Happy April, happy spring/summer, more bunnies

Oh my another new month; meant to change my blog template with each new month, and here it is the 3rd already and I'm just getting around to doing it (or is it the 4th already?) Well at least we don't have snow here - lots of bunnies though!  Our dog loves going for walks because she always sees some bunnies....this past week on one of our walks, there were SIX all sitting together across the street, and I got a pic....See if you can count the 6 bunnies (they are the big grey & white spots here).  It was really hard for Inu to just sit and look at them - good practice for her self-control and distraction for agility classes LOL.

Happy Easter, more skirt cards

Well it is officially Easter here - depending on your time zone...Been planning how to set up my craft/sewing/spare guest room. Now to actually do it - in the meantime I made 8 more of those darlin' side wrap apron/skirt cards - polka dots (love anything with polka dot!) and sunflowers (which I have grown fond of even with allergies).  Since these were for the other gals in my SU downline group, they are completely made with current Stampin Up products.  I didn't have any colored brads so used the rhinestone brads to put a little bling on them....hmm, maybe I will do up some with more bling on them in the future.  Here are the polka dot cards:

And here are the sunflower skirt cards -  isn't that pretty how I used the "opposite" colors for the embellishments?  Although I LOVE purple AND polka dots, the turquoise card with the soft suede is my favorite...It looks really really better in real life - Which one do you like best?  Post a comment/choice with your email address and I will email you my pattern/directions for the card.

Happy bunny day!!

Easter ideas: Chicks made with bird punch

Oh gee whiz, Easter comes early this year, and I am busy moving and getting set up, unpacking, all that stuff...but want to send out some Easter cards, so was looking at some Easter ideas that other stampers and cardmakers, etc. have done.  Here are some of the cute Easter projects I ran across - the first one is by the lady who made the chickadees that I posted pics of before.  Here is her site in case you want to see a great detailed tutorial on it:  http://annscreativemoments.com/2010/03/28/easter-chicks-with-the-bird-punch/

Pam (see right side of my blog for her info - http://www.etsy.com/shop/all4fiberarts) has a really cute Easter bunny, as well as a Easter sheep - here is a pic of the bunny - don't you just want to give it a little squeeze...

And look at this adorable bunny baby shoe - I bought the pattern since a good friend of mine had a baby, but the document is password protected and I forgot what the password is, so have to find out again - don't you just hate when you do that...

And here is more awesome bunny card that I got in last month's swap - look at all the work and details in it:

I did manage to mail out 2 Easter card and Easter bags to family last week, but have 2 other very special friends that I want to send an Easter card to....thinking of them as they head out in their RVs.  Have a great week y'all!

Bunny Easter treat bags

I love those marshmallow treats, and love the color purple - so when I saw these purple bunny marshmallow treats I just had to get them....After sampling them (can't eat just one you know) I made up some Easter treat bags for them and use the Stampin Up two-step bird punch.  This punch is so cute and versatile - this project was super easy and quick with no stamping.  Those are purple foil wrapped dark chocolate eggs in the treat bag with the purple bunny - maybe I should have made the treat tag and bird in shades of purple too!  These are almost too cute to open and eat....almost....good thing I gave them all away - guess what happened to the leftover marshmallow bunnies??!! 

Stampin Up also sells some adorable felt flowers and I used them to make up some beautiful jumbo paper clip holders - I think I will have to keep one for myself they are so pretty.

Two more cute side wrap skirt cards- "bold" theme?

I made up two more of those adorable side-wrap skirt/apron cards that we all love - thanks for all who asked about them!  And for all your compliments, etc.  These were done for an AZ card swap where you are suppose to do a "bold" theme....So I tried to include some bright colors that I wouldn't normally do....they are made out of Stampin Up retired reversible DSP so you could make the card reverside, right?  have a look see:

Stamp event - lots of fun here

The ladies that coordinated the stamping event Spring Fling this weekend did an awesome job and we made lots of beautiful projects.  Here are pictures of some of the items we got to make - a banner, a post-it-note drawer set, a butterfly box of cards, a cube memo/pic/calendar holder, and a paperweight (that is actually a clear stamp holder): 

There were some great project demonstrations - here are pictures of the milk carton variations (bunny box, teapot, candy holder), flowers, and buttons made from cardstock that were demonstrated:

Others brought samples of the cards and projects that they had made too - lots of wonderful items - here are some of them:

Can't you tell I had a fun, inspiring, and relaxing day??!