• Tutorial Shop
  • My account
  • Checkout
  • Nav Social Menu

    • E-mail
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

JanB Cards

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Welcome to my team
  • Shop Now
  • Clearance Rack
  • Happening Now!
    • My Aladdin’s Cave of Retired Products
    • Promotions – Free Retired DSP
    • Events – Please see PROMOTIONS
  • Photo Gallery

Best Bunny Easter Card

Uncategorized

12 Mar

Hello Crafters.

Unfortunately my website went down when I was preparing this morning’s blog. On the positive side, I did a “copy and paste” of what I had written, and have posted it below. My IT guru is still trying to get me transferred from my existing web host to a different one. Catherine is confident that the transfer will be complate in a matter of days. xx

Hello, Crafters.

I feel as if I’ve been away from crafting for ages! Oh my goodness, it’s so good to be back! Yellow isn’t my colour but it’s very much an Easter colour. Today’s card was inspired by a card I saw in the Annual Catalogue. Using Stazon Tuxedo Black Ink, I stamped the rabbit’s body, head, paws and tail, plus his face. I decided to leave my rabbit Whisper White except for the inside of his ears, and his nose and mouth. For these I used the Flirty Flamingo Watercolour Pencil, which isn’t one of our standard colours. It comes with the Lots of Happy Card Kit (146388 on page 9 in the annual catalogue) together with Lemon Lime Twist. Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry Watercolour Pencils are also in the kit.

     
I die cut a Whisper White Cardstock (CS) oblong to mount the rabbit on. For this I used one of the Rectangle Stitched Framelits. I also die cut a larger piece of Daffodil Delight CS as a layer for the rabbit! Before I started layering, I needed to paint the background. I started by stamping a row of grass from one side to the other,  and coloured it using my Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write Marker. After I had coloured the stamped blades of grass, I coloured the rest of the grass by painting short straight strokes as unevenly as possible to give the look of grass.

    
Although I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with all of them, I stamped, coloured and fussy cut four carrots. The leaves were painted in Granny Apple Green. I went over them three or four times to make them a lot darker than the grass. The actual carrots were painted with Pumpkin Pie. I used a Dauber with Balmy Blue Ink to colour the sky. After I had adhered the rabbit’s body using Tombow, I used Dimensionals to adhere the head. I cut some small pieces of Dimensionals to support the ears. The sentiment is from the Fable Friends Stamp Set. I chose a die from the Garage Gears Thinlits Dies because I thought it resembled a speech bubble!

     

I started putting my card together starting with a card base in Daffodil Delight (CS), and a layer of Whisper White CS. Next I used a layer of Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) stack. After I had everything adhered together, I was able to look at my card and decide what to do with the carrots. I knew from the beginning that I wanted the rabbit to be holding one of them, so I had a little play with different positions for the carrot! Once I was happy, I adhered it into place! Then I adhered two in the bottom right-hand corner, over-lapping each other very slightly. The final touch for the front of the card was to add three coloured pearls from the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls. The yellow is So Saffron, but they blend in brilliantly!

    

To decorate the inside of the card, I adhered a layer of Whisper White CS. I stamped the rabbits head, and then his face. I coloured the inside of his ears, as well as his nose and mouth as before. Then I adhered the last carrot just to the side of his face.

As the saying goes “Better late than never!” This is the blog you should have been able to see this morning. I’m now going to start preparing tomorrow’s blog – hopefully it will be published at the right time! Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB. xx

Products used: please click on any link to be takn to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop.

