Fluffy Bunny Love

     This morning, I'm sharing a card I did for no particular reason although it does have a "Love" theme so I guess it could be for Valentine's Day.  I used an adorable bunny digi from Meljen's Designs, where the theme is "Hearts."  I haven't played at Meljen's for a while and this morning seemed like a good time.

I used a sketch from 2 Sisters and chose colors from Colour Create, pink and green.

   

     The bunny is colored with ProMarkers and matted with two Spellbinders die cuts, and on the smaller one, I used an 'outside the box' cutting technique.  I wanted that adorable bunny to be sitting on top of the fabric heart so I needed his feet to be free of the die cut.  (Did you notice that his little feet have hearts on them?)  The large heart is gingham fabric, with a fancy satin stitched border and long satin stitches on the two inside hearts.   Creative Belli wants to see "Hearts", Our Craft Lounge wants to see felt or fabric hearts this week, and One Stop Craft Challenge wants to see stitching, real or faux.

     The marbled pink dp and the striped dp are both from SU, while the background dp has been in my scrapbooking papers stash for a couple of years!  I added some distressing (by sanding it) so that it would look older. Hmmm, as long as it's been in my stash, do you think it needed to look any older?  lol  OK, I wanted a distressed look for the background to set off the clean look of the SU dp.

     The ribbons are both from Really Reasonable Ribbon (gotten a year ago), and the lace has been in my stash nearly as long as the background dp.  The sentiment is from an unidentified, rubber stamp (I'd guess I've had it several years) and I colored it with gel pens.  Final touch -- the three, pink pearls.  For some reason, pearls have always been my favorite gemstone -- even more than diamonds.   I love this fun, frilly, girly card and I think it's already been sold.  At least, I have someone who's professed interest in giving it to his girlfriend.  :-D

     Challenges for this card:
Card Makin' Mamas -- Something old (papers, lace, ribbon, & sentiment)
Creative Craft Challenge -- Bingo: ribbon/pink/gems
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge -- Hearts or Flowers
Die Cut Dreams -- Pink, red, & a heart
Die Cuttin' Divas -- Anything goes
Digi Makeover Challenge -- Be My Valentine
House of Gilli -- Love
Incy Wincy Designs -- Flowers (in the dp)
Kaboodle Doodles -- Make it Girly
Lily Pad Cards -- patterned papers
Lollipop Crafts -- Anything goes
My Craft Spot -- Anything goes
Oldie, but a Goodie -- Have a Heart
Outlawz Greeting Card Mondays -- (Must use a sentiment) Hearts
Paper Playtime -- Anything goes
Paper Pretties -- Use ribbon
Pile It On -- Just Because (and always as many challenges as possible for one project)
Stamp and Create -- Anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday -- diamonds or Pearls

     I hope your "half-way day" is simply spectacular, filled with creative energy and time to use it.  I'm so glad you came by for a visit.  Stay a bit and browse around.  Maybe you'll find a bit of inspiration somewhere.  For certain, you can pour yourself some coffee or tea, and munch a cookie or two from Grammy's cookie jar, right over there on the counter.  Enjoy and Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie