush just so it wasn’t so plain. To make it look like the eggs and bunny are in the grass, I die cut some grass pieces from dies in the Playing in the Rain Dies.

The greeting is stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and die cut with a small Stitched Rectangle Die. These dies are retiring which makes me very sad! I used them a lot so if you don’t already own them you might want to pick them up on the Last Chance List AND they are discounted! For a finishing touch, I added a bow to the bunny with the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon.

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Happy Easter!

Last-Minute Easter Ideas For You

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If you need some last-minute Easter ideas for this weekend, here are some from the past. Maybe you have these older supplies to use! Of course, you can always substitute papers, colors embellishments, etc. Use what you have! Just click on the link below the photo to go to my blog post with information and directions.

Easter Bunny Treat Basket

Someone asked me to make two Easter treats for her nephews, so I copied a bunny treat box I had made earlier! If you don’t have this old die to form the box, just make an ordinary box (or maybe you have a small gift box around the house you could cover or decorate with designer paper).

Three Easy Paper Easter Baskets

Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket

You’ve likely made these little baskets before. Use cardstock or designer paper and just decorate!

Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card

Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card

Use the retired Flowering Fields Designer Paper if you have some in your stash or ANY pretty paper, layered on a rectangle of some sort. Make it a Z-Fold card for extra pizzazz. Add a greeting or write “Happy Easter” by hand if you don’t have a stamp. “Just For You” always works, too!

Triangle Box Easter Bunny Treat

Triangle Box Easter Bunny Treat

Here’s one of those easy Triangle Boxes that I like so much. This one is decorated to look like an Easter Bunny, of course! You just need some ovals for ears and maybe a little heart or circle for the nose plus some whiskers! Draw on a face. Fill with treats and tie at the top.

You can find even more ideas if you click on the “Easter” in my Categories drop-down box. It probably goes back MANY years!

Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card

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Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card

How about a hot pink Easter card? Well, this Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card probably fits the bill! As long as I already had the Polished Pink cardstock out and as long as this piece of designer paper had already grabbed me, I decided to go ahead and make this card! It’s quick and easy if nothing else!

You still have time to get a few Easter or Spring cards in the mail if you want to and hopefully, they will arrive in time! Easter is Sunday, April 9, 2023.

This card uses the Flowers & More Designer Series Paper that I have really enjoyed from the Spring Mini Catalog. I didn’t even pay attention to it at first, but once I got it as a Host Reward (p. 90) I loved using it. Before adhering the designer paper to the card base of Polished Pink, I wrapped around some ribbon. I pulled out several white ribbons but I liked my first try, the White 3/4″ Frayed Ribbon. Even though it is quite wide, I think it works okay. Instead of trying to tie ribbon all the way around a card layer, just cut it long enough for a small amount to wrap around to the back and adhere those ends. Then you can add a bow or knot or whatever you want separately.

The bunny is stamped in Memento ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I really have gotten a lot of use out of that stamp set for Easter and it will be good for baby cards, too, with those cute bunnies! I punched out the bunny with the Easter Bunny Punch. As I’ve mentioned before, it is backordered and hopefully will be back in stock around May 15. I popped the bunny up with just two Stampin’ Dimensionals, one to be over the top of the ribbon and one below. It might not be exact but get it as close as you can since the ribbon is a little thick.

For the greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” in the Celebrating You Stamp Set in Shady Spruce ink. Next, I use the Conversation Bubbles Dies to cut out the greeting. It actually cuts out the two separate pieces, so then I diecut a piece of Polished Pink cardstock to get the border piece I wanted. I first tried Shady Spruce for the border but I liked the pink better!

I did tie a small piece of the Frayed Ribbon around in a knot, which is a little thick, but I liked it fine! If you would like you could add a few rhinestones to the bottom of the greeting.

