Easter Time

I had some backgrounds I created last year and never used so I decided to use them for my Easter cards.  The technique was one I used for Valentine’s Day last year.  It’s from a tutorial by Bibi Cameron.  This time I used blues with neutrals and as a final step swiped over the top with Champagne Delicata ink.  The embossing folder is the Memory Box 3D Blooming Sweet Pea.  The inks I used were Distress Oxide inks in, I believe (it was last year) Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, and Black Soot, and sprays in Antique Linen and Speckled Egg.  



The Easter Lily stamp and die were from Newton’s Nook.  I stamped them on Neenah Solar White cardstock using My Favorite Things Extreme Black hybrid ink and colored them in using Copic markers.  Next I die cut them using the matching die.  

The sentiment is a die set from my stash.  I cut the words from champagne glitter and white cardstock so I could layer them to create some depth.  The shadow was cut in white. I glued them together using Bearly Art Precision Glue, a new favorite.  

The card bases were from Sizzix Surfacez in Arctic Sky.  I matted them with champagne glitter cardstock and cut the backgrounds to fit inside.  I used a Tombow Mono Dots tape runner for the mat and background then I glued on the flowers and sentiment.  

I think they turned out pretty and a bit artsy, didn’t they? The background looks a bit like stormy spring sky. 

I’ll be entering this in the Simon Says Monday and Wednesday Challenges. 


Thanks for stopping by! 

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