Some Easter Cards

Here are a couple of cards that I made just for fun this week. Loving to get together with the ladies at the church up the street to stamp/craft...


Here the first one:

Materials:
Paper: Lawn Fawn - Bright Side, Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress - Faded Jeans, Magnolia - Tilda with Straw Hat (Butterfly Dreams Collection)
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Ovals
Misc.: Copic markers, ribbon, jewel embellishments

Here's the second one: 

This is a background blending technique using copics that was recently featured over on PTI's blog.

Materials: 
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Paris Dusk, PTI: Beautiful Butterflies, Hero Arts - Easter sentiment
Misc.: Copic markers