My Storybook Easter Card

My Storybook Easter Card - an Easter card with a scene of animals celebrating Easter
My Storybook Easter Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Storybook Easter Card using the Storybook Friends Bundle which includes the Storybook Friends Stamp Set and the Storybook Friends Dies with Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I thought this DSP with its die-cut designs would make a fast and fun Easter card for my in-laws! In fact, my Mother-in-law loved Peter Rabbit. So, I knew she would get a kick out of my card!

The Details of My Storybook Easter Card

For my card, I thought a double z-fold card would create a perfect Easter scene. So, I used the soil-shaped die from the Storybook Garden Patch Dies to create the ground panel. I very carefully lined up the die three times to cut it along the top of the 11” x 1 ½” piece of Crumb Cake.

Top View of Card
Top View of Double Z-Fold Card

Next, I embossed it with the retired Textured Embossing Folder to give the ground some interest and to cover up where the soil-shaped die left indents in the card stock. Once that was done, I brushed Crumb Cake Ink with my Blending Brush along the edges to make it look more like dirt. I popped up my ground piece with dimensionals on the front and on the last panel.

To make the carrots, I used the spade from the Storybook Garden Patch Dies and trimmed off the handle part. Then, I added the Old Olive die cut leaves. I love that the soil-shaped die has cuts in the ground that the carrots can be inserted to look like they are growing out of the ground!

Front of Card
Front of Card

For the front panel of the card, I used the Storybook Friends Dies to die cut a house from the DSP and frame it with the Wood Textured Specialty Paper. Since I wanted to add the pre-cut fence and ground infront of the house, I made sure that the house I picked was towards to top of the frame. I added some Lost Lagoon DSP that reminded me of wallpaper behind my frame.

Inside of Card
Inside of Card

For my background scene on the other two panels, I made sure that I cut the DSP to create a continuous scene.

I love how easy it is to decorate my card with the die-cut designs! I added the momma bunny and child bunny to the front of the z-fold. Then, I added the mouse carrying water to the middle panel of the z-fold. And, finally, I added the squirrel with the rake to the third panel. I popped up the bunnies, but adherred the mouse and squirrel directly to the ground piece. When the card is closed, the carrots hide the mouse and squirrel from view. How cool is that!

Side View of Card
Side View of Card

For the popped up sentiment, I used one of the stitched banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut my Lost Lagoon Easter Greetings. A die-cut butterfly was added for whimsy.

The finishing touch was to add three Antique Pearls with two on the front and one beside the sentiment.

I placed a Basic White piece on the back for the message.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Storybook Friends Bundle (164675), Storybook Garden Patch Dies (164666), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)

Inks: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116), Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Pad (161678)

Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Basic White (166780), Calypso Coral (122925), Old Olive (100702), Wood Textured Specialty Paper (163770), Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series (164662)

Accessories: Blending Brushes (153611), Antique Pearls (164679), Paper Snips (103579), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Card Laid Flat
Card Laid Flat

Measurements: 

  • Crumb Cake (2 pieces):
    • 11” x 4 ¼” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
    • 11” x 1 ½” scored at 5 ½” and 8 ¼”
  • Basic White (2 pieces):
    • 4” x 5 ¼” (for Back)
    • Scrap for Sentiment
  • Calypso Coral:
    • Scrap for Carrots
  • Old Olive:
    • Scrap for Carrot Tops
  • Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series (10 Pieces):
    • 2-5/8” x 4-1/8” (Front Panel)
    • 2-5/8” x 4-1/8 (Middle Panel)
    • 5-3/8”” x 4-1/8 (Back Panel)
    • 1 ¾” x 2 ¾” (House)
    • 2 Rabbits, Mouse, Squirrel, Fence, Butterfly Die Cut Designs

More Information on My Storybook Easter Card

Here is another card that I made recently just with the die-cut designs. I even have a third card that I will share later. I just love this Suite for those quick cards!!

Another Card animal card
Another Card Using Die-Cut Designs

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Va Shopping Card 

A Birthday card with a bakery and florist on a boulevard
Va Shopping Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Va Shopping Card using the Les Shoppes Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!

The Details of My Card

When I saw this Suite in the Annual Catty, this card immediately popped into my head! Lol! It’s a double Z fold card with the shops running along the cobbled Z part.

Open card displaying the boulevard
Open Z Fold Displayed

For my card, I decided to make a bakery since what is better for a birthday than a bakery filled with birthday cakes! The Let’s Go Shopping Photopolymer Stamp Set is so neat that you can interchange the stamps for a bakery, a bookshop, or a cafe! So, I coloured my bakery with my Stampin’ Blends to match the Les Shoppes Design Series Paper. I added a die cut awning to the window in matching colours to the bakery. I even popped it up with dimensionals so that it felt more 3D.

Close Up of Bakery
Close Up of Bakery

Since I was creating a boulevard of shops, I thought the die cut lamppost and bench would be fun accents without covering up the building in the background when the card was closed. The planter was also die cut out from the DSP, but you could stamp and colour it instead.

I used the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the Basic White as a background for my DSP building. You could leave it unbossed to write on.

I made this card for a swap and used the different buildings in the DSP. There were 19 cards in total. So, a lot of fussy cutting was done! Lol! Here are the 5 designs with the different buildings that suited my cards.

Cards with Different Shops
Swap Cards with Different Shops

The sentiment was stamped in matching colours to the awning and die cut out. 

The finishing touch was a scattering of Loose Silver Sequins that are included in the Collection.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Les Shoppes Suite Collection (161337)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708), Misty Moonlight (102283), Calypso Coral (147101)

Paper: Basic White (159276), Misty Moonlight (153118), Smoky Slate (131202), Pecan Pie (161717), Calypso Coral (122925), Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (in Collection)

Accessories: Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (161600), Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (153108), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154881), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154882), Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (161674), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154830), Loose Silver Sequins (in Collection), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Misty Moonlight (2 pieces): 
    • 4 ¼” x 11” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
    • Scrap for Awning
  • Basic White (3 pieces):
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
    • 2” x 2 ½”
    • Scrap for Sentiment
  • Smoky Slate
    • Scrap for Light Post
  • Pecan Pie:
    • Scrap for Bench
  • Calypso Coral:
    • Scrap for Awning
  • Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (4 pieces):
    • 4” x 2 ½”
    • 11” x 1”: Scored at 5 ½” and 8 ¼”
    • One of the shops
    • Planter
Card Open Displaying the Boulevard View
Card Open Displaying the Boulevard View

More Information on My Va Shopping Cards

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