Hi Everyone,
I know that I am in a funk when I don't want to craft. When I got up this morning I decided to figure out a way to help get myself and others to move out of that funk. I decided I would make some bookmarks that have positive and "thinking of you" messages on them.
I'll share the details of my bookmarks with you, but remember you can easily adapt them to your needs and interests.
All of my bookmarks are 6" long. Most of them are 2.25" wide. Now I realize that if I made them just 2" wide I would get 12 instead of 10 out of a sheet of 12" x 12" paper, but I wanted to leave room for the "stitched" paper I added to each bookmark. You figure out what width works for you. I rounded the corners of each bookmark.
I stamped images and sentiments onto a "stitched" paper that I cut with a die I have from Lawn Fawn.
I added a tassel to some of the bookmarks. I threaded beads onto some of the tassels. I added a threaded charm to other bookmarks. You could always just add some twine to the bookmarks or don't add anything at all.
Look through your stamps and papers to find ones that suit your interests or the interests of the people who will receive the bookmarks from you.
You might want to laminate the bookmarks when you have finished creating them. Or use contact paper to cover them. Or just leave them as they are.
Hugs!
Good Morning,
One of the crafters I follow on the Internet is The Paper Pixie. She shares a variety of great ideas for cards and other paper crafting projects. Last year she showed us how to make a mini tote that holds 2 Hershey's Mini Chocolate Bunnies. I made some of them for my friends and family. Here is the link for her video tutorial for making those totes.
I purchased my Easter candy many weeks ago and bought Ghirardelli Mini Bunnies. When I went to create mini totes for them last night, I discovered that the packaging for those bunnies is slightly taller than the packaging for the Hershey bunnies. So I played around and came up with measurements for a mini tote that will hold 2 Ghirardelli Mini Bunnies.
If you watch the Paper Pixie's video and study her template for the tote you will learn how to create a tote for 2 Hershey's mini bunnies. You may even want to make one of them just so you see how it looks. Once you understand how to make them you can follow her directions, but use my measurements to create a tote for 2 Ghirardelli mini bunnies.
Here are my adjustments.
Cut paper to 2.25” x
10.5”
Score along the 2.25” side at ½” and 1.75”.
Score along the 8.5” side at 1.25”, 1.75”, 5.25”, 8.75”, and
9.25”.
Score along both sides of the 8.5” side at 3” down to the
horizontal score line.
Hope these adjustments help those of you who have Ghirardelli mini bunnies instead of Hershey mini bunnies.
Take care.
Hi Everyone,
I am trying to concentrate on the things I would be thinking about under normal conditions. For me that would be Marie's upcoming birthday and Easter. I am not even sure that the 5 of us will spend Easter together, but I still want to have treats for my family. Fortunately, I picked up candy weeks ago.
There is certainly nothing wrong with simply placing treats in Easter baskets, but I usually embellish those treats in some way. I wanted to dress up small packages of Brach's Tiny Jelly Bird Eggs so I decided to create a wrapper for them. Since we all love to hold the new baby in our family I decided to add a paper bunny holding a mini Lindt chocolate bunny to the front of the holders.
Here's a view of the side of the holder.
Depending upon what you use for the candy inside of the holder you may have to change the measurements, but here's what I did.
Cut a piece of patterned tag so that it measures 3.5" x 12". Score at 4", 5", 9", and 10". Fold along all score lines. I used border punch to decorate the shortest fold. Then I stapled a bag of candy inside the holder and stapled the holder so it was closed. I used my Cricut to cut some bunnies for the front of the packages. I put a mini Lindt chocolate bunny in the paper bunny's arms.
This was a quick and easy project once I figured out the measurements that I needed.
Take care. Focus on the blue skies and sunshine we are seeing today.
Hi Everyone!
I have been spending my time creating birthday gifts for my daughter and treats for Easter baskets. Today I'd like to share an idea for wrapping Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bunnies. They are sold in a package of 6 bunnies. I have been creating these wrappers for years and I am not sure where I originally found the idea.
For each bunny you will need a piece patterned paper that is 4" tall by 5" wide. Score the paper at .5", 2.25", 2.75" and 4.5 ". Use a 1 3/8" circle punch or one that is close to that size to punch a hole in the paper where the bunny's face will peek through.
Fold along the score lines. Attach a piece of Scor-tape along the edge of the fold at the 4.5" mark. Place the bunny in the wrapper and tape the wrapper together.
I used washi tape to decorate the top and bottom edges of the wrapper. Enjoy!
Hi Everyone!
I hope that all of you are doing well. Happily as far as I know my family and friends are healthy. I am hoping that all of us will stay that way.
I have been creating treats for my family's Easter baskets.
I used Annie's Cheddar Bunnies to make these "carrots."
The crackers are placed in some decorative triangular bags that were stored with my Easter decorations. However, many times I have used triangular cake decorating bags and they look very similar to these carrots. I put about 3/4" cup of crackers in each bag and tied them tightly with some patterned ribbon.
If you don't have cheddar bunnies maybe you have goldfish crackers which I have used many times. Or maybe you have some cheese balls or really any orange snack food you have will work.
Take care.
Hi Everyone,
Hope that you are all doing well and finding ways to entertain yourselves during these days of social isolation.
One of the people I follow on Instagram and her blog is thebakermama. She shares great ideas for food boards, snacks, and meals. She shared photographs and a recipe for an Easter Snack Mix that I just made for my family.
This mix is perfect for Spring and Easter. If you google thebakermama and the words "Easter Snack Mix" you will find her photographs and recipe. Now if you are not able to find the exact ingredients that she used please do not stress. Follow her recipe in terms of quantities and make any substitutions you need or want to use. Here are the ingredients I used.
By the way thebakermama released her first book a few months ago. It is called Beautiful Boards and is an awesome book. I refer to it over and over again when I am preparing food boards for my family and friends.
Take care.
Hi Everyone!
I have a friend who turned 98 last week. Like many of us she has been housebound for weeks. She told me how much she enjoys studying and reading the cards that people have been sending her. After speaking with her I was motivated to work on my "thinking of you" cards.
This card is an easy one to create. The tulips and bow were created with a Martha Stewart paper punch. I used a die to create the little tag. The layering paper is embossed. Many of us love tulips which is why I chose them for this card, but you could use any punch that you have.
My friend and I are hoping that soon we will be seeing birds, bees, butterflies and flowers in our yards again. That conversation inspired me to create some "bee" cards. These bees were created from a Hero Arts stamp and die set. The sentiment was created with an Art C stamp.
Here are those same bees presented in a different way. The sentiment is from the Open Studio Bee Yourself stamp set.
This was another easy card to create. Many people send friends and family cards at Christmas, Valentine's Day and for their birthday. Why not send some cards just to brighten their day?
Take care.
