Thursday, April 21, 2011

Another Sketch Thursday!

Spring is finally arriving here in Massachusetts!  I'm so happy to see daffodils and tulips starting to bloom.  The days have been getting warmer, I've even been able to open my moon roof once!

This Sunday is Easter and today is Sketch Thursday over at the Dreamweaver design team.  So, I thought I'd combine the two.

Here's the sketch for the month, created by Lee...

I created the torn layers on just a piece of paper using some of the new Papersoft from Viva Decor.

I've been working on this card a little bit at a time for a little while.  The little bunnies are pasted, glued and then flocked!  I also added some pink and grey stickles for their little bunny ears, nose and eyes.

The 'Spring Spheres' (Easter Eggs!) are pasted in black, then pasted over with the crackle paste.  I then placed the stencil back on top of the design and colored it with some inks.  The eggs were kinda stark white, so I colored them with some Apricot Papersoft and then used a little bit of embossing powder over all of it to give it a slightly glossy look (like and egg!).  Cut everything out and mount on your card background!

A couple of friends asked about the double flocked bunny.  I covered most of the bunny in white and then once dry, added glue and brown flock in just the area I wanted the stripe.  A small amount of brown is on other areas of the bunny but if you allow the white to dry fully and you don't get glue anywhere else, you should do a pretty good job of coloring the bunny two toned.

Have fun with your stencils and have a Happy Easter!

12 comments:

Lynell Harlow / Dreamweaver Stencils said...

wow, this is gorgeous design work Kim!

Louise said...

Cute card Kim, Happy Easter!

sommrstamping said...

Wow Kim what a fun card. You certainly used a lot of techniques and products on this card. Great design.

Lee Kellogg said...

Rabbits and Eggs all over the grass -- what fun! A great card.

Pam Hornschu said...

Love those crackled eggs and the fuzzy bunnies!

Liz Martin said...

Oh, fuzzy bunnies – they're so cute! I'm going to try using flock next time. Thanks for the great idea.

Kristi said...

what a fun easter card!

Wendy said...

Sooo cute Kim!!! It looks like you had alot of fun with this. Have a Happy Easter!!!

Mimi said...

The eggs (spherical orbs? - forgot) came out even greater than when I saw them on Sunday. Awesome job (of course)!

Marijane said...

I think those eggs are beautiful. I've never used crackle paste over regular paste, but sounds like a great idea. Thanks!

Laura Drahozal said...

I really like the cracking on those eggs--and just in time, too!

Deborah March said...

WOW! What a LOT of work you put into this card...just lovely Kim!

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