Cracked Egg Spring Easter Card

Hello, cardmaking friends. Today, I'm sharing another card featuring the Catherine Pooler Hops & Peeps stamp set, the Egg Hunt die set and more. I absolutely love that the Egg Hunt die set comes with several dies but in particular, two different sizes of the egg shape itself. I used the smaller egg shaped die for this project. Scroll down for creative details. You'll find a supply list at the end of this post.

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To begin, I cut about 6 egg shapes so I could have extra on hand, including the backing for my cracked egg. I wanted to create speckled eggs for this project, because I think they're so pretty. It's super easy to do. Just blend your chosen ink colors with your blender brush onto the white die cut egg. A smooth heavyweight cardstock is recommended, such as Neenah 110 lb or Hammermill 100 lb. 

Using a damp paintbrush with a small tip, dip into your brown paint and tap your brush with a heavier brush or tool to splatter your eggs. I used the Ranger distress paint in Ground Espresso. Allow to dry or dry with a craft heat tool.

 

I had an idea to make a cracked egg and have my baby chick peeking out and I'm so happy that it worked out like I planned. I placed some mint tape over white cardstock and cut another egg with my die. I then hand drew a wide crack for my egg and cut out the section with scissors.

I then peeled off the mint tape and used the white cutout section to trace the outline on my egg, then fussy cut the tracing. I then backed my fussy cut egg with a solid white cardstock egg.

*Note: I first transferred the trimmed mint tape and tried to trace around it but it didn't hold up well to tracing. I also tried to see how my egg would look with the white trimmed "crack" placed onto the front of my egg, and forgo the white backing, but that didn't look good in my opinion. 

Next up, I stamped and colored my baby chick and also die cut a bunch of the other images from the Hops & Peeps stamp set. I tried to stick with as many of the pastel colored Catherine Pooler Inks, when stamping the solid floral images

I also used plaid paper from the Happy Mama paper pack as my base layer for my A2 sized card. I had a honeycomb embossing folder in my stash that I used for my white panel, although it's hard to see in these photos. 

I added glitter glue on some of my embellishments and popped much of the images up on foam circles. I also had some brown shredded paper that I rescued from a package I received. Isn't it great when we can re-purpose packaging materials? I made a little nest and tacked it with hot glue in a few places and trimmed it a bit.

Thanks so much for popping in. Let me know if you have any questions. You'll find convenient affiliate links provided below, at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for your support. Happy crafting!

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Grand Runner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Circles Mix, White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Neenah Solar White Cardstock 8.5x11 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Runner Grand Refill Shop at: Scrapbookcom
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New Release at Two Paper Divas featuring "For Peeps Sake"

 I am so excited about this brand new release from Two Paper Divas!  It is chock full of some super amazing stamps and some super adorable stamps!  Today, I'm sharing my take on the new set,

"For Peeps Sake".  When you finish here, be sure you head over to the blog because TPD is having a giveaway as well.  Can we say bonus?!  One lucky commenter is going to to win a free set of stamps!

I made some super cute decorative treat tags and each one is just a little different. 

I started out by watercoloring my die-cut tags, masking one of the circles and watercoloring my little chick.  Next, I used the Two Paper Divas Background Stamps (a must have!) and stamped with my distress inks onto the carstock, then stamping my egg shell.  This is the base for my speckled eggs.

I even used my watercolor brush and distress ink to turn my sentiment into matching speckled word phrases, which I cut and staggered on my tags.

Aren't these too fun??!!  I love them!  Here's a little collage so you can see the differences.  I really added to my speckled eggs by running them through a spotted embossing folder, then adding more watercolor to the embossed spots and finishing off with stamping one last time with my background stamp in white pigment ink.  I didn't trim them out until I had them all good and speckled!

Some of my little egg shells appear to be popped out.  Just use a small strip of glue line or score-tape on the inside bottom edge of your shell to get this effect.  I know you are going to love these stamps as much as I do!

Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new February release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

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Also linking to:

Simon Says Stamp January Work It Wednesday Challenge

Additional Supplies Used:

May Arts Ribbon/Ribbon Resource Turquoise twill chevron ribbon

and green net ribbon

Spellbinders Celebration Tag die

Tim Holtz distress inks

Tim Holtz Waterbrush

Ranger Black archival ink

American Crafts textured cardstock

white gel pen

Basic Grey enamel dots

DoubleClick Skittles bubble embellishments

mini sequins

Cuttlebug

Scor-tape

Xyron Adhesive runner

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