Easter Favors

Hi blog friends!

I know I'm late with an Easter post, but I wanted to share 

with you the favors I made for my Easter guests.

As usual, I decided pretty last minute that I would 

make something for each place setting.

I don't know why I do this, I know I like to have something

for my guests, but always decide to make it at the last minute.

A couple days before Easter I picked up some things for 

the favors and the day before I decided that I would make

little tags to go on the bags.

I did a few different designs, all stamps from my stash

from when I was on a few design teams.

I've been playing with ink lately and making

background sheets to use when I need them.

This was what was left after I made the tags.

I used alcohol inks on some glossy paper

and I love the results.

Each goodie bag had a little package of 

chocolate chip cookies, some orange chocolate

sponge candy, and a few Reese's cups and Cadbury mini eggs.

Here they are all ready to go on the table.

This one is made with 

Daydreaming Bunny

This one is 

Happy Duckling

This one is

Bunny with Flowers

There were 3 of the guys that love hot sauce

and since we had ham and they love it on ham,

I thought it would be the perfect little favor for them.

All the images were stamped with VersaFine, Onyx Black ink

colored with colored pencils, fussy cut, then adhered to the back

ground piece.

The sentiment is from a set that I got on clearance, 

because it had no outer wrapping, so I have no idea what

company it is from.

This is what each place setting looked like.

We had a wonderful Easter and I hope you did too.

Like I said, I know it's late for an Easter post,

but this kind of favor can be done for any 

dinner or event, it can be pulled together 

very quickly.

You don't have to stamp, color and fussy cut

everything.  You can just as easily, stamp a sentiment,

trim it down and put it on a little goodie bag, candy bar

or whatever you like.

I love doing this for my guests.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll pop in again soon.

Until then,

create something beautiful.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Welcome Sweet Baby

Hello and Welcome!

Today I'm showing you a new baby card that I made.

The baby that is was sent to is very special, as 

the parents when through a lot to be able to have her.

And she is absolutely beautiful and so very loved.

I used "Baby Animals Stamp" and "Happy Duckling Stamp"

both sold through Stamp On It

I stamped them with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

and colored them with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

then fussy cut them and adhered them to the card.

The "Welcome sweet baby" was stamped with 

individual alpha stamps, but I don't know who they were 

made by.  I then colored them in.

The Baby Animals were adhered to the card with an

Action Wobble.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you are having a wonderful day.

Until next time,

create something fun!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Easter card with bubble stencil

Hello Blog fans!

Today I have an Easter card I made to show you.

I love this little "Happy Duckling" (#6807) image from 

QKR Stampede

Sorry, but I don't have a clue who made the sentiment, 

I borrowed the stamp from a friend at a crop 

and didn't note which company it was from.

The 'bubble' background was made using a stencil I created

 with my Silhouette Cameo.

I placed the stencil over white card stock and inked it with 

Distress Inks using a foam blending tool.

The Duckling and sentiment were stamped onto white card stock,

colored with water color crayons.

The duckling was fussy cut and was adhered to the background, 

along with the sentiment with foam tape.

Which was then layered onto a white card base. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Please come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Stamped Easter Eggs

The day before Easter, I decided that I should make some Easter eggs and that I should try stamping on them and coloring them with my new FlexMarkers from Letraset.  FlexMarkers are alcohol markers, much like the Copics that are very popular.  Letraset is a company out of the UK.

I had won them (from Going Buggy, one of my favorite blogs)  and just received them in the mail the day before and was itching to try them out.

So I boiled up some eggs and set about gathering some of my stamps.

I learned a few things in the process.

*It is pretty difficult to stamp onto eggs.

*Ink doesn't dry very well on eggs.

*Ink doesn't clean off the eggs very easily.

*Even heat setting doesn't work all that well.

*I don't think this is something I will be doing again.

I found that getting a nice clear, unsmudged image was very difficult,

consequently, you will see that there are some areas that are missing a bit of the image and others where there is a bit of a smudge.

None the less, here are the 3 eggs that are good enough for anyone to see.  I had 10 eggs that I worked on and 3 that were decent.

For the first one I used "Bunny with Flowers" (#13407) from

Eureka! Stamps.

The other two were made with "Happy Duckling" (#6807) from

QKR Stampede, both the same stamp, but colored a little differently.

How can they be the same image and one duckling looks happier and one looks a bit worried?

Since I only had 3 eggs that I wanted my company to see, this is how I "displayed" them on the dinner table.

So if you have any thoughts about stamping on eggs, here is what I'd recommend.

*Use small images, they will be easier to stamp.

*Maybe alcohol markers aren't the best choice as they can't be used with all kinds of ink and will cause the ink to run.

*Water color crayons may be another choice, although I didn't try them, so who knows?!?!

*Lastly, maybe it's not a good idea to decide to do this the night before you need them done.  LOL! Leave it to me to wait till the last minute.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have enjoyed seeing my eggs and maybe you have been inspired to try something different and new.

Take that leap, experiment, try different techniques and supplies. 

You never know what you'll discover.

Leave a comment if you wish and maybe tell me something different that you have tried.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

QKR Stampede March Blog Hop

Hello hoppers!

If you have come from 

Jessica's blog,

 you are on the right track.

If not, you may want to go back to the beginning where you will find links to  all the blogs that are participating in this hop. 

We have some wonderful design team members who have some inspiration for you that you won't want to miss.

Our theme this month is 'Birds" and I chose this adorable little "Happy Duckling" (#6807) from QKR Stampede for my card.

I decided that I just wanted to showcase this cute little guy on a clean and simple gift card.  I stamped Happy Duckling onto white card stock and yellow card stock.  I fussy cut the duckling and adhered it to the white card stock.  Very simple, very quick to make and perfect to go with a gift.

The "Happy Birthday" greeting is from the "Happy Birthday" set (#22803) also from QKR Stampede.

I hope you will stop in to the QKR Stampede store and see what stamps you might like that can be used for so many different occasions.

Now you will hop on to

Kristine's Blog

where I'm sure you will find something wonderful.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!