Well, no, not quite. I’ve been using the new Egg-cited Cocoa stamp set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps to create some Easter cards for Operation Write Home. The OWH shippers need to receive Easter cards by February 15, which is why I’ve been working on them now even though Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.
The first card here uses the current Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge sketch. I turned the sketch on its side and took the liberty of swapping the locations of the sentiment and the embellishment. I had to do a little fussy cutting to accommodate Cocoa’s tail. I had a hard time getting the true colors of the card to come through on the photo, and the colors really do coordinate in real life. The egg is colored primarily with different plum shades.
Today’s second card is a derivative of this week’s OWH Stars and Stamps blog sketch. I left off the ribbon embellishment because it didn’t really fit.
The Cocoa image is available both as part of a clear stamp set and as a digital image. I chose to use the digital version so I could resize it to fit the spaces available on the sketches. The ability to resize is one thing I really like about digital stamps!
Supplies for the plum card:
Digital Image: Egg-cited Cocoa (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Sentiment: Egg-Cited Cocoa (SNSS)
Cardstock: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum (Stampin’ Up); Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); designer papers from Kioshi 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); printer ink
Other: flowers (Prima); dew drop (Robin’s Nest); petite oval and petite scalloped oval Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); markers (Copic)
Supplies for the pink card:
Digital Image: Egg-cited Cocoa (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Sentiment: Egg-Cited Cocoa (SNSS)
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, Tea Party designer paper (Stampin’ Up); Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); printer ink
Other: markers (Copic)
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Very cute cards! Your coloring is wonderful. 🙂
Swwet, sweet cards! Love the layouts you used and I think the fussy cut on the first card is awesome. The papers are really pretty; I know what you mean about the photos, my purples come out blue when I take my pictures. Thanks for playing in our Midweek Throwdown Challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps!
~Lee Mae
Operation Write Home
MWT Assistant
How cute! Love the mouse. I like the colors.
Darling cards Patricia. Love the sweet Cocoa image and the lovely coloring. Perfect Spring cards. Thank you for playing along with us at The Sweet Stop this week. :o)
Very cute cards! I love the little flower detail on the top card that echos the flowers in the background papers. It’s also cute to see a mouse rather than a bunny on an Easter card.
Both darling cards, Patricia! Love that sweet image for your sketch card and the punny sentiment 🙂 Thanks for joining us in this week’s OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge!
Your cards are so cute. I have never seen an Easter mouse before. I like your color choices too.
Cocoa is just darling on both cards, Patricia! Love the colors and papers you used…you are getting me in the mood for spring! Thanks for joining us at The Sweet Stop this week!
Your card is adorable, I love Cocoa! Thanks for playing in our Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home!
Really cute cards. Love theimages and the colors. TFS