Easter Wishes

My mojo has been MIA for a few days. Since Friday I really haven't had the urge to create. Every time I sat down at my desk I wasted so much time staring into space because NOTHING was coming to me. But I think it's back now. I've gotten a lot of inspiration from other bloggers. This card was for Julee's Mojo Monday sketch from LAST week. It was a really simple sketch, but sometimes simple is better when trying to get back into the swing of things. The patterned paper is For Peep's Sake by Imaginisce. I've been harding it, but decided now's as good a time as any to cut into it. The chick stamp is also by Imaginisce. I did some paper piecing and added a few large brads. There you have it!

Baby Shower Gifts

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Today I've been able to spend hours stamping away because we are practically snowed in until my brother-in-law gets here to plow us out. We are having ANOTHER snow storm. We have 10+ inches of snow and it is sooo windy. Drifts are 4-6 ft. around the house and down the middle of the driveway. The kids are enjoying the day. They are all still in their pajamas and they've been watching movies most of the day. Since I wasn't able to stamp yesterday because of our new windows being installed, I have several things to catch up on today. I have a baby shower for my cousin to go to in a couple of weeks, so here are a couple of things I made for her. I will have more to go with these gifts before the shower, but I'm obviously not getting to the store today to pick up what I need. First thing I did was altered one of the mailboxes that I've been hoarding since before LAST Valentine's Day. The paper that I used on these projects is ala Carte by American Crafts. I found out that the baby's nursery is going to be blue and brown polka dots, so these papers were perfect! The mailbox is pretty self explainitory. I wrapped the mailbox with the patterned paper. I tied different ribbons onto the flag. I added a chipboard B to the flag also for his first initial. I typed the "special delivery" sentiment on the computer and added it to the side of the box. Next, is an altered lunch box tin. Same deal, I wrapped the box with the patterned paper. I used chipboard letters for his name on the front. I tied lots of ribbon to the handle. On the inside I made 5 inserts so Mommy can add things to note cards that she wants to remember, but doesn't have time to add to the baby book or to scrapbook right away. The inserts say Your Arrival, Month By Month, First Year Milestones, Family Reflections, and A Year In Review. I plan on adding hand stamped onesies and a few other little things to this, so stay tuned. Hope you're having a good weekend so far. Stay warm!

Bagalope basket

I ended up not having any daycare kids yesterday so I was able to get 6 more layouts finished. I'm going to skip posting them for today though. I have something else I want to share with you. Who knew that you could use envelopes for things other than mail? I found this awesome tutorial here on how to make these great little baskets. I used A good Egg and So Many Scallops on the little bag. I think these are so fun to make, I will be teaching them at a workshop at the end of the month. i hope the girls like them.

Spring Scrappin'

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I've been in a springy mood the past few days, and it put me in the mood to get several layouts done. Apparently Mother Nature didn't get the memo that said spring means warmer, sunnier weather. Instead we got an inch of ice and 3 more inches of snow last night. The kids are home again, but hopefully they'll keep each other occupied so I can get a few more layouts done today. These 3 layouts are for Carter's book. His is almost caught up- to date!

Handprint Sheep

Most of you know that I am a daycare provider, and I'm always doing projects with them to keep their little hands busy so they aren't getting into trouble. At the beginning of this school year I started doing a handprint or footprint project with the kids and put them in a binder for the families to take home at the end of the year. For September they made handprint sunflowers and in the center I put their picture. October was a footprint ghost, November was a handprint turkey, December was a handprint wreath, January was a handprint snowflake, February was handprint hearts, March was handprint shamrocks, and today we started April's a little early because I have so many little people's to get done. The kids were so excited because they got to use some of my punches and the Cuttlebug. I started by painting their hand black. They used the Cuttlebug with the swirls embossing folder and then punched out a large circle with my Giga scallop punch for the body and a smaller one with the scallop punch for the head. They glued on wiggly eyes and a cotton ball tail and using the word window punch made ears. I think they turned out so cute and a great reminder of spring. I might be sharing more kids crafts in the future, if you don't mind.

Just Chicken Up On You

Today I had a little time to play with my new MFT, Punny Farm, set. I built a scene using several of the animals and the farm lady from the set, as well as a fence stamp by Stampabilities. There are several elements on this card that you probably can't appriciate from the picture, but really make this card. I had to do some masking in order for the animals to look like they are inside the fence. I sponged the top half of the background with Bashful Blue for sky. In between the fence posts I colored green to look like grass on the other side of the fence. I watercolored the ground brown, for dirt. I paper pieced farm lady's boots, shirt, and hat. I put flock on the little yellow chick and on the cow spots so they are fuzzy. The chickens look like they are eating, so I thought they needed some food. For that I crushed some bird seed and also put some in farm lady's buckets. The card itself is pretty basic, but with such a large scene there wasn't room for anything extra! Hope you're all having a great weekend. We are having a 50th birthday party here with family for my mom shortly.

Acetate Carrot box

*EDITED* when you click on the link- it will take you to the ruthannzaroff website. From there click on Templates, then icicle treat box.
Finally, February is behind us, which means spring is on it's way! I am so glad, so I felt like sharing a springy project with you. Using acetate (transparencies) I printed this pattern onto it, cut it out and put it together. I filled it the orange Reese pieces (I ate the brown ones) and tied it shut with Celery ribbon to resemble a carrot. This is a cute, easy gift to put in the kids' Easter baskets.