Happy Easter for Papercraft Inspirations

Here's a sneeky peek at one of the cards I did for this months Papercraft Inspirations magazine, on sale now in the UK. I was asked to do a quick Easter card and came up with this

Thi circles and ovals were cut with my Cricut (george cartridge), the flowers were doodled freehand onto some pink spotty paper (making memories), and I gave him a spotty ear as well. Some more doodling, a cotton ball for his tail and there you go......quick and easy. The sentiment is a stamp by Great Impressions

I have had a major blog fest here, catching up on visiting everyone, and clearing my emails - it was a bit of a marathon I can tell you, but now I feel all virtuous and almost ready to tackle the pile of filing that needs doing. Mike and I have very different attitudes to this chore - he would let the pile reach the size of a small mountain, then painstakingly file it, page by page, all in it's proper place and in chronological order. Me? Well the pile of papers drives me mad, so I quickly and haphazardly shove them into the drawer, so that when the car needs insuring, you are quite likely to find the paperwork in with the water bills. Which explains why I found a pile of papers tucked under a chair. 'I hid them' he said simply 'so that you wouldn't file them'. Oh goody, that's another job ticked off my list then.......

Easter card

Here's a card I made for Papercraft Inspirations this month, my brief was to make a religious card, rather than secular little bunnies and eggs. I was delighted to be asked to do this, the true meaning of our festivals seems to be lost these days. I cut two rectangles, and ran them through the cuttlebug, using the distressed stripe folder, then inked the edges in bronze ink. The background piece is embossed with the script folder, and the lettering is American Craft thickers, in white, that I swiped all over with the bronze inkpad. The flowers were punched, and the leaves are a Martha Stewart punch.

I have been struggling with a bad cold this week, it's that time of year isn't it? My head feels all woolly and fuzzy - nothing new there then. I have still managed to make twelve cards today - yes, twelve - but they are for a magazine, so I can't share them yet.

I had to pop into town, and parked in a meter zone. Would that machine accept my money? Would it heck. I kept putting the coins in, it kept spitting them out. In the end, I spotted the traffic warden on patrol and said 'the machine won't take my money'. 'Oh yes it will' he said grimly, and put my coins in. Would you believe it, that dratted machine swallowed them and belched out my ticket. Can machines recognise traffic wardens? Do they know that you don't mess with them? I asked him, but he needed a sense of humour transplant and stalked off without answering. Pity that, I would have thought that seeing the funny side of life would have been a great asset in his job..................

Hippity Hoppity Easter Card

This is made with the Animal Kingdom cartridge, one of my favourites. If anyone is thinking about this one - get it, it's so versatile. The saying was cut using the sound feature at 2", and the bunnies were cut using the border feature at 3". I stuck primas on for their tails, doodling (of course, it's my new passion!).

BBTB Easter Egg Card

The challenge for the design team on BBTB this week was to make a project using the corners from Jasmine, in yellow. I was stumped on this one for a while, then my niece Ffion, who is also a cardmaker said 'why not make an easter egg tree' - good idea Ffion, so this is what I came up with. The tree was cut from happily ever after at 5", the eggs were cut from last years DCWV spring stack, and the stamp was from hobbycraft. Lots of doodling and stickles, there you go.........

To look at all the DT creations, click HERE

Easter Card

Over on Papertake Weekly, the challenge this week was for a card with a spring theme. These Easter bunnies are by Great Impressions, I embossed them in black and coloured in with tombow markers. The paper is from my craft supply - haven't a clue who made it now, and the flowers are by prima. I love doing springlike cards at this time of year, it's such a change to use fresh colours after all the rich colours of winter and Christmas.

I entered my 'Feeling Ruff' card on a new challenge blog called CMUtd - Cardmakers United, and I've won some goodies! I'll let you know what I get.........