Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all these that celebrate.

 

I thought I'd share something a little different today. The Easter wreath that I made for my front door this year.

 

I love a wreath on a front door and so have wanted to make one for a while now, ever since I was given a couple of embroidery hoops which sadly a colleague's sister-in-law was no longer able to use due to illness. I just somehow never got around to it. That is until I went shopping for colouring for some icing ( I am planning on making some Easter biscuits this year for my class.) The shop had artificial flowers and a selection of fake eggs and so there was no longer any excuse not to give it a go. I looked at a couple of YouTube videos and then it was A for away. I'm very happy with the result.

The polystyrene eggs came covered in small white beads with a silky cord wrapped around them so it was just a case of cutting the ivy leaves and flowers into smaller more manageable pieces and with the help of a glue gun it came together pretty quickly.

 

Supplies:

Glue gun

Embroidery hoop

Polystyrene eggs

Artificial ivy leaves

Artificial baby's breath

 



Eggs

 Pinspirational challenges have this photo
 

 

I made some small cards

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Scraps

Flat backed gems 

24 april

 

Hip Hop

Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge is

 

'Hip Hop'

 

I had some fun with dies and made a rabbit card

 

 

My Inspiation

 



Source: Neddy Kerr

I choose to give it a pink nose and ears as I wanted to use it for a girl

I will also be entering this over at Cuttlebug mania where it's

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in yellow and a scrap of pink

Heart button from my stash

Wobbly eyes

Cuttlebug

Dies: Circle: Sixxizz 8 circles

          Oval: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic ovals small

Pentel Fine liner in black

Glitzing Glam in crystalline

   

 

 

 

17 april

Die cut Easter bunny

Uniko studio have this great challenge

 

 

I made this cute little bunny using dies

 

 

I have cut the grassy meadow but otherwise everything else is die cut.

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Pintrest

 

I will alos be entering this over at Inspired by all the little things where it's

 

 as well as over at Simon says stamp blog Worw it Wednesday March

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in cream, green and white

                    Pink: Scrap of packaging saved because I liked the colour of the pink

String

Pink button from my stash

Glitzing Glam in Crystalline

Pentel fine liner in black

21 April/31 March

 

Easter Chicks

Dragonfly journeys have this for inspiration
 

 

 

Last year I made a couple of Easter cards but didn't get to share them all with you so here is one which fits this inspiration.

 

 

It is a small card about 7.5cm x 5cm and I stitched it in rayon thread

I will also be sharing this over at Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge where it's
'Something New'
I have never stitched this pattern before so it's new and besides chicks are 'new' to the world too.

 

Supplies:

Pattern: New Designs, New Projects for embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints in patterns

Black bead

7 Jan

 

A very late Easter card

CAS colours and sketches have these colours this week.

 

 

This is the very last Easter card that I made and somehow never got around to showing.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching cards Easter-basket

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    160gsm in grey

Self adhesive message tape

Liquid pearls in gold

paper: recycled yellow/cream envelope

 

24 aug

 

CAS

CASology have this cue card

 

 and here is my card

 

I added some glitter to lift the design.

 

I will also be entering this over at Simply less is moore where we have to use some

'Purple'

and at Split coast stampers Featured-stamper 487 where the featured stamper is Marisa Job. Although our styles are very different (she does some magnificent work with layers) a recurring theme of hers seems to be flowers hence this card. 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Double sided foam

Glitzing Glamour in Crystalline

Thread: Apricot: DMC 3824

              All other brands and codes unknown

 

(6 June)

Easter bunny tags

Color throw down have a colour inspiration which I don't often use but amazingly I made these little tags for Easter and haven't posted them yet.

 

 



 

This one matches perfectly.

 

 

The die bunnies are store bought and left over from a couple of Easters ago when I made these for family and friends.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Cuttlebug

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Wobbly eyes

Die: Wplus9 Timeless tags 2

Paper: Scraps

Pentel fine liner

Spring/Easter challenge

Uniko studio have a

 

As I am going into autumn now not spring I decided to make a couple of Easter tags, 5 in all

The bunnies are buttons with their shanks cut off, Faux stitching around the edge completes the look.
I will also be entering this over at  Split coast stampers Free 4 all 318 where it's a 'Bunny hop' and at Simply less is moore where the challenge is 'Polka Dots'.

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Cuttlebug

Die: W plus 9 Timeless tags 2

Rabbit buttons

Scrap book paper: Source unknown

Pentel Fine liner in balck

 

 

(8 April)

Sweet Tooth

TGIF challenges

 

 

An Easter egg seemed season appropriate to me

 

 

Supplies:

Thread: Pink rayon

             All other colours and brands unknown

Card stock: 160gsm in blue and white

Flat backed gems

Glitzing' Glam in crystalina

 

Cute and cuddly

Simon says stamp blog. Wednesday challenge is 'Cute and Cuddly'.

I used this to make another Easter card.

  

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Gold and green marble like

Thread: Black: DMC 310

             Brown" DMC 4140

             All other codes and brands unknown
Pattern: Kaartborduren.115

 

(22 March)

 

 

Gift

Addicted to CAS have this word as a cue

 

 

 and Share joy challenge have this photo

 

 

  and I made this card to enter for both challenges

 

 

 Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

Thread: All colour codes and brands unknown

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Scrap book paper.

 

 

 

(18 March and 16 march

Easter Bunny

Time out challenges. have an Easter or Spring challenge this fortnight.

I have chosen Easter and here is my card

 

I love this little bunny, so cute. The white rabbit is actually a button which has had the shank removed. I bought an assorted card of buttons a couple of years ago from a fete and this is one of them. By the look of the card board backing and the quality of the buttons I reckon that they are probably nearly as old as me!

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

Card Stock: Blue 180gsm

                    White 160gsm

Thread: All brands and colour codes unknown

Button: from my stash 

 

 

 

(15 March)

 

 

Egg

I finished making my Easter cards this week so I definitely had one to enter in the challenge at CASology which is

 

 

Here is the first of my Easter cards for this year

 

 

Supplies:

Pattern:Ann's paper art. no. a201

Thread:

Card stock: 200gsm in aqua.

                    160gsm in white

Washi Tape: pink with white dots

 



Easter chocs

Now that Easter is passed I can show you what I made for family and friends. I decided to steer clear of the overpriced eggs and gave choc bars instead.

The ears are hand drawn and I gave them a row of faux stitching for definition

I made pink ones for the girls and yellow for the boys.

 I got the idea after seeing this one over at It's All Fiddle Fart.

Source: Helen Geddes

Supplies:

Card stock: White and pink 160gsm

Cuttlebug

Sizzix 8 circle die

2-Die-4 heart 

Fineliner in black 

wobbly eyes

Scraps of ribbon