Victorian Easter Egg and Funny Eggs

I had fun making Easter Eggs with my girls the other day. I only ended up getting one done, but you can see their eggs at the bottom of my post.  We used the plastic eggs that you break open and fill with smaller chocolate eggs or Easter goodies.   We brushed them with Decoupage (sealer-glue-finish) and covered them with small pieces of tissue paper, reapplying more Decoupage, as needed.   I help them with the Heat Tool to make sure the egg was completely dry and then we each decorated them.

I chose to make a Victorian egg, using the sweet little angel girl, called Butterfly Kiss by The Stampsmith as the main focal image for my egg.  I stamped her onto to Copic paper and then crinkled the paper all up so that it would more easily form to the egg.   I stamped text onto tissue paper and then decoupaged it on.  The text stamp is called, Art, Life & Beauty by Hero Arts. I distressed the entire egg with Tea Dye Distress ink by Tim Holtz.  I free-handed the pearl flourish along the side, then applied a strip of pretty lace around the entire egg and bronze embellishments at the top and the bottom, finishing with a little polka dot bow at the top.  I used the small Butterfly Kiss stamp, but it also comes in a large version, as well.

Lace around the egg.

 

 Embellishment and bow on top of the egg.

 Embellishment on the bottom of the egg.

Here are the eggs below that my daughter's made.

 Bling Clouds, Stencilled Butterfly and Mohawk Funny Face by Alexandria Mutch, age 11.

Mohawk Funny Face and Watermelon by Natalia Mutch, age 9.

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TSC29: The Colors of Spring

I'm a little late with this card, for the current challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge, but I figured since I was making Easter cards for my girls, I'd post them for the The Colors of Spring Challenge, as well.

I used the sweet little bunnies and kitties from the Cats plate by The Stampsmith. I've been wanting to use this stamp for a while now and thought it would make a super cute Easter cards for my girls. I think they'll love them. :)

I hope you decide to play along in the fun and enter a card with us. The lucky winner will win an full sheet of stamps from The Stampsmith, a $21 value! :)

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Happy Easter, to my Little Chicks

Happy Easter, Everyone. I hope this finds you all having a wonderful, relaxing Easter weekend and are spending it with your family and friends.

I have to thank Corie Foster for the idea behind this sweet little Easter Chick design. You can see Corie's original post here. I had so much fun making this with all sorts of punches and die cuts. It also open up to be a card. The back of the card is scalloped, as well, and I just scored the top about 1/2 inch down from the top and applied adhesive to create the hinge. I know my daughters will love this little guy! Thanks again, to Corie for the inspiration! :)

I have a neat project to show you soon, I just need to add the finishing touches to it and I'll share it with you. So, stay tuned...

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Spring Bunny Basket Tutorial

I've had a few requests for a template for the Spring Bunny Basket that I made this afternoon, so I thought I'd share the directions with you all.

Punches Used for Bunny:
Circles~ Body: 1 3/4",Head: 1 1/4", Muzzle & Feet: 3/4", Tail: 1/2", Eyes & Nose: 1/4"

Ovals~
Ears: Small & Large

Basket Base~
Step 1: First, cut a piece of cardstock to measure 7" x 7" square. Using your scoring blade, make score lines 2" in from each of the four sides. (If you click on the picture below, you will probably see my score lines better.)

Step 2: Using your cutting blade or scissors, cut along the scored lines as shown below. ONLY to the centre square, though. For the tabs, I folded the middle part back and then cut 1" off the two end pieces to create the tabs. Then, with my scissors, I freehand cut the diagonal pieces to finish the tab design. On the bottom of your box, add double-sided tape to the tabs. If you're using plain cardstock, it won't matter which is the top and which is the bottom.

Step 3: With the double-sided tape facing down, fold up the sides of the box at the pre-scored lines. Remove your tape and form a box by folding the corners in to meet each other. Your diagonally cut tabs should be on the inside of your corners as shown below.
Patterned Paper~
Cut a strip of patterned paper that measures 12" x 1 1/2".  Apply double-sided tape to the back side and adhere to the top part of the pink basket base.  I also scored the sides so that it lays smooth against the basket base.  I suggest wrapping it around so that your seam is hidden behind the bunny.

Scalloped Edge~
Cut 2 strips measuring 1 1/2"  x 8 1/2" of Pink Pirouette (SU) cardstock.   I used my diamond scallop border punch.  You can get two sides from each piece.

After you've scalloped all the borders, cut your pieces so that the top edge measures 3".   Make a score line 1/2" from the straight edge.   Trim the sides with your scissors so that they taper towards the score line.  Add double-sided tape to the back side and fold over to make the finished edge for the basket.  Fold in half and attach to the basket base over the patterned paper.  As you can see, I used Terrifically Tacky Tape or red-line tape on the outside of the scalloped border to make sure it stayed down.  

Basket Handle~
Cut 1 strip measuring 1 1/2"  x 8 1/2" of Pink Pirouette (SU) cardstock.   Add double-sided tape to each of the ends as shown in the picture and attach to the inside of your finished basket base.   Using a thumb tack, poke a hole in each side of your basket base though the handle so make a hole for your jumbo brad.  This will secure the handle to the box quite well.

I hope you have fun making this Spring Bunny Basket!  Again, I have to thank Mercedes Weber for the original design, I've just helped with a few pictures for those who prefer visual tutorials.  I hope this is easy for everyone to follow!   Have fun!  :)

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Spring Bunny Basket

Unfortunately, both my girls are home sick today from school and they needed a little cheering up and asked to make a craft. So, I thought this sweet little bunny basket would do just the trick. I saw this basket originally on Mercedes Weber's blog. You can see her project here.

