Hi Everyone! Thanks to all who played along last week & made a flap fold card :) This week Lisa, is our wonderful Hostess for the Just Us Girls Color Challenge #25, JUGS25 & has colored our world with some fun pastel colors! I hope you come play with Just Us Girls & our March Featured Designer: Stephanie.
Here is my Easter Greetings card:
I randomly stamped the Easter egg image using the various pastel colors to create the background paper on the upper half of the card. To create the lower half background paper, I inked up my brayer with SU Bashful Blue ink & applied it to a Quikutz embossing folder then ran a piece of cs through my die cutting machine. 
I have always said "one stampers trash, is another stampers treasure"! Peter Rabbit here is my little treasure! :) Several years ago, our dear friends Linda & Tony relocated from Phoenix to Austin. Linda lightened her load & sold all of her stamping supplies to me because she no longer stamped! Yahoo! Peter Rabbit hopped right down the bunny trail & found a new home! My stamp collection :)
To make the bottom decorative border, I inked up the Easter egg image, stamped with the various inks, then cut each out individually & adhered them to the Martha Stewart punched border :)
I hope you join along & show us what you can do with these colors! Be Sweet :)
For complete details, please visit the Just Us Girls challenge site & be sure to visit ALL the DT girls (found on my side bar) as well as Stephanie. Once you have your project photographed, be sure to go to Just Us Girls and post a direct link to your creation on our site. If you upload to on online gallery, please be sure to label your project as JUGS25.
Deadline to be considered for the weekly "Chic of the Week" will be 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, March 25th. Our Inlinkz tool will also close at that time. Our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on Friday morning following the deadline.
Ingredients Used:
Stamps: Stampendous Sweet Peter, Stampin' Up The Gifts of Spring, Fancy Flexible Phrases
Paper: Stampin' Up So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Papertrey Ink Rustic White, Kraft
Ink: Stampin' Up Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Sprinkles: Spellbinders #S4-141 Petite Scalloped Ovals Small, #S4-140 Petite Ovals Small, # S4-161 Labels One, Martha Stewart punch, Offray ribbon, Quikutz embossing folder, Making Memories hardware, cord & button from stash
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48 Sweet Comments So Far:
Mona...Peter Rabbit holds a very special place in my heart! I decorated my daughter's nursery completely in Beatrix Potter nearly 26 years ago...thank you for these lovely creations which bring back lovely memories.
simply beautiful!!! i love miss potter i grew up being told her stories at my bedtime thankyou for the wonderful trip down memory lane! hugs
Amanda
Sweet, sweet, sweet!! Love this Easter + Peter lovely........the eggs, the polkas, the stitching, the tag, and your oh so Sweet Peter (yes, definitely a treasure!)! Hope your weekend is terrific! :>
What a sweet and gorgeous card! I love Peter! Great job coloring him! Your egg border is so beautiful! Great sample, Mona!
What a beautiful image, I just adore Peter Rabbit - so timeless !!! FAbulous backgrounds, all beautifully put together as always - thanks for sharing - happy weekend XXX
OH what a perfect little bunny! How cool you got all her stamping supplies! Fantastic job with the color challenge, love what you did.
This is such a beautiful card Mona. I love how the little eggs are the perfect size for the scalloped border. My sister and family have just been up to the lakes where they visited mr mcgregor's garden - peter was nowhere in sight though!!!
That is so cute and I love the idea about inking up the embossing folder. I'm going to try it!
Mona, your take on this weeks challenge is do gorgeous and elegant! As if we wouldn't have guessed that it would be!!!! I love how you colored that stamp and I really love your Dp and those perfect little eggs at the bottom! Great job!
Mona your card is quite flattering and distinctive! Highly creative custom DPs; both upper and lower are lovely! I sincerely adore your Peter; your coloration really brings him to life! Outstanding production as usual!
Wow Mona! Beautiful card! That Peter stamp is so cure and I love how you framed him in those nested scalloped ovals! Great custom DP too! You are the best!
Fabulous, Mona! I love that image -- he looks like he's hopping off to do some mischief :) Love how the line of eggs and the scallops!
Totally adorable Mona - Peter looks SO cute and I love the hand cut eggs on the border. Your coloring is perfection.
I love this cute card, no elegant card! Perfect take on the pretty pastel colors! Your Peter stamp is adorable!
Absolutely adorable! Lucky you for receiving that stamp. :)
What an adorable card, Mona! I love your mix of these colors and those little Easter eggs along the bottom are precious! Peter Cotton-tale is the cutest! Fabulous job on this!
Super lovely and sweet Easter card, Mona!! I love the stamped background with matching border. Cute bunny :):)
Gorgeous Easter card, Mona! You Peter Rabbit is so cute and cuddly! I love your two different custom DPs and those little eggs are terrifc! Great sample for the challenge this week!
OH MY GOODNESS! How cute is he? Reminds me of my childhood :) The colors you chose to compliment Peter rabbit are fabulous - spring-y and vintage-y all rolled into one. Love what you've done with the border and the eggs too! You are a wonder, girl! Thanks for the inspiration and have a great weekend!
