Scrap Basket

I made this sweet card for a friend who LOVES bears. The little guy is holding a heart in the original digi, but I wanted him to instead deliver a basket of colorful Easter eggs. The basket was fun to make with scraps of kraft brown paper. I decided to make a tutorial of how to make the basket… partly because it will help me to remember the steps the next time I want to make one! It is really a pretty simple 10-step process and the basket is actually a pouch, that you can fill with eggs, hearts, a teabag, gift card or possibly chocolate?!  (You can find the instructions in a posting on my blog HERE.) I did a bit of fussy cutting of Stanley, then used an Exacto knife to trim around his hands so I could lift them and slide the basket underneath. Also cut several of the pretty eggs from patterned paper, added a bit of adhesive along the bottom edges and slipped them into the basket.  The final touch was to add a bit of sparkly by tucking some iridescent Easter grass down into the little basket! (I want to share one additional tip that I learned years ago from a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator. Since I fussy-cut a lot, this simple tip has saved me lots of frustration. Before cutting, add a strip of transparent tape to the underside of any little section that you might easily accidentally snip through. Stanley's ears are examples. The tape on the underside provide additional support and strength to the thin base of those little ears.) 

I’m entering this card into several challenges including Simon Says Monday “E is for…”(Easter and Eggs), Simon Says Wednesdays Mood Board (Easter Eggs and floral background), Power Poppy’s Creative Confetti- Spring Blooms (featuring the colors Yellow, blue and Green in the eggs), and Path Of Positivity Challenge- #79 (This card reflect a bit of my style as I like to “extend” the use of a digital or stamped images by adding/swapping out an item. In this card I covered the heart with a basketful of eggs.)

 

Supplies: 

·    Bear Digi (printed on Kraft Brown)- Beccy’s Place Digital Set (Loving Stanley)

·    Inside Sentiment- Beccy’s Place Digital Set (Easter Joy)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Easter Egg paper- Hobby Lobby

·    Upcycled piece of vinyl wallpaper, a scrap of vellum, strips of kraft paper and bit of easter basket straw

Entered into: 

Simon Says Monday Challenge- “E is for…”                                          

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Spring Blooms   

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Spring Mood Board                       

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week 15 Anything Goes                                   

Pixie's Snippets-Week #375                                                                              

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- April 2020 #37                                    

Beccy’s Place Challenge- April      

Digi Doodle Studios Blog- Challenge #26 Easter/Spring

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #79 (Optional Twist- Style)

The next card also required some fussy-cutting. My friend and artist, Sherry West, is working on a whole line of these cute little Poppi Pokkadott characters. On this one, she has a little Duckie friend. I had fun pairing the little Miss with bold Spring background paper, and set a few of the butterflies a-flutter with my little EK Honeybee scissors. And the inside sentiment, from a Beccy’s Place Digi set, named The Button Collector, is the perfect fit!

 

  

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Sherry West (Poppi Pokkadott and her Duckie)

·    Inside  sentiment- Beccy’s Place Digi Set, The Button Collector  (You Give My Life Color)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Assorted background papers from my stash

Entered into: 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #129 Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #117
The Sisterhood of Crafters- Kid’s Cards
Bugaboo Stamps- April Spring Fling       

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #501 (Optional twist- Colour Board)  

Stamplorations- April Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge: Citrus Fruits/Stamps & Flight 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                                

A while ago I found a video tutorial by Dina Kowal that I loved! She used a cup die to create a stencil for this card. Gently adhered to the card front, a beautiful clear stamp from Stampendous provides a beautiful wintry scene.  When the stencil is removed, color is gently added with chalks and a few watercolor markers. A sentiment stamp from a Lawn Fawn set is tied to the cup handle with a scrap of sheer ribbon.  So lovely!

 

Supplies: 

·    Dina Kowal Tutorial can be found HERE.

·    Snowy Scene- Stampendous Clear Stamp (Snowy Postcard)

·    Front Sentiment- Lawn Fawn Winter Fox (Warm Winter Wishes)  

·    Colored with Decorative Chalks, Tombow Markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Assorted papers and strip of sheer ribbon from my stash

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #434-435 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #485 Anything Goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Anything Christmas/Winter Holiday

Let’s Craft and Create- #158 Anything Goes (April option- Through A Window)