Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail... Easter is on it's way! In case you haven't looked at a calendar recently, Easter is this coming Sunday! It's hard to believe it's already here. For Easter, I love making little treat holders. I try to make a variety that will hold slightly larger treats and some that hold smaller treats. Today, I'm playing around with the Tiny Treat boxes. One trick when making these is to wrap … [Read more...] about Bunny Box
I Volunteer As Tribute
Guess what happens when you're a professional crafter? You end up "volunteering" to make banners for the Soccer Team awards night. At the banquet planning meeting, I must have been distracted by all the talk about the cake when I raised my hand. Turns out I was volunteering to make the banner for the JV team. That's okay, I'm a professional. I got this. In past years, the banner is made with the intent that the girls will remove their … [Read more...] about I Volunteer As Tribute
It’s a Beautiful Day
I've come to the realization that we are now almost half way through the Occasions Catalog sales period and I still have a handful of OnStage Display projects from last November that I have not yet shared. Whoops. I probably should have shared them weeks ago, but they just kept getting bumped for other more timely projects. One of my favorite stamps sets from the Occasions catalog is the Beautiful Day stamp set. It has this massive … [Read more...] about It’s a Beautiful Day
I’m Thinking of You, Spring
Tomorrow is the first day of Spring. Finally. Of course that doesn't mean that it's magically 75 degrees outside with the sun shining. I think we still have at least one more week of 60' weather here. And for those of you still getting snow, I'm sorry. Just know that I'm thinking of you. Just because we don't have Spring weather yet, that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy the flowers. Or at least the paper flowers for now. Today's card uses … [Read more...] about I’m Thinking of You, Spring
More Easter Treats
Last night was our monthly Downline Meeting. I really look forward to these every month. I love getting together with my crafty friends. Our swap theme this month was Easter or Spring and I went with more Easter treats. This is a variation of the one I shared last week. You can see that here. For this version, I went all pink and it looks so pretty. I used the same technique as last time to color the main tag. I used my sponge brayer to add … [Read more...] about More Easter Treats
Lots of Happy
I recently had a chance to put together the Lots of Happy card kit from the Occasions Catalog. This kit is an excellent value. Everything is included to make 20 cards: cards and pieces, stamp set, ink spot, acrylic block, and dimensionals. There are four of each of five card designs in the kit. And each card is so pretty with the beautiful pink flowers.The kit also includes four Watercolor pencils to color in all the flowers. Two of the … [Read more...] about Lots of Happy
Our Blends are SO Popular
Last Fall, Stampin Up released a brand new product called Stampin Blends. It started off like any other new product with some interest with a lot of "I'll see what others think about it first". That is the norm when it comes to a new product. Fast forward a few months... and it's official: these things are HOT! So hot in fact, that half of the colors are on back-order. So, what are Stampin Blends? The Blends are alcohol markers that you use to … [Read more...] about Our Blends are SO Popular
Easter Treats
Before I get into today's project, I wanted to give you one more reminder about March's 5th Anniversary Paper Pumpkin special. To celebrate, Stampin Up is including a FREE gift in every March kit and the box has been redesigned for March only just for the Anniversary celebration. If you aren't already a subscriber, click the link on the left to take you to my Paper Pumpkin website. You need to sign up no later than tomorrow to get the March … [Read more...] about Easter Treats