Peek-a-boo Easter Porthole card ♥

Hi friends!  

Today I have a fun-fold card for the CCEE Stampers challenge.

But first, it's that bittersweet time to say goodbye to the Drive By Crafts

Design Team as my 3 month term has come to an end.

It was been wonderful being part of such talent

and I know I'll continue to be a customer ~ I hope you will be, too!

My card today is a pretty Peek-a-boo surprise inside Porthole card!

I love all things with a storybook character look,

so for my last DBC card submission, I inked up

the adorable Cottontail Cuties stamps and dies from Neat and Tangled. 

Since Easter is going to be here soon, I thought it would be fun

to make a few more cards!

I first stamped the Cottontail cutie girl onto the cardstock,

and then masked that off to stamp the bunnies

 as if they were peeking from the sides of her.

After stamping, die cutting and coloring the rest of the images,
I set those aside to make the card base and port hole,

created from a circular punch or you can easily use your circular dies, too.

 

I added various designer paper to create a sky/grass and 

adhered that to the inside of my card to create my little spring scene - 

another favorite thing I like to do with card making ♥

One the images were adhered into place,

I stamped the sentiment to the front panel and onto the dsp on the inside.

 I think this might just be one of my favorite types of fun fold cards 

and certainly one of my favorite spring stamp sets :)

You can find the products I used here in the online store

or more details about Drive By Crafts on the blog.

And don't forget to sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss 

out on upcoming sales, new arrivals AND awesome discounts!

The clearance section is amazaing!

Now head on over to the CCEE Stampers blog and see

what super fun folds the girls made this week!

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Happy Easter with Cottontail Cuties!

Hello, friends!

This is such a beautiful time of year here ~ spring is in the air!

This is one of my favorite times,

the blossom of newness and the promise of a wonderful beginning.

While some of my friends are still under a blanket of snow,

I'm sure the sun will peek out soon and the earth will awaken :)

And spring means Easter!

Since I'm up on the Drive by Crafts blog today, 

I thought an Easter card would be perfect to showcase,

especially with the absolutely adorable Cottontail Cuties from Neat and Tangled!

 

Oh.  Be.  Still.  My.  Heart!

 

The moment I spied this, it reminded me so much of my daughters 

and the years of Easter egg hunts in our back yard,

including the famous golden egg!

Oh how they searched and searched for those prized eggs!!

(I would have, too, since we hid some big money inside - usually $20!)

Hmmmm,

maybe the Easter Bunny will hide one this year - for moms! LOL!

 

 

Here's how I made my Happy Easter card ...

First, I stamped the little girl and her wagon, the bunnies, and the eggs

and colored them with Prismacolor markers in colors that would match

the designer paper I'd already picked out as 'flowers + grass'.

I used the N + T nice and neat dies and my Cuttlebug to cut the images out,

and then set those aside to assemble my card base.

 

The card base is a simple A2 size card using heavy weight card stock.

The scallop insert has Doodlebug paper that I cut with a stitched die

which is actually a speech bubble!  I re-purposed it as a hill :) 

The paper was so bright and vivid against the stark white,

it just gives is such a pop!

Since I wanted the card to have some dimension,

I added 3d foam behind all of the elements to make them stand out.

And that's my Easter card ~

total cuteness overload ♥

I'll be using this set over and over ~ so many different possibilities,

and that's what usually catches my eye with a stamp/die set ..

the many ways to use it, including all year 'round if I can :)

 

You can find the supplies that I made this card with and many more

in the Drive By Crafts online store!

Take a peek and stock up on some of your must haves,

including new releases from many companies and some great deals 

in the clearance section, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by ~
your sweet words warm my heart and brighten my world, truly ♥

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly