There are many joys to having grandchildren, but having an excuse to create cards and goodies for the holidays is certainly one of them. I left the goodies for Caleb and Hannah with Sarah when we visited in March, and then sent their cards through the mail, since getting mail is always a good thing!

Thanks to a friend, I had the use of Papertrey Ink’s “Huggable Bunny and Chick” mini stamp and die set. I chose the chick for Hannah.

Creating these cuties requires die cutting many pieces and fitting them altogether. The little chickie requires no stamping. I die cut her bow from a scrap of patterned paper. After die cutting Altenew’s “Gradient Stripe” from Raspberry Fizz cardstock, I glued it to a Harvest Gold top-folded card. I stamped the greeting in Raspberry Fizz with a sentiment from Simon Says’ “Some Bunny” set. 

Although it doesn’t show in the photo, I added some Wink of Stella Glitter to one of the “stripes” on the die cut eggs.

Caleb got the bunny.

Same process, same design except New Leaf cardstock for the Altenew die and Orange Zest for the card. The sentiment on his card came from Papertrey Ink’s “Bunny Basket.” 

I love all the detail on the bunny, the heart shaped die for his paw, the details on the carrot dies, and his cute face which was stamped before putting the bunny together.

I asked Skylar which she preferred: a bunny or a chick? She voted for a bunny so all three girls will get bunny boxes. It’s important, at least for now, for everything to be the same. They still enjoy having matching outfits, although that’s getting harder to find the correct sizes now that they are older.

I’ve always loved these clear boxes by Reverse Confetti, and the die that creates the insert. (Which I now see is behind one of the treats!) Fortunately, I’m writing this a day early so it can be fixed before tomorrow morning!)

The boxes actually hold quite a bit. There are glitter markers, temporary tatoos, little bags of treats, a chicken lip gloss, and a couple of games included. They’ll each get a spiral-bound coloring book as well, which was too big to put in the box. The inserts were all die cut from Papertrey Ink patterned paper which I think is no longer available. The tags are die cut with one of Papertrey Ink’s “Tremendous Tags,” and the sentiment came with the Bunny and Chick stamp set.

I applied Spectrum Noir glitter to the whole egg for the bunny boxes which you can see here. 

The girls will get their Bunny Boxes tomorrow morning when we go down to join them for the Easter egg hunt. Like last year, it’s sure to be inside as it’s turned quite chilly, and we’ve had substantial rain the last two days. Even if the sun comes out, the yard will be way too wet for a hunt.

If you celebrate Easter, I hope you have a great day. We’ll head to the second service after the Easter egg hunt, and then head to Tracy’s brother’s for Easter dinner in the afternoon. It’s likely to be a full day.

I’m entering one of the bunny boxes in The Card Concept: Spring Celebration. 

The gray, white, and pink combo is just right as is the bunny!

And also in the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge where the mood board also features many of the same colors, and a cute little bunny.

 

Just a quick post to share the birthday card I made Adam who celebrates his birthday today! His parents are visiting them from Washington, so there’s probably a bigger party than usual. The design of the card was inspired by this post, using a different set of Pinkfresh Studio stamps and die cuts than I used here. I also have the set Natasha used, and will probably give that a try in the future. I was pleased that the Gatsby die from Pinkfresh Studio worked just as well.

After measuring the opening for the acetate window, I die cut the Gatsy dies in black and kraft cardstock and layered them. These are one of my favorite dies for masculine cards. I adhered the acetate and then layered the dies on top. The die fit perfectly in the window.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink’s “Birthday Bash” set–a tried and true set of birthday sentiments. I hope the weather in Racine was as lovely as it was here–bright sunshine and temps in the low 60’s. 

 

 

Today is the second birthday of a darling little girl, Eva. I had a lot of fun creating a card for her, using a couple NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff) products. One of them is new; the other I’ve had for awhile.

I started by die cutting Mama Elephant’s “Cloudy Day Cover” on white cardstock, blending Distress Inks with the wonderful “Life Changing Blender Brushes.” They do make ink blending so much easier! I masked off the edge of the die to create a narrow white frame. This die cut has been on my wish list for awhile, and I found it at the Buffalo stamp store on our way home from Racine last month.

The fun hot-air balloons and kitty are from My Favorite Things, “Up in the Air.” MFT has so many cute sets for kids, and whenever they have a good sale, I try to pick up one. This one I’ve had for several months, and hadn’t had a chance to use it. Eva has a kitty at home, so I chose that to put in the big balloon.

 All the images were colored with Copics on X-Press Blending paper, and then fussy cut. The sentiment comes from the same MFT set.

A little dimension was added by using dimensional tape on the lower two balloons. Here’s hoping Eva likes the card.