Eggstra special (for Neat and Tangled)

Hi there!

I'm here and on the NT blog this morning with a card that's a little... eggstra:

I started out by stamping the main bunny-and-egg image from Eggciting 2 times. I kept one intact, but cut the egg away from the bunny for the 2nd. It takes the 2 bunnies to haul this giant egg!

I paper-pieced the egg-wrapper for a different look, stamping the image onto floral patterned paper, trimming out that section, and over-laying it onto the die-cut egg.

The sentiment was borrowed from an older set that I illustrated, Eggstra Special. That egg is definitely a little extra!

For one final touch, I brought in the butterfly and dotted trail line from All The Bunnies.  I love how it connects the sentiment to the large egg.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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Cottontail cuties (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

I have 2 cards to show off today, both using my new set for Neat and Tangled, called Cottontail Cuties.

It features 2 girls dressed in bunny costumes, one holding a little chick and the other pulling a wagon full of Easter eggs.



And obviously, a couple of bunnies.  I love this one, with his arms folded together! For this card, I watercolored a huge heart, and put it against a scalloped rectangle. I then snipped off the "hooray" from inside the wreath and used that to frame my images.



My next card shows off the second bunny and girl images. I cut away the little eggs from her wagon and put the huge egg from the new Eggstra Special there instead. The sentiment is also from Eggstra Special. I propped up the bunny using the tree stump from Lumberjack Love, and did a subtle stenciling on the background layer using the new Scalloped stencil.

A little tip: to make the girl look like she's really holding that flower, I adhered the flower behind her hand, and then used a black pen to draw a connecting line.

I hope you like Cottontail Cuties! There's more to see on the NT blog today - click!

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Eggstra Special + So Lucky (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

Neat and Tangled's February release week kicks off today and I have 2 cards to show off. The first is for a mini set that I designed, called Eggstra Special (yep, we've left Valentine's day in our dust and we're on to Easter sets. hee.)

If the chick looks familiar, it's because you can find the digital stamp version in my shop (click!) but if you prefer to stamp, you will be very happy come Friday when you can purchase him in the NT store.



I colored the chick with copic markers (Y02, Y18, and a touch of Y000 for the body, and YR02, YR68 for the beak and feet.)

Behind the chick, I use the stitched sunburst die to add some interest and weight to the right side of the card. I really love how that looks!

The journaling alphas are still my favorite, and I used them to spell out "chickie." I used the same orange copics to color them as for the beak.

The next card I made uses Danielle's hand-lettered So Lucky:

I absolutely love her hand-lettering! I gold-embossed the sentiment, and then used a black pen to outline everything. It gives it more pop and lends a more graphic quality to the lettering. The coverplate in the background is something you'll see more of this week, and I cut it in a St-Patty's day green. I brushed some gold ink onto the die-cut in some spots and brought even more gold by way of a few sequins.

I hope you like what you see! Check out the NT blog this morning for even more inspiration!

♥.