PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Pastel Colours)

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Pastel Colours'

We are currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

I made a set of tags to put on some Easter treat boxes. The stamps used were: 'Totally Excited! (the chicken); 'Butterflies & Ewe' (the sheep); 'Hello World' (the two chicks); and the goose is from the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' set. I stamped them all onto snippets of watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then cut out the circle shapes using one of my Nestie dies.  I distressed the edges a little, then added them to mats cut from snippets of pastel coloured card using one of my scalloped circle Nestie dies, sandwiching some Baker's twine in between.

For the boxes, I used sheets of 12x12 papers from a pad by Premium Stacks called 'Baby Boy', and my We R Memory Keepers punchboard. Once assembled, I tied up the boxes with more Baker's twine, then added the tags:

I'm also entering these tags & boxes into the following challenges:

• Creative Inspirations - Easter/Spring
• Just Us Girls - Dies + Spring/Easter
• Moving Along with the Times - Anything Spring
• Sweet Stampin' - Spring or Easter

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Hunny Bunny Easter Treat Bag

Happy Easter!

Today I'm sharing my final Easter treat bag...this one features an old Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Hunny Bunny'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Happy Colours' pad from The Works...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Not a Card
• Crafting Happiness - Bunnies
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Animal Antics
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Bunnies and/or Chicks

Easter Hares Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a cute Happy Hoppers stamp called 'Easter Hares'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Charming' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing all of the edges, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Easter/Spring
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• House Mouse & Friends - All Stitched Up
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Spring/Easter

Spring Bunny with Daffs Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features an adorable Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Spring Bunny with Daffs'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Easter/Spring
• Stamping Sensations - Spring
• Sweet Stampin' - Easter

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I've decorated another Easter treat bag...this time using a couple of bunnies from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs for Pollycraft.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')
• Cutie Pie - Easter or Mother's Day
• Everybody Art - Spring
• Fab 'N' Funky - Spring
• Stamping Sensations - Spring

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')!

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I've decorated an Easter treat bag using the image 'Spring Chick!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then cut out the circe shape using one of my Nesties. I paired it with papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...distressing the edges, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted the image onto a scalloped circle of karft (cut using another Nestie die), then layered it all on to a little kraft bag from Hobbycraft.

I'm also enternig this treat bag into the following challenges:

• Cut It Up - Dots and/or Stripes
• Dream Valley - Four-legged Friends
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Fur or Feathers
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Dots and/or Stripes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Hello World Treat Bag

Happy Easter!

I have one final Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a Penny Black stamp called 'Hello World!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'My Girl' pad by American Crafts...distressing the edges a little, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this bag:

• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')
• Creative Knockouts - Two or More Papers
• Incy Wincy - Easter Wishes and/or Gifts from the Easter Bunny
• Little Red Wagon - Spring or Fall
• Polkadoodles - Easter
• Use Your Stuff - Easter
• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Real Birds/Animals')

Totally Excited Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today. This one features a Penny Black chicken stamp called 'Totally Excited!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle shape using one of my Nesties. The papers are really old...and are from the 'Hippity Hoppity' pad by We R Memory Keepers...they first appeared on my blog back in February 2011! I distressed the edges a little, added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen then matted the layers on to some orange card.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Spring Colours)
• My Time to Craft - Spring Time
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Easter/Spring
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Poultry or Bunny
• We Love Stamping - Spring is in the Air

Bunny Friends Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...featuring the other two bunnies from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp (by Penny Black) that I didn't use on the last bag. I stamped them on to a snippet of watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set (by C C Designs), then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I used snippets of papers from a set of papers that were a magazine freebie years ago for the background...distressing the edges and adding faux stitching using my Cutterbee Bug and a black gel pen. I used my old faithful Nesties to cut the circles, matting all the layers on some plain yellow card.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Easter/Spring
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Easter/Spring
• Simply Create Too - Apring Colours
• Sweet Stampin' - Spring
• We Love Stamping - Spring is in the Air

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I decorated another Easter treat bag...this time using the 'Bunny Friends' stamp. I inked just three of the bunnies, then stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...distressing the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bag and a black gel pen.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• As You Like It - Favourite Easter Critters (Bunnies...because they're the ones with the chocolate!)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Cutie Pie - Beginning with B (Bunnies)
• I Spy with My Little Eye - Easter or Spring Critters
• We Love Stamping - Spring is in the Air

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I made an Easter treat bag using the Penny Black 'Bun Buns' image, which I stamped on to watercolour paper, then coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with snippets of papers from the 'Recollections - Charming' pad by Michaels (found at TKMaxx)...distressing the edges, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. - Spring/Easter
• Crafty Friends - Spring
• Fab 'N' Funky - Feature a Creature
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Sweet Treats

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Totally Excited Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...featuring a Penny Black stamp called 'Totally Excited!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, added a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then cut it out using one of my circle Nesties. The papers are from a pad from The Works (it's the first time I've used papers from it, and I can't remember the name...I'm not at home, so can't check)...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this tretat bag:

• Cut It Up - Easter
• Daring Cardmakers - Birds
• Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Easter or Spring
• Sweet Stampers - Easter or Spring

Easter Hares Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a House Mouse/Happy Hoppers stamp called 'Easter Hares', which I stamped on to watercolour paper, and coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations, distressing the edges a little and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.

