Happy Easter 2026 | Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail

Hi crafty friends!  Today I am sharing a cute Easter card featuring products from Picket Fence Studios and Spellbinders.  Let’s get into it!

The supplies used:

Picket Fence Studios – Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail Stamp Set

     Picket Fence Studios – Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail Die

     Spellbinders – Spring Canopy Glimmer Plate Set (GOM-FEB25)

     Waffle Flower – A6 Piercing Layers Die Set

     Lawn Fawn – Jet Black Premium Ink Pad

     Altenew – Obsidian Pigment Ink Pad

     Copic Alcohol Markers – RV13, RV25, RV10, R21, RV0000, C3, C1, C0

     Sakura Gelly Roll #10 White

     Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor Paint – Prussian Blue & Hooker Green

     Strathmore Mixed Media Vellum Surface Paper

     Spellbinders Rose Gold Glimmer Foil

     FuuMuui #12 Round Paint Brush (or any other brand)

     Scotch Painter’s Tape

     Ampersand Hardbord Panel

     Silver Black Velvet ¾” Oval Watercolor Brush

     Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache Paint

     Finetech Pearlescent Colors Watercolor Paint – Golden Rose

     Ranger Ink – Glossy Accents

     Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Splatter Brush     

     Scor-Tape Double Sided Adhesive

     Altenew – 1” x 1/16” Instant Dimension Foam Tape

     Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares

     Anna Griffin Empress Gild Hot Foiling System

     Anna Griffin Empress Elite Die Cutting Machine

Creating the Background Panel

Using my Anna Griffin Empress Gild hot foiling system, a 5” x 7” piece of Strathmore Vellum Surface Mixed Media paper, and Spellbinders Rose Gold Glimmer Foil, I hot foiled the leaf canopy from the Spellbinders Spring Canopy Glimmer plates set onto the mixed media paper.  Next, I adhered the foiled piece of mixed media paper to an Ampersand Hardbord using low-tack painter's tape.  To add the watercolored background, I used Mijello Mission Gold watercolor paint #W544/Prussian Blue and painted a streaky wash across the top 80% of the paper and then added a wash of Mijello Mission Gold #535/Hooker Green to the lower 20% of the paper and set aside to dry (you could dry with a heat tool if desired).  You will notice the canopy foiling resisted the watercolor paint and left the foiled areas nice and clean.  Once the panel dried, I spattered Winsor & Newton white gouache across the background as well as Finetech’s Golden Rose pearlescent watercolor paint just for fun; however, I did place the leaf canopy glimmer plate over the foiling so I didn’t get any spatter on the leaves before I started.  After the spatter dried, I used the second largest die from Waffle Flower’s A6 Piercing Layering Die Set to die cut the watercolor panel to size and cut a piece of white cardstock using the largest die in this set for the bottom mat.

Creating the Focal Point

For the focal point, I chose to use the rabbit ears stamp from Picket Fence Studios’ Hoppin’ Along the Bunny Trail stamp set.  I stamped the image onto X-Press It cardstock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored it with Copic Alcohol Markers.  The Copic colors I used were:

       Rabbit:  C3, C1, C0, R21, RV10, RV0000

       Bow:  RV25, RV13, RV10

Once I completed the coloring, I die cut the rabbit using the coordinating die and added Glossy Accents to the bow.

Creating the Sentiment

For the sentiment, I used the “Look who’s hoppin’ down the bunny trail?” sentiment from the Picket Fence Studios Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail stamp set and stamped it onto the card front panel using Altenew Obsidian pigment ink.

Assembling the Card

I added Scor-Tape to the back side of the white A6 cardstock panel and adhered it to the card base.  To give the card some dimension, I added Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape (1” x 1/16”) to the back side of the watercolor panel and adhered it to the white cardstock panel.  I added thin 3D foam squares to the back side of the rabbit and adhered it to the card front.  My final touch was to add a sprinkling of metallic pink flatback pearls around the card’s focal point.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out today’s blog post, I really do appreciate.  Until next time, happy crafting!