Bunnies, Blossoms, Birds and Bulbs in a Box

I became enamoured with pop-up box cards because of Karen Amidon's sweet cards using Impression Obsession dies. IO makes great dies that work perfectly for this style of card. Here is my latest using my newest IO dies.

I ordered the Easter boy and girl the day they appeared on the IO site. I fell in love with them and when they arrived I did a happy dance. I paper pieced the clothes and hair on both. I used Core'dinations cardstock for the boy's jeans, so I could distress them. The floral paper is one of my very few pieces of Graphic 45, and the flocked purple paper is some old Doodlebug. Hiding in the branches is a little wood veneer bird. I used flocking on the bunnies and I used Distress markers to paint the tulips before I molded them into a cup shape.

Here's the back with another flocked bunny, IO grass, MS border punch and a felt egg from my stash.
I'll add a piece to this side with the to and from etc.

Here's the front and one side, the other side is the same. The felt egg came from Michael's a few years ago.

UPDATE : I decided to add some more info on this card. 

This card when closed measures 5 1/2 X 6 inches. The cardstock was 6 X 11 1/2 inches to start ( cut from a 12X12 sheet). It was scored at 3 1/2, 5, 9, and 11, and at 3 inches the other way.

I learned how to make this type of card by watching Youtube videos like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYe1W1VecF4

There are lots of things you can use to make the pop-up part, but I am partial to the dies from Impression Obsession. They are the perfect size for these cards and they are VERY reasonably priced. They are available through their website, and lots of Scrapbook stores carry them, including Simon Says Stamp online, and locally here in Nova Scotia, Nika's in Windsor and The Cutting Garden in Halifax.

Posting this happy Spring/Easter card today is very funny, as we are buried in snow! We got dumped on overnight. I think it's the most snow we got all winter. YAY !! Mud Season is a long way off now. I think we got more snow this winter than we've had in years. I'm not complaining, I LOVE the white stuff. I can't share any more bird bath photos now, I can't find the bird bath!

Here's a list of the dies (and stamps) I used :

DIE178-C Small Grass

DIE060-I Grass Border

DIE147-A Tulip Set

DIE150-D Leaves and Stems

DIE055-N Leafy Branch

DIE140-D Tiny Flowers

DIE156-H Birdhouses

DIE043-G Bunny Set  ( Thanks to Carmen for cutting some for me, this set is still on my wish list)

DIE260-I Girl with Easter Basket

DIE261-G Boy with Easter Basket

B14416 Hippity Hoppity

D5643 Garden Animal set

I'm entering this in:

 IO's Think Spring challenge

 Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge- B is For...       ( See blog title for what B is for on my project)

 Curtain Call Jelly Bean challenge

Check out the gorgeous inspiration picture ! LOVE IT !!

Hiding in my Craft Room - Super Scraps Saturday  I used nothing but scraps for this card! :)