Easter Basket Chicken

I made this card to go with/match my Easter Basket Critters seen HERE.

All products are Amuse Studio unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Made for Plaid, Hexagon, Essential Sentiments Too

Ink: French Roast, Cocoa, Squash 

Paper: Cherry, Vanilla, Kraft, Saffron
Dies: Easter Basket, Squares, Little Flowers, Heart Trio

Schtuff: Metallic Brad, Toffee Twine, Onyx Twinkle, Sponge, (basket stuffing from $Tree) 

  

Gingerbread Christmas Basket

This card just makes me smile...I used the new a muse studio Sealed with a Fish starfish dies for the mini gingerbread cookies - snort!  Hope it makes you smile too :o)

All products are Amuse Studio unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mad for Plaid

Ink: Evergreen, Cherry, French Roast

Paper: Christmas Sweater, Evergreen, Cherry, Cocoa, Kraft, Sugar
Dies: Gingerbread Man, Sealed with a Fish, Easter Basket, Mini Bow

Schtuff: White Gel pen, Pearls, Tombow marker

        
                                         Christmas Sweater 6x6 paper

  

Crandall the Basket & Bow Crow

I've been at it again making more of my Easter Basket (throw away piece) critters.  And apparently the new mini bow die wants a piece of the action too. Please say hello to Crandall the Crow, just in time for Fall.  Well, SW Florida "Fall" doesn't usually happen until like December and even then we have to pretend that there's a nip in the air...UGH, it's like one million degrees right now!  Regardless, even Florida non-Fall is my favorite season and Crandall is making me even happier about it.  Hope you like him too.
Crow Parts: 
Body=throw away piece from the handle of the Easter Basket die
Wing=Medium Heart from Heart trio die cut in half (correction: Large Heart)
Tail=Mini Bow die tail 
Beak=Leaf from Flowers die
Drew his skinny stick legs with Copic Multiliner
Other Easter Basket Critters

All products are Amuse Studio unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Sunflowers, Fall in the Forest

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Cocoa, Pumpkin, Saffron, Toffee, Sugar, Onyx, 
Dies: Easter Basket, Mini Bow, Sunflowers, Heart Trio, Flowers 

Schtuff: Copic Markers, Petite Daisy Paper Flowers, Onyx Brad, Multi pack Twinkle

 
          

   

Freddy the Bow Legged Frog

I would like to introduce you to Freddy the Bow Legged Frog!  He is the second of my original "critters" that I've made using the left over piece from the handle of the a muse studio Easter basket die.  And now with our new cutie dutie Mini Bow Die I put the two together and came up with my Bow Legged Frog Eeeeee!  You can see the first of my original Easter Basket critters here.  
Freddy's "frog skin" was created with the bubbles stamp from the new (and also cutie dutie) a muse studio Sealed with a Fish stamp set.  Then I sponged around the edges with Fern ink, used our 1/2" circle punch and black pearls for his eyes and he was done.  Oh yeah I also used the handle of the basket upside down to draw his mouth.  I was so tickled when making Freddy because just like my spring chickens his personality emerged as I went along and when he was completed he made me laugh out loud!  Ribbit, Ribbit :o) 

All products are Amuse Studio unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Sealed with a Fish, Birthday Builder

Ink: Fern, Stazon Black

Paper: Grass, Lime, Sugar
Dies: Mini Bow, Easter Basket

Schtuff: Lime & Pearl Sequins, Black Pearls, 1/2" Circle Punch, Sponge
   

Crazy for Crepe Paper Pillow Box Purse

This project came together because of odds and ends I had on my desk, sometimes it pays not to clean as I go (yeah, I'm OCD).  I had just finished a card with my hand twisted crepe paper flowers and I had a few left over.  I also had a couple Easter basket die cuts lying around.  So when I started playing with the new pillow box die I glanced down at my desk and all the pieces just came together like magic, I love when that happens which is actually quite rarely - lol.
I was also pleased to discover that our new pillow box is large enough to hold a gift card.  The purse coupled with either of my last two birthday card posts would make a sweet card & gift combo just by matching (or even not matching) the crepe paper and/or balloon colors.  I hope I've inspired you to make some of your own. :)
Tip: To give your handle more durability I left the Easter Basket in tact and adhered the bottom portion to the inside of the pillow box with just the handle portion sticking out.
PS - I'll post the card I mentioned with the hand twisted flowers in my next post. 

Paper: Onyx Polka Dot, Onyx 
Dies: Pillow Box, Easter Basket

Schtuff: Berry & Lime Crepe Paper, 4" Doily, Pearl

  

Egg & Bow Birthday Balloons

Yep, you read that right egg and bow balloons.  I used the egg die with the egg outline stamp from the Egg-stravaganza set then added the BOW from the new Easter Basket die for the bottom of the balloons! Eeeeee! :o) We have some cute new Balloon dies coming out next month too so we can have different shaped and sized balloons in our bouquets - neat-O!

Stamps: Egg-stravaganza, Birthday Builder

Ink: Stazon Black

Paper: Onyx Polka Dot, Bubblegum, Ocean, Onyx, SugarDies: Easter Basket, Egg  

Schtuff: Vanilla Twine, Tombow Marker

  

Gingham Easter Basket

Have I mentioned how much I love our gingham card stock, well okay maybe I have a fewww times :o).  I made the little pink bow with our crepe paper which BTW I'm loving that too.  What's neat is you can make pretty much any size bow you want just by cutting the width you want, loosely fan folding it then twisting it in the middle and wrapping a little strip of paper around the center.  Oh and trimming the ends a little once it's put together.  I'll be posting a couple other crepe paper projects from my "Crazy for Crepe Paper" class last week keep checking back for new posts.

Stamps: Snail & Co., For Peeps Sake,

Ink: Grass, Memento Cocoa

Paper: Pink Gingham, Sage, Blush, Shimmer Sugar, Sugar

Dies: Bunny, Easter Basket
Schtuff:  Blush Crepe Paper

  

Chocolate Easter Bunny

Lets keep the bunny trail going with a chocolate Easter bunny today.  He looks almost good enough to eat! 

Stamps: Eggstravaganza, Essential Sentiments

Ink: Lemon Whip, Eucalyptus, French Roast

Paper: Sky, Grass, Kraft, French Roast, Lemon Whip, Gingham, Chevron, Polka Dot 

Dies: Easter Basket, Grass 

  

Peeps Easter Egg Holder

Here's a cute little Easter egg holder we made at yesterday's class.  Boy do we ever have the cutest stuff for Easter or what?! Feel free to email me or leave a comment for the simple egg holder box dimensions.

Stamps: Mad for Plaid, Egg-stravaganza

Ink: Cocoa, French Roast

Paper: Lemon Whip, Sage, Shimmer Bubblegum, Sugar

Dies: Easter Basket, Peeps, Tiny Flowers, Grass

Schtuff: Tombow (for eyes), Vanilla Pearl, Easter egg from Target

  

Spring Country Chickens

I love it when a project turns out exactly how I envisioned it in my head! I couldn't wait to get my hands on the new Amuse Studio basket die and as soon as I cut out the first basket and saw the left over piece (from inside the handle) it instantly spoke "hen" to me! It took me about 2 seconds more to realize the new tiny flowers die was absolutely perfect scale for the head feathers, waddle and beak and of course the blue flower for the basket too...it was all just meant to be! Eeeee I had so much fun using all our new items from the Spring Accessories Guide creating my country chickens & basket, I hope you like it and I hope you have fun with them too. 

If you'd like the super easy dimensions for the basket "box" just leave me a comment or send me an email.  

Don't forget to share my Spring Country Hens on Facebook & Pinterest too :o)!

Stamps: Mad for Plaid, Lots of Dots

Ink: Cocoa, Memento Cocoa, Lemon Whip

Paper: Yellow Gingham, Kraft, Onyx, Eucalyptus, Sugar, Cherry, Fern, Papaya

Dies: Easter Basket, tiny Flowers, Heart Trio 

Schtuff: Toffee Twine, Pearls, sponge