Easter Bags and DIY Washi tape

HAPPY EASTER!

 Thought I would pop in with some holiday bags I made in place of baskets.  I was inspired by CAS-ual Fridays Funny Bunny Challenge.  First up is the bunny face bag.

 Where do I begin with this one?!!  First I added the stripe paper at the top.  The bow tie was cut with a Cricut cartridge. The flower is a cricut/ papertrey ink die mesh.  The ears were free hand cut then sponged with color. 

 I kept it simple on the back with the stripe paper and a cotton ball tail.

 For the next bag I went with a view from behind and a fun tag.

 

I free handed the shapes and sponged them with some Amuse Slate to help it pop off the bag.  This tail is bigger and I added some color to it.  I also added a bit of pink to the bent ear.  It was a hit with my niece.

Above are some of the Easter nuggets I made.  I covered them with clear/frosted labels and washi tape.  I had the blue green stripe and green polka dot but wanted some pink to pull it all together.  Since I didn't have any I decided to make some.  Below is a picture tutorial on how ...

Happy Easter

This past week was Spring Break and boy did it fly by.  I hope everyone had a joyous celebration. I can't believe it is already April.  We'll be out of school and lounging by the pool in no time. 

Today I have some Easter projects to share.  First up are some chocolate covered Peep bunnies that Sophie made for the treat bags.  This was a fun activity and the kids all loved them.

It's easy to do.  Just put the peeps on a stick, coat with melted white chocolate, and add the confetti eyes and nose.  It did take a while to separate the confetti.  Thank goodness for small hands!  

On to the treat bags.

Last is a basket I made.  I saw the pattern and decided to give it a try.  I had visions of making one for each of the kids but ran out of time (hence the above Easter bags :).

I decorated each side a little differently.  The basket was sturdy and a good size.  I used a 9x9 piece of card stock.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Rebecca

  Supplies

Papertrey Pals Easter Challenge

Today is the reveal of our Easter projects over at the Papertrey Pals blog and I can't wait to see what everyone made!  For my project, I chose to decorate boxes of candy for each of the kids and wrap up a coordinating gift.

The gift is yellow tissue paper covered with white tissue paper and then bound with a strip of Lemon Tart paper and raffia.  I used PTI Mat Stack 4 to cut the label.  

CAS but still cute.

The boxes came from the dollar tree.  12 for a buck!  You can't beat that.  I used a different tool to add the background colors.  It is a Clear Snap Colorbox RolTap.  My stampin' buddy and Aunt turned me on to this a few years ago.  She found them at a convention but I posted an online link above.

 

The ends of the tool are dense foam rollers.  You tap it on the ink pad and then roll away.  For the girls, I chose pink, yellow, & orange for the main colors and layered in no particular direction.  I added a bit a blue, purple or green where needed.  I was going for a soft plaid.

The circle shapes are cut from PTI Limitless Layer Dies 1 & 2.  I couldn't decide between the big or small so I used them both!  The bunny images are from last year - Stampendous Luv Bunnies. 

For the one boy box, I tried to make the plaid more pronounced.  The colors are darker blue, yellow & orange.  I cut off the existing handles and added a paper one.

Hope you are inspired to get ready for Easter.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Rebecca

 It's late in the day, but I just watched the Make it Monday video and had to come back and edit this post.  It's like Betsy and I are cosmically connected!  HaHa!  I haven't used my Roltap in ages.  I just might make something else with it this week :)