The Beauty Of Easter Card

Today was a rainy day so I decided to play. The hours quickly went by as I tried one thing and then another. I spent awhile playing around with gel resist but didn't like the panel I worked on. I think it might work better with a foam stamp than with an eraser. Since I was going to use it as a background on a card I decided to play some more. Using an eraser as a stamp with ink. Since the eraser shape was pretty much filled in I decided to see if I could do some embellishing of the shape with colored pencils. Since it worked I changed my original idea. Oh and I was listening to Jewel sing again. LOL! I think my muse must really like her singing.

I love how this card turned out. I think the person getting it will love it.

For the background I rubbed Breeze Recollection chalk ink over the gray card stock for sky. I cut a mask out to use for the grass. I used Peeled Paint distress ink. I took a butterfly shaped eraser and stamped the butterfly with Stazon Rusty Brown Ink. Then with a brown colored pencil drew in the body and antennae. As well as used  yellow and vermilion pencils on the wings.

I traced the basket in Studio and turned it into a print and cut. I only wanted the Easter basket and not the rest of what was in the original graphic. I inked the edges of the basket with Vintage Photo distress ink. Originally I was going to weave narrow ribbon in the basket where the ribbon is but when I tried there was some ripping.

I don't know who the quote is by but I love it. I used Lucida Handwriting font for it and use the graduated color option to fill the letters. I inked the edges of the panel with gold ink.

I did a test cut on the popup file I was working on. It worked but now I want to see if I can get rid of the colored folding lines in the image using Photo Shop. If I can't I'll use the file the way it is now. I don't think my granddaughters will mind.

Are you working on any Easter or Spring projects? Have you tried anything new lately?

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