Crafty Adventurista: 'Frames' April DT Project 1 For Country View Crafts and Challenges

Hello,

Spring has Sprung - finally, and as it’ll soon be Easter, my make for my first DT project for Country View Crafts and Challenges encompasses that, whilst still adhering to the theme for this month’s challenge - ‘Frames’.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks, and please mention them in your post.

You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and one winner will be selected randomly.

There’s a fabulous prize for the random selected winner, so get your ‘frames’ out and get creative.

I decided to make an Easter card for the other half, as it’s coming up soon. I used an old stamp set for the main Bunny and Butterfly images called Spring Sprung, Perspective and Love Notes.

First I decided which frame I was going to use from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Montage Layer Frames pack to get an idea of colours.

I stamped out the Bunny and Butterfly from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Spring Sprung CMS084 in Jet Black Archival ink and then coloured these with Distress Watercolor Pencils and fussy cut these out.

I covered the Butterfly with Versamark embossing ink and heat embossed with clear powder.

For the Bunny I only added the Versamark embossing ink and powder to his jacket and eye.

Next, using a stamping platform I placed the numbers stamp from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Perspective CMS213 set and stamped this twice, one under the other, to form a rectangle, in VersaFine Clair Nocturne.

I stamped a small heart from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Love Notes CMS477 stamp set in Fired Brick, fussy cut this out and then heat embossed with Distress Glaze Crackling Campfire.

All that was left was to compose the card. I intentionally wanted it to look busy and

I wanted the stamped background to be a frame outside the main frame.

Then I wanted the Butterfly and Bunny to look like they’d escaped from the frame.

I raised the Butterfly up on foam pads, and for a bit of fun I used a Mini Craft Wobblie for the Bunny to make him look like he’s running when ‘spun’.

Finally I added some Idea-ology Typography to the bottom of the stamped text frame - ‘Bunny Love’ which I glued down with Distress Collage Medium.

I will add a sentiment to the inside to complete the card for Easter.

So, here’s my finished card.

I hope you like it and will be inspired to join in our ‘Frames’ challenge on Facebook.