May 25, 2010 | class, Easter, Simply Adorned Jewelry, Valentine's Day |
I have more inserts to show you from my Simply Adorned class. I tried to do one set per month for my class and the ones I showed in my earlier post – click here to see it – were Jan. (snowman), May (butterfly), Aug (monogram) and then the clear one. So here are a few more –
Here is February – like that wasn’t obvious. I used the Sending Love Specialty paper. Some punched hearts, a bit of ribbon and a Rhinestone brad removed from the brad setting so I could use just the rhinestone.
And here is March – I wasn’t sure what to do with that but I found the little Shamrock in the Holiday Blitz stamp set. This would actually be a great set to do a whole bunch of inserts for all the holidays. The other image is from the Charming stamp set. Then some circles, faux stitching and linen thread. Nothing terribly exciting but it will work for that little bit of green that you need for St. Patricks Day.
And here was the one for April. The Picnic Parade set from the last Stampin’ Up! mini catalog had perfect little images to tuse for these charms. The are all water colored with classic ink.
I made an extra long jewelry tag to hold the Happy Easter – if you have never done this – here is how – I’ll try to explain. Cut a strip of card stock the same width as the little jewelry tag punch. Then from the bottom of the punch insert the strip so that it punches only the end with the little tab on it – the other end stays out of the punch to keep it longer.
So that was a few more. That is now about half of what we made in the class. So there will be more later.
My next Simply Adorned class is on June 6th.
Thanks for checking in today!
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May 12, 2010 | Easter, Wood Sheets |
At our Weekend at Wendy’s we actually did some basket weaving! Yep we had a beginner lesson in weaving our own little basket using the Wood Sheets from Stampin’ Up!.
This project was created by Laree. We started with the wide strip of wood sheet and used an Aquapainter and Chocolate Chip classic ink to stain it. That was set aside to dry while I worked on the weaving part.
First we laid 4 strips down and then wove 4 strips through – this created the base – so the weaving was all in the center with the extra hanging out each side. These side pieces were bent up and then a longer strip gets woven around to create the sides. And then another long strip gets woven through the sides. Loose ends are held down with mini glue dots.
Then the wide Chocolate strip gets wrapped around the top and attached with mini glue dots. Then we added the brads and ribbon handles.
I think my brads should have been more towards the corners – I had them too close to the center. Several people made suggestions on what to put in the basket – one was the paper flowers (like I showed yesterday), another was the little paper strawberries (I saw that idea at convention last year and I’m sure it is on a blog somewhere). It could be an Easter basket or a picnic basket.
Just think you can stain the wood any color that you want – I think that is pretty cool. And the other neat thing about this wood is that it has a paper backing on it which makes it easy to shape and bend when you need to.
I hope you like this little project that Laree created.
Apr 5, 2010 | Easter, family, Wildlife |
I found some special eggs on Easter morning – two Blue Bird Eggs in the nest – 
She must have laid the first one on Saturday because there weren’t any on Friday. So there should be another today – they normally 1 egg each day – and usually 4 or 5 total. Early this morning there were still only 2.
I got this picture of them to0 – the female was inside the house and the male was fluttering around outside. I’m not quite sure what she was saying to him – maybe “I’m busy right now dear you need to come back later….”
I did see a Tufted Titmouse going into the other house – here is a picture of the nest they are building – 
It has moss, and leaves and a little bit of trash in there – a plastic wrapper of some type. I can’t tell if there are any eggs in it – I wasn’t tall enough to see over the edge of the cup and I couldn’t get the house loose to lower it on the pole.
I thought I would also share some pictures from Easter – I made the big kids hunt eggs too – so Tyler 16 and Kyle 18 hunted along with the younger ones.
This was before they started - bucket heads!
And then I wanted to show you my Hummingbird Cake – I added the Chocolate Bunny decoration to it. The same as the little M&Ms treats I just put this on on a craft stick and stuck it in the center of my cake.
I hope you had a Happy Easter. We sure did and the weather was just perfect. The food was incredible and way more than any of us needed. What a wonderful family to be a part of!
Apr 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010 |
I hope you are having a wonderful Easter Sunday! The weather is supposed to be just perfect today. Which is wonderful for me since I have 36 family and friends here today and I need to seat some of them outside on my screened porch and on the deck. So I always hope for nice weather on Easter. And we need to have our Easter Egg hunt outside too.
