Gingham Bunny Card

We still have about 18 inches of snow with three to four foot drifts. My hubby spotted a rabbit in our bird bath that's almost three feet high. He had been putting birdseed there for birds, of course. But I guess we have really hungry rabbits, too. We are all hoping for warmer weather and the greening of spring. I, for one, can't wait to see spring colors again when my flowers and fruit trees bloom.

Lisa Lara enticed me with the cute gingham images in her set called "Some Bunny" that were introduced at Clear Dollar Stamps in February. I just had to try one out using all gingham paper and Kraft cardstock. There's something about gingham that says "country" and "spring" to me. I chose the Color Throwdown palette and the sketch this week from Sweet Sketch Wednesday:

 

 

Let me make it clear that I did not color the rabbit or use paper piecing. He's one of the pre-colored images in the set (great for a busy day). I wasn't sure how it would work to mix a large gingham pattern base with the smaller gingham panels, but I wanted to try it for once. I had brads in the matching colors so I used all three to be reminiscent of Easter eggs. Before printing my image, I did alter it slightly in Photoshop using Image/Adjustments/Color Hue. I changed the orange carrots by adjusting yellow to a darker shade to match the Kraft cs and the green and pink(red) were adjusted to match hollyhock and olive.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments - Easter
Color Throwdown #231 - I used Kraft, Hollyhock, Buttercup, and Olive
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #195 - sketch
Cute Card Thursday #258 - something old (all three of my gingham papers were made before 2005) and spool of Buttercup organdy about 7 years old.
Ruby's Rainbow - In the Garden (rabbits are in mine!)

6" x 6" Easter Card Recipe:
Image and Sentiment - CDS digi "Some Bunny"
Paper - Close To My Heart retired gingham papers from Olive, Buttercup, and ?Hollyhock Background and Texture packs, and Kraft cs; My Mind's Eye Kraft patterned paper 6 x 6
Accents - CTMH Olive, Buttercup, Hollyhock brads, Buttercup organdy (long retired); Martha Stewart white daisies