Remember, the Last Chance Sales for both the Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini begin on Tuesday, April 4th. If you are interested in the Conversation Bubbles Stamp Set and/or Dies which are retiring, do NOT buy the Bundle! The stamp set will be discounted 60% and the Dies 20%. The Bundle itself is still full price! So do the math if there are discounts on the things you want to buy when the sale begins! The Celebrating You Stamp Set is also retiring but not discounted. It is one I have used a lot for greetings! I’m sad to see it go!

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Radiating Stitches Easter Bunny Card

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Radiating Stitches Easter Bunny Card

Sometimes when you want an idea for a card, it’s okay to copy yourself! Recently, I made an Easter card like this one and I liked it so much I had to keep it for myself! But then I thought I should just make another one to mail. In the process, I came up with this slightly different design which I also like a lot!

The card base is Polished Pink Cardstock and so is the first layer. Polished Pink is one of the current 2021-2023 In Colors that will be retiring. However, Fresh Freesia, in that group, will be added to the lineup of regular colors!

I used three of the Radiating Stitches Dies for this card to form the layers. Stampin’ Up! made these dies so that they DO layer in the right sizes! They add a different look and some texture to your cards and projects. They are unorderable right now as I write this but hopefully, they will be back in stock soon.

The next layer is Parakeet Party, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors that is staying for another year! The designer paper in the center is one of the patterns in the Flowers & More package, available as a Host Reward in the Spring Mini. Look on page 90. I thought the little lines of colors looked perfect for an Easter card!

The bunny is part of the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. He is stamped in Memento Ink and then has a few colors of Stampin’ Blends markers added to give him a little color and shading. He’s also holding a carrot, one of the cute extras in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I just cut the bunny and carrot out by hand with my Paper Snips scissors. It’s really not difficult at all. The bunny and carrot are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, both the regular size and the mini black ones.

The greeting is also from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and is stamped and diecut with the smallest of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The “Happy Easter” greeting JUST fits on there! The greeting is also popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back. For a little bling, I added three Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Whether you like the Orchid Oasis card I made with the Radiating Stitches Dies or this one with the Polished Pink colors and a different Easter Bunny, I think both are cute for Easter. Take off the bunny and add some flowers and foliage or some other image and you can change the card for another occasion!

Country Gingham Happy Easter Bunny Card

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Country Gingham Happy Easter Bunny Card

After all the excitement the last couple of days about Last Chance Lists and the Color Refresh at Stampin’ Up!, thought it was time for a relaxing Easter card, like this Country Gingham Happy Easter Bunny Card. This designer paper I used is on the Last Chance List for the Spring Mini Catalog, but I’m happy the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Punch are staying! After Easter that stamp set and punch will make very cute baby cards!

This card starts with a Petal Pink card base. Petal Pink is staying as one of our colors. I used two different patterns of the Country Gingham 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper for the front of the card. I chose a green gingham for the bottom to sort of represent grass that the bunny is sitting in! The top pattern is a Petal Pink and Sweet Sorbet plaid. So soft and pretty!

The Easter Bunny in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set is stamped in Gray Granite ink on Basic White and then punched with the Easter Bunny Punch. (The Easter Bunny Punch is due to be back in stock the week of May 15.) I colored in around the inside edges a little on the bunny with a Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend Marker just to add a little shading.

The flower garland in the Easter Bunny set and Easter eggs were stamped in Memento Ink on Basic White and colored with Stampin’ Blends. Just choose whatever colors you like. I cut out the flowers and the eggs by hand.

The tag is die-cut with one of the Something Fancy Dies out of Basic White. I stamped the greeting from the Celebrating You Stamp Set in Mint Macaron Ink. Mint Macaron is one of the retiring colors. I even adhered a little scrap of the Mint Macaron designer paper with a smaller diagonal plaid at the bottom of the tag.

I adhered two Easter eggs to the tag and tied a bow with the Petal Pink 3/8″ Soft Polyester Ribbon. The bow is adhered with two little Glue Dots to the tag. For a little finishing touch, I added some Heart Pearls above the bunny.