I wanted to share a couple of quick pictures of my Easter items – I’ll have more to share later but here are a couple of things –
This is my basket with all the flatware in it. I rolled the flat wear inside each napkin and then wrapped it with a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock that was cut with the Big Shot and the Two Tags die – this is the tag with the scallop at one end. I used the little flowers from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit that was in the mini and through the center is a brad – I used the Soft Subtles brads.
On the front of the basket is the other tag from the Tow Tags die and the Chocolate Bunny stamp and more flowers. Some Satin Ribbon at the top and then it is tied with linen thread.
And then I made the little 1×8 bags – filled with M&Ms and tied at the top with the Chocolate Bunny that is attached to a Scallop Circle punch out which has the Happy Easter stamped on it. I added a piece of ribbon at the top which is tied with thread at the top around the top of the bag. I made a bunch of these little treats.
I hope you enjoy your day!
Mar 27, 2010 | Cards, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010 |
The Chocolate Bunny stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog has been a popular stamp the last few months. I think it is because everyone loves chocolate – I know I do. This card not only uses the fun Chocolate Bunny stamp set but also the Jewelry Tag punch to make a picket fence – isn’t that cute?
This card was one that we made at the Starz Meeting this month – it is an easel style card – it stands up by itself so you can set it out as a decoration for everyone to see. Wendy designed this card and everyone at the meeting got to make one.
The colors are Barely Banana (or you could use So Saffron), Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. The bunny is stamped on Close to Cocoa card stock.
I’m taking Ryan to a tennis match this afternoon and then going tonight with Greg to a tennis social – he is playing and I’m socializing.
Have a great weekend.
Mar 22, 2010 | Easter, Punch Art |
Can you believe Easter is only 2 weeks away?!?
- Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Ether.
Ether, who? 
Ether Bunny.
Spring is well on its way but we had snow flurries this morning in Georgia!
- Knock, knock.
- Who’s there?
- Another.
- Another, who?
- Another Ether Bunny.
I wanted to share this cute swap card I received at the Starz meeting from Linda B. She has solved your problem of not having an Easter stamp set by creating an Easter Bunny out of punches.
- Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Stella.
Stella, who?
Stella ‘nother Ether Bunny!
And Linda was so nice she even listed all the punches on the back of the swap so I can share that with you too. She used the Small Oval, Large Oval, Wide Oval, 1-1/4″ circle.
- Knock, knock.
- Who’s there?
- Consumption.
- Consumption, who?
Consumption be done about all these Ether Bunnies.
Here are the rest of the Stampin’ Up! supplies – Close to Cocoa ink (for sponging the punched pieces and drawing the face); Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White card stock; Tea Party Designer Series paper (for the ears, paws and the background); Chocolate Chip 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon; Black brads for the eyes; pink brad for the nose.
She did add a little bit of pink ink to make the cheeks – while I don’t know for sure how she did it my guess is that she used the eraser end of a pencil dipped in the ink to make the little cheeks – that’s how I would have done it.
- Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Cargo.
Cargo, who?
Cargo “beep beep” and run over all those Ether Bunnies?
I just had to throw in those Easter Bunny Knock Knock jokes. When Kyle was in cub scouts years ago they would do skits on stage for their meetings and I remember one year they did jokes so he and another boy did these knock knock jokes and everyone just laughed at these Easter bunny ones. And the last one…..
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Boo.
Boo, who?
Don’t cry. Ether Bunny be back next year!
There are actually a couple more in the series but I thought I better stop before I really scare everyone away. Have a great day the Ether Bunny is on his way!
Here is February – like that wasn’t obvious. I used the Sending Love Specialty paper. Some punched hearts, a bit of ribbon and a Rhinestone brad removed from the brad setting so I could use just the rhinestone.
And here is March – I wasn’t sure what to do with that but I found the little Shamrock in the Holiday Blitz stamp set. This would actually be a great set to do a whole bunch of inserts for all the holidays. The other image is from the Charming stamp set. Then some circles, faux stitching and linen thread. Nothing terribly exciting but it will work for that little bit of green that you need for St. Patricks Day.
And here was the one for April. The Picnic Parade set from the last Stampin’ Up! mini catalog had perfect little images to tuse for these charms. The are all water colored with classic ink.
