Stampin' Blends - The Maine Stamper

Easter Bunny Little Moments Card

March 23, 2023

Easter Bunny Card Class, Card 3

Easter Bunny Little Moments Card

We are on to the last card from my Weekly Card Class From ME, featuring the Easter Bunny Bundle by Stampin’ Up!. I have had so much fun creating sweet bunny cards this week and sharing them with you!

And perhaps this is the best card for last, it was certainly very popular with my crafty friends. Want to see another bunny card that features the color purple? Click here. I would love to know which card is your favorite!

Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather & Sahara Sand

Once again, I have paired purple and brown to great success. This time, I chose softer versions of each, to make my Easter Bunny Little Moments Card more serene. While the Gorgeous Grape pops with brightness, the complimentary colors of Highland Heather and Sahara Sand blend in so well.

The Tools of the Trade

You will notice that this card has a lot of very easy to cut rectangles and squares. And layers…my favorite!

So to break all of that up (and to give my bunny a spotlight feature), I chose a handful of items to give this card some depth and decor.

The bunny featured in this card is just 1 of 3 bunny images in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I stamped my bunny in Memento Black Ink and colored him in with an assortment of Stampin’ Blends. I shared my coloring tips in my cardmaking demo. See the video here.

Color Swap Easter Bunny Card

Every Wednesday, on my FaceBook Group Page, Positive PaperCrafters, I have a feature called ‘Who Wore It Better Wednesday’. And I take a card that I recently made and create the same recipe, but in different colors. Then, everyone gets to vote for their favorite, or who they think “wore it better”.

My Easter Bunny Little Moments Card is my Color Swap Card. And this time, my color choices were So Saffron, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray. I also changed my bunny’s color from brown to gray. If you look closely, you will see the other changes I made too!

Get Your Easter Bunny Card Class From ME

This Easter Bunny Little Moments Card is the last one in my featured class this week. If you would like to see the video from my online class, click this link. For more details on what is in this week’s class from Maine and how to get yours, click here.

I have enjoyed sharing cards from the Easter Bunny Card Class, as well as my bonus cards, during this week. Be sure to check back here or follow me, The Maine Stamper, on FaceBook, for more cardmaking inspiration and ideas. Another great card class is right around the corner!

Chocolate Easter Bunny Card

March 21, 2023

Easter Bunny Card Class, Card 1

Chocolate Easter Bunny Card

Spring is in the air and it is time to get ready for Easter. My Weekly Card Class From ME will help with that, by sharing ways to use the Easter Bunny Bundle, by Stampin’ Up!. Need more info on this class? Click here.

And with Easter on my mind, chocolate is not far behind.

I love chocolate. A lot. And so, I decided to take a fun spin on my first card and create a Chocolate Easter Bunny Card.

Chocolate Wrapped Rabbit

Since I am no stranger to chocolate, it made sense that I would need a foil wrapper for my bunny. I grabbed some aluminum foil for this job. The Easter Bunny Punch actually benefits from punching foil, I recommend punching this common kitchen product whenever your punch gets dull.

I also wanted a cute purple wrapper along with the foil liner for my chocolate bunny. Fresh Freesia is one of the sweetest purple tones! I had some retired Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper, Dainty Delight, that had the cutest polka dot pattern. So, I incorporated it into my Chocolate Easter Bunny Card!

When you use the Easter Bunny Punch without the coordinating stamp, you have the option to have your bunny face right or left. Sometimes you have to punch the “back” of your designer paper. Want to see how I put all these layers of bunny together? Check out my card class video here.

Elegant Borders Dies

With Stampin’ Up!’s new Online Exclusives products, there are a lot of great products to check out. Not to be missed are the Elegant Borders Dies. There are 4 amazing dies that will help you make gorgeous borders.

Of course I used one of them for my Chocolate Easter Bunny Card! I die cut White Cardstock to overlay against my purple print DSP. This way, the lacy details really show off their beauty!

