Stampin' Up! Chocolate Bunny

Happy Friday!  It's beautiful weather here in Texas.  It's been a bit warm this week, but that's Texas for you. :)  For some reason, I keep thinking Easter is next month, so I made another Easter card yesterday.  I found my cute chocolate bunny stamp and felt like inking him up.  I wanted to try making up some card kits to sell on Ebay, so this may be the first one I try.  We'll see.  Sometimes selling and shipping is difficult with Miss Laila.  Don't you love the Perfect Plum and Wild Wasabi together?  I haven't been a big fan of the plum even though purple is my favorite color. Not sure why, but I do love Elegant Eggplant and Concord Crush.

Yesterday we ventured out to the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  It was so crowded with kids on field trips, so it was a little stressful.  We did find a sanctuary in the butterfly center though. It was nice and quite, not crowded, and there were butterflies everywhere!  They have to look you over before you leave to make sure you don't have any on you.  It was just amazing.  Laila loved it and so did I.  I didn't take my good camera, but I sure will next time!

SCS424: Chocolate Bunny

I found a little stamping time yesterday, so I thought I'd play along with the new sketch challenge on Splitcoast.  I thought it was a fun one and immediately had an idea!  

I LOVE the Chocolate Bunny stamp.  I didn't buy it when it was current, but was able to purchase it from my friend Ann when she was ready to send it to a new home.  It's one of my favorite stamps and will always be in my collection for sure!  I used some of the gorgeous Sycamore Street DSP that you can get for FREE, yes, I said FREE, during Sale-a-bration!   A bit of embossing, a banner, and a button finish off this simple beauty!  

Jason and I have been kind of bad about taking Laila out to restaurants because we weren't sure if she'd be okay or if she'd get upset and we'd have to try to pack up things and scramble out of the building.   We were brave on Tuesday and went to Chipotle and she did great!   She sat in the highchair like a big girl and looked around the whole time.  It was great!  

We also rearranged my stamp room this week to make Laila a spot.  Well, now she occupies MOST of my room, but I can still stamp and not worry about her being in everything or possibly getting hurt.   Win, win I hope!  

FM49: Chocolate Bunny

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using the "colors Green & Yellow".
2. Or Make a "3-D project that's a Basket or a Treat Pouch".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Treat Basket/Pouch using the colors Green & Yellow".

I'm running behind this week, so I apologize for getting my post up so late today.   :(   It has been a week full of allergies, sinus headaches, and some sadness as I've worked on cleaning out Eli's room.   All that combined hasn't left me in the mood to stamp at all.   I did treat myself to some Starburst Jelly Beans and they helped me get my card made today.   

Kim is the hostess this week for a fun Mashup challenge.   I am out of room to store any 3-D type items, so I didn't go for the mashup this week.  Not having people to give those kind of projects to really makes them pile up pretty fast on my bookshelf!  Instead, I used the yellow and green to make a cute Easter card.  I got the Chocolate Bunny stamp from my friend Ann ages ago and finally inked him up today.   I love him just as much as I thought I would!  I can't wait to make more cards with him.  

I was inspired by this week's sketch at Create with Connie and Mary and modified it just a bit to work with my bunny.  I truly want to work on doing more clean-AND-simple cards but find them so difficult to pull off.  I'm hoping great sketches like that will assist me in my goal, so I am sure you will see this one again.   :)

Stamps:  Chocolate Bunny, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Versamark, Old Olive

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Brights DSP stack

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, 2 1/2 circle punch, Itty Bitty punch pack, heat tool, clear embossing powder, Basic Pearls