Mona, what a beautiful little card. I love your cute rabbit and I especially love how you "worked" these pretty pastel easter colors! The result is fabulous! Great egg border at the bottom! I'm now picking my jaw up off the ground again!
Mona this is great! Oh boy, I love the way you created the cardstock background. Wow! you did a lot of stamping. Your card is so sweet and soooo perfect for easter. Thanks for sharing your talent, creativity, and your wonderful tips.
hugs...
I loved your card, and that sweet little Peter Rabbit sure has found a wonderful home in your stash because you did him up perfectly.
Carole
well...I SURE LOVE your Peter rabbit and the use of pastels are PERFECT! :)
cute cute cute!
Amazing card Mona! Love those colors and that gorgeous Peter Rabbit stamp! Totally cute!
Totally adorable!!! I love Peter Rabbit and the colours are beautiful!! Wonderful card Mona!! :)
So sweet Mona!! I love the egg border at the bottom...I am going to have to try my brayer one of these days.. Gorgeous!!
Thank you for the nice comment you left me on my blog :)~hugs~
As always -- just gorgeous Mona!! Love the colors you pulled from the inspiration piece, and that little rabbit. Very Very sweet :)
Love your card; it is so sweet looking! Your custom paper is sensational and Peter is adorable! Love your perfect style, Mona! It is always eye-catching!
Mona, your Easter card for the JUGS challenge is simply stunning! Your Peter Rabbit stamp is colored so well and those scalloped ovals frame him perfectly. As others have said, those little Easter eggs along the bottom add so much to the beauty of this card! Finally, the bow and tag are definitely a Cupcakes trademark!
Such a sweet card, Mona! I love all the details you managed to put into this beauty! That image is so sweet and the way you used the egg image was very clever! They fit perfectly in the scallops! Love the brayering of the embossing folder as well! Great card...love it!
Gorgeous design and Peter is so cute! You always make the most creative DP; I love both of them! So clever! Great Easter eggs too!
I'm so very glad he hopped down the trail to your stamping house, because I LOVE this card. I adore the soft pastels and how you chose to let the image do all the beautiful work! You are such an inspiration. Have a fab week!
hugs,
Kim xXx
Beautiful card Mona, you always inspire me. I love the dp you made with the brayer, and Peter is just too cute with all those Easter Eggs. Thanks for sharing, ~Diane
Little Peter is just adorable, Mona! This card is so elegant and sweet! Great inspiration! TFS!
Mona, this card is amazing! Your colors are so perfect, I love pastels! Those little easter eggs fit so well in that scalloped border; I love scalloped borders! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Gorgeous card, Mona! I love that cute Peter Rabbit stamp that you colored so perfectly. Great custom DP which worked so well with the challenge colors! Pretty amazing design as usual! Awesome job and extremely inspiring!
Love the card! Love your work! Always! You turned a rather average image into a beautiful masterpiece card! I'm speechless again! Thanks, Mona!
Aloha,
Renee
Darling card, Mona! Such a precious and sweet Peter rabbit! I love all the little Easter eggs along the bottom too! Simple sweetness! TFS!
Hi Mona, I really love this cute card! You custom DP is just so gorgeous! I love all the little touches! You are so talented!
What a happy little card! I love your little Peter Rabbit! So cute and sweet! Wow you are the queen of gorgeous custom background paper! You need to start your own line of paper! You always do such a superb job! TFS!
Mona, great looking card. I really love the gorgeous Peter Rabbit stamp and they way you framed it so nicely (Spellbinders girl!). Great colors especially your custom DP.
Also, I really like your new blog redesign! Very lovely!
Mona I LOVE this.. it is so CUTE! That egg border is DARLING!! Fabulous as always!!!!
Hope your day is GREAT!!!!
Mona, I love the new style of your blog! It matches your design style! Great job with this cute card as well! It is so graceful and elegant! You used those pretty pastels so wonderfully!
Verrrrrrrry cute card, Mona! Love the little Easter eggs and Peter! Just darling! Love your new blog theme too!
AWWWW super duper cute Mona!!! We love Peter Rabbit at our house :)!!! You rocked the colors....this is sooooooooo soft and sweet!!! Hugs ~S~
Mona--Love this card. The shading of the colors works so well, and Mr. Rabbit is a joy. You scattered the eggs so nicely, and then ran them across the bottom too. Easter is coming. Wonderful. Sue M.
this is adorable!!!! ok, so if i cant BE you and make cards like you, can i at least learn how to stage my pictures like you? hehe. You rock!
Well, well, well, Mona, Mr. Peter W. Rabbit is just the cutest little guy ever! No, he's freakin' adorable! Oh yeah! Great job bringing him to life with your awesome Copic technique! I also love how you made your two custom DP's! That must take some time to do? I love it to death! Look what you've done now, you've gotten me in the Easter spirit! Thanks so much! Always have fun!
Thank you so much for leaving a sweet comment!