I’m hoping you are all having a wonderful weekend and a Happy Easter.
I’ve been playing with the Bough Punch a lot lately. I’ve also been cleaning my craft area. And I came across some boxes I had made and shared last year on April 13, 2022. Both of the critters’ bodies on the boxes are made with the Ladybug Builder Punch. The bunny’s ears and tail are also made with the Bough Punch.
And so with Spring in the air and these punches in hand, I made another bunny and added it to the front of this green card to create a Congrats card geared for someone expecting or someone who has just had a baby.
I had a lot of green on the card base layers already. And when I added the bunny, the leaves under it blended in too much. So I punched black leaves and gave them all a shadow layer.
Here are the details for recreating this card.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements
- Basic White Thick Cardstock
- 4-1/4” x 11″ scored parallel to short side at 5-1/2”
- 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (for die-cutting the Flora layer)
- Scraps for punching the bunny parts
- 3/4″ x 3-1/4″ strip for punching the sentiment layer
- Parakeet Party Cardstock
- 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”
- Garden Green Cardstock
- 3-3/4” x 5”
- Granny Apple Green Cardstock
- Scraps for punching the leaves
- Basic Black Cardstock
- Scraps for punching the leaves
Tips/Directions
- Watch the video in my 4/13/22 blog post (starting at the 8.5 minute mark) for instructions for punching and assembling all the parts to form your bunnies (one for the inside and one for the outside). After assembling that bunnies, add the green leaves & one more layer of black leaves for the shadow to one of the bunnies. Set aside.
- Die-cut the 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ white layer with the large die from the Two-Tone Flora Dies. Use large or small Blending Brushes to add color to the layer…Parakeet Party in the bottom right section, then Granny Apple Green further out, then Garden Green going light to dark. (You can swap these steps if you’d rather – blend the ink on the cardstock and then die-cut.)
- Glue this to the Garden Green Cardstock layer. (I sponged it on with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.) Then trim up the overhanging sections.
- Punch the ends of the sentiment strip piece. Stamp it so the word is off to the right a bit.
- Assemble: Add the Parakeet Party Cardstock, add the Garden Green layer, add the bunny with the leaves and the sentiment strip with Dimensionals, and add the silver flower embellishments.
- Open the card and add the other bunny with Glue Dots (so it has a small amount of dimension) and a few flowers.
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