Hoppy Easter Card for Challenges

Hi Everyone!  Seems like I've been a little MIA.  I have actually.  My hubby and I have been busy turning our guest room into my very own scrapbooking room!  We have painted the walls an amazing bright pink and the inside of the closet is now black with (soon to be) white furniture inside.  It's coming along nicely and it's wonderful to have a room to go to now that really gets me out of bed and motivated.  I'm going to purchase either a big black shaggy area rug or a zebra print rug for the room next, then I plan on framing some of my favorite fashion scrapbooking paper to make some gorgeous wall art.  Can't wait til it's all setup completely!  I will post some pics for sure!

On to the card... I made this cute little card yesterday for a challenge that required ribbons and pastel, however, by the time I got it all finished up, that challenge was already closed! :( So, I have been searching around and found some other challenges to enter it in and then it is going on to a friend of mine who has ordered a set of Easter cards. BTW, I am now taking Easter orders!

Hoppy Easter Card

Hoppy Easter Closeup

Hoppy Easter Dimensional View

Hoppy Easter Bow Closeup

I am so pleased with the way this turned out!  I  even got to use my Copics for the first time!  My hubby bought me a set for my birthday and I am soooo happy to finally bust them out of the box, but I really need to learn how to blend and how to properly use them so, homework time for me! 

For this card I ended up using four different types of ribbon!  Some came in kits that I have gotten and the cute tulip ribbon came from RRR.  I just love it and thought it was perfect for this card.  I put the green wavy ribbon below it to make it look like grass.  I made a bow at the top so I could qualify for the "Tie a Bow" challenge over at My Craft Spot.  This is the first challenge over there, ever!  Yay!  Fun blog, check it out.  :0)  The complete list of challenges I'm entering is at the bottom of this post.

 

I used a pretty pastel purple cardstock for the card from a stack that came from Joann's as well as the yellow cardstock.  They are having stacks on sale for $2.00 now!  If you shop online, please go through my site for special deals.  http://www.amyjrockstar.com/ I would so appreciate it because I get credit for every sale made through my site and my clients get (sometimes) special benefits as well.  In fact, if you do shop through Joann's through my site, please let me know and I'll come up with a little something special for ya! ;)  The background paper came from my stash.

For the rest of the card:  the bunny is a stamp from Sandylion (same set that I used for my previous butterfly card) that I cut out and colored with my Copics.  The spring is a stamp from We are Memory Keepers: Maple Grove, and the Hoppy Easter is a stamp from Making Memories:  Magnetic Stamp Sayings.  Ink is a standard black from Colorbox.  I also used my black Zig to add some definition and drew on some spots. :0)

The flowers are Prima and the brads are Basic Grey.  I used my ATG gun and superglue for my adhesives and inked all my edges with a gorgeous Studio G eggplant color.  Love those and they're only $1 at Michael's!  That's where I get into my trouble is the dollar section of those stores.  Before you know it, I have 50 things picked out, translating to $50!  So easy to do!

Well, I hope you all have enjoyed my first little Easter card and please leave your comments.  I read each and every one and it really just brightens my day.

Challenges:  My Craft Spot #1 - Tie A Bow (entry 2)

Card Creations by C - #6 - Patterned Ribbon

Delightful Challenges - Flowers

Creative Card Crew - For A Child

AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog - #25- Sentiment/Card for a Child

LOTV Thursday Challenge - #90 - Spring

Hugs!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Last Weekend's Haul

Hi Friends!  I was actually able to get out for two hours on my own last weekend and have myself a little shopping spree.  I went to Michael's and put stuff in my cart, pulled stuff out, put stuff in, until finally I was so weak and hungry that I had to get out of there!  Did you know in the clearance section sometimes they have these awesome grab-bag type kits you can buy for $9.95?  Well I never knew that, but I purchased two and I could not believe all the awesome stuff I got!  In fact, most of the stuff you'll see in the pics (picture heavy, btw) are just from those two mixed goody bags!  The awesome thing about that is what a way to get some great stuff for yourself and then have tons leftover for RAKs and blog candy at a super price!  They are kind of hidden so you have to dig hard to find them, but I can't wait to buy some more!  I also got some on sale stickers and random things for projects I have coming up.  Without further ado, here are the pics...

I also bought a lot from the $1.00 bin, as usual; however, the ribbon was 25% off so only 75 cents per roll!  Not too shabby.  Get excited ladies and gents because some of this will be coming up as blog candy in the future! ;)

Hope you all are having an awesome day and tomorrow I will have some more great Valentine's cards to post for ya!

XO ~ Amy Jo