Higgledy-Piggledy Crafts: easter

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Easter Bunny Pail

We are having Easter brunch at my house this year. My husband's nephew with 3 boys is going to be joining us. It is their first trip to the Houston area. In addition to the 3 boys, we will also have my 3 grandchildren. We will be having French Toast, sausage, bacon, fruit, etc. For whomever is still here later in the day, we are planning to put some hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. I'm not sure about this as this is my husband's domain. I never know what is going on the grill.
In addition to the brunch there will be a Easter egg hunt in the back yard. Since the age of the participants ranges from 1 to 9 years old, we have decided to color-code the eggs. Each child will have a color and is only supposed to pick up items of that color.
I tried to find baskets or pails in 6 colors, but couldn't find what I was looking for. The result is that I attempted my first vinyl project.

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A friend of mine came over last week and gave me some tips on how to do vinyl on my Silhouette. I was shocked at how easy it was.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Easter Bunny

These are the pictures from last Easter. I needed to get them in the book before taking new ones this year.

I love this sketch. You have all month to try it out, post it to the Sketch N Scrap blog, and then be entered for a prize.

Sketch #148

This page follows the sketch. I used Echo Park's "Easter" collection. The title is a new die cut from Stamps of Life. I purposely placed it above the word "bunny" on the word strip.

The word strip is continued on to the second page as a connector between the 2 pages. I die cut the year "2017" with a Burniston die and added it below the word Easter.

The bunny is "Lucky the Rabbit" - a die set from Burniston. I used some pink dotted swiss paper from the collection for the ears, nose and feet. The eggs on the layout are old dies from Echo park. I fussy cut mats for them.

I need to stop making personal rules. I have a no sticker rule, but here I am using them. I used the tree, a flower, and a pink bunny on this layout. The shiny flowers are also from a sticker set. The grass (Burnistion die) grounds the rabbit and the tree.

This is a flap.

I found this stamp - "The ears are the best part" at Hobby Lobby a week ago. It was on the clearance rack for 50 cents. It made me laugh, so I bought it. After stamping it I made a flap for it. I used a utility knife to slice a spot to pull the ears of a sticker bunny through. A fun place for one more pic was created. I placed 2 magnets - one behind the pic and one on the back of the bunny mat - to keep the flap closed.