I had almost forgotten, after Valentine’s Day, that I had this Country Gingham Designer Series Paper but it’s really nice for Easter cards and for spring cards and projects. If you don’t have any or don’t have enough left, be sure to stock up before it retires or sells out!

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Easter Triangle Treat Box with Bunny

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If you have been around for a while, you know I have made MANY of these triangle boxes for various occasions and made them in multiple sizes! They are so easy yet look so cute! If you want an Easter treat box, try this Easter Triangle Treat Box with Bunny.

Here’s how to make one and then just decorate however you like!

Triangle Box Drawing

For this Easter triangle box, I used a piece of the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper. (It’s not just for Valentines!) It is cut at 4″ x 8″ but you can vary the size. Use the diagram above to see how to score, but it is simple! At each end of the paper, put a light pencil mark at the halfway point which in this case would be 2″. Score the paper in half at 4″. Then in that awkward manner, with your Paper Trimmer, score from that 2″ middle point at one end down to the middle score line which will be on a diagonal. Do that on both sides of one end, then turn the paper and score at the other end in the same way.

Now fold and crease all the score lines. You will see how it will fold together to make the triangle box. Determine which side will be the front or top of your box that you will want to decorate and how the flaps will go so that the top view of the box will have the fold of the flaps showing and not the open side. Pay attention to the pattern direction if it matters. Once you see how it folds together how you like, you can use any hole punch to punch holes in the sides near the top. You want the two holes on each side to align. This is how your paper should look creased and with holes punched.

Easter Triangle Treat Box with Bunny diagram

To decorate, I stamped one of the bunnies in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set in Memento Ink and colored with the Soft Suede Combo of Stampin’ Blends markers. I cut out the bunny and popped him up over a Balmy Blue scalloped circle die in the Layering Circles Dies. I already had some extra stamped and colored Easter eggs and a carrot from another project so I just adhered those to the front.

After adding some treats or a small gift inside the triangle box, just close it up and tie a ribbon through the holes you already punched. I used the White 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon because it’s white and it’s festive and pretty!

You can see what the triangle box will look like from the side.

I’ve made these triangle boxes for Halloween, Christmas, and just for fun! Here’s a Halloween one if you want to see another idea! You really could make an extra-long box, also, just follow the basic scoring directions – score in half and score diagonally from there to the middle point of the end, on each end.

If you want to do something different than an Easter basket, try making something like this Easter Triangle Box with a Bunny on the front!

An Easter Treat Easter Basket

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An Easter Treat Easter Basket

These little Easter baskets are fun and easy to make! Make them for a treat to give someone or for table favors on your Easter table at dinner. Decorate as simply or as fancy as you like.

This An Easter Treat Easter Basket is made with both cardstock and designer paper. What I meant to do was make a basket out of cardstock and glue on pieces of designer paper. But I accidentally cut and scored the designer paper first and then realizing my mistake, I just cut a piece of cardstock and glued the designer paper onto it. It worked out fine and made it sturdier than if I had just used designer paper.

This basket is made with Balmy Blue cardstock and a polka dot pattern in Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper. This designer paper was a free product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure with a $100 purchase and has all this great paper in it. I spotted the polka dot pattern and thought that would be perfect for my basket. Of course, you can use anything you like or even just cardstock.

The way you make a basket like this one is to cut a piece of paper (cardstock or designer paper) at 6″ x 6″. Then score at 2″ and 4″. Turn the paper and score at 2″ and 4″ This will look like a tic tac toe pattern so you know if you have it right! Then cut the two vertical score lines top and bottom to the horizontal score line. Crease all the fold lines. You can see the diagram below.

Fold the sides together at angles as you will see in the photo below. Have the basket handle ready to sandwich in between the layers. I cut my handle at 8 1/2″ x 3/4″. Or if you forget, just adhere it to the inside of the basket.

