Nature's Beauty Easter Wishes

by Joanne James2. March 2022 19:14

Today I'm sharing a quick card I made with a few challenges in mind - I used the sketch over at Try Stamping on Tuesday and the option of watercolouring (albeit when I added my banner to my card I inadvertently put it too far to the left - oops!) and used the new Color Throwdown palette along with the Easter bunny inspiration over at Just Us Girls:

      

I don't have any current Easter sets featuring bunnies, eggs or carrots - but having posted this card a while ago on my social media, one of my customers commented that the bunny from 'Nature's Beauty' would work well for an Easter card too, so I thought I'd give it a try. This is what I came up with:

 

Here's the low-down on today's card:

I stamped my bunny onto watercolour paper then coloured him in using my waterpainter. When dry I used my Stamparatus to re-stamp the outline again in Crumb Cake over the top to add the definition of the rabbit's fur. I also watercoloured in some sky and grass, adding some stamped tufts of grass and a few hand-drawn orange flowers to tie in to the colour of my card base.

 

I cut the rabbit out using my Layering Circle Thinlits and added a sentiment from 'A Wish For Everything' before adding to my (retired) Grapefruit Grove card base with gingham banner and crinkle ribbon bow. My watercolouring isn't brilliant, but my customer was right - I think this stamp does make a cute Easter bunny!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

I am feeling a little under the weather today as if I am trying to ward off a cold. The dark, grey day with constant drizzle has done nothing to lift my spirits - where oh where are the sunny days of spring?! Nothing to do other than stay in, keep warm and craft! Enjoy your evening and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

 

Comments (8) -

Susie Moore
Susie MooreUnited States
3/2/2022 7:59:57 PM #

What a cute card. I'm so happy you joined us this week at the Color Throwdown Challenge!

Jan Clothier
Jan ClothierNew Zealand
3/2/2022 10:06:15 PM #

That's adorable! Made me think of Peter Rabbit straight away.

Ina Grehan
Ina GrehanAustralia
3/2/2022 11:10:29 PM #

Cute bunny and a fabulous colourful layout Joanne. Thanks for sharing with us at Just Us Girls this week.

Carol Penner McFarland
Carol Penner McFarlandUnited States
3/4/2022 2:02:17 AM #

Joanne, I love everything about your card. The colors, the checkered paper, the Easter basket type of ribbon and the cute little scene with that little bunny! It's all so well put together into a really sweet card! Thanks for playing along with us at Just Us Girls!

Denise Willerton
Denise WillertonCanada
3/4/2022 4:15:44 AM #

well, you had me at gingham!!!  such a sweet card and great watercoloring Joanne!  thank you for joining us at TSOT ~ Denise DT

Deborah Wheeler
Deborah WheelerUnited Kingdom
3/6/2022 4:02:53 PM #

so sweet Joanne.  I struggle with using orange, but yours is so lovely!

foleysfriend
foleysfriendCanada
3/7/2022 1:22:25 AM #

What a pretty Easter card. The watercolor panel is fabulous. Loving all the orange. Thanks for joining us at Try Stampin' On Tuesday.

sue n.

Broni Holcombe
Broni HolcombeUnited States
3/8/2022 2:47:45 AM #

Oh I love your bunny, Joanne.  Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at the Color Throwdown.

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