Happy Easter

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My set of Easter cards incorporates stamping from a stamp set that I was lucky to win in a giveaway draw this year.  Stampin' Up! Work of Art might be an old set but one I love as the stamps have a painterly brushstroke look to them.  Great for repeat stamping to create images.  These designs were inspired in my search through Pinterest.  Wish I'd made more bunches of tulips but for some reason I was thinking more of Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies!

Large Easter eggs repeat stamped in bands of different colours onto oval die cuts and inlaid back into the apertures.  Large chevron egg stamped through an oval aperture directly onto the panel.  Small chevron eggs die cut from a stamped panel.


Added stamped bunnies, flowers, tiny butterflies and eggs with sentiments embossed in gold on vellum.  Die cut boxes from patterned papers, pretty cut work oval eggs and a bow to tie the three flowers together.

I've used - A6 pastel coloured card blanks
Stampin' Up! Work of Art stamp set
VersaFine Clair inks - cheerful, verdant, summertime, monarch
Funky Fossil Forest Friends stamp set
Tonic Romantic Vine oval die set
Various unbranded dies
Various sentiment stamps

Linking my 1st tulip flower card up with - Double D Easter Challenge




Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x 

Comments

  1. DianeThursday, 07 April, 2022

    Beautiful and fun array of Easter cards! Thank you for joining our challenge at Doubl eD!
    Diane DD DT

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  2. As.I.Do.Rodos.Thursday, 07 April, 2022

    Fabulous cards
    Ginny xx
    My Blog As I do Rodos

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  3. Darlene Thursday, 07 April, 2022

    WOW! These are all just beautiful Steph! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Easter’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

    P.S. If I hadn’t already mentioned it, just wanted to let you know that we have another new challenge blog. This time it’s all about using your EMBOSSING FOLDERS. I hope you’ll come check us out and play along at CAN YOU HANDLE THE PRESSURE. Hope to see you there!

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  4. EmmaTFriday, 08 April, 2022

    Such a creative use of the stamps, the eggs are very effective but i really love the tulips, I would never have thought to use the stamps this way - Gorgeous. Emmax

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  5. Judy WoodlandSunday, 10 April, 2022

    Wow, such fabulous cards, you have such an eye for color and design. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us, and thank you for playing along with us over at Double D. Hope to see you back again soon!
    Judy~ DD DT

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