An Easter Treat Easter Basket back

Decorate the basket however you like! I stamped one of the bunnies in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set on Basic White cardstock and colored him in using Watercolor Pencils in both Assortments and smoothed out the coloring with a Blender Pen. I also stamped and colored one of the carrots for the bunny and cut it out by hand. The bunny was punched out with the Easter Bunny Punch. It was so popular it’s been out of stock for a while but more punches are due back in the week of May 15. I diecut a plain circle and a scalloped circle out of the Layering Circles Dies for the side of the basket. There was not enough room for a little Easter greeting, but I used this one in the stamp set and just cut it apart to fit it on the decoration in a way that it would fit! The bunny and the circles were all popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Since I hadn’t done anything fancy with the basket handle, I just tied on a bow with the Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Cotton Ribbon. Then just put some “shred” or tissue paper in the basket and add your Easter treats!

Here is a blog post from a few years ago showing three different Easter baskets I made!

Have fun trying out these Easter basket ideas for a cute Easter treat!

Radiating Stitches Easter Card

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Radiating Stitches Easter Card

It’s time to be making Easter cards and here is one with a new design, the Radiating Stitches Easter Card! These new dies, one of the Online Exclusive products Stampin’ Up! recently released, really give a fresh new look to cardmaking!

The card base is Orchid Oasis, one of the current 2022-2024 In Colors, and one that will be staying around. I originally planned the card base to be Basic White with the Orchid Oasis as the layer. But after getting the layer ready, I didn’t care for it against the white so I made the card base out of Orchid Oasis. Color on color! The new die set is called Radiating Stitches. The dies layer pretty well. Three are rectangles and there is also a heart and two circle dies. Lots of creative possibilities!

The Orchid Oasis layer is wider, then the Sweet Sorbet rectangle fits inside the center and the smaller rectangle fits in the center of that one. I used the cute little flower paper in the Flowers & More Designer Series Paper. This is a Host reward you can choose with a $150 order from the Spring Mini Catalog. You’ll find it in the back of the catalog on page 90 up in the top corner!

You really could just add a decent-sized greeting going across the center of the card, but since I wanted an Easter card, I added a bunny! This is one of the bunnies in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set in the Spring Mini. I stamped the bunny on Basic White cardstock with Memento ink. Since I really wanted just a white bunny, I added a little gray fur on his middle with the Light Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend marker and some touches of Petal Pink for the ears and feet.

The greeting is stamped in Orchid Oasis ink on Basic White and diecut with the narrow Stitched Rectangle Die. It barely fits, but it does fit! I popped up the bunny on Stampin’ Dimensionals, so I put Dimensionals on each end of the greeting so it would fit over the bunny. For some sparkle, I added some Iridescent Rhinestones to the card front in the flowers.

These Radiating Stitches Dies are something a little different and you will find them in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. They give your cards a little extra texture and design!

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Easter Bunny Treat Sack

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Easter Bunny Treat Sack

Here’s a cute Easter treat bag or even an Easter decoration for your home….or both! Make this super easy Easter Bunny Treat Sack in minutes!

Use a lunch sack, either kraft or white. I would have used kraft but I couldn’t find any in my house! But I did have white and there are white bunnies, too!

To begin, fold the lunch sack in half lengthwise and simply draw the bunny ear from the top down a little way or as far as you like it. Then cut with scissors, keeping the bag folded and flat so it will cut both sides the same, just like when you cut a heart for a valentine.

Easter Bunny Treat Sack Pattern
Easter Bunny Treat Sack Cut

If you are giving it as an Easter treat, put the candy or gift inside, maybe adding some shred or tissue paper to fill up the space to shape the bag. If you are just using it as an Easter decoration for your house, stuff the bag with tissue paper or newspaper or whatever you have. Then tie a ribbon around the sack below the ears to make it look like a bunny. Add a cotton ball or pompom to the sack for the bunny’s cottontail. Add a Happy Easter tag if you wish or the name of the person you are giving the treat to.

This style shows the back of the bunny with his cute cottontail, but if you prefer you could draw on the bunny face and have it be the front of the bunny. Either way is cute!

