Sunday, March 21, 2010

GCA #82 - Here Comes Peter Cottontail!!!


Hello all!! We are experiencing one beautiful, slightly chilly, day here in Michigan! They were forecasting snow/rain mix, but I haven't seen any of that in my area!!

Do you realize that Easter is only 2 weeks away??? Do you have your Easter cards or projects done? Well, if not, here's where this weeks challenge comes to the rescue.

For this week, you need to create any type of project: card, scrapbook page, 3-D item or whatever you can image, which represents Easter.

And while the title of this weeks GCA mentions Peter Cottontail, you DO NOT have to have a rabbit on your creation. Anything Easter themed is good!
How's this for a cute, and quick, goodie bag? I found this idea on SCS in the gallery of Diana Seitz, AKA paperball, and you can find all the details on her blog: Stamping Moon.

Her goodie bag is made from a 3 x 3 mini envelope, and while this is very cute, I decided to change the size just a tad. I used 4 x 6 envelopes and only put the dsp on the front of the envelope.

I am using these as my 3-D swap for a stamping event I am going to this upcoming weekend. And since I only need to make 10, I thought I would expand the size and that way I can put a little more chocolate in them!! I used 1/4 sheet of tissue paper for the insert and then just trimmed the excess off once I had it in the envelope.

It's a little difficult to see in the photo, but the dsp I used is Bella Rose, now retired, and it's the Pink Pirouette damask print. The same print as the Kiwi Kiss dsp, but my camera washed the Pink Pirouette out. Another thing I did different on this bag is the ribbon. On Diana's she punched holes in the sides and tied the ribbon through. Because I used a larger envelope, I used sticky tape on both sides of the ribbon, Kiwi Kiss, and adhered it to the inside of the envelope. A piece of Pink Pirouette gg finishes it off.

The bunny was stamped in Chocolate Chip and Versamark and then clear embossed. Doesn't he look good enough to eat??? The flowers are from the stitched Sweet Pea felt flowers in the current Occasions mini. Not sure if I like the pom-pom on his tail or not.

Upload your creation to either your blog or to an online gallery and post a link to your creation to this blog entry by March 27, 2010 at 12 midnight. I will choose the winner the next day. If you upload your card to SCS, PaperCraft Planet, Stampin' Addicts or Stamp TV, please put GCA82 in your keywords. That way everyone can see all of the wonderful creations at once!

Even if you can't make the drawing deadline, PLEASE feel free to participate in the challenges and upload your creations at any time. I would love to see it! And yes, my challenge is open to everyone who visits, even if you live outside the US!

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~

29 comments:

li-bee-ti said...

Thank you so much for choosing me as the winner for this challenge.
I'm honored.

Melanie said...

Hello Ann, thank you for a fun challenge. Here is my creation!!
http://thecraftycritter.blogspot.com/2010/03/happy-easter.html

Jill said...

here's mine

Really pleased to have your blog. Thanks for the challenge! Jill

Hazel said...

My Easter card is here x

crafterGM said...

Here is my Card Thanks Gloira M.

Deb Neerman said...

You can see my entry:

HERE.

Thanks!

Glo said...

What do you think of this? An Happy Easter card!

Lesley said...

Here's my card, great challenge!
http://ourscrappylife.blogspot.com/2010/03/happy-easter.html

Julie said...

I love your goodie bag. My card is HERE
Julie x

Shirley said...

Great fun challenge Ann.
here is my entry

Shirley

Shirley said...

Lovely blog and great challenge Ann.
here is my entry

Shirley

JanR said...

Hello! Here's my card.

Hazel said...

Some more Easter cards from me here x

StampinCathy said...

Oops I added my links to the wrong post. It's under the cute baby card. Sorry.

Anonymous said...

I love making easter cards. Thanks for the challenge...here is my entry:

http://kimskraft-e-korner-kim.blogspot.com/2010/03/jenny-with-easter-egg.html

Scrappy said...

Here is one from me:

http://big-scrappy-world.blogspot.com/2010/03/abac-monday-at-bugaboo-stamps.html

Anonymous said...

Here is my simple card:

http://kimskraft-e-korner-kim.blogspot.com/2010/03/for-egg-xtraordinary-friend.html

Anonymous said...

Here is my simple card:

http://kimskraft-e-korner-kim.blogspot.com/2010/03/for-egg-xtraordinary-friend.html

Kendra said...

Thanks for the challenge! Here's my card.

Hazel said...

another card from me here x

Scrappy said...
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Scrappy said...

Oops! Screwed up the link!

Here is my card

Scrappy said...

Here is my card

Scrappy said...

Here is another from me!

Scrappy said...

Great Challenges! Keep 'em coming! Here is (yet another) from me!

Scrappy said...

Here is another one from me!

Penny said...

here is mine
http://penny-buschcreations.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-30-aifactory.html

Thanks for a great challenge!

pen

Scrappy said...

Here is one from me!

Scrappy said...

Here is one from me!