Easter Bunny Stamp Set

While I relied on the Easter Bunny Punch for my Chocolate Easter Bunny focal point, I also got to do a little stamping using the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I chose one of the sentiments from the stamp set and used it for some background stamping. To help me line up my words and keep them in the framework, I also used Masking Paper.

When I stamped the flower stamp, I linked 3 of the same image together in Memento Black Ink. Next, I used an assortment of Stampin’ Blends to do some quick coloring. The flowers add a nice touch to the top of this Chocolate Easter Bunny Card, don’t you think?

An Easter Treat For You

Just like the sentiment background says on the front of this card, there are treats here! While the Chocolate Easter Bunny on the outside implies a sweet treat, the inside of this card has a special gift card (or money) pocket within.

Get Your Easter Bunny Card Class From ME

This Chocolate Easter Bunny Card is just one card in my featured class this week. If you would like to see the video from my online class, click this link. For more details on what is in this week’s class from Maine and how to get yours, click here.

I will be sharing more cards from the Easter Bunny Card Class, as well as my bonus cards, as this week goes on. Be sure to check back here or follow me, The Maine Stamper, on FaceBook, for more cardmaking inspiration and ideas.

Magical Gnome Gift Card

January 26, 2023

Friendly Gnomes Card Class, Card 3

For the last Friendly Gnomes card in my weekly Card Class From ME, I pulled out all the stops to make this one magical gnome card. Besides being an adorable card to look at, this one is fun to play with too! Want to see the previous card from my weekly class? Click here.

The magic in this card is the addition of the Mini Pocket Envelope to the design. While it could be used to hold a gift card or even cash, it also houses a sweet little gnome and a fancy heart. And the best part…the gnome and heart are removable!

Mini Pocket Envelope

Besides the Friendly Gnomes Stamp Set and Gnomes Dies, the cute paper envelope is not to be missed. While most may think this item belongs on the inside of a card, I say when it looks this good, decorate the front instead.

DESIGNER TIP: If you don’t plan on placing a gift card in this pocket, shorten the opening with some adhesive before closing the pocket envelope up. That way your gnome and heart won’t slide to the bottom and will stay closer to the top to peek out.

I chose the Dandy Designs Sale-A-Bration paper pack for the sweet designs for this card. (Also sweet, the paper is FREE with an order over $100). With fun colors like Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Fresh Freesia, this color combo is easy to pull off.

Gnome Sweet Gnome Card

Punch A Bunch

For this final card in my weekly card class, I also relied heavily on my punches. Although Stampin’ Up! no longer sells Circle Punches, I still have and use mine. I find it much quicker than getting out the Layering Circles Dies and sending cardstock thru my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

But, Stampin’ Up! does have a current fabulous Heart Punch Pack. These large heart punches work together to form a scallop layer heart that may be used behind a regular shaped heart. In fact, this is seen in the pull-out heart feature shown in the photo above.

Colorful Gnome

Just like the other Friendly Gnomes in this card series, I used my Stampin’ Blends for quick and easy coloring. First, I stamped my images from the Friendly Gnomes Stamp Set using Memento Black Ink. Then I made sure to have some scrap paper behind my images, because the blends really saturate the paper.

Here is the color palette I used for my gnome:

HAT/SHOES: Pool Party (Light and Dark)

SKIN: SU 800

HAIR: Dark Daffodil Delight

JUMPER: Fresh Freesia (Light and Dark)

FLOWER: Light Fresh Freesia/ Light Daffodil Delight

Here is the color palette I used for my mushroom:

UPPER CAP: Fresh Freesia (Light and Dark)

LOWER CAP: Dark Old Olive

STEM: Light Old Olive

DOOR/WINDOW: Pool Party (Light and Dark)

Get Your Friendly Gnomes Card Class From ME

While this is the last card in my featured class this week, I hope you agree it is a magical gnome card. If you would like to see the video from my online class, click this link . For more details on what is in this week’s class from Maine and how to get yours, click here.

I will be sharing more cards from the Friendly Gnomes Card Class (in the form of alternate cards and bonus cards) as this week goes on. Be sure to check back here or follow me, The Maine Stamper, on FaceBook for more card making inspiration.