Rusty Bunnies

Hello and welcome, 

Time for some bunnies! 

First a little story from where I got the inspiration for this card. Me and my friend did a trip to New York many years ago. We both had some wishes what we would like to see and do and my wishes was to see Wayne Gretzky play icehockey (yes I said many years ago) in Madison square garden and to visit a church in Harlem to listen to gospel. My friends wishes was to visit an art museum and a Thai food restaurant. At that time we didn’t have any Thai food restaurants in Sweden, at least not in our area. We did all this and lots of more things. One thing was to visit the American museum of natural history, and in one department the showcased real “stuffed” animal, a little creepy but that was how it was, and from there I got the inspiration for this card. Weird? Yes a little maybe, but you can get inspiration from anywhere, right?!

Now over to the card, I started with a piece of watercolor paper and some Distress texture paste. I used the Tim Holtz stencil THS 129, Decayed, in random places. Then I used Distress Oxide sprays over it all. I also stamped some words with CMS225 Correspondence and CMS339 Mail art. I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. I also inked the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink.

Then for the next layer, I used some Distress inks in turquoise tones and then Die cut with the 663086 Tangled twigs.

Then I cut a piece of blue Metallic Kraftstock, ran it through my Big shot with the Tim Holtz 3D embossingfolder Foundry. Then I sanded the piece. 

Time for the bunnies, they are diecut from a Distress Oxide sprayed watercolor background, with the Sizzix die 664421, Bunny hop. I used some Grit paste random on the edges, then some Distress crayon in Walnut stain, Rusty hinge and Peacock feathers to get that rusty look. I wired a steel wire around the blue layer, than attached the bunnies with some idea-ology mini fasteners. 

It’s difficult to see on the photos, but when I mounted the blue layer of cardstock above the other layers I curved it slightly to get some more depth on the card. I put some chipboard pieces glued together under it. 

I sanded a Quote chip, inked it with Distress ink and then crayons on the edges and drilled holes in the ends and mounted it with steel wire to the card. 

I used Walnut Stain Embossing glaze on a Story stick, then some Antique linen Distress crayon to get the number more visible. Attached with a long fastener. 

The small tags are cut from Distress Mixed media heavystock, with 657188, Tiny tabs and tags, inked and stamped using the small numbers from CMS 225 Correspondence. fastened with long fasteners. 

I mounted the above described layers on a piece of inked cardboard, then to a card blank. I used 3D foam between the layers to get dimension. 

I will try this card in the Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Recycle. I have recycled the cardboard background from and old shoe box and the steel wire. 

Thanks for visiting and have a nice day, 

/ Susanne