Mini Treat Box Bunny Treats

Happy Friday, peeps!  On a whim, I decided to make some little treat boxes for some shut-ins from our church--a very sweet couple!  I had recently purchased some homemade buttercream eggs at a fundraiser and thought it would be nice to gift a couple to them, but of course, I had to make something in which to put them!  I pulled out my long-retired Curvy Keepsake Box dies and made some simple treat containers:

The Easter Joy Specialty DSP is quite sturdy, so they made great boxes!  I added a diecut bunny and bow from Lil'Inkers (sadly retired) along with some Easter tags:

I slipped the candy in, closed the box and added the tags---and they'll be delivered ASAP!  And since Just Us Girls is looking for spring/Easter diecuts this week, I am adding these!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Cross (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Easter Joy DSP
Ink	Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Fresh Freesia Seam Binding (ret), Ribbon from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Curvy Keepsake Box Dies (ret), Bunny Dies (Lil'Inker), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), 1/8" Hole Punch, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret)

PP779 Tic Tac Toe from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and the creative Ann is our hostess with a Tic-tac-toe grid for us, since it's the fifth Sunday!  Here we go:

I chose the top row across of die cut, twine and sentiment!  I thought I was done with my Easter cards, but decided to send out a couple more, and I fell in love with this wee little trio of bunnies from Inspired By:

I chose to only use that little bun-bun on the left, but I did use the challenge colors as well.  Here we go:

I had not used my Tim Holtz bunny die this year yet, so it seemed a good time!  I dicut two bunnies and stamped one with a gingham stamp, then adhered a plain white face.  The carrot was diecut with Crumb Cake and Copper Clay, and everything was mounted on a stitched oval with a Misty Moonlight scalloped mat.  I added a little twine bow...I just didn't have any buttons tiny enough to add one!  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I embossed a piece of Basic White to sit atop a diecut panel of Misty Moonlight.  And here's the inside:

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well:

Again, this card uses a bit more pieces and layers than I normally do, but I just love this bunny and his carrot! I think I'll send this to one of my college roommates!  

I hope you'll play along with our grid this week! SO many possibilities, we can't wait to see what you do with them!  Be sure to share them with us at the Players! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Animals (Close To My Heart), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs), Background Basics: Gingham (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Copper Clay (ret), Soft Succulent (ret), Evening Evergreen (ret)
Ink	Bashful Blue (ret), Cajun Craze
Accessories	Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Eyelet EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Lacy Scallop Frame Die (Reverse Confetti), Carrot Bunny Die (Tim Holtz), Eyelet EF

RR268 Easter Blessings

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I needed a couple more Easter cards, and when I saw the sketch at Retro Rubber, I knew I had an older, much-loved set that would be perfect for it!  Here's the sketch:

So here we go:

The images are from a 2006 set called Hello Spring; the images were stamped and watercolored, then diecut with a Stylish Shapes dies.  The sentiment (Graceful Words, also 2006) was stamped and fussy-cut, then mounted on top of three diecut strips.

The inside sentiment (Easter Blessings, 2011) was stamped in Coastal Cabana:

Since I love things in threes, I really loved this sketch!  And I love these little images too! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Spring (2006), Graceful Words (2006), Easter Blessings (2011)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Retired DSPs in Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather
Ink	Stazon Black, Versafine Black, Coastal Cabana, Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Granny APple Green, Fresh Freesia, Peach Pie, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie,Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter

Blessings to You At Easter

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am looking forward to some sunshine today--still cold, but better than rain & dampness!  My quick little card today is for the Inspired By challenge as well as the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I am still finding ways to use some of the pretty papers I got recently from Craft Consortium!  I chose a leafy pattern for the top portion of the sketch, using a circle die to cut out the right portion.  I then diecut a little egg from a solid piece, stamped some little polka dots on it, then added a wee little bunny:

I stamped a sentiment on a Crumb Cake banner in Mossy Meadow ink:

And the inside:

Both sentiments are from Divinity Designs!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), Easter Cross (Divinity Designs), Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Versamark, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AHSC674 Easter Eggs

 Happy Monday, all! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

I am still making Easter cards, and although I had a much simpler initial idea for this one, it morphed into something more, LOL!

