Non-Card Spring Swap!

It is time for the first ever Inky Fingers Non-Card Spring Swap.  You may recall my post show casing the card swap I am doing with a small group of other Stampin' Up! demonstrators, we do the card swap every other month and on the month we do not swap cards we are doing an optional virtual non-card swap.  Which means we share a non-card project made with the same theme via my blog.  So I am here to show you four Spring/Easter projects from my Inky Fingers Swap group.  

I will start with my project, I decided to go totally easter.  The idea started when I spotted a bucket a got a year or so back and had planned to alter it in some way.  And since I am so in love with scrunchie flowers I decided to go crazy with them!!

I made 11 Scrunchie Flowers using the same method in my tutorial but, I used the Fancy Flower punch and instead of a pop up glue got holding all the layers I used tombow liquid glue, it makes a little flatter flower.  It is a little more time consuming, but worked better for me in this case as I was making so many and did not want to use that many glue dots. They are attached to the bucket with a pop up glue dot.  

I wanted to keep the bucket simple so I added just a few rub ons from the Perfect Day set (retired). I filled the bucket with eggs made from the largest oval on the Ovals die.  They are dressed up with Eggcellent Eggs Kit!  Under the egg is a little match book style candy holder (I saw this idea somewhere on the www). 

The eggs came out so cute! Each time I made one I thought, THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE, then I made another and thought the same thing.  Having the kit with patterned strips, die cuts, rub ons and rhinestones made it a breeze to decorate them! 

Here is the match book opened up, did you know chocolate bunnies hatch from Easter Eggs, yeah, it's true!!!

Here are the measurements for the match book: 

6-1/2" x 1-1/4"

Scored at 1/2", 3-1/4" and 3-3/4"

Staple the 1/2" flap close to the bottom to create the "match book".  I added "grass" to the little flap to cover the staple and tuck my egg into!  

I am so excited to set this out for an Easter decoration.  I love the eggs so much I think I will save them and add new chocolates for next year.  

N O W!!!  Are you ready for some more inspiring creations!?! 

Let's check out Patty's Peppermint Patty Easter Treat Bag :

This Eggcoutrements stamp set from the Occassions mini is perfect for this idea.  

Patty made these in other fun Easter colors as well.  They would make a great addition to an Easter basket or as a treat for a teacher or friend!  Thanks Patty!

So, you know GREAT MINDS think a like!  Check out Julie's easter creation: 

An altered tin with decorated eggs, using the Eggcellent Eggs Kit, why does that sound familiar?  I love this!  I especially like her addition of the butterflies!  

Last but not least lets take a look at what Georgie cooked up on My Digital Studio:

It's the April page from her calendar!  I love MDS for creating calendars!  This really helps set the mood for spring.  I might need to make a calendar like this for my stamp room!  Super cute Georgie!

I hope you are inspired and feeling ready for Spring and Easter!  

Stay tuned, on the 31st I will be announcing the winners of my Inky Fingers Spring/Easter Challenge!! There is still time to play along and WIN, find all the details here!      

Happy Stampin' 

Carrie

Comments

[JulieA]

I love what everyone else made, too! How fun! And really funny that we both made Easter eggs...and it was super easy with those great egg kits.