Playing With Paper Blocks and Bunnies

Animals, Easter, Everyday, Friendship, Holidays, love, Ocassions, Seasons, Spring, Thinking of You/Miss You

Hello friends! Easter is coming for us for very soon and I’ve been enjoying all of the Spring that’s starting to come up outside with flowers and buds on the trees!  It’s still a little cool, but hopefully the weather will even out and stay warmer!

Since I’ve been trying to get motivated for Easter, I’ve pulled out some papers from my stash and have been inspired to CASE (copy & share everything) a friend that really inspires me to use things I have!  First, I’d like to share a fun Easter card that I’ve made for a sketch challenge that I was inspired by as well:

That sitting bunny is so cute!  (Thank you Carol…more on that later in post!)  If you check out the sketch from the Sketch Saturday challenge blog (see in challenge list below), you will see all of the fun angle strips in the sketch.  I thought it would be fun to pull out some Easter papers from my stash.  I wasn’t sure how to do the background until I saw that this sitting bunny worked perfect for a part of the paper pad that had this wheelbarrow image in it!  I cut it out from the paper and placed the bunny on it.

For the background of the card, I thought it would be fun to use my stencils to create a scene with grass and clouds.  The wheelbarrow bunny fit in the open area and then I used the angles from the sketch to cut pieces with the same Easter paper pad.  I just eyeballed everything by marking notches and lining those notches in my paper trimmer to get a straight cut.  Even the solid paper on the base layer came from the paper pad.  I just cut it A2 size to fit over an A2 top folding white card base.

The sentiment was stamped and cut out with the coordinating die.  I added some shadow under wheelbarrow with a green marker (not really the color I wanted, but it worked), and colored a bit of pink on the bunny too.  I added teal rhinestones next to the sentiment and done.

Next, I wanted to share something else that I was inspired by from my friend Carol at https://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com who sent me a very cool card and kind gift:

She always inspires me with her “snippet” creations and coming up with cards like this one to utilize those pattern papers we hoard so much!  The pattern is very pleasing to the eye and so I wanted to create one myself!  With all of the papers I have, I’m sure I could make a zillion cards! 😆  I also love how she used a monochromatic green theme with it…which I will need to try another one with this idea!  You should go check her blog out and be inspired too!

Also, she was very kind in sending me these die cut sitting bunnies & stools!  I do not know exactly where this bunny is from, but I’ve seen it around the craft world.  So cute!  Thank you so much for your kindness and inspiration my friend! 

So here’s the card that I created inspired by Carol.  I really love plaids and I thought it would be fun to re-create her design which I measured out her pieces and cut based on what I thought they were.  It was really fun and not as hard as it looks like it might be.  I wrote the measurements and cut from the same Easter paper pad as I used on the card above.  I started with a white base…that way if I messed up, it wouldn’t matter too much.  The sentiment piece was also from the same paper pad.  I just white heat embossed the sentiment and added some stitch details with a white gel pen.

I used one of the sitting bunnies that Carol provided me with, and tried to match up what I had from my stash the best I could to die cut some hearts along with the A2 side folding card base.

I brushed the hearts with a glitter brush pen and called it done.

 

I had so much fun playing with these paper blocks and bunnies!  I hope you’ve enjoyed my creations and inspiration today as well!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  C U SOON!

Challenges:

  1. Sketch Saturday – #746 optional twist: feature an animal (top card)
  2. Simply Create Too – Bunnies & Blooms #198 (top card)
  3. Make My Monday – Spring, Flowers, Weather, etc. #221 (top card)
  4. Fab ‘N Funky – Spring #591 (top card)
  5. Daring Cardmakers – Spring is in the Air (top card)
  6. The Paper Funday – Anything Goes optional: dies #63 (top card)

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I'm so happy you found me! I love to share smiles with my handmade cards! I also enjoy papercrafts through art journaling, scrapooking and mixed media projects too! Thanks for stopping by!

