Bunny Kisses and Springtime Wishes! Colored Pencils on Kraft paper…

Hi there crafty friends! How are you doing? How are you holding up to all the crazy news in the world today? I have to admit I've had my bad days lately. All of this is so stressful and I am a worrier by nature anyway. My husband is working from home and that means 24 hour togetherness….We are doing good together but I am very used to time alone!! Lots of lessons in patience and grace right now. Yesterday I drove to the park and read a book under the trees and it was marvelous to be out in the fresh air. My thoughts went to how much we take for granted. I hope that whatever is happening in your life because of the Covid Virus – that you are doing okay. I hope that your family is all safe and well. That's our main priority right now – keep everyone safe. I'm sending out a big giant virtual hug from Sacramento. XOXO

I've been trying to keep up with the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge! I've missed quite a few days, but that's alright! I'm making my way along with less mojo than normal, and it's all good. For today's project I used my Prismacolor Colored Pencils on Kraft paper. It's a look/technique I love, but I forget to do. I used an adorable stamp set with a Spring theme. Easter is on the way after all!! Cute bunny and some flowers….

This finished card is an A2 white card base. One layer of pretty teal cardstock and then my kraft layer. Clean and simple card design, with the focus on the images. 

This stamp set has the adorable rain boot image, and then a bunny and a kitty, and flowers to put in the top! SO cute!! There are also flower pots and a hanging pot. I chose the rain boot, flowers and bunny. I started by stamping the boot on a kraft panel. Then I used my Mini MISTI to line up the flowers coming out of the top. The I used mask paper to mask off the boot, and stamped the little flower pot. On a separate kraft paper, I stamped the second boot, the bunny, and the small flowers and die cut them out using the matching dies.

I colored all the images using Prismacolor Pencils. I used a lot of the white pencil to add bright highlights. I think the white pencil looks so nice on kraft paper!! I splattered some white gloss spray on just the top and bottom of the kraft layer. 

I stamped this sweet sentiment in black ink directly onto the kraft panel. I used my MISTI for perfect placement. I added a few clear droplets onto the card. I love using those when I think that the image should have water… Just a little bit of morning dew!

To assemble the card I put the second rain boot onto the card using foam squares. I tucked the bunny over the lip of the boot. EEP.

The teal layer was made with a gorgeous new Frilly Frames background die! As you can see, it makes the PERFECT layer for an A2 card!! AND it has a center piece that you can use with it that makes eyelet!! I am obsessed. Check it out here. You can use the center piece alone, this outline piece alone, or use them together. Brilliant!!

I want to tell you quickly about something new too! For this project I used my new Hero Arts Mini MISTI!! One of the 'big deals' at Creativation this year was the announcement of the partnership between Hero Arts and My Sweet Petunia to create a line of new sleek black MISTI's! They are super cool. I did a series of Instagram videos about the sizes, etc. You can find them in my Instagram Stories Highlights if you want to see more about them! The mini is perfect to pack into your crafting travel bag!! And there is a giant 12×12 one for Scrapbook pages – so awesome. CLICK HERE if you want to check them out!!

Thank you so so so much for coming by my blog and spending part of your day with me. I am so excited to hear from you! I'm lonely here in my craft cave. I miss everyone and everything. I hope you are doing well and please take care. XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's project! (Affiliate Links Used).