This Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card is an easy one to make! But is it an Easter card?? Or is it a baby card?? Well, I made it as an Easter card but the whole time I was making it I thought this sweet bunny reminded me of baby cards! In fact, I was so taken with stamping the cute little bunny that I forgot about a greeting! But I’ll show you the inside and I think we don’t ALWAYS have to put a greeting on the outside.
This bunny is in the Friends of the Forest Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 19. This is not an “Easter” set but of course, the bunny is perfect for Easter. I did one of the things I like to do best … I randomly stamped the bunny on the Basic White layer to make my own designer paper! Or simply a pretty background! I used Crumb Cake ink and I went back and colored in the ears with the Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Marker. I had to stop myself before I started doing even more coloring because I didn’t want all the bunnies colored.
The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock, although it looks darker in the photo. Then there is a layer of Petal Pink underneath the Basic White. You could use any pink and you could use a darker brown like Soft Suede. Or change up the color scheme altogether.
I actually copied myself making this card! I remembered a card in THIS POST that I had always liked so I updated it with this bunny!
I wanted a colored bunny to be the focal point so I stamped the bunny on Basic White and die cut with one of the dies in Ornate Frames that fits on the frilly die cut in the same set. This one is on Petal Pink cardstock and was already in my bag of cardstock so I must have diecut it before and didn’t use it! Just seeing it in with the other Petal Pink cardstock gave me the idea. It was the perfect size for the bunny!
The bunny is just colored with a Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend Marker. I wanted to keep him light and didn’t do any blending with another color. I used the narrow tip of the Petal Pink marker to color the insides of the ears, the tail, and the cheeks. I could have stopped there but I added a bit of grass for him to sit in with the Light Mint Macaron marker.
To embellish the card a bit I simply wrapped around a piece of the Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon. This has been one of my favorite ribbons so I am sad it is retiring on May 2, if not before. It is even on sale so check it out (or stock up!). The bunny piece, on the Ornate Frames diecut is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
After I got this far on the card, I realized I didn’t have a greeting and no space for one. I guess I could have fit one on somehow, but sometimes I think a card is fine without a greeting on the front. Or sometimes I make a generic pretty card that I like and don’t want to put the greeting on until I need the card. That way I can add whatever the occasion calls for.
On this card, I got the idea to make the greeting inside a little fancier. I stamped the greeting from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. What a great set of greetings! It is in the Spring Mini Catalog but it is also carried over to the new Annual Catalog! Yea!! On each side of the Petal Pink greeting, I stamped the bunny in Crumb Cake ink to match the outside. I think it’s really cute! It’s common to stamp a little something inside the card or add some of the designer paper, but I like the idea of stamping something on each side of the greeting! I should color the inside of his ears with Petal Pink as I did on the front of the card.
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