Not my proudest moment - Easter Cards

I planned to make and post Easter cards for all my friends and family. I thought long and hard about the designs, ordered everything I needed. But then, last Thursday my husband informed me it was Easter this weekend. The time just completely got away from me! Being in lockdown I just take it day by day and make the most out of the good weather as much as I can. And then, because of the delays in post I didn't receive most of my supplies. Disaster.
I still wanted to make Easter cards since I was really looking forward to it. And since it was too late to post anything I just made a few for friends who live nearby so I could hand deliver them. I had one Easter themed die set by Sizzix and that's what I used.

So I made eggs. Loads of them. For some I used pattern dies included in the set, but I kept most of them quite natural. I cut them out of white, pink and green cardstock and splattered them with pearlescent watercolour. For that I mixed red and green to get brownish colour, but the shine of the paint made it look a bit like rose gold.
 I also used die cut patterns as stencils to apply some crackle paste - just for a bit of variety. It worked out great, but the pattern really is too small for that. It was good to try it though and I'll definitely use this technique in the future.

I also added some feathers and sisal fibre.

For two of the cards I added bunny ears sticking out from the eggs (dies included in the set) to make them a bit more playful.

I wanted the eggs to look like they were arranged in a basket so I've added layers of foam tape behind them.

 So here they are, my last minute hand delivered Easter cards. They may be quick and easy, but they did bring some joy to the recipients. And that's most important, especially during this hard time.

Hope you're having great Easter and enjoy the company of your closest ones.

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