easter

Yesterday, I spent a bit of time using up some paper scraps as my hands were a bit too sore to do very much. I wasn’t sure if I liked the end result and thought I might cut it up into flowers or something similar. Today I saw the challenge theme at Double D – (DD 3/26) EASTER/CHURCH/CROSS Challenge and decided the piece would make a pretty cross so here it is.

I put together the cross using foam tape for dimension and set it aside while I decided on my next step. A lot of crafters plan their creations ahead of time, but I don’t always do that. Instead I let the design evolve as I work. The card base was already cut and I decided on an embossed background choosing a folder from Taylored Expressions. I went over this with some Antique Linen ink. The little bird and sentiment is from an old set by GKD and I coloured the bird with Prisma pencils and a copper pen for his beak and legs. I thought he looked as if he was rejoicing. The pink bow was already tied, which was a good thing as tying one today would be beyond me, and the black heart is a leftover piece from something else. I almost ruined my background as it didn’t go on straight and I had to pull it off and try again. Working with sore hands isn’t always my best option.

In general I don’t make too many cards for the different holidays, excepting Christmas, but this year I have put together one or two for Easter. This one is too thick for mailing so will be hand delivered to one of my neighbors. She is quite religious and goes to church regularly, but I’m not into any formal religion myself.

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The colour challenge and Just Add Ink made me want to make a card, the Easter theme at Double D and the usual anything goes at CYHTP ensured I combined my idea so the card would fit into the three challenges. In general I don’t do many of the holiday themed cards except for Christmas, but I do want to send a few Easter cards this year so I’ve completed a few. Using the colours from Just add Ink I created an Easter egg and decorated it. I first cut the egg shape by hand and then using some scrap strips of CS I inked colour to each strip. When it was dry I cut the fringe using scissors that are actually designed for cutting herbs. They are more useful in my craft room. After cutting off the excess I set it aside. I pulled out an old Easter set from GKD, and stamped the rabbit on some scrap that has rough finish similar to linen and used some Prisma pencils to colour it. I did use an alcohol pen for his ears, nose and cheeks and a white glaze pen for his tail. Using a blender pencil I smoothed out the colour but deliberately left it a bit rough so it looks like fur. After finding a pink piece of vellum I dry embossed it with this tulip folder. I added the egg and took a Doodlebug sticker of a rabbit head and added it behind the egg before fully sticking it down. Some additional stickers were added as a decoration and the sentiment, from the same set, was stamped, embossed and fussy cut as I wanted it to be stacked not side by side. The other rabbit is popped up on foam tape. The gray note card makes the pink vellum look slightly darker than it actually is.

As so often happens, I’ve already thought of an easier way to add the fringed elements to get a better edge line, but too late for this particular card. All in all I’m happy with the card.

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