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Freebie Friday - Let's Celebrate Earth Day!

For our Freebie Friday project today, we thought about something that would go hand-in-hand with Earth Day and Good Friday.  So,we decided on these paper mache "re-purposed" sheet music eggs!

 
First, gather your supplies:  paper mache eggs, sheet music (or patterned paper, fabric), Mod Podge, paint brush

 
Once you have cut your sheet music in 1/2" strips, you simply cover the egg with some Mod Podge and add the strips.  Cover the strips with Mod Podge as well.  We found you need to be generous with the Mod Podge.

 
After you have totally covered your egg, put a nice coat of Mod Podge over the entire egg and allow to dry thoroughly before decorating.  Notice that we used two different colors of sheet music - one is much older.

 
To decorate our eggs, we used punches, card stock and pearls.  We used Crumb Cake and Black card stock, 5-petal flower punch and the Trio flower (retired) punch, a pearls.

 
Here are the two finished eggs!

 
Thanks for stopping!  Celebrate Earth Day by creating re-purposed projects!  Melissa and Gayla

Freebie Friday - Colored Easter Eggs

There's still time to make some of these colorful, fun, dyed Easter eggs!

To create these eggs, we used some of our stamping supplies.

First, gather your supplies:  sticker paper (we used Avery labels), punches, dye, eggs

 
Next, simply punch circles for polka dots or small flowers from your sticker paper.  We found that the stickers adhere to room temperature eggs the best.

 
Now, place your eggs in the dye and allow to sit until the desired color is achieved.

 
Pat the egg dry with a paper towel and then peel off stickers.

 
After you peel off all the stickers, you have a fun decorated egg!

 
How fun and easy were these!  You can use any size or shape of punch that you desire! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have fun making your own custom-designed eggs!

Melissa & Gayla

 
 

Quilted Paper Art is Back!!

We thought it would be nice to add one more pattern to our Quilted Paper Art pattern collection.  With Easter just around the corner, we chose to create an oval-shaped pattern.  If you're new to our blog and haven't seen our other samples, you can click here to view the original post and other ideas here and here .

 

This card was kept simple but elegant.  You can see that we chose to use the oval shape as an egg.  We used four soft colors - Pretty In Pink. So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue.  Of course, you do not have to use this many colors. 

 

To purchase this oval shaped pattern for only $.99, please use the Paypal Button below.  Remember, this is just for the oval pattern.

If you have not purchased the Quilted Paper Art tutorial for only $3.95 and would like to, please use the Paypal button below.  We will email you the tutorial within 24 to 48 hours after receiving your money.

Don't forget, this pattern can be used for multiple projects, not just Easter Eggs.  Be sure to watch for more samples in the future. 

Thanks for stopping!  Melissa and Gayla

 

Freebie Friday - Bunny Easter Egg holders

Today we are going to share a fun way to display your colored Easter eggs.  We are giving you directions and the pattern so you have plenty of time to make these for Easter.

 
 
To create these sweet little bunnies, you will first need to gather your supplies and print "this" patttern.  (We have included the chick holder from Two Paper Divas as well.) 

Supplies include:  White and pink card stock, punches, ribbon, and embroidery floss.

Trace and cut out the bunny on white card stock.(the ears on pink) 

 

We then ran ours through the Big Shot using a polka dot embossing folder.  This creates a fun texture on our bunny.

 

Now put his face on :)  We used the Two-Step Owl punch from SU! to create the eyes.  We found this size worked perfect.  You could use gogglie eyes.  You can go as basic or "over-the-top" as you choose.   We made an eyelid with eyelashes for ours.  (cut the large circle in half and fringe and curl for lashes.)  We used embroidery floss for his whiskers.

We also added ribbon and eyelet around the neck.

 

Add Scor-tape to one end of holder.

 
Wrap around your egg and secure. Add a pom pom or cotton ball for his tail.

 

Now, hop on over to Two Paper Divas and check out the cutest "chick" ever, that we posted yesterday.  Both patterns are available there as well. 

As always, we hope you have enjoyed your visit.  Melissa and Gayla

"Easter" Basket Friday

Today is Good Friday and our last basket idea before Easter.  We have enjoyed creating all these ideas over the last several weeks and hope you have enjoyed seeing them.  Maybe we have even inspired you to create some for yourself or those special someones in your life.

This basket was made from a pattern we found here on Splitcoast Stampers.  We used Ballet Blue card stock and Pawsitively Prints DSP. 

The egg and chick come from the stamp set, A Good Egg.  We stamped the chick, colored him with a blender pen and So Saffron ink; then cut him out.  We stamped the "rick rack" design on a scrap of DSP, glued it to the egg and then used it as a guide to cut off the top of the egg.  The egg is hinged together using a blue brad.  "Happy Easter" was stamped and punched out using the Word Window punch.  

A piece of So Saffron ribbon from the Ribbon Originals Elementary collection was added to the handle using mini glue dots.  Rhinestone brads secure the handle to the basket.  A little bling on the egg, grass in the basket, add a few chocolate eggs and the basket is ready to go.  Another great basket to share!

