This is the first card I have made this year due to my needing to care for ill loved ones - and it was so WONDERFUL to be able to have some crafty time just for ME! This is also my card for the SCS MIX164 Challenge of 'Celebrate Spring'. I used lots of coloring mediums - several brands of watercolor pencils, Tombow pens, Winsor & Newton watercolors - all these for coloring the image - and then I used a dry brush with some Deco-art white acrylic paint to add white highlights on the eggs and on the lighter parts of the bunnies. Please see this link for details on the Challenge: MIX164: Celebrate Spring! by dizzymommie at Splitcoaststampers
Once I finished colouring the image, I used a Copic fine black multiliner to go over the areas where the outline was a little lost. I added Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue to the bunnies' cheeks, wings on the bees plus the dots, flowers and stripes on the eggs. The other parts of the eggs plus the daisy petals have been glittered with my Wink of Stella clear glitter brush (which never shows up in photos unfortunately). I used an EK Success Arrows border punch to punch some tiny pink hearts (they are the leftover punchies which look like tiny hearts) and added them around the bunnies. These also were glittered using Dazzling Details.
The main image was diecut using a Lifestyle (Quickutz) Nesting Card Template die. The teal and pink cardstock layers were trimmed to 1/8" & 1/16" respectively using my Perfect Layers tools. The designer paper is by Echo Park - Happy Easter: so pretty, don't you think?
The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn from their newly released Chirpy Chirp Chirp set. I initially stamped it using my MISTI on the image panel but then noticed there was a bracket ")" at the end of the word! DOH! But thankfully it was an easy-fix as I could put a sentiment panel over the top of my mistake and just mask off the bracket at the end when re-stamping. PHEW! I diecut the sentiment using a Spellbinders Labels Trio die, added Kaisercraft Soft Pink rhinestones then popped it up using dimensionals.
The teal organza ribbon was added in 2 separate elements and the bow itself was made using my Bow Easy. I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying. I glued on some Teal Sparklets using Ranger Multi Medium Matte. Lastly, I attached my card front to a white cardstock base.
You are very welcome to stop by my blog where I have a more detailed supplies list and close-up photos - Instead of Ironing Blogspot - click on this direct link here---> http://instead-of-ironing.blogspot.c...ster-card.html
Thanks for having a peek at my card - you made my day :-)
ETA (for Mods): added MIXability/Free for all Friday Challenge keywords which I forgot to put in!
Date: Sunday, March 27, 2016 GMT Views: 1591
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Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni My Pinkie is Inkie in Boxertown
Registered: April 4, 2006 Location: Boxertown USA, IL Posts: 67325
Sun, Mar 27, 2016 @ 7:07 AM
Your card is so adorable and you have colored it wonderfully.
Those little bunnies are so cute and they are busy coloring those pretty eggs. Happy you were able to have some free time, for you, to join us for this challenge. Happy Easter.
P.S. You might want to add the F4A318 in your keywords so it shows in the F4A gallery.
Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7372
Sun, Mar 27, 2016 @ 2:44 PM
What a beautiful card to welcome you back in the gallery. The colours are just so pretty and so well done. Just delightfully Spring. I too have been where you have been in the past few months and being able to snatch a few moments to do something creative is such a great stress buster. Take care and hope to see more cards in the gallery.
Registered: February 3, 2005 Location: Delray Beach, FL Posts: 34769
Sun, Mar 27, 2016 @ 3:53 PM
Oh, Jocelyn, I love this card! It makes me happy and makes me smile. Your colors are so beautiful, and your coloring is too! These are such sweet little bunnies, and what a great layout and DP. The bow really adds so much to finish it off perfectly! I love it! Hugs! (P. S. I love your signature quote about intreverts - it's so true!)
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