Non-Sweet Easter Treat

I spent a little bit of time this afternoon putting together these Easter treats for our 2nd grade class:

I've seen several sites with the same idea, using piping bags made by Wilton, along with a carrot "stuffing" of Cheetos, Goldfish crackers or jellybeans.  I decided to go with a non-sweet version and simple carrot top using grosgrain ribbon and green ric rac (leftover from World Market's Christmas clearance).

Adding that Finishing Touch

I made this quick card to go with a birthday package for a sweet little one-year old.  Her party had a cupcake theme, so I knew I wanted to use this great cupcake die from Quickutz. I didn't want to go too over the top with stamping, etc., so I kept things simple.  The finishing touch made me smile:

I went to my stash of flat sequins and glued these pretty gems to the cupcake, acting as "sprinkles" and it was "just enough" to make it personal and special for her. 

The base of the card was made using a pre-formed matchbox card from DCWV.  I picked these up on clearance a while back from Hobby Lobby.  They are a neat concept, but in the end I decided I wasn't impressed.  They may find their way to a crafting garage sale.  The picture is not so pretty, but here is it in full view:

My ribbon proved too heavy for the matchbox flap making it difficult to photograph standing up....oh well, the cellophane envelopes that come with the set make up for it. 

Thanks to You All!

Here's a personal "THANKS" to everyone visiting my blog!! Some days I struggle with finding time to "be creative" or the personal decisions of whether or not the time is worth it...."Should I finish the laundry or should I make something for the blog?"  I do enjoy everything I do (or else I wouldn't do it) and seeing all the sweet comments lately lets me know that other people enjoy what I do too. 

This sweet little card came together in a flash using some scraps, a few of my favorite dies from Spellbinders and Quickutz along with a new Tim Holtz Vintage Market alphabet die.  I love the graphic look of it mixed with the bright colors.

Fringe Flowers

I saw this tutorial a while back and fell in love with the thought of making these pretty tissue paper flowers.  This afternoon I finally got around to playing with my new Martha Stewart scissors. Martha's new "Fringe Scissors" are really fun!  I found mine at Michael's and with a 50% off coupon they were less than $6.

I had a pretty package to prepare today so I got out my tissue paper, scissors and a stapler and came up with this:

This picture actually shows three small flowers clustered together to make a grouping on top of the package.  They were actually very easy to make following the maya*made tutorial.

I can't wait to make more in all kinds of colors!

My 50's Girl

One of the many things keeping me busy these days was working on this poodle skirt for a 50's "best dressed" contest at our school last Thursday night.  Here's what my Mom and I came up with: 
    
Working without a pattern proved a little tricky, but with my hubby's help (and engineer brain) he told us what we were doing wrong after we cut into the first half-yard of fabric (and ended up wasting it).  Part of the improved design included cutting out the waist measurement FIRST and then cutting the circumfrence length. 

We made it using pink felt for the skirt, white felt for the poodle, and black rope piping for the leash.

With a borrowed white cardigan, our own black shirt, pearls and pink skarf, the only thing we needed to complete the outfit were the saddle shoes.  No problem there....we simply used white sneakers from Wal-Mart and a little black felt. 

Abby looked so cute and won $10 free dollars to spend at the school's Book Fair.

Wrapped & Ready

What's this, you say? It's what I've been busy doing for the past week or so....on and off when I get a free couple of minutes. It's a stack of stamped cards I'm submitting for Paper Crafts Magazine's contest called, "Stamping Royalty." I'm not thinking I have much of a chance, but I figured I had all of the supplies, so why not? There is so much gorgeous talent out there....I feel as tho my creations don't compare, but who knows? We'll see in a few weeks or so. Keep your fingers crossed!

I've never submitted to a contest like this so I wasn't even sure how to get the cards in the mail without them getting entirely bashed up and disfigured, so I went to my chipboard stash and layered them up like this before wrapping in tissue paper. Hopefully they will arrive in Utah safe and sound.

I've got a lifetime supply...

of foam tape!! I went scrapbook shopping this past Saturday and found this great deal at one of my local stores. It's a huge round "wheel" of foamie dimensional tape and best of all, it's the same width as the kind I always buy from Stampin' Up.
I thought it was a pretty good deal for $9.99. Today, I thought I would try it out on my "Congratulations" card - as you can see below.

It worked like a charm...now I'm off to make something else.