Mar 28, 2012 | Big Shot, Easter, Occasions Mini 2012, Punch Art, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Wildlife |
Well it’s getting close to Easter and I better start sharing Easter projects before it is too late. This super cute Easter Bunny idea came from my friend and upline Wendy Randall. I thought it was just perfect for my Easter class so we made this a couple of weeks ago and during the class I started thinking how cute he would be on a scrapbook page so at last weeks scrapbook class we did just that. Today I’ll share the box and tomorrow I’ll show you the scrapbook page.
Isn’t this the cutest bunny ever?
Don’t you love the big floppy ears? Those are from the Dresdan Die in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. This is a Big Shot/Punch Art project. For the ears I cut two sets of the Dresdan die petals and for the ears I used the smaller ones. I used one of the large ones to punch out the cheeks for the bunny face. And tomorrow you’ll see what I did with the other one. The bunny face is the Scalloped Oval Frame die – just use the inside oval and save the scallop frame for something else.
The cheeks are the 1″ circle punch and the eyes are Basic Black punched from the 1/2″ circle punch. His nose is Pretty in Pink small heart punch turned upside down. The whiskers and mouth are drawn on with the Black Journaler and there are some white gel pen highlights on his eyes. The inside of the ears are sponged with Pretty in Pink and the outsides of the face and cheeks are also sponged.
The box is Pretty in Pink (scored with the Simply Scored – love it!) and a piece of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper from the Sale-A-Bration brochure is added to the box front and back. A handle is attached with the coordinating brads. A piece of the Calypso Coral ribbon was tied around one of the ears.
The little flower embellishment is fun to make – I used a strip of the designer paper 6″ long by about 1-1/4 or 1-1/2″ wide – punched first with the Eyelet Border punch. Then I used my bone folder to curl and break up the fibers of the paper so it would be easy to work with. Then starting at on end pleat the paper and fold it into a circle to create the flower. Just smoosh it into the shape you want it. The center has a punch flower from the Boho Blossom punch to cover up the ends of the pleats. I used the crop-a-dile to punch a hole through the center of all of it and added the brad to hold it all together. If you need to add some snail or other adhesive to make the ends stay together you can but you don’t necessarily need that. Add to the bunny ear with a stampin dimensional and then add a tag that says “Happy Easter”.
Fill the box with some treats and you have a super cute Easter treat for someone sweet.
And a quick update on the birds – it looks like the chickadees ended up with 5 eggs this year.
Now we wait while they incubate which is about 11-12 days. So maybe by the end of next week the babies will start hatching.
As for the bluebirds and other houses – no luck in any of them. Just the starter nest in one which I guess didn’t suit the bluebirds after all. I’ll keep watching – maybe some later bloomers will move in soon or we’ll get the second brood for those that have more than one set of eggs in the spring. Everyone is still coming to the yard to feed. But I do need to refill the feeders.
It’s also time to hang the hummingbird feeder again (actually I should have already done it). I’ll get to that in the next day or so.
It’s a beautiful spring day in Georgia – I hope it is where you are too.
Mar 21, 2012 | Cards, Demonstrator, Easter, Masculine, Occasions Mini 2012 |
My March Demonstrator Meeting was a ton of fun. I wanted to share with you the swaps from our meeting – our theme was Easter, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
Anne's Swap
Christine's Swap
Cindy's Swap
Diane's Swap
Fran's Swap
LaRee's Swap
Leishman's Swap
Lisa's Swap
Monika's Swap - and matching envelope made with the Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate
I hope you enjoyed all these ideas.
Nov 7, 2011 | Big Shot, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Punch Art, Thanksgiving, uStamp, Valentine's Day |
I designed this fun project for the UStamp with Dawn & Friends Knock Out Punches 2011 online class.
This is a Holiday Treat Making Kit. I used the Gift Givers stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog for this project. It is one of my favorites! The picture shows the box and then a sample of each of the six Holiday treats that you would make. My idea for this project was to have a ready to go kit full of everything you would need to put together treats for each holiday – except the candy. So once you have your kit created you just sit back and wait for the holidays to arrive – go buy your candy – fill the bag – assemble and give out the treats.
My box is designed to hold enough for 10 of each of the 6 holidays – so there are sections for the large fold over tags, the skinny cello bags, and then the tags, ribbon and brads for each of the holidays. I think it is fun and now I can be ready to mail off treats to my kids, and my nieces and nephews.
There is a complete tutorial for this project in the UStamp with Dawn & Friends Knock Out Punches 2011 class. Click on image below if you would like to join the class. You will go to the main site for the UStamp classes. This one is all about punches and there are over 45 projects with full tutorials – new projects are being posted every day.
I hope to see you there. This is the first of my two projects and let metell you the other one is super duper cute!!!
Have a great day!
