Teacup bunny

I needed a birthday card for a bunny lover. My other half’s sister’s birthday is the day after my brother’s birthday, so that’s two cards that need that extra bit of thought put into them close together. I do have a couple of unused bunny stamps in my stash, but when I saw this bunny in a cup I just couldn’t resist it.

My other half chose the colour scheme. It was originally going to be a grey bunny in a pink cup, but when he saw the coloured bunny he changed his mind and wanted a white cup. So I got to make a pink background instead.

And how pink! I had planned on digging through my patterned papers, but then I happened to see an alcohol ink piece go past in my blogs and the decision was made.

I love alcohol ink backgrounds. I love the splotchy, marbly effect and it is such fun making them. Especially when they’re vivid pink! And to think I never used to like pink…

I stamped and die cut the birthday banner and glued it flat on top of the pink. As there is quite a lot of space around the sentiment, I used a silver pen to create faux stitching around the edge. I added a couple of die-cut bows to the corners and finished each of them off with a small Doodlebug sprinkle that I had coloured with a Copic marker.

A bit of dimension was needed, so I used some fun foam to pop the bunny up in the middle of the card.

Challenges:

• The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Avery Elle – hanging banners
• digital stamps:
  Some Odd Girl – teacup bunny
• dies:
  Avery Elle – hanging banners
• inks:
  Versafine – smokey gray
• pens:
  Uni-ball Signo UM-153 – silver
• alcohol inks:
  Ranger Adirondack – watermelon, wild plum, raspberry
  Ranger Adirondack – alcohol blending solution
• Copic markers:
  bunny – T0, T1, T3, T5, E51
  cup – C00, C0, C1, C2
• embellishments:
  Doodlebug – sprinkles – silver assortment
• paper and card:
  Neenah solar white 216gsm
  Ranger gloss paper
  Hunkydory Adorable Scorable pearly shimmer
  Papermill Direct – sandgrain – silver
• miscellaneous:
  fun foam