I'm trying to use all my Easter stamps this year (haha) and the eggs from the Happy Eggs set from Simon Says Stamp hadn't seen any ink yet!  I stamped them in Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Coaster Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather, then cut them out with the matching dies.  I diecut strips of the same colors and mounted them within a cross-stitch border, then added a few more diecut embellishments:

I stamped the inside in Highland Heather with a set from Divinity Designs:

I am also entering this at the In(k)spire Me blog, where they're looking for Easter:

You can have a lot of fun with this sketch!  And I hope you'll play along! Check out all the designers' card at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Alleluia (Divinity Designs), Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather
Ink	Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (Gina Marie)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Cross-Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Easy Strips 1/2" Dies (Taylored Expressions), Stitched Florals Dies (My Favorite Things)

PP778 Sketch Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going well so far!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess with a wonderful sketch--I just love banners!  Here we go:

I had an idea in my head to make a little "diorama" Easter egg--remember them? You peeked in a hole in the side of the egg and you'd see a little scene!  Mine didn't quite turn out the way I imagined, but it was still a fun card to create.  Here we go:

I recently got some pretty papers from Craft Corsortium called Bloom and Wild; they have florals on one side and these pretty watercolors on the other.  I diecut two eggs, cutting an opening in one, then adding a little diecut bunny:

If I were to do this again, I probably wouldn't add the pearls and the little punched flowers around the edge--they were supposed to represent the "icing" around the opening! I think it's a little busy! I created the banner with the opposite side of the papers and added an Easter sentiment from Our Daily Bread, stamped in Strawberry Slush.  The horizontal piece has a diecut scalloped border, and it all went on a panel embossed with the Lovely Stripes embossing folder.  The little bow on the bottom of the egg is from the Mini Treat Bag dies.  

This sketch is really versatile and I hope you'll play with us! Check out what the other designers at the Paper Players did with it!  Thanks so much for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Purple Posy (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Lovely Stripes EF, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Bunny Dies (Lil'Inker), Small Flower Punch (ret), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret)

Hippity Hoppity

 Hey peeps! I am in full-bore Easter-stamping mode with bunnies taking center stage again!  I got some new stamps and dies from my local Amish stamp store (I'll be sharing those later), but I dug into some of my stash of papers and stamps to create this cutie:

 

My papers are from Carta Bella's Gather at Home, along with a little Blushing Bride stitched tag from Impression Obsession.  The bunnies are also from IO, stamped in Crumb Cake and colored with a Pink Pirouette Blend and accented with Blushing Bride ribbon and twine:

I had a couple of already-cut banners from the Greetery, so on one, I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamps' Happy Eggs.  The inside sentiment was also from that same set, along with a Christian sentiment from Divinity Designs:

I hope it's okay to mix secular and Christian!  Those bunnies are just too cute!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bunny Friends (Impression Obsession), Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp, Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Gather at Home (Carta Bella)
Ink	Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Blushing Bride Ribbon (ret), Blushing Bride Twine (ret0, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Bunny Friends Dies (Impression Obsession), Tear Strip Tags Dies (The Greetery)

Wee Little Bunny

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Short and sweet post today--no challenge, although I originally intended this card to be for last week's FMS sketch, but I put the sentiment in the wrong place! So I am sharing here anyway because I like it, and because it was inspired by Michele's cute card here.  So here we go:

I really liked the soft pink that Michele used on her card, so I searched in my Scrapbook.com paper stash and found this soft pink plaid.  I had a wee bit of Papertrey's Soft Stone cardstock left in my stash as well, so I diecut a little Impression Obsession bunny and some foliage with that, then mounted it atop a double scalloped frame diecut from Penny Black.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs, stamped on an Everyday Arch diecut:

Of course, he has a little velveteen tail....so cute!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Stone (Papertrey), Velveteen (ret), Winter (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Double Double Frame Dies (Penny Black), Bunny Buddies Dies (Impression Obsession), Timeless Arrangement Dies (ret)

PP776 Color Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Did you remember to adjust your clocks yesterday?!  "Adjust" being the operative word---it does take some adjustment, doesn't it?  Well, anyway, Joanne is our hostess at the Paper Players this week with a fun color challenge: 

Since I am in the midst of making Easter cards, I chose to use pale rainbow shades for my little Easter peeps card:

I cut my Basket Bunch peeps from cardstocks in Bubble Bath, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather, then stamped them in Versafine black ink.  They went into an egg diecut with the Excellent Egg dies from some Papertrey Chicken Scratch gingham papers.  I set them in some Granny Apple Green grass and added a Fresh Freesia bow:

The sentiment is from CTMH's Easter Animals set.  I mounted the egg on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Basket Weave embossing folder, then added some sequins before I put it all on a Fresh Freesia card.  Here's the inside (that Fresh Freesia is a challenge to photograph!):

I just love this little lineup, although in real life, I really don't care for much of anything that's made from marshmallow!  I do have ONE roasted marshmallow a year over our Harvest party campfire, LOL!  How about you?  Are you a peeps fan?  Did you know that peeps are made right here in PA, and there is actually a peeps store in National Harbor, MD?! The Bethlehem, PA factory makes 5.5 million peeps A DAY! Yowza!

