Bunny Hugs

Hi, everyone!  Sorry I haven't been around to visit lately.  I've had a nasty bug and it's been hard to shake. I'm still miserable but I did do a bit of crafting for the first time in over a week! Before I go any further, I would like to thank several of my sweet friends who sent emails to check on me - I was touched by your thoughtfulness! I hope to be around to visit your blogs soon.  In the meantime I wanted to join Darnell's NBUS challenge before it ended - today is the last day!

The cute Carrot Bunny is this month's progressive challenge image from Gerda Steiner Designs, and I received it for free because I joined Gerda's challenge last month. I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils and fussy-cut so I could pop him up with foam tape.

Let's start with the first NBUS item, Poppystamps Thicket Frame die, which is new and never used. I feel like we're peeking through the thicket to spy on this bunny! I die-cut the frame from green cardstock and applied Mowed Lawn Distress Ink with an ink dauber over the leaves and also through the holes in the die.

For the background, I used Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes and did some ink blending with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Inks and splashed some water droplets. (Twisted Citron is a NBUS item - had it for a while and just removed the plastic!)  I stamped the grass stamp repeatedly with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink all over the field. (Grass stamp from Stampin' Up - old wood-mounted stamp that I had for many years - I think this stamp might also be a NBUS item.) The sky was ink-blended with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Inks and I sprayed some water to add texture.

The sentiment stamp from My Creative Time Color Me Happy was white heat-embossed on a teal scrap. (I've used sentiments from this stamp set before but not this particular one, which is actually two separate words, so they are another NBUS item!)

I would like to join the following challenges:
djkardkreations 6th NBUS Challenge Anything Goes 1/3 C5
Lori Hairston's Choux Choux Paper Arts St. Patrick's Day or Green UE
Poppystamps Spring Fling 1/3
Tuesday Throwdown Create a Scene 1/3

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!