Ears to You

CCMC247 – Ears to You

March 14, 2013 By Connie | 7 Comments

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Here is the Sketch Challenge for today!

Yes, I once again used Ears to You this week! I'm trying to use it as much as possible before Easter! lol! Actually, as I mentioned earlier, this is my Easter card for this year. I need to get them mailed out…last year my Easter cards sat on my desk and never got mailed! lol! The Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Paper is just so bright and colorful, too! Perfect for Easter cards!

Here are the details:

The base is a square card, 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 Pink Pirouette, folded in half.
I added a 4 x 4 piece of the polka dot pattern in Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP on top.
I cut a Scallops #2 Square of Daffodil Delight and placed on top with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Inside I have a Whisper White square embossed with the Cloudy Day folder, then sponged with a little Bashful Blue ink.
I cut a scrap piece of Lucky Limeade for the grass and cut blades with my Paper Snips. I stamped Happy Easter from Teeny Tiny Wishes with Black Stazon on top.
I inked up the bunnies from Ears to You with Daffodil Delight, and Pink Pirouette, then cut them out and placed in the grass with Stampin' Dimensionals. I added Pearls to their tails.
Finally I tied a bow from Old Olive Striped Ribbon and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

Hope you enjoy my Easter card! Make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team over on Create with Connie and Mary for their designs this week using this sketch. Then grab your stamps and play along!

SUOC66 – Ears to You

March 12, 2013 By Connie | 7 Comments

OK..I must admit, this single stamp, Ears to You, is just the cutest Easter stamp! I love playing with it. My Easter cards (showing up later this week as a Create Challenge!) used TWO of the little bunnies. I used one of the left over third bunnies for this card for the SUO Challenge this week! I didn't want him to be lonely just sitting on my desk! lol!

I also pulled out a folder I haven't used for a while…the Framed Tulip Border one. I thought it fit perfectly with the spring theme of Easter Parade! Here are the details on my card:

4 1/4 x 11 Melon Mambo, folded in half to form base card.
4 x 5 1/4 Whisper White, embossed with the Framed Tulip Border folder.
3 1/4 x 3 1/2 piece of Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Paper (I'm already on my second pack of this paper!), layered on a 3 1/2 x 4 piece of Melon Mambo, punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch, then trimmed.
Wrap around some Old Olive Striped Ribbon and tie a knot along the left side.
I embossed the Oval Designer Frame on Whisper White, then cut it out and placed on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
The single bunny was stamped with Daffodil Delight and cut out. He is also placed on the front with a Stampin' Dimensional and added a small Pearl for his eye.
Finally, I stamped Happy Easter Everybunny! from the stamp set, Everybunny, in Basic Gray along the bottom. I love that greeting (and another great Easter set!)

Make sure to check out what the rest of the SUO Challenge Team did this week! Some fabulous Easter ideas!

CAS211 Ears to You

March 11, 2013 By Connie | 1 Comment

Splitcoaststampers has a fun CAS (Clean & Simple) CAS211 sketch challenge today so I thought I'd play along. I was able to use up some of the "starts" on my desk…you know…those little pieces of projects that you started, but didn't end up making the cut on the card you were making earlier! The little bunny is one of them. My Easter cards (you'll see later this week), used only 2 of the bunnies, so I had a few of these left over. You will see another card using one tomorrow! lol! I also had the two scraps of Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP and the Pink Pirouette already cut to size! Made this card come together REALLY quickly! So…here is the sketch.

And here is my take on it:

And here are the details:

4 1/4 x 11 of Pink Pirouette folded in half to make base card.
4 x 5 1/4 Very Vanilla layered on top.
Two pieces of 1 1/8 x 3 1/2 Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Paper, cut with flag ends and adhered on top.
1 1/8 x 4 piece of Pink Pirouette c/s, cut with a flag end, stamped with Everybunny greeting in Basic Gray and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Punched Decorative Label from S&S DSP and placed on top of Pink Pirouette c/s.
Cut out Pink Pirouette bunny from Ears to You placed with Stampin' Dimensional on top.
I added two Itty Bitty flowers punched from Daffodil Delight cardstock.
I placed Pearls in the centers of the flowers and on the bunny's eye!

So…what do you think? CAS? Fits the sketch? I was pretty happy with it and used up some of my "starts", too! Thanks for stopping by!

Ears to You

February 25, 2013 By Connie | 4 Comments

Over on The Paper Players, they have a fun sketch this week that I wanted to use for one of my Easter cards. I am just LOVING this little single stamp, Ears to You…only available until the end of March! My Easter cards will be done using this set. My Stamp Club made a version of this card for their club card earlier this month! I switched things up so it followed the sketch.

The bright colors on this card gives me hope that spring will eventually get here. Not this week as we are expected to get more ice and snow…boo! I took my colors from the Birds of a Feather Designer Paper…who knew that the eggs would be perfect for Easter. AND…there are some cute chicks on one of the patterns, too!

Here are the details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Primrose Petals cardstock, folded in half. I embossed the front with the Perfect Polka Dots folder.
I added a 2 x 5" strip of the egg pattern from Birds of a Feather DSP and then a 1" strip of the yellow polka dot pattern in the same package. Plus, I used the SAB Island Indigo Ribbon as a little extra shimmer!
I inked up the bunnies in Ears to You in Summer Starfruit, Island Indigo and Primrose Petals with my Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on Whisper White.
I cut both the Whisper White and Crumb Cake with the Oval Framelits and pierced around the Crumb Cake one.
I added a pearl to the center bunny's tail!
Happy Easter was stamped with Island Indigo on Summer Starfruit and punched with the Modern Label Punch, then added across the bottom of the ovals.

Yep…I love it! Such a cheerful card! Perfect for Easter, don't you think?

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