{"id":8694,"date":"2023-03-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/just5100.temp.domains\/~stampin5\/?p=8694"},"modified":"2023-03-23T15:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T20:54:45","slug":"march-stamp-it-blog-hop-theme-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/just5100.temp.domains\/~stampin5\/march-stamp-it-blog-hop-theme-easter\/03\/25\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"March Stamp-it Blog Hop, Theme: Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Hey all, welcome to my little happy spot! I am Shannon Hatch coming to you from Birmingham Alabama.
Thanks for joining The Team Stamp-It Blog hop this month, hope you are enjoying everything you have seen so far. Below is a list of Blog Hoppers, click on their name to continue on to their blog and experience the inspiration they have created for you. At each stop, be sure to leave a comment in the comment section of each post. For each comment, you will be entered into a random drawing for the opportunity to win the prize pictured below. Good luck to you all and enjoy the hop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am absolutely in love with this card! First off, I love the look, colors and smell of lavender. So much so that I have anything and everything connected to it. Lavender shower gel and lotion, essential oil for my laundry, diffusers, candles, etc. So it is a natural progression that I had to have the Lavender Suite. I personally don’t do much with patterned paper unless I can connect with the majority of the patterns in the pack, this set is a success with me – purple is always welcome, I adore the natural rustic feel of crumb cake – this entire suite has won me over. For this card, I had the overwhelming need to add in the Simply Zinnia bundle – for an additional touch of color. It feels more like a flower garden with that addition which also works perfectly for a birthday card. The Crumb cake gingham patterned paper works so well for the background – and I simply love the pattern. The colors are what makes me the happiest with Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape for the lavender. Berry Burst, Lofty Lemon, Pumpkin Pie, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape cardstock for the Zinnia. The leaves are Mossy Meadow and Old Olive cardstock. The flowers and leaves are cut with the coordinating Simply Zinnia die set. The sentiment is from the Notes of Nature stamp set, stamped in Crumb Cake on Basic White cardstock and die cut with the Tailor Made Tags die set. The final touches of the Natural Wavy Trim – which is hands down my favorite ribbon\/trim of all, and a dash of purple and sparkle on the tag with the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems (another piece to the Painted Lavender Suite.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to start by wishing everyone a Happy Easter. Easter has a very deep meaning for most and typically I follow the more biblical meaning when making Easter cards. This year, I wanted to do something a bit lighter and fun, not so serious. I have the Easter Bunny Stamp Set speaking quite loudly, so here it goes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been dying to do one of these “floating” element cards. They all come together right here and right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I couldn’t totally overlook the deeper meaning of Easter – Risen\/Rebirth – I enlisted the help of the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set and Brilliant Wing dies to accomplish the floating element task. The butterfly was stamped on a patterned paper from Hues of Happiness DSP pack and cut with the coordinating die. I used the Stylish Shapes Dies to get the circular window and frame. A pattern from the Tea Boutique 6″x 6″ DSP pack was used for the bottom 1\/2 of the card. The strip of pink patterned paper is the pattern on the opposite side of the leafy pattern. The front panel is attached to a Crushed Curry quarter piece, that is then attached to a standard A4 Basic White Thick cardstock card base. The bunnies are stamped on a piece of watercolor paper that has been mashed in Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Gray Granite and Soft Suede ink. Stamped this cute little fella, twice, in Soft Suede on the watercolor paper, then fussy cut each little guy out. I stamped the eggs, twice, in Smokey Slate on Basic White card. I colored the eggs using Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Parakeet Party and Balmy Blue. The markers seem to color a bit darker than they are represented, so I chose to go with Daffodil Delight in this instance. Stamped “Happy Easter” in Soft sued on Basic White card, die cut with the Stylish Shapes, attached to card front with dimensionals. Embellished the card front with Brushed Brass Butterflies and Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins. Inside the card is decorated much like the front. Since the bunny nose could be seen inside the card – I decided to treat the inside similarly to the front, to hide the backside of the bunny nose – both bunnies are in “ahhhhh” of the butterfly. Can’t have an Easter bunny without Easter Eggs – so they go inside as well. The supervisor is stamped in the lower corner on the other side, in 2nd generation Soft Suede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n