Hoppy Easter

Hoppy Easter!

Here are a couple of cards

that I made for Easter that

fall under the keep it simple policy.

 

 

This is an old image from Imaginations

and it just fits the old Spellbinder Ornament

Die so well (used as a carrot)....

The white on white background was done

using an embossing folder from Provo Craft.

 

 

 

 

Another old Imaginations image.

The little row of flowers is from

a set by Sparkle N Sprinkle.

The Embossing folder used was

from Sizzix.  A little magic mesh and

some SU punches and Spellbinder dies finish it off.

 

 

This darling little image is by Penny Black.

The embossing folder is from SU

and the dies from Spellbinders.

Copics were used on them all.

 

Thanks for checking in with me.

 

 

 

 



It's Bloomin' Cactus Time

It's March and in Arizona

that means the cactus are beginning

to bloom.  They're so gorgeous when

blooming - it's a shame that the

blooms don't last long.

 

The image is a fun cactus

from Whipper Snapper that

I use a lot.  The "mesh" image

was embossed with gold EP

and is an image by Magenta.

I've had them for eons so

they're probably discontinued.

 

 

 

 

 

 



I just love this Judith vase

and the little flowers.

With different colors, it

could also be very Southwest.

I opted to case it from how

Judith had it colored though.

 

 

Colored with Copics and

accented with Crystal Accents.

 

Next time, I'm going for the Southwest look!

 

 



Red Hat Lady Post-it Note Holder

 

I had so much fun making the first

post-it note holder and box set,

that I did another.  This time

I used an old Stampin' Up set

and did it like the Red Hat Ladies.

The boa is done with Sparkle N Soft

from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

 

 

Thanks for checking in :)

 

 



Lollipop Land

Getting ready for my Stampin' Up party

next week.  I needed an idea for

hostess gifts and my friend, Nancy

(also my SU rep) had

made one of these adorable

lollipop bouquets as a door prize

at the last party! 

VOILA!!!  There was my idea...

 

They are so fun and easy to make.

I used small terracotta pots, a small

foam ball inside to hold the lollipop

sticks, some "grass", the SU Posie punch

for the leaves and the SU Sizzix Spiral

Flower die for the flowers.

Add a bag of dum dum lollipops and

they're good to go.

 

There are several examples you can find

on-line, but the one I looked at didn't

use any kind of adhesive on them.

I opted for some Helmark Craft Glue

just to hold them together better.

 

 

I ended up making 21 of these, but gave

my friend, Patti one as part of her

retirement gift.   She loved it.

 

Here's a close-up of the top.

 

This one and the one below

are even closer  and

show the pots.

 

Here are the two basic tools you need.

 

Hope you enjoyed a visit to lollipop land :)

 

 



 

 

Sticky Note Holder & Gift Box

This is a fun little gift item

that I saw reposted recently on

Splitcoaststampers.com.

 

Many of the sticky note holders

are just cardstock and this

takes it a step further as the

"holder" is chipboard.
 

Here's the link to the tutorial

that I used by Diane Zechman.

 

 

When I finished the set, I decided that the

box seemed too empty and it fits two

sticky note holders perfectly  -  so-o-o-o-o

I made another.

The bicycle DP was from 3 Bugs in a Rug - Chloe

and the blue linen fabric looking DP was

from Bo-Bunny Press -

Homespun Collection.

I punched out one of the bikes and

added it to a scalloped circle

along with some rhinestones

(cause a girl just has to have a little bling)

for a little extra interest on the front.

 

Here's the box and my two sticky note holders.

 

Here's an inside view of the sticky note holder.

 

It's a quick and easy little gift idea.

 

Hope you've enjoyed it.

 

 

 



 

 

Yippee - the Pinwheel Album is finally done.

It seemed like a long never ending project,

but I've finished the first pinwheel album.

It was fun and I think perhaps I'll try

another in a while - maybe with

a travel theme since I have another

cruise coming up next month.

 

Anyway - here are the photos

with the pages and tags

"blinged up".

 

I used stick on pearls and rhinestones

from Stampin' Up - some jewels from

Bo Bunny, Darice, ZVA Creative along
with some unknowns

that I had in my stash...

I also highlighted some of the

flowers and swirls with a

glittery Gelly Roll pen. (that

part didn't come out well in the photos)

 

 

 

The only thing left to add is photos!

Hope you enjoyed the journey.

 

Stay tuned..........