Well, whether you like peeps or not, we'd love to see your rainbow-hued creations! You don't have to use a rainbow, just some rainbowcolors!  Check out what the DT has created at the Paper Players blog, then come play along!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Basket Bunch (ret), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Chicken Scratch Gingham DSP (Papertrey)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basket Builder Dies (ret), Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Grass Die (Impression Obsession), Pretty Bows Die (Simon Says Stamp), Basket Weave Embossing Folder (ret)

AHSC671 Peek-a-boo Bunny

Happy Monday, all!  Hope you had a great weekend! Our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week allowed me to use this sweet little Peek-a-boo Bunny die that is just the cutest!  Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

I used some Easter Joy Specialty DSP along with some Lemon Lolly Shimmer Pastel paper, embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, for my cute Easter card!  I added the Pretty in Pink diecut bunny on a Nested Essentials die and stamped an Easter sentiment from a long-retired SU set:

I embellished the front with a strip of Shy Shamrock and some little enamel flowers.  The inside sentiment came from Close to My Heart:

I just love this little bunny, and I need a baby card in the next day or so, and I think it might be perfect for that as well...we'll see!

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts,  we always love to see what you create and enter in our gallery! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Blossoms (ret), Picture Perfect Birthday (ret), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, Easter Joy DSP, Shimmer Pastel Lemon Lolly
Ink	Peach Pie, Balmy BLue
Accessories	Resin Flowers (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Peek-a-boo Bunny Die (Poppy), Stitched 1/4" Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Black marker

FMS724 Happy Easter

Happy gray, cloudy, foggy Thursday!  I have a cheerful little Easter card for you today, although I may have "overdone" the gingham part!  It uses the FMS sketch:

and some cute little Easter images from Pretty Pink Posh!  Here we go:

My images were stamped in Versafine black ink and colored with Blends and Copics, then diecut and mounted on some papers from Honey Bee and backed with a scalloped mat of Timid Tiger:

My sentiment is an oldie from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped on a Nestabilities banner die and threaded with some orange gingham ribbon!  I think these little images are so cute!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Easter Circles (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Timid Tiger, Bee Happy (Honey Bee)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Labels Dies (ret), Stitched Scalloped Dies (unknown maker), Label Dies (Nestabilities), Blends, Copics

FMS723 Hippity Hoppity

 Happy Thursday, peeps!  A quick little card today--moving on to Easter!  FMS has a sweet sketch this week:

I just broke open my Easter Joy specialty paper and there are so many cute patterns in there! One that really caught my eye was a monochromatic pattern in Shy Shamrock, which is a color I haven't used very much!  I paired it with an old Easter set called Basket Bunch! So here we go:

Mr Bunny was stamped in Shy Shamrock, as well as the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.  He his hopping against a cloud-embossed sky with his little Easter eggs:

Another sentiment from the same set went on the inside--love that simple font!

Thanks for "hopping" in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Baskset Bunch (ret), Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shy Shamrock, Easter Joy DSP
Ink	Shy Shamrock
Accessories	Pearl, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Triple Flower Punch (ret), Basket Builder Dies (ret), Cloudy Day Embossing Folder (ret), Shaded Spruce Blend (to color pearl), Blender Pen

An Easter Parade

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I got several beautiful Easter cards this year, another perk of belonging to a wonderful, creative stamping community! I thought I would do an "Easter parade" of them!  Here we go:

These are from Debbie and Wendy:

Carol and Donna sent these cuties:

The beautifully-stenciled card is from Kathy, and the amazing and clever cross is from Mollie:

Robyn and Shawn created these:

And finally, Sandy sent me this cute little bunny (love that vellum behind it!):

Thank you, everyone! They made our Easter so happy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; I will fear no one.  The Lord protects me all danger; I will never be afraid."  Psalm 27:1