He Is Risen!

 A glorious sun beckons,

Revealing a wondrous vision -

As we all praise Him in adoration

And hold a magnificent celebration

for He Is Risen!

This is the verse that I made up for an Easter card using Sherry West's image. It is a very touching, heartfelt image. Come and join her Facebook page, Sherry West Art Coloring and Crafts, and you might be able to nab the image free! I used copic markers to color the image, Icicles Stickles for some of the sun rays, a white gel pen for some highlights, and a gold gel pen on the flower. I used a Fish Embossing Folder from Divinity Designs on the background cardstock and sanded it slightly so you could see the fish better.

Take a close look at the image, there are so many wonderful things in it - a sun, cross, snail, lady bug, singing bird, butterfly, duck, bunny, and egg - all coming together to praise Him!

I hope you have a Happy Blessed Easter!

Butterfly Baby

 My nephew, his wife and their 4 year old son are getting ready for the arrival of a baby girl! Everyone is very excited to have a baby in our family again. I used an image by Krista Leigh Smith called Butterfly Baby. Unfortunately, this image is no longer available. It is a very sweet image that can be used for either a boy or girl.

I paper-pieced the baby's jammies and used copic markers to color the rest of the image. I used a gold gel pen to color the dots on the baby's wings. I had some Precious Moments stickers that I added to the card front and a small butterfly from another artist, all on foam dots. I kept my card really simple, not much on the embellishments, as I wanted the image to be the star of the show. The image is also popped up on foam dots.

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R02, RV21

Lips RV55, RV52

Eyes B66, B63, B60, V12

Hair E40, E41, E43

Wings R81, RV32, RV34, R56, R59, white gel pen, gold gel pen

Ground W00, W1, W3, W5, V04, V12, B60

I hope you enjoy my card! Have a wonderful day!

Easter Special Delivery

Do you send Easter cards? I always do to my nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Sherry West has some wonderful Easter images that you can use for cards. And there are MORE images in addition to the ones I used! If you prefer rubber stamps, Stamp Addicts has those available for some of these images!

I actually used two images and merged them to create a funny scene on my first card. The main image is the Easter Basket and the other image is of four not-quite-hatched eggs. I isolated each of those eggs and spread them around the Easter Basket. I colored the scene with copic markers. I used a white gel pen for highlights on all of my cards. The egg paper around the basket image is digital paper that I had on my computer. I also added my sentiment before printing so all I had to do after coloring was mat it, add the little extras and I was done! The next eight images were diecut and placed on a diecut egg card - FUN! That dancing chickie just cracks me up! Well, actually all of the chickens crack me up! And the Easter Bunnies are so adorable, very furry! I made the first bunny egg card using gold foil cardstock. The same copic colors were used throughout each image, just refer to the color choice in a previous image if you are curious.

Chicken E43, E44, E07, E47

Beak E99, E97, E95, E93, Y23

Comb R59, R56, RV34, RV32, R81

Eggs E41, E43, E44, Y02

Basket B69, B66, B63, B60

Bow V99, V28, V04, V12

Ground E44, E43, E41, E07, E15, Y02, Colorless Blender

Fur E29, E27, E25, E23, E21; W7, W5, W3, W1

Ears RV21, R20, E00

Egg E43, Y19, Y15, Y11

Ribbon V28, V04, V12

Ready to work on some Easter cards? Get goin'!

I hope you have a blessed Easter!