Just a fun little Easter thing to make that is so simple you may as well make one!

Punch Art Bunny Easter Card

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Punch Art Bunny Easter Card

If you don’t have the Easter Bunny Punch, there are other ways to make a bunny for an Easter card or treat! This card shows you one way to make a “Punch Art” Bunny with a couple of other punches.

For the face of the bunny, use the one heart in the Heart Punch Pack. I used the plain edge one, but if you want your bunny to look a little furry, the Scallop edge one is good for that! I punched the heart out of Basic White cardstock and turned it upside down for the bunny’s face. If you don’t have a heart punch of a decent size, maybe you have dies. And if you don’t have anything, we all know how to cut out a heart by folding a paper in half!

For the bunny ears, I used the wings on the Ladybug Punch. I glued them behind the tip of the upside-down heart after coloring the inside of the ears pink. I used the Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo marker but mine needs to be replaced and was too light. So I used the Dark Petal Pink Blend and that’s how my bunny’s pink cheeks and ears got a little dark! If you don’t have the Ladybug Punch, you can probably find some leaf shapes on another punch or certainly a die that you can use.

The bunny’s nose is punched with a retired 1/2″ Circle Punch but if you don’t have that you may have a circle punch or die that you can use instead. I used a Black Stampin’ Write Marker to draw the bunny’s whiskers and eyes. The little bow is tied with the Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

To make the card, I used a Soft Sea Foam card base with a layer of Basic White to help the designer paper to stand out better. The designer paper is in the Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper package. The bottom portion is the other side of the leafy top portion. Over the seam, I adhered a piece of ribbon, it’s the retired Soft Sea Foam Ribbon.

The greeting is stamped with Soft Sea Foam ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and then die cut with one of the Deckled Rectangles Dies. The bunny and the greeting are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little sparkle, I added three small Loose Frosted Dots in pink with tiny dots of glue.

Some of the products I used are retired or not available at the moment, but all that matters is that you see how to make a bunny using whatever punches or dies you have for your Easter projects!

Petal Pink Easter Bunny Card and Easter Tag

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Petal Pink Easter Bunny Card and Easter Tag

I got the idea to make an Easter tag and after I made the tag with no space for Easter eggs, I got the idea to make this Easter card! It turned out that everything was in Petal Pink so they are both monochromatic.

I know the Easter Bunny Punch is currently unavailable, but maybe you already have it or have another bunny punch or die. Hopefully, it will be back in stock, but it will be a while. Or stamp a bunny and cut it out as a pattern.

To make the tag, I needed a large area for the tag as the bunny punch is rather large. I ended up using the large plain Layering Circle Die to cut out the Petal Pink card stock and then punched the Easter Bunny out of it. I wanted to use the negative of the bunny with a piece of designer paper behind it. Since the bunny was pretty large, I just die-cut the next smaller plain circle out of the polka dot pattern in the Regency Park Designer Series Paper to place behind the bunny. I popped up the bunny on Stampin’ Dimensionals, mostly the Black Mini Dimensionals, and then adhered the bunny to the designer paper.

For the backing of the tag, I cut out the largest scalloped circle die in the Layering Circles Dies on which to layer the punched-out bunny in Basic White so the little scalloped edge would just barely show behind the bunny. Then to cover the plain white back, I die-cut another scalloped circle the same size out of the Petal Pink wicker pattern and glued that on.

For a greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set in Petal Pink ink, cut apart the words, and then even cut around the words for a different look and to have them fit on the tag! For some bling, I added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I punched a small hole in the top so I could put some ribbon through and tie it with a piece of Linen Thread. This would make a cute tag for a baby gift (without the Easter greeting of course!)

I had wanted to add some of the stamped Easter eggs from the stamp set, but there was no space on the tag. At that point, I got the idea to make a card with a background of the stamped eggs!