Apr 21, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Easter |
We will have 33 family and friends here for Easter on Sunday and I have been getting things ready for the last couple of weeks. I have all the shopping done and wrapped all the utensils over the weekend.
This year I decided to do butterflies. These were super quick and could be used for any spring occasion or even a bridal shower. I used my Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies die. I cut butterflies from different colors of the Patterns Designer Series Paper – Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Peach Parfait, Blushing Bride, and So Saffron. I layered the smaller one on top of the larger one and then tied some white crochet thread around the center – tied in a knot at the top to create the antennae. I used a second piece of thread to go around my napkin wrapped utensils. I have them all in a basket ready to go for everyone on Sunday.
Our weather should be great. Greg has to finish painting the trim in the sunroom and then set up some of the tables in there – I’m planning to put three tables out there and then have my two tables inside. So almost everything is done. I’ll have some new pictures of the baby birds – that I took this past weekend. I’ll post those in a bit.
Apr 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Easter |
I have another Easter card for you today. I saw this somewhere on a blog and now can’t find it again. I’ve spent a good long time searching and I have had no luck. So if this looks like your card let me know. I don’t think I changed very much from the original. It’s just been a while since I made it. It was for last month’s Spring Occasions class.
There is not much stamping on this card. It comes together quickly with the Big Shot and punches. The base of the card is So Saffron – and for this on my fold is on the left side. The corners on the right are corner rounded and then I used a white gel pen all the way around the edge to add faux stitching.
The basket is the Baskets & Blooms Die for the Big Shot – I cut one from the Nursery Suite Specialty paper. On the bottom add a strip of Chocolate Chip that has been punched with the scallop border punch. I added Faux stitching with the marker to the basket and some white gel pen details to the strip at the bottom.
The eggs are punched using the wide oval punch – that’s the old name – let me see what it is called now – how about the 2″ x 1-3/8″ Oval Extra-Large punch. Each one was run through an Embossing folder and the Big Shot. The little bunny, which matches the designer paper, is from the stamp set So Cute. Stamp it, color it, punch it, layer it and add to the front of the basket.
I’m off to plant flowers in the yard today. See ya later…..
Apr 8, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Easter, Punch Art |
The Easter Bunny is on his way to my family with an invitation to join us for lunch on Easter Sunday!
Every year my family and Greg’s family gather here for Easter lunch – we have had nearly 40 of us here at times. And each year I like to send out a hand made invitation to everyone. Not that they need it since the door is open to them to come even if I don’t send invitations.
After thinking about what I was going to do this year – I saw people using the Petal Cone die to make carrots – and I thought that would be a fun idea. Then I saw a couple of samples that included a punched bunny peeking out around the carrot – Cindy Wilkinson posted one and she saw one that Sandy Hancock posted from her downline meeting. Now that was the perfect idea. Most of the ones I saw were pouches that would hold candy. My original version is also a pouch but I included an extra pull out piece that would be the “card” part. I showed it to Greg and he didn’t think it was obvious that that piece pulled out. I showed it to Tyler and he thought because it was two pieces they would lose the inside part. So then I decided to cut of the extra tab that made it into a pouch and just let it open from the side like a card. I formatted my text to fit the shape of the triangle, printed it on my printed, cut it out and glued it inside the cards. Everything went out in the mail yesterday – so they are on their way!
So let me show you what I’m talking about…
So here is my first version. I used the Petal Cone Die and the Big Shot to create the carrot from Pumpkin Pie card stock. The flap is glued to create the pouch. I also ran it through the polka dot embossing folder. And the edges are sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink. And then cut another Petal Cone in Whisper White to make the insert.
You pull the insert out and that is where you can write your note, invitation, or Easter wishes.
The top of the carrot and the bunny are all made from punches. I created two cheat sheets that I used in my club meetings so that they would know easily what pieces they needed to create this project. And I have those here to share with you too.
The carrot top is Wild Wasabi card stock – punched and cut as shown on my cheat sheet. I did sponge the edges with Wild Wasabi ink.
The bunny is made from Whisper White and Blushing Bride and all the pieces are sponged with Blushing Bride. I used a Black Journaler and a White Gel Pen to add the accents to the bunny. Here is a close up.
The little nose is popped up on a Dimensional but the rest is all glued flat.
Here is a close up of the back side – 
If you really wanted you could finish off the back and add a little tail! But I didn’t do that here. I just wanted you to see how it looked glued to the back of the Pumpkin Pie carrot piece.
This last picture is of all my invitations that I sent to my family. On these I cut off the flap of the Petal Cone die so that it was just a card that opened on the side. Remember the ice cream cone card from a few weeks back – it’s like that. So these are all my little bunnies on their way to mailboxes.
Have a good weekend!
Isn’t this the cutest bunny ever?
Now we wait while they incubate which is about 11-12 days. So maybe by the end of next week the babies will start hatching.
