Easter Treats

With this being Easter weekend, I wanted to make a few more projects using the Egg-cellent Easter set before it has to be put away. Since I love to make treat boxes/bags that's what I decided to make. I plan to use them as door prizes at Kim's party tomorrow afternoon.

Nugget Box:

Stamps: An Egg-cellent Easter

Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper White Cardstock and Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Stampin' Pastels, 1 3/8 Circle, 1 1/2 Circle, and Scalloped Circle Punches; Blender Pen, Dimensionals

1. For the bottom of the box, score 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 piece of Bashful Blue cardstock at 1/2 and 1 1/8 on all sides.

2. Cut off the three small boxes that make an "L" shape in each corner. On the long side snip along the score line up to the 1 1/8 score line to create little flaps.

3. Apply adhesive to the outer side of the flaps and the inside of the other edges and fold the box together.

4. For the top of the box score 5 1/8 x 3 1/16 piece of Bashful Blue cardstock at 11/16, 2 1/4, 2 15/16, and 4 7/16.

5. Fold on the score lines around the box and adhere ends together. (If you don't fold it around the box before adhering, you might make it too tight for the box to fit inside.

6. For the nuggets, wrap 1 x 3 piece of Designer Series Paper around each candy piece.

7. Decorate box as desired.

Top Note Treat:

Stamps: An Egg-cellent Easter

Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White Cardstock and Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Apricot Appeal Ribbon; Stampin' Pastels; 1 3/8 Circle, 1 1/2 Circle, and Scalloped Circle Punches; Big Shot; Top Note Die; Blender Pen; Dimensionals; Medium Cellophane Bags

1. Send scrap piece of Certainly Celery cardstock and Designer Series paper through the Big Shot machine using the Top Note Die.

2. Fold both Top Note pieces in half. Cut DSP Top Note in half. Stamp sentiment in top right corner.

3. Wrap Apricot Appeal ribbon around DSP and adhere.

4. Fill medium cello bag with wrapped nuggets. Fold bag to close and place inside the folded Certainly Celery Top Note.

5. Staple bag to Top Note making sure that the front of the staple is in the back and that the prongy side comes out the front.

6. Adhere DSP Top Note with ribbon to the bottom half of the Certainly Celery Top Note covering the staples.

7. Decorate as desired.

Hoppy Easter Shaker Card

This was definitely one of the most fun cards to make...and play with when it was done! It's almost like a snow globe card! They are made using the excess rubber from your stamps. And since you can only make one per stamp (unless you have multiples of the same set), you'll want to make sure to give it to someone extra special! 

(Close up after being shaken)

Stamps: An Eggcellent Easter

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White Cardstock and Sweet Always Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens, Scalloped Circle, 1 1/2 Circle, and 1 3/8 Circle Punches; Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Acetate

The tutorial to make a shaker card can be found here. This is from Meg Loven, who is a few uplines up from me (if that makes sense lol). I have read her blog daily for many months and couldn't believe I was part of her downline when I signed up as a demonstrator!

 

Egg-cellent Easter Workshop

I held my first workshop as a Stampin' Up demo on Friday and it went so well! There were 6 people here (even though my mom didn't participate...she decided to be the photographer! lol). We made 2 cards and 1 treat pouch using the Sale-A-Bration paper and the Egg-cellent Easter set from the Occasion's Mini.

I displayed these projects to use as a door prize. They were created using my Big Shot as well as Sale-A-Bration paper and Congrats stamp set (although, the flowers were from the Flower Fancy set). Congrats to Jen who won them! 

Everyone also got a little Thank You note made by stamping onto notebook paper. I thought they turned out really cute!

Stamps: Lots of Thoughts

Paper: Natural Ivory and Bashful Blue Cardstock, Notebook Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Bashful Blue Ribbon, Brads

1. Score 3 x 6 Natural Ivory cardstock at 3 inches to create a 3 x 3 card.

2. Take a scrap piece of Bashful Blue cardstock and tear it along the bottom. Run fingernail along other edges to create distressed look.

3. Stamp greeting on notebook paper near torn edge. Cut to size. Adhere to Bashful Blue so that there is some overhang.

4. Punch two holes using hole punch into Bashful Blue right below notebook paper. Attach brads.

5. Adhere Bashful Blue to card. Tie ribbon in a knot and adhere on corner of notebook paper.