Easter Cards

These were the only 2 Easter cards I made this year. The chocolate themed one was made with an Ellison die (eggs) a Cuttlebug embossing folder (Paisley - white circle) and a stamp. The white circle and pink frame were cut with a Cuttlebug die. This turned out to be a really good match in size for my Giga Scallop punch.

The Cross card was made by embossing 2 pieces of white card (one oblong, one round) with the Cuttlebug floral frenzy folder. I cut a cross from the middle of the circle with an Ellison die. I mounted the circle on foam pads to lift it up. The 'black' bits are actually mirror card, it always scans as black. I was very careful to match the patterns of the circle and base. I think it would also have worked with a mirror card circle, but I wanted something really simple.

More Easter Goodies

These jars started life as Gold Blend coffee jars. They are quite small and when they were empty and washed I thought they would look lovey filled with mini eggs. The paper was in my large collection of patterned paper that never gets used, but I thought I would push the boat out this once! The 'ribbon' around the jar and lid is actually strips of chocolate velvet paper. I don't know where I got it from, but I wish I had bought more than 1 sheet! I cut out a flower from the paper and stuck it to a nestabilities circle for the top of the lid. For added texture I punched out small circles of the velvet and stuck these over the dots on the flower. The tags were cut with a sizzix die and stamped with some java chalk ink. I had some iridescent elastic pink string which came free with a magazine last year and it was just the thing to attach the label to the jar. After Easter the tags can be removed and the jars reused for storage.

Easter Bunnies

These were my Easter gifts for people this year. I got the pattern from Crafts Beautiful and then changed it slightly adding tabs which interlocked underneath the bunny so that each bunny held a cream egg inside. (My older niece and nephew also go a crisp £5 tucked in there as well!).

I loved the colours of this gingham card which I got from the Payper Box stand at the Cheltenham Craft show. I always buy a selection from these stands and then wish that I had bough more of a certain pattern or colour. This time it was the gingham as I have used almost all of it up.