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

Hello Spring Watercolour Card - Papermilldirect DT

Hello, today I am  sharing the first of two cards I have made teaming +Papermilldirect cardstock with a stamp set and Derwent watercolour pencils.  The stamp set I am using is free with the current issue (April 2017) of +Making Card    magazine and comprises of various plants, pots and sentiments, but you could of course use a different stamp if you prefer.  I’m really loving the PMD Lustre Print card at the moment, it die-cuts and embosses beautifully, no cracking or creasing, and those gorgeous colours and lustre are making it my ‘go-to’ card at the moment.

Step by Step:

1.       Stamp a plant and a pot using black Archival ink onto Papermilldirect White Hemp card.

2.      Start to add colour to the image using the Derwent Colour Pencils directly onto the card, along the edges and where shadows may fall, (you don’t need to colour all the space).  I’m using Derwent Pencils #61 Copper Beech & #59 Golden Brown for the plant pot.  Leaves are #45 Mineral Green & #47 Grass Green.  The flowers are #23 Imperial Purple & #20 Crimson Lake.  I have also used #67 Ivory Black sparingly along with a little green for outline and shadow.

3.    Take a brush and wet it with water, use it to blend the watercolour to complete the colouring of the image.  Add more colour if you need to by using the brush to transfer a little colour from the tip of the pencil.  Clean brush between colour families. Leave image to dry.

4.       From Papermilldirect Lustre Print Silver ‘Tea Rose’, die cut the largest shape in the nesting bloom die set.  Die cut a circle approx. 8.5cm dia. From PMD Lustre Print Silver ‘Spring Green’ card.

5.       Emboss the Shaped bloom piece using a ‘swirls’ style embossing folder.  If you folder is smaller, simple position the folder so it covers complete petal shapes and then run through again to emboss the missing part.

6.       Cut out the stamped image using a circle die approx. 7.5cm dia. And mat onto the Spring Green coloured circle using d/s tape and a little glue.

7.       Create a card base by cutting 2 of the largest Nesting Bloom die shapes from Papermilldirect Plain White card.  Score 1 of the shapes approx. 1.5cm from what will be the top of your card.  With shaped card bases be sure to test that the card will stand evenly before deciding on your score line position.  Here I have ensure that 2 petals will stand equally at the bottom for a sturdy base.

8.       Attach the 2 white shaped card pieces together by applying adhesive above the score line and then line up the other piece directly on top before pressing down to secure.  Add the embossed ‘tea rose’ shaped to the card front using d/s tape and glue.

9.       Add stamped panel to centre of card front using 3D foam to give height.

10.   Stamp the ‘hello’ sentiment using Black Archival ink onto Lustre Print Silver Spring Green Card and again onto White hemp card.  Cut the words out as a strip and fishtail the right side ends.

11.   Shape ‘hello’ strips in your fingers, arrange position and then adhere to top right of stamped panel using glue to slip the strips into place.

12.   To finish add pale lilac and pale purple mini adhesive gems.

I love to make shaped cards, even small cards such as this one give impact to showcase a little watercolour image. The water-colouring is very simple and easy to achieve good results using the Derwent watercolour pencils.  I will be sharing an even simpler watercolour colour technique next time using this stamp set, Angela x

Materials Used:

White Hemp 255gsm – Papermilldirect

Lustre Print Silver Card – Tea Rose - Papermilldirect

Lustre Print Silver Card – Spring Green – Papermilldirect

Spring Stamp Set – Free with April 2017 issue of Making Cards Magazine

Derwent Watercolour Pencils – 12 set - Papermilldirect

Nesting Bloom die set – FEDIE163 - First Edition

Framelits Circles die set - #657551 – Sizzix

Swirls Embossing Folder – Cuttlebug – Provocraft

Black Archival Ink Pad

Small Adhesive Gems – pale lilac, pale purple

Adhesives: d/s tape, clear drying glue, 3D foam squares