Today I thought I would bring a little bit of Easter cheer to the blog. Nothing like rainbows in pastel colours and cute bunny rabbits to lighten up the place a bit.
Materials needed:
- White card, vellum and a strip of pattered paper with flowers on it
- A rainbow of pastel coloured inks (I had pink, purple, green, blue and yellow) plus black
- A egg, bird and 'happy easter' stamp
- Watercolour paints and brush
- Flower shaped button
- Cream coloured twine
Directions:
- Cut a top folding card base from the white card.
- Stamp the bird on to a scrap of white card in black ink. Colour with water colours (or pens, I'm just in a water colour phase), let dry then cut out leaving a small white border around the image. On the vellum, stamp your sentiment in black. I recommend Stazon ink for this as vellum doesn't like ink very much. On your card base, stamp a row of eggs along the bottom in one of your rainbow colours. Repeat up the card using a different colour for each row.
- Adhere the patterned strip down the right hand side of the card. Take the vellum strip and wrap it around the bottom section of the card so that the sentiment is centered. Adhere the strip on the inside of the card. Place dimensional foam on the back of the bird and adhere it beside the sentiment. Thread the button with the twine and tie it off with a simple knot. Use a strong liquid glue to adhere the button onto the vellum where it overlaps with the patterned paper.
That's it! It really is a colourful card and I've enjoyed having it sit on my desk for a few days. The stamping of the background does take a bit of time but with a stamp press or some lightly drawn guide lines it is easy enough.
Till next week
Stacey
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