Lessons from Dad

      I'd never really thought about how the next generation of Easter Bunnies were trained, or even about the fact that there must be 'next generations' since bunnies (Easter or otherwise) aren't all that long-lived.  But when I saw this image from Beccy's Place, a freebie for their April challenge, I knew immediately that Father Easter Bunny was schooling his children in the Easter Bunny arts.  :-D

     Colored with ProMarkers and gel pens, then cut with a QuicKutz die.  The aqua framing was also cut with a QuicKutz die.  Both of the dp came from a Recollections stack.  I left it rather CAS because I wanted the bunnies to be the focus.  I know, I know, many people insist that only "white" open space counts as CAS but I prefer to accept any and all forms of open space, including dp patterns!  I don't believe in excluding all those other lovely colors.  :-D

     I think this one will make a great masculine Easter card.

 I used all 4 colors from 4 Season.

     Challenges:

Allsorts

Colouring in Scrapland

Cupcake Inspirations

Double Trouble

Dream Valley

Get Creative

Inspiration Station

Simon Says Stamp

     That's all I have for this weekend.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Spring Bunny

     I have two posts in a row which feature images from Jan's Digi Stamps and this one is for the new weekly challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  Our theme is our usual "Anything Goes."  Jan's Digi Stamps is sponsoring us this week and I used one of the newer releases called "Spring Bunny."  

     I adore this bunny surrounded by all those Easter eggs, claiming to have somehow hidden all of them!  The sentiment is part of the set.  If you look at the set in the store, you'll notice that I flipped the image side to side and added extra eggs by merging secondary images before I printed anything.

     I also printed the image after adding the sentiment.  I used the pre-colored image but printed it grayscale so that I could use brighter colors on the eggs and flowers but still have the shadows and highlights of the original image.  I cut the image with a rectangle die from QuicKutz, then used a Fiskars punch on the corners.  The papers are from a Recollections stack and the bow was sewn together with a rhinestone finding (for making jewelry.)

I chose colors (all 4) from My Favorite Things, 

plus a couple others for the eggs.  

     Challenges:

Allsorts

Aud Sentiments

Colour Crazy

Crafty Catz

Digi Choosday

Di's Digis

Gem of a Challenge

Paperbabe

TTCRD

Word Art Weds

     I hope we're going to see you playing along in our Anything Goes challenge this week.  We love seeing what you create and being inspired by it.  Come on over and see what the rest of the team has created.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie