Egg Hunt Easter Card - Trimcraft DT

Hello, Happy Easter!!  Sharing a +Trimcraft Ltd DT make with you today.  I do so love the wonderfully coordinated collections that Dovecraft bring us, and the Blooming Lovely collection is a great example. It’s full of pretty patterns, colours and lots of well-chosen embellishments, perfect inspiration for spring makes.  Here I have used the collection to create a fun shaped Easter card, working on the idea of an Easter Egg Hunt, I have included a little vellum pocket on the main card to hold a small shaped mini egg card and a little stick flag and pinwheel.   Here’s a video to show all the elements: https://youtu.be/XfH20nKn6ak

Step by Step:

Create an Egg or Oval shaped card base from Dovecraft White card with a flat straight base and fold to the left. Mine measures approx. 14.5cm high x 10cm at widest point.  Cover front of card with hexagon pattern paper and edge with ‘Crystal’ glitter glue.

Add Dovecraft vellum to cover bottom of shaped card front, apply glue sparingly around edge to adhere and leave top (pocket) unglued.  Apply Crystal glitter glue around the outer edges to match rest of card.

Add a length of orange strip ribbon across the top of the vellum pocket using permafix tape and trim flush with card edges. Glue a lilac bow to right on ribbon. Apply a clear ‘Springtime’ sentiment sticker to Vellum pocket and a plastic button topped with an adhesive gem.

Create a mini card (approx. 8cm high x 5cm wide) to fit into the pocket by cutting 2 small egg / oval shapes.  Score a line a little way down on the back piece, apply glue above the line and join the 2 shapes together.  Slice a little of the back panel so the card will stand.  Add a ‘Hello’ sticker to the inside. Cover front with lilac pattern paper, add a strip of blue striped wash tape across the centre and trim flush with edges.  Die cut a bunny from white card and glue to centre, add a small blue adhesive pearl to the eye.  Edge mini card with Crystal glitter glue and leave to dry.

Take a bunny garland flag and fold in half, shape in your fingers, then roll around top of garland stick, using glue to adhere.

Cut a strip of yellow floral paper approx. 1.5cm wide, score and fold to create a mini pinwheel rosette.  Glue ends together to form a circle, push down and glue onto a small circle of card., before it dries glue a garland stick to the back by sliding it along one of the folds and glue the circle of card on top to secure. When dry top with a floral sticker.

To finish, die cut a butterfly from aqua pattern paper, glue to vellum and cut out to leave a small border all around.  Shape wings in your fingers then glue to top right of main card by applying glue only along the body of butterfly.  Decorate butterfly with adhesive pearls in pale pink. Slip the mini card, bunny flag and pinwheel into the vellum pocket.

I have a made a little YouTube video link here: https://youtu.be/XfH20nKn6ak

Products Used:  

Blooming Lovely Collection:
6x6 Paper Pad – DCPAP054
CuttinG Dies – DCDIE079
Grosgrain Ribbon – DCRBB013
Mini Bows - DCRBN024
Garland Flags – DCTOP052
Washi Tapes – DCWT005
Clear Stickers – DCSTK033
Stickers – DCSTK031
Adhesive Pearls – DCDOT022
Plastic Buttons – DCBTN018
Plus:
Dovecraft White Card
Dovecraft Vellum
Dovecraft Glitter Glue Pastel – Crystal
Adhesives: d/s tape, glue

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter!!  Today I'm sharing this paper-pieced chick design using one of the new Simply Creative paper pads from +Trimcraft Ltd called ‘Folk Song’.  Paper piecing is ideal for simple stamped images such as this chick design.  You can add colour and pattern by simply stamping on the papers instead of colouring with markers or pencils.  Using a window aperture adds extra interest when the card is opened or displayed, and there is room at the bottom inside to write a sentiment or you could write on the back if you prefer.

Step By Step:

1. I am using a Dovecraft 5” x 7” white Window card as the base and cut a panel for the inside of the card using the FE Postage Stamp nesting die set, cutting the shape from the blue floral paper from the ‘Folk Song’ 6 x 6 pad.  Carefully adhere the panel inside the card, towards the top so it will be seen evenly through the aperture.
   
2. Cut another of the nesting stamp die shapes from pink ‘Folk Song’ paper and then cut it into a frame by using the next size smaller die and positioning it centrally on top, using a little washi tape to secure.  Run through your die cutter and you will have a pink pattern paper frame, glue to card front to frame the window aperture.
   
3. Using the FE Modern Sentiment die set, cut ‘Be Happy’ from pink Folk Song paper and snip off the ‘be’ to leave just the ‘Happy’ word.  Cut letters to spell out ‘EASTER’ using the FE Varsity alphabet set and glue the word and letters onto a strip of white card long enough to fit across card front.  Trim card and then adhere to strip of yellow polka Folk Song paper approx. 1 ¾” deep, then mat then again onto black & white pattern Folk Song paper approx. 2”deep. Attach the sentiment panel across bottom of card front using double sided tape and trim sides flush with card.
   
4. Stamp the ‘chick’ image onto white card to create the base for your paper pieces.  Stamp again onto different pattern papers from within the Folk Song 6x6 pad.  Cut out the body and glue to white card image, cut out wings, feet, bowtie and beak and glue them all onto the white card stamped image until it is all coloured.  Cut out completed image into an egg or oval shape, using a template if you prefer.  Add Dovecraft Gold glitter glue to the crown and also to outline around the edge of the egg / oval shape and leave to dry.
   
5. Take 2 small adhesive pearls and colour them black with a Trimcraft marker, when dry add to chick image.  Mount the chick oval inside the window aperture onto the blue pattern paper using 3D foam pads.
   
6. Cut 2 small egg / oval shapes from Folk Song patterned papers and edge with gold glitter glue, when dry add to left of sentiment.  Add 3 flower shaped plastic buttons (Belle & Boo) to right of sentiment, highlighting those with gold glitter glue to match.  To finish glue a little polka dot bow (Belle & Boo) to top of window aperture.
   

Products Used:
Simply Creative FSC Paper Pad 6x6 Folk Song
Dovecraft Clear Stamp - Chick
First Edition Dies - Sentiments Modern
First Edition Dies - Varsity Alphabet
First Edition Dies - Nesting Stamps
Dovecraft Christmas Basics Glitter Glues - Gold and Silver
Belle and Boo Plastic Buttons
Belle and Boo Mini Ribbon Bows