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Some Bunny Loves You – Die-cut Easter Card

Hello! I couldn’t resist playing again with the Spring Animals die set to create another Easter card. (You can see my first card using the set here.)

- I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it on the Bazzill card stock.
- I used a 4″ x 5 1/4″ die from a now-retired MFT Blueprints set to cut the sentiment panel.
- I cut and assembled the bunnies and cut the eggs from SU Pineapple Punch, SU Melon Mambo, and SU Gorgeous Grape. I used the Picture Book Love Bear die to cut the heart from SU Poppy Parade.
- After assembling the bunnies, I added them to the lavender panel with foam adhesive.
- I dry-embossed the white card base with the SU Subtle embossing folder for a linen-like texture.

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Paper Smooches – CAS Spring-themed Floral Bouquet

Hello! The sun is out here in the Pacific Northwest and the longer days are much appreciated. I am sharing a CAS spring-themed card featuring some favorite Paper Smooches dies – Dainty Flowers and Dainty Flowers 2.

I used one of the dies in the Lawn Fawn Rectangle set (3 1/2″ x 2 1/4″) to cut the panel behind the flowers from TE Confetti Cake cardstock.
The sentiment from the Reverse Confetti Carton Cuties stamp set was heat-embossed on Gina K Lagoon Blue cardtock (Gina K Autumn Rainbow pack) and cut with a Lawn Fawn banner die.
The flowers were cut from white cardstock, as well as, SU Pineapple Punch, SU Poppy Parade, Gina K Lagoon Blue (Gina K Autumn Rainbow pack), and Gina K Lucky Clover (2018 Add-On Collection). I attached the assembled flowers to the rectangle background and covered the bottoms of the stems with the sentiment banner.
I dry-embossed the white card base with the SU Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

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Die-cut Easter Greetings

Hello! Today I am sharing an Easter card featuring Karen Burniston’s Spring Animals. I’ve followed Karen over the years and was excited to add these dies to my collection. She has a number of other cute critters that I’m considering.

I cut the Spring Animals pieces and assembled them (SU Daffodil Delight for the chick). The eyes and nose (on the bunny) were added with a pen by using the die as a stencil. This makes it easy to add those small details.
I used the Taylored Expressions Picket Fence Border and Cloud Duo dies to create the scene on which I placed the assembled animals.
I heat-embossed an older Reverse Confetti sentiment (Carton Cuties set) on a SU Cucumber Crush cardstock panel and added it to the rectangle cut from Taylored Expressions Sprinkles.
The light-pink card base was dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions Flower Power embossing folder.

Where’s Spring?

Hello! Today, I am sharing a spring-themed card featuring the Festive Birds die set from Creative Expressions (I bought my set of dies from 123Stitch). I say spring, but since the birds are wearing winter scarves, it’s also winter-themed! Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring, and yet it’s been anything but spring here in the PNW. (I do realize that Phil is statistically often wrong in these matters!) Despite colder temperatures, the birds have returned and are chirping away in the morning. I don’t know how they stay warm!

I die-cut the pieces from a variety of cardstock colors, listed below. I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it on Stampin’ Up Pool Party. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have recently reorganized my cardstock by color and it is so much easier to choose colors!

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Supplies: SU Pool Party, SU Lost Lagoon, SU Calypso Coral, SU Crisp Cantaloupe, SU So Saffron

Spellbinders Coffee Date

Hello! Today, I am sharing a coffee-themed friendship card on which I have combined several Spellbinders die sets designed by Sharyn Sowell. Let’s take a look!

I used one of the Coffee Brewing dies to cut the coffee pot, which I backed with off-white cardstock. I first tried backing it with cardstock of the same color, but there wasn’t enough contrast.
I used the Cup and Beans die set to cut the two coffee mugs and their handles from patterned paper in my stash.
I used the Coffee Woman die to cut steam from vellum, which I placed behind one of the coffee mugs.
I stamped a sentiment from the “Coffee Break” MFT Stamps set and added it to a card base created with patterned paper.

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