Thanks for stopping by today and we hope you all have a wonderful Easter!

   

Last Minute Easter Cards

I know; I know.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute.  So, on Saturday, I was finishing up my Easter cards to send to all our grandkids and I remembered this very cute sheep box that I saw here,  by Lynn Pratt.  So instead of making a box I simply created a card using the scallop circle die from Stampin' Up!  To create the card, I used the following:

 

• Whisper White and Basic Black card stock
• Scallop Circle Die
• Small, Large, Scallop and Wide Oval Punches
• Word Window Punch
• Dimensionals
• Black Chunky Glitter 
• Googlie Eyes
• Basic Grey Ink & Sponge
• Embossing Folder

To create the card, fold your card stock in half and lay it on the die with 3 of the scallops showing. This creates the top fold. I then cut two more circles and ran them through the Big Shot in the embossing folder.  These were placed on the front and back of the card. This gives your card a more finished look all the way around.I sponged the edges and tops of the embossing with Basic Grey ink.  I glued his ears on, added some "bling" and then finished his face.  His legs were glued on before adding the scallop circle to the back of the card. Dimensionals were used to attached his head to his body.  Too fun and too cute!  Thanks Lynn for the inspiration!

Mini Long Basket

This little basket would make a great treat at each place setting on the Easter table.  They are much smaller than the picture makes them look.  The basket without the handle is only 1-1/4" tall and 4" wide at the top - the widest part. 

Here is the link for this mini basket template.  There are two pieces - the basket and the liner. 

The supplies we used:

• card stock - Chocolate Chip
• DSP - Sweet Pea paper stack
• other - Scallop Trim Border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, brad

The small flower is made by punching three of the largest flowers from the Boho Blossoms punch.  They have all been scrunched and held together with a brad in the middle.

It's "Basket" Friday, Again!

Here is another Easter basket for you to try.  Two more Fridays before Easter, so you still have time to create this cutie or check back on the 26th and April 2nd for more ideas.

 
Both of these baskets were created using this pattern, View this photo,
that our friend and fellow demonstrator, Mary, provided.  Mary created the pink and chocolate bunny basket using Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip card stock and Pretty in Pink DSP.  She used punches to create the bunny face, added googlie eyes and the whiskers are created from unraveling our grosgrain ribbon.

The basket we created was made using Pumpkin Pie card stock and Sweet Pea DSP that can be found on page 33 of the Occasions Mini catalog.  The handle is a 1" wide piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock with a 1/2" piece of DSP down the center.  It is attached using two of the flower brads from the Designer Brads, Flower Assortment. We've added Tempting Turquoise 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, Linen Thread and a Pumpkin Pie button, from the Sherbet collection, to the top of the handle.  The flowers are punched from the XL Fancy Flower punch.

This last image illustrates how you can alter the pattern to your specifications.  Ours was done exactly like the attached pattern.  However, Mary increased the sides of the box to make hers a little wider. 

Altered Coffee Cup Easter Basket

So far this month, we are right on track.  We have met our goal of a basket a week until Easter.  So, here is our second Easter basket.  As you can see from the photos below, we started with a disposable coffee cup.

After

The coffee cup was covered with DSP, given a handle, embellishments and filled with candy.  And, as simple as that, you have created an Easter basket.  Here are the supplies we used:

• Card Stock - Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Lovely Lilac 
• DSP - Shades of Spring (from the Occasions Mini catalog), Certainly Celery
• Punches - Scallop Trim Border, 3/4" circle
• Embellishments - Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink grosgrain ribbon, buttons, wire, hemp twine, jumbo eyelet, Non-SU rick rack, disposable coffee cups from Wal-mart, Easter grass and chocolates
• Stamp Set - Country Morning (hostess set)
• Ink - Black Staz-On, marker

Here's how we did it.  First, we removed the band from around the coffee cup to use as a guide and pattern for the DSP.

Next, lay the paper "guide" on your DSP, trace, cut out and glue to your cup.

Then, use this coffee band ""pattern" to create any additional band-layers.  We used only one extra layer, but you could add as many as you like.  By using the actual band from the coffee cup as your pattern, you are able to keep the original curve of the cup thereby making the new piece fit nicely.  
 

We used card stock circles topped with buttons to create the "dots" on our basket.  We used heavy wire for our handle but you could also use pipe cleaners, ribbon - whatever you like.

And, there you have it - an inexpensive way to create your own Easter basket.  You could use any style or size of "cup."  These baskets would make a great party favor, treats for school, or table decorations. Use your imagination! 

SCCSC7 Challenge - Happy Easter

Today I'd like to share the card I made for the Stampin' Connection Challenge for this week.

Here is a list of the ingredients used for my card:

• Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and Whisper White Card Stock
• Sweet Pea DSP
• Inks - Stazon and Creamy Caramel
• Stamps are Happy Easter from Well Scripted and the little chick is from the Hostess Set Country Morning
• Punches: Extra Large Fancy Flower, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circles
• Button, thread and some paper piercing were added embellishments