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock
[121680]
£8.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00

Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Gingham Gala 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[148554]
£10.25

Best Bunny Photopolymer Bundle

Best Bunny Photopolymer Bundle
[148378]
£28.75

Fable Friends Cling Stamp Set

Fable Friends Cling Stamp Set
[148670]
£20.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad
[101406]
£8.25

Jet Black Stazon Ink Refill

Jet Black Stazon Ink Refill
[102566]
£6.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad
[147105]
£7.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[147168]
£3.50

Sponge Daubers

Sponge Daubers
[133773]
£4.75

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers
[147157]
£27.50

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

Regals Stampin’ Write Markers
[147155]
£27.50

Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers

Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers
[147158]
£27.50

Lots Of Happy Card Kit

Lots Of Happy Card Kit
[146388]
£33.00

Garage Gears Thinlits Dies

Garage Gears Thinlits Dies
[148521]
£31.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies
[148551]
£33.00

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls
[146927]
£5.50

Paper Snips Scissors

Paper Snips Scissors
[103579]
£9.25

Paper-Piercing Tool

Paper-Piercing Tool
[126189]
£3.75

Big Shot

Big Shot
[143263]
£102.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

Big Shot Magnetic Platform
[130658]
£37.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Liquid Multipurpose Glue
[110755]
£3.75

Tear & Tape Adhesive

Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
£6.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
£3.75


signature

10 Comments

Subscribe to my Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Previous Post: « Needle & Thread by Karen James
Next Post: Flip Fold Card Video »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Deanette says

    March 12, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    This is the sweetest card! Yellow is not my favorite color but it is perfect for this card! I love the cards you create so much!

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 12, 2019 at 10:00 pm

      Hi, Deanette. I’m like you, yellow is not my colour. My exception is Easter,then I thinkit’s perfect. I think it’s because it makes me think daffodils! Happy crafting, JanB. xx

      Reply
  2. Linda Rial says

    March 12, 2019 at 9:18 pm

    Love the card. Yellow is such a happy color.

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 12, 2019 at 10:01 pm

      Hi, Linda. I’m glad you like today’s project. Yes, I think it shouts Easter, and that’s a great time to be happy! Happy craftig, JanB. xx

      Reply
  3. Csthy Senkier says

    March 13, 2019 at 12:35 am

    I absolutely love that simple card with the rabbit in the carrot! As I so often say less is more! I brought a big smile to my face and gave me more wrinkles of course from smiling.

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 14, 2019 at 10:25 am

      Hi, Cathy. Smiley wrinkles aren’t ageing like scowling wrinkles are! Happy crafting, JanB. xx

      Reply
  4. Cathy Senkier says

    March 13, 2019 at 12:45 am

    Absolutely love your cards and this one brought a very big smile to my face. That little bunny with a little carrot it’s just an example of why it is called less is more. Very simple and sweet. I love looking for your cards and your videos in a appreciate you so much.
    Cathy

    Reply
    • Jan says

      March 14, 2019 at 10:28 am

      Hi, Cathy. Yes, I definitely prefer less, too. Many thanks for your support in following my blog and my videos. I appreciate it so much. Happy crafting, JanB. xx

      Reply
  5. Karen in Florida says

    April 7, 2019 at 2:10 am

    Perfect Easter card!! I love the yellow.

    Reply
    • Jan says

      April 10, 2019 at 9:44 am

      Hi, Karen. Easter is the only time I really like to use yellow! I’m pleased you like this card.Many thanks, and happy crafting! JanB. xx

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Basket

Hello, Crafters. I’m JanB

Follow Me

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com

Hostess Code

Valid for MARCH 2023
PEJNQZXN

Current Catalogues


Special Offers

Subscribe to JanB Cards via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Search this Blog

Top Cardmaking YouTube Channel

Card Making Youtube Channels
Top 100 Cardmaking YouTube Channel: No. 32

Incentive Trip Achiever




Archives

Disclaimer

Images © Stampin' Up!® Jan Brown, Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator. The content of this blog is my sole responsibility as an independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator and the use of, and content of, the classes, services, or products offered on this blog is not endorsed by Stampin' Up!®

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Welcome to my team
  • Shop Now
  • Clearance Rack
  • Happening Now!
  • Photo Gallery
Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2023 · Refined Theme · design by Catherine Carroll