Happy Easter Card

by Lis Whiting

Happy Easter Card

Materials

• Bazzill Canvas Texture Card-stock, Anchorage ( BAZ-9-959     $0.59 )
• Patterned card-stock in brown
  • Note: I used a paper that is not available.
    
  • Substitute Basic Grey Kioshi Anason ( BG-KIO-2335     $0.85 )
    
  • or
    Kioshi Rub On, Sparkling Brown, rubbed onto cream paper ( BG-RO-2367     $
$4.59 )
• Basic Grey Origins – Relaxation ( BG-ORG-2237     $0.85 )
• Cream Card-Stock, misted with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz ( CLE-SS-Vani    $4.49 )
• Sticker Letters – Basic Grey Micro Mono Stickers in Cappella (Coming May 2010)
  • Substitute Origins - Micro Mono Stickers ( BG-S-ORG-2257     $1.59 )
  They are a pretty yellow which will match the border.
  Note: These micro mono stickers are GREAT! They give you a LOT of letters both lower and upper case.
  They are also cardstock and easy to handle. They are just the right size for adding sentiments on tags!
• Martha Stewart Crafts Punch Edger, Bunny Scene ( MSC-PU-231013     $14.99 )
• Marvy 3" Giga Scalloped Oval ( MAR-Gig-Scoval     $23.99 )
• White pearls (3mm, 5mm) KAI-PRL-714     $1.99
• Prima Paper Flowers, Got Flowers?, Studio 24–M ( PRI-GF-512026     $6.99
• Ribbon, Ivory, 1/4" Silk ( MA-SK4-09     $0.59/yard

Instructions

• Fold the dark brown cardstock in half to make your base card. Cut the brown pattern cardstock to 4x5 ¼. Layer this onto your card.
  


• Punch the strip of yellow patterned card-stock.
  (I love Martha Stewart’s edger (border) punches. The designs are detailed and the punch is easy to use. I don’t normally buy holiday punches but when I saw this one I had to have it!)


• Place the strip of yellow patterned cardstock into the punch. I find it easier to work with the handle next to me (although the design is upside down). You can work left to right or right to left; I work left to right.
  


• Make sure that the edge of the paper is flush against the lip of the punch. This assures that you will have a straight border when you’re done.


• Press the handle down and make your first punch.
  


• Pull the paper to the right. You can see the punched pattern.


• Match the pattern you have punched to the pattern on the punch itself, and that the paper is flush against the lip of the punch.
  (Carefully matching the pattern ensures that you will punch correctly along the paper.)


• Punch again.
  


• Repeat pulling paper to the right and puncing until you have punched a 6 inch length of this border.
  (I always punch a little extra so that I can move the border back and forth on my card to get the best placement.)
  
  
• Lay your punched border along the base of your card and cut the excess off.
  


• Glue the ribbon to the bottom of the border strip.
  


• Glue the border/ribbon to the base of your card. Add 3mm white pearls to the punched bunnies for their tails.
  


• Punch a scalloped oval out of glitter cardstock.
  


• Add Happy Easter in cardstock letters to the oval.
  


• Punch a small hole in the lower left of the oval.
  


• Place a small brad through the center of a purple flower and attach the flower to the oval.
  


• Add a 5mm white pearl to the top of the brad.
  


• Place mounting tape on the back of your oval.
  


• Attach your oval to your Easter card.
  

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