Challenges for this bag:

• Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animal Antics
• Creative Inspirations - Happy Easter/Animals
• House Mouse & Friends - Anything Goes
• Incy Wincy - Easter and/or Animals
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Easter/Spring

PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used a cute Easter chick stamp called 'Hello Wolrd!' to decorate the April page of my desk calendar (from Paper Mill Direct). I stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloures it using watercolour pencils, then cut it out using one of my oval Nesties. The papers are from a pad that was a craft magazine freebie...I distressed the edges a little then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

I'm also entering this calendar into the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')
• Moving Along with the Times - Baby Animals
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Bunny Friends Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a couple of the rabbits from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp by Penny Black. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I paired them with papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations, distressing the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - In the Garden
• Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Bun Bun Easter Treat Bag

I have an Easter treat bag to share today...featuring an older Penny Black stamp called 'Bun Bun'. I stamped her on to watercolour paper, coloured her using watercolour pencils, then cut her out using one of my circle Nesties. I decorated a small kraft gift bag (from Hobbycraft) using papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...distressing the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sentiments' set by Hero Arts.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Cut It Up - Spring Project
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Use Your Older Stash (I've had the 'Bun Bun' stamp since 2016)

Easter Hares

I have an Easter card to share today, featuring a Happy Hoppers stamp called 'Easter Hares'...stamped on to watercolour paper and coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with snippets of papers from the 'Pretty Please' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing all the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I added a couple of really old Poppicrafts paper flowers, held in place with a BasicGrey brad, and a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.

Challenges for this card:

• Always Fun - Spring
• Animal Friends - Rabbits
• Creative Knockouts - Spring is in the Air
• Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever
• Cutie Pie - Bunnies & Blooms
• House Mouse & Friends - Anything Goes
• Moving Along with the Times - Spring is on it's Way
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Two or More Patterned Papers
• Sweet Stampers - Easter or Spring

PBSC April - Anything Goes...Optional 'Use Ribbon or Twine'

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Use Ribbon or Twine'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used my Penny Black 'Bunny Friends' stamp to make a set of five little gift tags to add to some Easter treat boxes for my family. I stamped the bunnies on to watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them apart so that I could use one bunny per tag. I made simple little boxes from papers from a pad by Folia Paper called 'Geometrie' using my We R Memory Keepers punchboard, and used strips of the same papers as a background for my bunnies on their tags.

And here they are attached to my little Easter treat boxes with some baker's twine:

I'm also entering these tags & boxes into the following challenges:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Easter
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft - Easter Cuties
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Spring Mood Board
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Spring
• Sparkles Forum - Easter
• Sweet Stampers - Easter or Spring

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Easter Treat Boxes

I have some little Easter treat boxes to share today. They measure 4x4x4 inches, and were each made form a single sheet of 12x12 paper from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations (they're double sided so even the inside is pretty!). I used my We R Memory Keepers punchboard to make the boxes...so quick and simple...when you make the largest size (like these are), there's no measuring or cutting at all...just some scoring and punching, then folding. I added a mini kraft tag (from Hobbycraft) to each one...stamping a Hero Arts sentiment on one side (from the 'Sentiments' set), then attaching them using baker's twine.

Challenges for these boxes:

• Always Fun - Easter
• Crafty Cardmakers - Easter
• Crazy 4 Challenges - Anything but a Card
• Creative Moments - Spring/Easter
• Use Your Stuff - Easter/Spring

Bunny Friends

I have one last Easter treat bag to share today. I used a couple of the bunnies from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp by Penny Black...I love using parts of the larger image (there are five bunnies in total). I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, then cut it out using one of my circle Nesties. The papers are from the 'Recollections - Charming' pad from Michaels (found at TKMaxx). I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Wishes' set by Amy R/C C Designs.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Aud Sentiments - Easter or Spring Sentiment
• Crafty Cardmakers - Bunnies, Chicks or Eggs
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 
• Deep Ocean - Easter or Spring
• Fab 'N Funky - Easter
• Little Red Wagon - Hipptiy Hoppity
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes