School Craft Club

Today I wanted to show you the little Easter Egg baskets and cards we made yesterday at our after -school Craft Club.

We used non-SU supplies but the actual baskets were made with the Scallop Square die, scored and folded and a retired SU sentiment stamp with Garden Green ink.

They are making 3 baskets, one each for their teacher and teaching assistant (luckily they are all in different classes!) and one to take home. We ran out of time to make the third blue basket today so we will do that one next week.

Well done Morgan, Aaron, James and Kane - you did a brilliant job and I'm sure your teachers will be thrilled :0)

Easter Baskets

I am sneaking yet another post in today (5 posts in one weekend - now that's got to be a record!) and the reason for this is because I  popped over to the Friday Mashup challenge this afternoon and saw this

1. Make a project using the "colors Green & Yellow".
2. Or Make a "3-D project that's a Basket or a Treat Pouch".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Treat Basket/Pouch using the colors Green & Yellow". 

Now it just so happens that a couple of weeks ago I made these two Easter baskets that, quite by coincidence, fit the bill perfectly! 

Both are made with So Saffron cardstock and use flowers punched with an Itty Bitty Shapes punch, leaves from the Bird Builder punch and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch either for or on the handle. The basket on the left is made with 4 Scallop Envelope die cuts and decorated on each side with an egg from Easter Blossoms, stamped in So Saffron and cut out. The one on the right is made with a Scallop Square, cut with the die, then scored and folded to make the basket (although it doesn't look like it in the photo, it is a lot smaller than the other one!) The sentiment is from Easter Blossoms and is punched with the Oval Punch and matted onto a Scallop Oval. 

All I had to do was to take some photos and, believe it or not, it had even got the green tissue paper in already!!

I have just seen the weather forecast and they say that this lovely warm, sunny weather is going to last until Thursday so, whatever you are doing, I hope you get the chance to enjoy it. Pop back tomorrow to see some more Easter cards which I have made for my grandchildren.

 

Blossom Box

I had so many fantastic comments about the card that I made earlier in the week (shown above left), using the branch from Easter Blossoms, that I thought I would show you the box I have made to go with it. The top is made with the Scallop Square die so I made this first as it determined how big the box would be. The Scallop Square was scored on all four sides after the second scallop, which left me with a lid measuring approx 2½" square. The rest of the box was made to fit the lid, mine is 6" high but you can make it as short or tall as you want depending on what you want to put in it. Panels were made for the top, and all 4 sides, using the branch stamp on Whisper White and then layered onto Wisteria Wonder, leaving a tiny border showing. The scallops on the box lid were inked with Wisteria Wonder using a sponge dauber and a Wisteria Wonder Ruffled ribbon loop was added to the box lid. Oh and not forgetting 3 vellum butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits, sponged with Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo, with a tiny pearl in the centre, on the front panel.

Lavender Sachets

Something a little different to show you today - some lavender wardrobe sachets I made with the lovely Deck the Halls fabric from SU. I cut the material out with the Scallop Square die and, as I don't sew, glued three sides with fabric glue, stuffed them with some wadding on which I had sprinkled some Lavender Oil, and then glued the remaining side. I added a loop of Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon, a piece of Crochet Trim and a button to one corner (and yes I did sew these on!) As I wanted to give these as gifts I packaged them in a card bag which had been lined with a piece of co-ordinating cardstock and made a topper which was stamped with the branch from Hopeful Thoughts and a sentiment.

Apologies for the quality of the photos but I had already sealed the packages before I remembered to take the photos!!!

to DIE for!

Housework done and craft room tidied so what better reason to mess it up again making this card for the Simply Stampin' challenge. This week it's ' to DIE for' which basically means a card made with dies and, as Stampin'Up! do a fabulous range, the challenge for me was deciding which ones to use!

I began by making a scalloped edged card blank by using the the Scallop Square die, sponged round the edges, and onto this I stamped the background with a stamp from Everything Eleanor in Crumb Cake. Next the leaves were cut in Certainly Celery from the Little Leaves die and pruned a little before arranging onto the card. The flower is two of the small daisies, from the Flower Daisies die, in Elegant Eggplant and one in Whisper White then layered with a large Rhinestone brad in the centre. To finish the card I added a sentiment from Petite Pairs and a tag using a Tiny Tags stamp and the Jewelry Punch.

I can't believe it's Sunday already - where has the weekend gone? I hope you had a good one x

Another Matching Pair!

I cut this card blank using the new Scallop Square die and added a piece of the Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality paper to the bottom half of the card and then covered the join with a strip of Real Red cardstock cut with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. The holly leaves were made with Wild Wasabi cardstock and the oval and circle punch and the berries with a small circle punch covered with Crystal Effects and some Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment from Petite Pairs was stamped in Real Red. I made the cone with the Petal Cone die in Wild Wasabi cardstock, stamped with the holly leaf from Pines & Poinsettias, and decorated again with paper from Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality DSP and Real Red grosgrain ribbon.