Easter Greeting Card

Where did the time go? It's been a busy couple of months and I decided to take today to make Easter cards. I also wanted to participate in the current Festive Friday challange.

I didn't know exactly what type of card I wanted to make, so just looked through my stamps and finally decided on the images. First, I stamped the little girl and greeting in pink on an ivory card stock. Next, I stamped the cherry blossom branch at the top and colored in the flowers (using a fine tip artist brush) with the same color ink. I cut that layer to size and backed it with a black card stock to give it a border. Lastly, I added the layers to the pink A-2 folded card. It needed a little more, so I added some pink adhesive pearl dots in the open spaces.

Stamp Set Used - Stampin' Up! Easter Blossoms
Pink Ink - Stampin' Up Pink Passion
Pearl Dots - Crafter's Companion

One Day At A Time

I like this sentiment. It's a rubber stamp image from Wordsworth Rubber Stamp Co. and is a quote by Abraham Lincoln. Today I thought I'd make a couple of cards using the stamp on a simple card layout.

I started with an A-2 white card. The back layer is beige designer card stock backed with a green card stock. The front layer is a golden leaf card stock backed with the same green I started with. I stamped the sentiment (in dark green) on white, then circle die-cut it out, and backed it with a green circle (a little larger). I attached it to the left side of the card. I die cut a leaf branch out of gold card stock and added it to the right side to fill space. Lastly, I added three green gems to the top and bottom of card.