Inspired by Erin Lincoln

For the February Blog Hop I knew exactly which card had inspired me the most this month. I loved the cute little Egg Hunt card that Erin Lincoln made for this month's anniversary. Here is Erin's card followed by my own spin on the Easter Basket Card. http://erinlincoln.blogspot.com/2010/02/egg-hunt.html. I was so lucky that my PTI order arrived just in time to use the Tin Type Background for my little basket. (By the way, this is the easiest background I have ever stamped. ) Erin was nice enough to post a tutorial on her blog about how to make the basket using oval nestabilities and Spellbinder tags. For this card, I made the basket just as Erin did using Dark Chocolate ink stamped on a Kraft background. I cut out some eggs with the Egg Hung patterned paper using oval nestabilities. I tried a little of Michelle Wooderson's "messy stitching" in yellow as a frame around the basket. At the last minute I cut some grass from New Leaf paper and a little lemon tart pinked circle with the Happy Easter sentiment. Did you notice the little bunny hiding in the grass? I had to have a bunny on an Easter card. Since I was anxious to try my new Butterfly Dreams stamps, I stamped one of the medium size butterflies with Plum Pudding ink and added some Prisma Glitter for sparkle. Doesn't this card make you feel like Easter? Enjoy the Blog Hop!

Details: Card Size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

Paper: PTI Kraft, Lemon Tart and New Leaf

Patterned Paper: Purple Handmade Flowers by Paper Pizazz (Joann's)

Ink: Plum Pudding and Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Background Basics Tin type, Butterfly Dreams, sentiment from Limitless Labels, bunny was a Studio G stamp (JoAnn's)