A Little Spring in Your Step!

I am so excited that spring is almost here!! I can't wait to work at my art desk and stare out at green trees and grass instead of boring brown and gray!  Here is a little happy bunny picture that I made - I mean what doesn't say spring more than cute bunnies and bunting flags!!

 

"Begin each day with a little courage, a little curiosity, and a little spring in your step!"

I always start off with my sketchbook.  I knew I wanted a bunny, I just didn't know what type to draw.

For Christmas my mom gave me a box of pieces of wood 'canvas' pieces! I must be really easy to please because this was one of the best Christmas presents!!   I used one of these wood pieces as my base.  I took some teal paint and mixed it with white and covered the whole piece with the teal/white mix.  Then I used the Chevron Grunge stencil with just teal to create my background!

Next I took out the Simple Stories Daily Grind Paper.  I cut out the triangles for bunting and tore the green for the grass.  I used gel medium and glued all the pieces down. 

After the paper was dry I took my Wendy Vecchi embossing paste and made little circles with my fingers.  After the paste dried I painted it with coordinating colors!  Love how the embossing paste gives me some texture to my project!

I printed out a little saying, "Begin each day with a little courage, a little curiosity, and a little spring in your step!"  Then I doodled and used some rub-ons to finish the project!! 

 

 I hope you all have a very happy day and a wonderful weekend!!  Thank you SO much for stopping by the Eclectic Paperie today! Make sure to check out all the wonderful products that I used for this project!

-Karen

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January Guest Designer Isha Gupta

Hello Everyone!!! It's Isha here today. I am guest designing for eclectic Paperie for the month of January. Thank you Kim and Bonnie for inviting me here.

So for today's card, I thought of creating a card using only pattern paper and no stamping :) Is that fun or what???

Well, I am normally a stamper but this is a good challenge to take. Actually you can find some sentiments in patter paper collection itself :) And there are plenty to choose from in the shop!

Here is my card:

I used this Gorgeous wood veneer frame which highlights the sentiment. Love the paper pack from Simple Stories "I {HEART}SUMMER" collection. I decided I could use the bicycle image as my focal point and then started building around it. I used Memento ink to ink the edge of the tag I created, so it gives slight definition.

All the supplies are available in the shop. Hope you will challenge yourself to create something without using any stamps and make the most of your pattern papers :) If you do, please leave a comment below, I would love to come and visit you.

Supplies: Cardstock: white; Pattern Paper: (I {HEART}SUMMER) Simple Stories; Laser cut wood icons: (Camera) Prima; Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Thank you for visiting.
Isha