Storybook Friends, Playing in the Rain, Easter Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I was looking over the "Last Chance" list today. The "Playing in the Rain" set. I love this little bunny, so I had to play with it today. Bunnies are associated with Easter so I thought I'd make him into an Easter card. Please read on to see how I made today's card.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Daffodil Delight card stock. On top of that is a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Floral Delight" 12" x 12" package (which is on the last chance list too). I taped the DSP to the Daffodil Delight piece and then that was taped to the card stock.

The second largest circle in the "Stylish Shapes" set was cut on a piece of Basic White card stock. I scrubbed on some Petal Pink ink using a blending brush. 

The bunny is from the "Playing in the Rain" set and was stamped using black Memento ink. I colored it in using Blends pens. I used Daffodil Delight. Lemon Lolly and Petal Pink. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the circle. 

I stamped the words from the "Storybook Friends" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink. I cut them out using the die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. Dimensionals were added to the back.

I laid the circle and the word piece on the front of the card for placement. I moved them around until I liked where they were and set them in place. I added some flowers from the "Loose Daisy" embellishments container. I still have some left and I'm sure I'll be using them on a few more cards until they are gone. I did a good job using the amount I did!

This was a fun and quick card to make. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and taking a look at today's Easter card,
Wanda

Playing in the Rain, Rain or Shine, April Calendar Page, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have my April calendar page to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

I got my calendars from Lynette's blog. You can find it just below the title of her blog. But don't stop there, take a look at all of her fun cards and different layouts! She is a fellow Minnesotan and I hope to meet her in person someday! Please read on to see how I made my calendar page, it's pretty simple.

After printing the calendar should be cut at 3-1/2" x 5".  Mine is a bit shy of that because my printer didn't print out exactly what I had downloaded. I have no idea why but I had printed all the months and cut them so mine measure 3-3/8" x 4-1/8". 

I had no idea what I was going to put on my calendar. It's spring time so something in that area. April showers came to mind so instead of spring flowers I thought I'd go with something with rain. 

I remembered the "Playing in the Rain" set so I took it off the shelf and what was on the inside? This bunny from a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Rain or Shine" 12" x 12" package (retired). I fussy cut him out and added Dimensionals to the back.

Now for the layer. The last 3 months I had made a layer for the upper part of the calendar. But since the bunny was so large I decided to just take some Balmy Blue ink and scrub it on over the upper area. I set the bunny in place and then using my chalk marker I added some white raindrops. They didn't show up so well so I colored over them a couple more times and then they were more visible. And that was it. Such a super quick and easy calendar page. I'll probably save the flower idea for May because April showers bring May flowers, right?

I'll be cutting the top off March's calendar and using it on a future card! Can't let my work go to waste now can I? There's always a way to use it for a fun card!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's calendar page,
Wanda