Saturday, March 2, 2019

Easter Egg Surprise

     Another Easter card today and I'll have several more this upcoming week.  I awakened at an unearthly hour (2 a.m.) this morning and it was one of those wake ups where you're wide awake and you know there's no chance of just rolling over and drifting off again.  So, after about 10 minutes, I got up, tossed on a warm robe, and headed for the crafting table.  Can you believe the end result was an additional 5 Easter cards?!! 

     Here's the first one:

I used colors from the inspiration palette at 

      This image is one from ArtbyMiran which has been in my collection for quite a while and I've used her a few times.  This time, she seemed to be a perfect Easter image so I colored her with ProMarkers and colored pencils, then fussy cut her with scissors. 

     The open egg image behind her is from Any Old Craft (now closed, I think) and was meant for creating images of sugar eggs (do you remember those?) with scenes made inside them and an open aperture for peeking inside.  However, instead of actually putting that sweet girl inside, I adhered her with dimensional dots to the front of the egg.  I had colored the egg with ProMarkers and cut it with an oval die from QuicKutz.

     I used hot pink CS for the card base and embossed the front with a folder from Sizzix before wrapping it with white, polka dot, ribbon.  I quickly sewed together a scrap of pink ribbon to make the bow and added a tiny gem to it.

     The sentiment was printed and cut with another QuicKutz die, then added to the top corner.

     Challenges:
a2z Scrapbooking
A Bit More Time to Craft
A Gem of a Challenge
Classic DT Open
Crafts Galore Encore
Crafty Cardmakers
Friendship Challenge
Jo's Scrap Shack
Outlawz Greetings

     Have a great weekend and don't forget to enjoy some recreational time just for you.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

16 comments:

theras kartenblog said...

wow - I like your easter egg and the little lady so much.
The colours are also wonderful.
Thanks for sharing your card at Friendship Challenge.
Good luck and best wishes!
Ilse (thera)

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

You have used so well your sleep time :D and your card looks lovely and cute!

Linda Simpson said...

This is gorgeous Connie, I love the sweet image and how you have positioned her with the egg shape.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

You've used your sleepness well Connie, with this card, look forward to seeing the others! Great colour choices. Such a lovely card.
Did you see you're a winner at the Happy challenge? Congratulations :)
Faith
x

Arlene said...

Cute image and I love the flower colors that sweet little girl is sitting on. So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking.

Silvis Kreativstube said...

Hallo liebe Nana,
deine Frühlingskarte gefällt mir sehr gut. Vielen Dank für die Teilnahme an der Friendship Challenge. Liebe Grüße Silvi

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Very sweet card. Thanks for sharing this with us at Crafty Cardmakers and good luck with the challenge, Angela xXx

Cindy C. said...

Cute image and great coloring!! Thanks for joining in our March challenge at a2z.

Kim x said...

What a very productive way to spend an extra early morning wake up call.
Thank you for entering my Flower challenge at CCM.
Hugs Kimx

Keen Crafter's Hand Made Goodies said...

This is lovely Thank you for sharing in our challenge at Classic Design Team Challenge we really appreciate you joining in.

Michelle DT

Keencrafter's Hand Made Goodies 

Karen L K said...

Such a cute image and what a nice card! She looks nice in the middle of the egg. Thanks for joining in over at a2z Scrapbbooking.

Julie said...

What a cute card and you did a great job using the colors
Julie T

Creative world said...

Fantastic card,great colors and design...Thank you for joining us at A Gem of A Challenge ,hope to see you again
Željka DT xx

Momo said...

Dear NanaConny,
your little flower girl is very cute and I like the colors. Great!
Thanks for your participation in the Friendship Challenge. I wish you a lot of fun and I would be very happy, you will also be part of it in our next challenge.
Many greetings
Momo

Momo said...

Do you know, that you can show 2 cards in our Friendship Gallery?

Bastelkueken`s Kreative Welt aus Alsdorf said...

Wow... your card is amazing
Thanks for joining us at Friendship Challenge.
Hugs Anja