Spring/Easter cards with Embossing Folders

Happy 3rd Monday of March!! I'm playing along with Darnell (djkardkreations) and her IDEAS program to give some structure to using all those crafty supplies. This Monday focuses on E for Embossing Folders but Darnell mentioned she will add wet embossing to the E in future.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white; Lawn Fawn Petite Rainbow Plaid;

Bazzill green; Spellbinders Betterpress Porcelain; 

Bright yellow from unk

Embossing Folder - Spellbinders Swirling Blooms (EOM-Feb24)

Stamps with dies - Frantic Stamper Spring Bold Sentiments

(coordinating dies HERE)

Hero Arts From the Vault Cute Animals

(Here at Frantic Stamper; coordinating dies HERE)

Dies - A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Betterpress w/Stencils - Cosmos Backdrop Bundle

Betterpress Ink - Bark; Inks - Altenew Bamboo; Hero Arts Moss,

Butter Bar, Creamsicle & Tangerine

Other - shimmer brown envelope; Copic Markers; 

Hero Arts Sparkle Lacquer; foam tape

While making my first cosmos cards with my Betterpress, I did a second panel on porcelain Betterpress paper, stenciled it with the coordinating stencil & cut it into two parts like I did before. I found one of the die cut panels in the bits box & used it to create this Spring card for my sister. I thought a panel using the Spellbinders February 2024 Embossing Folder of the Month would complement it. Crazy that I got to it this quickly, right? 

Next, I was looking through my stash of handmade cards and found a daffodil card from last May that I didn't really like - the daffodil coloring looked bad to me. Tried to fix it and it looked worse so I carefully peeled off the sentiment and bee for this card! The sentiment had a little flaw that I covered up with a flower from the bits box. Since my embossing folder was newly used here, I'll add my Spring card to Darnell's March NBUS Challenge.

While I was at it, I made another Avery Elle bunny card:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Park Lane A2 card; Paper Studio pastel cardstock

Embossing Folder - Spellbinders Easter Egg Hunt  (3EOM-Feb24)

Stamps - Taylored Expressions Many Minis - Holiday (retired)

Stamps with dies - Avery Elle Easter Egg (dies HERE)

Dies - Hero Arts Thorn Tree and Grasses & Tag Frames Infinity Dies

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - Copic Markers; foam tape; American Greetings stickers

I embossed a pink panel using Spellbinders February 2024 3D Embossing Folder of the Month. I ran a darker pink over the raised bits & adhered it to an A2 card. Next, I trimmed down the grass from that cannibalized daffodil card. My first bunny was paper pieced but this one was simply colored with Copics. A sentiment label and some chick stickers completed the card. Yay - another Easter card for the stash!

That's it for today, friends - hope you have a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by!!