This is the one that I made showing a bit more of the side, as well. 

This one was made by my 8 year old daughter, Alexandria.

This one was made by my 6 year old daughter, Natalia.

They had so much fun making these and are very cute, if I do say so myself!  The girls are feeling much better, their fevers are almost gone so hopefully they'll be good to go back to school tomorrow.   On a happy note, I finally have my consultation appointment with the 2nd surgeon tomorrow, so wish me luck that he can book me in for surgery soon to have this tumor removed and I can get back to my old self!  I'll keep ya posted. Thanks again to all of you.

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Supplies:
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette (SU)
Patterned Paper: Pink Polka Dot (K&Company)
Ink: Pink Pirouette (SU), Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger)
Tools: Sponge Circle Punches (Creative Memories), Small Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Hole Punch, Oval Custom Cutting System (Creative Memories), White Gel Pen (Marvy), Chocolate Gel Pen (Staedtler), Sponge (SU), Scallop Dot Border Punch (SU), Double-sided Tape, Terrifically Tacky Tape - Red Line (ProvoCraft)
Embellishments: Pink and White Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (Michaels), Pink Jumbo Brads (Dollarama)

Some Easter Fun

A bit of Easter fun! :)

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Happy Easter

Isn't this too cute for anything! lol :)  I got this vintage image as a free download from The Graphics Fairy.  She has some really awesome images - if you haven't already, you should go check out her blog! 

I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Easter weekend with loved ones and safe travels if you're travelling to be with them.   Happy Easter from my family to yours.

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Easter Chick and Eggs

I wanted to make an Easter card for our neighbour's little girl and this is the design that I came up with.  I used my small circle Nesties to die cut the eggs, then I embossed them each with a different pattern.  I've been wanting to play with this cute little chick for some time now...I only got the stamp about 2 years ago and just haven't got around to it yet...sound familiar?  lol  :)  Seriously, I think this little chick (called, Just Ducky) is simply too cute for anything.  He looks so sad - like he thinks you're going steal his eggs!   Poor little guy!  lol  :)

I know my pictures have been pretty bright over the past couple of days, but Jim has our camera.  So, I've been using my scanner and I'm not good at changing the colours to make them look more realistic.  Anyway, I guess you get the gist...just imagine that they're not quite as bright in real life!   lol   :) **Edited** I changed the colour a bit in PhotoShop, so now this card looks more like it does in person.

Well, I'm off to play with the kids.   They're done their easter crafts and they want to go play a board game.  I hope everyone is having a nice, relaxing Easter weekend with their family and if you're travelling - drive safe!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Just Ducky (Impression Obsession), Happy Easter - Greetings Galore (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock: Soft Mauve (Recollections), Lime Green (CRS), Flat White (Staples)
Patterned Paper: Easter Bunnies (came from a paper pack - not sure who made it)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Watercolor Crayons: Apricot Appeal, Barely Banana (SU)
Tools: Small Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Textile Texture Embossing Folder, Paisley Embossing Folder, Birds & Swirls Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft), Aqua Painter (SU)
Embellishments: Mauve Gems (Colorbok)

Easter Bunny

This card is pretty cutsie for me, but I thought with Spring right around the corner (hey, I can dream can't I?), that I'd try something for Easter to give to my girls.  I'm think they'll like this card.  :)  Now, I'll have to make one more, though!

I followed the current sketch by Jen del Muro of I{heart}2stamp:

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Supplies:
Stamps: Happy Easter (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock: Goldenrod (CRS), Sage Green (Bazzill), Flat White (Staples)
Patterned Paper: Watercolor Background Note Card (Hero Arts)
Ink: Coal Black (Ancient Page)
Watercolor Crayons: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Blush Blossom, Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum (SU)
Tools: 3/16" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), Aqua Painter (SU)
Embellishments: Mauve Flower (Prima), Mauve Pearls (KaiserCraft)

Stampin' Night at Kim's

I had a wonderful time out last night with the girls for a stampin' night at Kim's. We did three projects - a beautiful little basket, a sweet little Easter Bunny chocolate bar sleeve....I'm sure my girls won't like those at all! lol :) Our final project was a tri-fold card using my favourite colours! I didn't pick the colours, honest! It's been a while since I've made one of these tri fold cards, they're a fun card to make. Deborah is hosting the next stampin' get together and she came up with a new card challenge and we have to bring our card that night. It's to make some sort of fun-fold card...just a card that has a different fold to it than the traditional card. Humm, I'll have to think about it...oh I know exactly what I'm gonna make. You'll have to wait to see it, though! Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah! lol :)

A sweet little basket and Deborah actually gave me her basket, too, so that I'd have one for each of my girls. I'll give them to them for Easter, I know they'll be thrilled, they love little baskets to hold their treasures in! Thanks again, Deborah! :)
A little Chocolate Bar Sleeve...gotta get a Hershey Dark Chocolate bar to slip inside.

Kim gave each of us a beautiful card for coming over and this is the gorgeous card that I got from her. I love the vintage look to it and the peach and green colours compliment each other so well. The buttons add a fun touch. :) Thanks so much for having us over, Kim, and for the lovely card and the 'to-die-for' slice of Peanut Butter Pie! Gotta get that recipe! It tasted sinful, but came from the Splenda cookbook, so really it was quite sinfree! I should have had two pieces!!! lol :)
We also each brought our Colour Challenge cards last night and I drew Val's name and she drew mine. This is her beautiful card that I got to keep. Check it out, it has my favourite green in it! Funny enough, I think it turned out that for each card received, we got a card that included the colours that we weren't allowed to use! We all thought that was pretty amusing! I really like the soft colours of Val's little square card and the daintiness of it. Just beautiful! Thanks, Val! :)
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