The card base is Basic White. I decided to put a stamped center panel across the card. That Basic White piece is 3″ x 5 1/2″ I stamped the Easter eggs randomly on that piece to fill up the space. Then I pulled out a 2″ wide strip of the Regency Park polka dot paper and cut it 5 1/2″ and in half at 1″.

I adhered the two designer paper strips directly to the card base top and bottom and then overlaid the stamped center panel. I punched two bunnies with the Easter Bunny Punch and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a tiny bow for each bunny and stamped the greeting. It is diecut with a narrow Stitched Rectangle Die. I was hoping the words would fit! The greeting is also popped up on Dimensionals.

That’s all there is to that card so it is actually pretty simple to make. It’s easy to make a monochromatic card with no coloring or choosing multiple colors.

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Easter Bunny In the Carrot Patch Card

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Easter will be here before we know it so it’s time to get going on all things Easter and Spring! This Easter Bunny in the Carrot Patch Card is mostly a copy of a sample in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 52. Sometimes when I’m not quite sure where I want to start with a new stamp set, I look at the samples in the Stampin’ Up! catalog and see if I want to copy something or get some inspiration for my own ideas. My card is mostly the same with a few changes.

Now I will warn you, as cute as this card is, it took some work! It’s like buying the whole Suite of Christmas products to make a spectacular card and then realizing you can’t make 50 of those! Not that I had the intention of making multiples of this card design necessarily, I’m just saying there was a lot of detail work. Which is okay lots of times when you really want to just enjoy a good stamping project!

For my card, I changed the colors a little bit. I used Balmy Blue for the card base. Then I found this pattern that looks like wicker in the Regency Park Designer Series Paper, on “the other side” as I like to say, of the floral pattern. I thought a wicker design would go well with an Easter bunny since wicker Easter baskets are what we use!

The Petal Pink frame is diecut with the oval frame in the Framed Florets Dies. (These should be back in stock around March 27.) I had also cut a Basic White oval frame in case I wanted to use white instead but I chose the pink frame and used the white as the insert in the frame. I stamped several butterflies for the background in Fresh Freesia ink.

The Easter Bunny Stamp Set is really a cute one to have for Easter or spring or of course babies! Bunnies are always a cute theme for baby cards and baby projects! The bunny is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. Don’t forget about the Natural Tones Blends to use for animals. I used #500 for most of the bunny but then added a darker brown (I forget which one!) for the shading. The ears of course have some Petal Pink in them and the nose is a bright Polished Pink! Maybe a little too bright but that’s okay! The designer paper, the frame, the insert, and the bunny are all just glued down flat on the card.

For the grass, I cut strips of Pear Pizzazz Cardstock and stamped them with the grass stamp in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. There are no dies to cut out the strips of grass but I just zigzagged my scissors to cut imperfectly up and down around the tops of the blades of grass. When I glued these down I only put glue along the bottom edge so the top edge would be open. I needed to stick the carrots down into the grass. I first stamped five carrots and colored them with Pumpkin Pie and Granny Apple Green Blends. I cut these out by hand and glued them down into the grass. But I didn’t like the way I placed them so I made two more carrots and added those. Now I like them! The bunny even gets to hold one in his paws!

For the greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” in Soft Suede ink on a little strip of Crumb Cake Cardstock. Since it is rather large, I cut it apart sort of like the greeting on the card in the catalog. But when I looked closely at the catalog sample, I saw that there was a post behind those words! It really is a little wooden sign in the grass! So I cut a very narrow piece of Crumb Cake, glued that down, and then popped up the words on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I even added a dot of Soft Suede marker on the top of each word to look like those boards were nailed onto the post!

As I said, this project did have a lot of steps in it, and if you hate to cut out anything, you might not enjoy this project! But the bunny and the carrots are so cute, I don’t know how you could resist!

Unfortunately, the Easter Bunny Punch is backordered until May which is sad! However, if you stamp the one bunny that fits the punch, it will be easy enough to cut out by hand.

Start thinking about bunnies, eggs, baskets, and flowers, and let’s get ready for Easter!

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