There is a mood board posted over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge board for March 14, 2018 --- all to act as inspiration for an Easter Card. It includes photos and colors to choose from;
I opted for the egg photo as my inspiration and went with a little tongue in cheek on my card.
I started with my egg. I sued some tacky tape I had bought on a whim and die cut a solid egg from it. I took a scrap of gold card and die cut a decoration for the egg from that. I adhered the gold to the sticky egg and sprinkled three different shades of WOW! glitter on the exposed sticky areas. After cleaning up all of teh glitter (really, most - there is still some of the glitter on my work surface and my jeans), this is what I had:
I started with my egg. I sued some tacky tape I had bought on a whim and die cut a solid egg from it. I took a scrap of gold card and die cut a decoration for the egg from that. I adhered the gold to the sticky egg and sprinkled three different shades of WOW! glitter on the exposed sticky areas. After cleaning up all of teh glitter (really, most - there is still some of the glitter on my work surface and my jeans), this is what I had:
My next step was a card base. I used a white notecard and stamped two Crazy Cats in Archival "Jet Black". I colored the cats with Distress Markers and a water brush. I stamped, colored and die-cut a pair of bunny ears fo that cat:
After dry-fitting my egg to the card, I stamped a pair of "Crazy Tag phrases in Archival "Jet Black", cut around the head of the bunny-eared cat and slipped the egg into place. Final touches included adding a "ground" for teh cats adn the egg using a Distress marker and a water brush:
Clearly, the Crazy Cat pair are at best bemused, at worst startled by the glittery egg dropped into their world.!
Products used in the making of this card were:
I'm also entering this in the
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for March 12: Easter/Spring Inspired
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday, February 2018: Green
WOW! Challenge for March 2018: All About Sparkles
Products used in the making of this card were:
- Stamps: Stampers Anonymous “Crazy Cats” (CMS251), “Crazy Things” (CMS237), and “Crazy Talk” (CMS236)
- Dies: PoppyStamps “Grand Egg” (829) and “Ornate Egg” (828); Sizzix Thinlits “Crazy Things” (660953)
- Inks: Archival “Jet Black”; Distress Markers “Worn Lipstick”, “Spiced Marmalade”, “Carved Pumpjkin”,, “Pumice Stone” and “Hickory Smoke”
- Embossing Powders/Glitter: WOW! Sparkles “Santorini” (SPRK005), “Jade” (SPRK004), and “Seahorse” (SPRK015)
- Paper: The Paper Studio “white” notecard (225359); scrap of gold card
- Adhesives: Art Accents “Terrifically Tacky Tape”; Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue
I'm also entering this in the
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for March 12: Easter/Spring Inspired
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday, February 2018: Green
WOW! Challenge for March 2018: All About Sparkles
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