Hoppy easter

You will need

Your basic tool kit plus:

Pergamano:

1.5mm embossing tool
3mm embossing tool
6mm embossing tool
Wheel embossing tool
Almond perforating tool
Moon perforating tool
Dorso oil
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils:

Light Purple Pink (128)
Cold Grey IV (233)
White (101)
Dark Cadmium Yellow (108)
Cobalt Green (156)
Purple Violet (136)
Cold Grey (234)
Brown Ochre (182)
Middle Purple Pink (125)
Cobalt Turquoise (153)
Blue Violet (137)

And

Black fine liner pen
Invisible thread
A5 white card blank
Pink and teal card
Double-sided tape
White acrylic paint
Pink brads

Trace

• Place a piece of plain parchment paper over the pattern and with a white pencil, trace the border, whiskers and dashed curves.

• With a black fine liner pen, trace the greeting and rest of the image .

Colour

• Working on the back of your work, colour as follows with Polychromos pencils and blend with dorso oil (step 2):
* Inside of ears: Light Purple Pink
* Rabbit: Cold Grey IV
* Tail, teeth and whites of eyes: White
* Basket: Dark Cadmium Yellow
* Eggs: Cobalt Green, Light Purple Pink and Purple Violet

Colour on the front

• Working on the front of your work, using the image as a guide, add shading with sharp Polychromos pencils as follows (step 3):
* Rabbit: Cold Grey IV and Cold Grey V 234 in darkest shadow areas
* Inside of ears and pink eggs: Light Purple Pink and Middle Purple Pink in darkest shadow areas
* Purple eggs: Purple Violet and Blue Violet in darkest shadow areas
* Green eggs: Cobalt Green and Cobalt Turquoise in darkest shadow areas
* Teeth and tail: Cold Grey IV
* Basket: Brown Ochre

Perforate/emboss

• With an Almond perforating tool, shallow p