Baby Ducks for Easter

Happy Easter!  Who wouldn’t love to receive this precious baby ducks for Easter card?  I have made similar cards every spring for the last several years.  The sweet images and soft colors always make me happy.  I may have gone a little overboard with butterflies but I just couldn’t help myself. 

For this project I used the Rectangle Combo #2, Nested Scallop with Holes, Ducks, Leaf Group, Grass #2, Small Butterflies and Tiny Flower Buds.  Note:  I had two strips of frame from the Nested Scallop with Holes from my bunny project yesterday so I used them as grass layers.  I thought the stitched and scallop layers looked cute for grass.

The Frame and Grass Layers

• Cut the frame layers using white and purple cardstock.
• Turn them face down and attach the sections together using double stick tape.
• Apply strips of mounting tape around the back of the frame and attach the two grass sections to the bottom of the frame.
• Attach the frame to the white card base.

The Leaves, Grass Sprigs and Tiny Flowers

• Cut the grass springs and leaves using green cardstock.
• Use pink, yellow and purple cardstock to cut the tiny flower buds.
• Form the tiny flowers using a small tipped stylus and molding pad.
• Tuck the grass sprigs and leaves in behind the grass layers and attach using glossy accents.
• Attach the tiny flowers to the grass sprigs using glossy accents.

The Ducks and Butterflies

• Cut the mother duck using white cardstock and the baby ducks using yellow cardstock.
• Use pink cardstock to cut the small butterflies.
• Apply Pumpkin ink from the Color Fuse #2 set to color the duck bills and leg and lightly shade the baby ducks using a mini applicator.
• Decorate the mother duck with two tiny leaves and a tiny flower and attach using glossy accents.
• Apply pieces of mounting tape to the back of the ducks and attach them in the scene and on the frame.
• Finish the card by attaching the small butterflies using glossy accents.

I had such a good time making this baby ducks for Easter card.  Do you have certain themed dies and/or stamps that you use over and over during special seasons.  I sure do.  Bunnies and ducks for Easter, deer, snow and poinsettias for Christmas.  You can see more of my duck cards at this link.  They are all very similar but a little different.  You can find more ducks for Easter inspiration at this Pinterest link.  Thank you for coming by and I hope you have a blessed Easter.

Here are the dies used for this project.

Rectangle Combo #2 OPC Die 5132D [ RBB ] 5300D Nested Scallop with Holes [ RBB ] Ducks Die Cut 5142-02D [ RBB ] 5210-02D Grass #2 Die Cut [ RBB ] Leaf Group die 5118D [ RBB ] Tiny Flower Buds Die Cut 5147-10D [ RBB ] Small Butterflies Die 5147-08D [ RBB ]

Here are the tools and supplied used.

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Sour… [ ELH ] Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Sour… [ ELH ] Bazzill COTTON CANDY Card Shoppe… [ SSS ] Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Easter… [ ELH ] Solar White Heavyweight 110 lb – 25… [ ELH ] Color Fuse Set #2 [ RBB ] Mini Applicators, 12 pk, PanPastel Sofft [ ELH ] Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops, Gloss White [ ELH ] Sizzix Making Tool – Paper Sculpting Kit [ SZZ ] Amazon.com: McGill Paper Blossoms… [ AMZUS ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] Scotch Foam Mounting Tape [ ELH ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider [ ELH ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]