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20 thoughts on “Playing With Paper Blocks and Bunnies”

  1. Well this post has left me speechless! LOL The kind and thoughtful Sarn (from the Snippets playground) surprised me and sent a few of those bunny images and stools because I just loved how she used them on her cards. Then our sweet and generous friend Lynn found that Amazon sells that bunny die and since I don’t buy from Amazon, she surprised me and bought me that die and sent it along with another cute bunny die. I’ve been gifted with so many incredible crafting supplies lately and I’m truly grateful for each and every item I receive. That bunny is quite popular in blog land, so I thought I’d share some bunnies with you too since I enjoyed them so much. I just LOVE the way you used him on these cards. I’m impressed with how you tackled that tricky sketch in the first card so beautifully with the bunny sitting on a wheelbarrow! He can be sitting almost anywhere for a cute card. I am also a fan of plaid papers so I’m truly honored that you cased my card and made one of your own. Mr. Bunny looks just perfect sitting on the paper with a great sentiment. Both of these cards are just perfect for Easter! You’ve inspired me to use that bunny in many different ways now, so thanks for the shout-out and thanks for the inspiration too! Have a great week ahead! Big Hugs my friend 🙂

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  2. Your bunny cards are beautiful, this cute bunny is all over blogland, it seems like it is often gifted versus bought yourself , thanks Shirley, I first saw it on Sarns blog and then Carol has been inspiring me with it! Hoping to be back in my craft room in about a week and will be pulling him out!

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  4. Love this bunny (yes I have it and I’m making a few extra Easter cards this morning using it). Love how you sat him in the wheel barrow – he looks like he is ready for gardening. Isn’t it nice to have friends that “share”?

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  8. You’ve created some fabulous cards starring these cute bunnies, lovely designs, the fresh and pretty papers are perfect for spring. Thank you for joining us at Fab’n’ Funky.

    Chris

    x

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  9. Love this, what a fabulously fun take on our sketch!!

    Thank you for joining our challenge at Sketch Saturday!

    Diane SS DT

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    <a href=”http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com//”><b>{Sketch Saturday}</b></a>

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  10. I love that cute fun bunny with te longs legs over the side of the cart Vicki, he is adorable and I love your sky and grass and fabulous sketch you followed, gorgeous card, then we have your thanks card and a selection of bunnies to play with from Caro,l a lovely gift, and I love your paper panels and colours using or casing Carols card, just lovely, beautiful colors..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  12. What a fun array of cards. Love the pastel colors, and the plaid, and the bunny would not be cuter.

    Easter comes early this year, need to finish u my Easter cards and get them ready to mail.

    Hugs

    Sue

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  15. WOW! I love this bunny, it can be used in so many situations! Arranging patterned pieces of paper gives the impression that the rabbit’s world is divided into many spaces. Beautiful creation and a two wonderful cards.

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  16. Your Easter cards are absolutely adorable and full of creativity! I love how you’ve utilized your stash of papers and drawn inspiration from your friend Carol’s wonderful snippet creations. The sitting bunny images add such a charming touch to both cards, and your attention to detail is truly impressive. Thank you for sharing your delightful creations and inspiring us all!

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  17. Wonderful creation. Thanks for entering you card at Make My Monday challenge Das een hele mooie creatie.  Leuk dat je meedoet met onze challenge bij Make My Monday challenge Creatieve Groetjes Claudia <a</a>Mijn FB groep:&nbsp;<a href=”https://www.facebook.com/groups/claudiaskaartjes/”>Claudia’s Kaartjes</a> <a</a>You tube:<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlT4Rs1DfAZU_GLcM7Kx1g”>Claudia’s Kaartjes</a> <a</a>Blog:<a href=”https://claudiaskaartjes.blogspot.com/”>Claudia’s Kaartjes</a> Challenge blogs: <a</a><a href=”https://girlzcreativechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/”>Girlz Creative Christmas&nbsp;</a> <a</a><a href=”https://girlzmakesguyzcards.blogspot.com/”>Girlz makes Guyz Cards</a> <a</a><a href=”https://girlzcreativecrafts.blogspot.com/”>Girlz creative crafts</a> <a</a><a href=”https://creativesketchygirls.blogspot.com/”>Creative sketchy girls</a>

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  18. VIcki, Your take on that sketch is amazing. I must say I would have passed it by, but what you did is so clever. The bunny is cute and such a sweet gift from your friend. More hugs, Kathy

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  20. These are all amazing! I especially love the bunny in the wagon though – what a fun assortment of papers and angles!

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