Good morning!
This week's Daring Cardmakers challenge is all about spots and stripes!
And as my Easter cards won't make themselves, I decided to put the spotlight on some old stash for my next spring project.
Paper: My Mind's Eye - Jack & Jill (r), My Mind's Eye - Mary Mary (r)
Stamps: Lil' Inker Designs - Egg & Flower (r), Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words Birthday
Dies: Lil' Inker Designs - Dual Stitched Egg & Easter Greeting (r), The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Basics, Pinkfresh Studio - Artistic Bows, PTI - Pinking Shears, The Stamp Market - Jumbo Tag
I found some offcuts of paper from some old "Spring" collections from My Mind's Eye, really miss the quality and thickness of these papers. They are so luxurious.
The stripes were quite busy, but work great as a backdrop to the rest of the card. Then another sheet of paper with tiny dots on it was the perfect neutral for the Jumbo Tag from The Stamp Market.
And as my Easter element, I used the now retired Egg stamps and dies from Lil' Inker Designs. I stamped onto the egg and Easter sentiment onto minty blue cardstock and heat embossed the images in white. I then went over the white heat embossing with some Minty Fresh ink and filled in the lettering with a Wink of Stella pen.
I also found some lovely spring yellow spotty paper in my stash of My Mind's Eye that went nicely with the egg. I added a white pinked edge as an extra detail to make the focus of the card stand out more, and I just love a fancy edge on spring and Easter cards.
Finally, I added a tiny sentiment into the layers and finished off the card with a kraft bow and button.
Make sure you check out the rest of the design team projects here, and play along if you can!
Happy crafting!
 Lil' Inker Designs - Egg & Flower stamps (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words Birthday stamps Shop at: MISC |
 Lil' Inker Designs - Dual Stitched Egg & Easter Greeting dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Basics dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Pinkfresh Studio - Artistic Bows dies Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 PTI - Pinking Shears border die Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market - Jumbo Tag dies Shop at: MISC |
 Lawn Fawn - Black Licorice ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK) |
 Lawn Fawn - Minty Fresh ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK) |
 Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SHC (UK) |
 Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC (UK) |
 Hero Arts - White embossing powder Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Zig - Wink of Stella glitter brush pen - Clear Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
 Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
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