An Easter Hello by Gennette Houghton

 

Hello and Welcome to Watercolor Weekend. The new 6008 Bunny Hugs Set is just so adorable that I couldn’t choose between the images, so….. I used ALL of them! I created a card base out of a 5 ½ by 11 inch paper, scoring at 3 5/8 and flipping the paper around and scoring at 3 5/8 on the back side to create a Z fold.  I have never made a Z fold card before, but it allowed me to use all the images, creating a scene on each panel.  Truth be told, that little bunny sitting in the pot is a big favorite.  I then used the 6012 Basic Yellow Paper Pack to mat each panel, cutting them down to 3 ½ by 5 3/8.  I used some light green paper to create the grass line and white for the clouds for the sentiments. This set comes with several different sentiments to choose from.

I used a permanent black ink for all of the images and sentiments. For the first panel, the 2 chicks, were colored in 062, 055, and 025.  For the beaks and legs I used, 026, 993. I also used 947 for the shading, with a touch of the black Twintone to darken the eyes.  For the bunny I used 947, 969, 565, and 772 for the ears and nose, plus the black Twintone to darken her eyes.  For her outfit I used 173 with 126 for the lines on the pocket.  The flower pot I colored with 526, the tulips with 025, 885, and 249, and the daisy like flowers with 676, 025, and 177.  The larger butterfly was colored with 725, N15, and 947 for the shadows.

The 2^nd panel, for the eggs in the pot, I used 947 on the pot. For the eggs, from the top down, I used 565 first to shade the edges on the eggs, 025, 725, 133, 526, 676, 055, 173, 725, and 373, and again using 565 to add more shading details.  For the single egg I first shaded it with 565 and then created a “splash” with 676.  For the paintbrush, I used 947, N52, 565, and 676.  The egg that the bunny is holding I used 725, then I shaded the bunny with 565, and 772 on the ears, nose and cheeks. I also used the black Twintone on the eyes. 

On the 3^rd panel, for the basket of carrots I used 969 on the basket with 565 for shading.  All of the carrots were colored with 993, 933. The stems were done with 133, and 177, the bow on the single carrot I used 055, 025, and 026.  The small butterfly I used 493, N15, and 565 for the shadows.  For the pot with the tulips, on the pot I used 133 and 565.  The tulips were done with 703, 725, 177, and 969 for the shading.  For the pot that the bunny is in I used 565 to shade it first and then added 676.  For the cutest bunny ever, I used 990, 879, and 772 on the ears, cheeks, nose, and those cute little toe beans. The black Twintone was used on the eyes.  This set also comes with coordinating dies to cut all of the images out.  I then finished assembling my card. Isn’t this set adorable?!

Hello Gnomie! I love Gnomes, like really love Gnomes! Using the newly released 5910 Letter Dies, I die cut the word HELLO. Then I used 4052 Floral Set 1 daisy bunch with Hero Arts Unicorn White stamp pad, to create a floral design on the letters.

I then stamped out 5 gnomes from 5785 Gnome Set with 565/969, pulling the color out in the shaded areas. Starting from left to right, the following colors were used for each gnome.

Gnome 1: 676, 026, 947, 969

Gnome 2: 177, 026, 249, 947, 969

Gnome 3: 947, 249, 969, 026

Gnome 4: 969, 177, 947

Gnome 5: 026, 676, 249, 947, 969

Skin: 850, 910, 969

Beards: 565

Shadows: 565 or 969

 

I then die cut all of the gnomes out with the included dies. Matting my card base with paper from 5873 Mini Birthday PP, I then positioned the letters where I wanted them. Adding the gnomes on top of each of the letters, creating my finished card. Thank you for joining me, and I hope you enjoyed my cards! Until next time….Create….Share….Inspire!