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Friday, March 1, 2013

Easter Chicks Eggs Topiaries Card

This was a fun card to make using my Cricut, embossing, punches, stamps & scraps of cardstock along with some Easter scrapbook paper. First time making an Easter Topiaries card.

Used a sketch from Paper Take Weekly.






























Cricut Lite cartridge: Bloom 3" Tree3
ink: Adirondack Purple Twilight
paper: Kraft cardstock - base, layer & topiary bases
   pink cardstock, glitter cardstock - blue, yellow, 
   core'dinations cardstock - 2 shades of green, 2 shades of purple,
   the Paper Studio Easter Bunny Word Mix scrapbook paper
punches: Martha Stewart - Chick, Easter Egg Basket
ribbon; Spool O' Ribbon
Spellbinder: Nest ClassicOvals

stamp: Basic Grey stamped on eggs that are in the 2 baskets






















Stampin' Up: punches - 
embossing - Woodgrain on the Kraft topiary bases, stamp - Teeny Tiny Wishes

Entering this into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations Ch199 Tree Topiaries w Birds of Many Colors lim3 1st 2/24-3/2

Crafty Boots Out of your comfort zone Ch unlim out of comfort zone by making an Easter card with topiaries 2/18-3/3
Kaboodle Doodle Ch160 Use Any Bling lim3 1st 2/25-3/3
Kraft Journal Use Any Sketch unlim 2/25-3/3
Paper Makeup Stamps Ch77 Stripes unlim stripes on the embossed topiary bases 2/25-3/3
Paper Playtime Ch4 Sentiment Stamps unlim 2/18-3/3 
Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch The Stamp You Love But Don't Use unlim love the tiny Easter egg stamps and first time using 2/25-3/3
The Pink Elephant Ch TPE188 Anything Goes unlim 2/25-3/3
Victorine Stamps Ch53 Stamp, Emboss & Embellish unlim 2/18-3/3

Paper Take Wkly Sketchie Free For All unlim 2/26-3/4


sketch #77 (1)



















C.R.A.F.T. Ch196 Use Embossing lim5 3rd 2/28-3/5
Paper Pretties Wed PWC247 Spike the Punch unlim 2/27-3/5
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes unlim 2/27-3/5

Cute Card Thurs Ch258 Something Old unlim my old is the Easter scrapbook paper I bought last Easter 2/28-3/6 

Little Scrap Pieces Fun Fri Think Spring Ch 3/1-7
Use It Tues Ch50 Uninked Stamp w/ bonus use Gold unlim 2/26-3/7

Basic Grey Ch88 Anything Goes unlim 2/23-3/8 

Creative Insp Paint Anything Goes unlim 2/24-3/9
Gingerloft GL59 Ribbons & Bows unlim 2/24-3/9

Scrap-Creations Going Grey Ch Go Green lim2 2nd 2/26-3/11
Tues Alchemy Ch51 Travel w A Rainbow (Photo Insp) unlim 2/26-3/11

Aud Sentiments Easter Sentiment Ch unlim 2/27-3/12
DLART Thankful Thurs Ch104 Birds lim3 1st Birds - Easter Chicks 2/28-3/12

A Blog Named Hero Ch21 Just Make Your Own! unlim 3/1-13
Crafty Ribbons Ch40 Anything goes w/ Ribbon unlim 2/28-3/13

Stampin W/ Dragon Ch Anything Goes lim2  2nd 3/1-14
Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now! Ch7 Anything Goes unlim 3/1-31  

24 comments:

  1. Fab, fun card. Thank you for sharing with Crafty Boots Challenges.

    Dionne

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  2. Another cutie! Love those chicks! and the purple baskets too!

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  3. You're getting some good mileage out of this stamp set, Melissa! Thanks for sharing your card with us again at the Simon Says Stamp challenge!

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  4. What a fun card Malissa, fabulous papers and I just love the little chicks sat in trees!!

    Thanks so much for joining both Simon Says Stamp Basic Grey challenges,
    hugs
    Heather xx

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  5. Wonderful colors nice and cheerful
    Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday #104 Birds, anything to do with birds challenge
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  6. WOW, what a lovely card, love the pastel colors and the cute baskets, birds and topiaries!
    Thanks for playing with us at Digi Makeover.
    Ardilla :)

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  7. SO cute! Thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations this week! Good luck and I hope to see you back next time!
    Rene :D

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  8. Just adorable! Love the topiaries! The tiny stamps are cute! Thanks for stamping with us this week at Simon Says Stamp & Show!

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  9. Another cute card. Thanks for sharing with us at Aud Sentiments for our Easter/Spring challenge.

    Hugs Helen DT xx

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  10. Thanks for joining in with our ANYTHING GOES challenge at CRAFTY RIBBONS, your card is lovely, x carol

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  11. Very cute, full of spring :)

    Thank you for joining us this week at Little Scrap pieces!
    Shelly

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  12. Great card! Love those trees! Thanks for joining us over at Little Scrap Pieces! DT Member Carri~Abusybee

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  13. Cute card and lovely colors.
    Thanks for joining us at Use it Tuesday!

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  14. beautiful card!!! love the chicks!!! thanks for joining us at kaboodle doodles

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  15. The topiaries are so cute, and it's such a happy card for Easter. Thanks so much for joining us for the Creative Inspirations Paint Challenge. :)

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  16. This is beautiful!! The topiaries are so pretty!! I love the colors and the fun paper!! What an awesome card!! Thanks so much for joining us at LSP :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts
    Little Scrap Pieces DT

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  17. Fantastic card - those little bows are so cute.

    Thanks for joining us at Gingerloft.

    caz

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  18. super fun Easter card Melissa love the pastel colors. Thanks for joining the lsp think spring challenge this week. Karen

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  20. This is so cute. Thanks for playing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

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  21. Sweet card make here! Love the theme, the stamps are great! Brilliant card!

    Thank you for sharing this with us at Aud Sentiments!

    Mel xx

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  22. What a gorgeous card you have made. Thank you for taking part in the Aud Sentiments Challenge this fortnight and I wish you the best of luck in the draw. Best wishes, Kym (Aud Sentiments Design Team Member) xxx

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  23. WOW! Love the deatils and the texture you managed to get on to your project. Super
    Thank you for taking part in the Stamping Dragon Designs challenge with us.

    Angela (DT)

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  24. This is fun! Beautiful spring colors and lot of details to look at! Thanks for joining us at A Blog Named Hero!
    Christine

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