Happy Good Friday! :) On sunday it will be easter; Easter is the springtime holiday marking the rebirth of Jesus and the renewal of the Christian faith. It is a blessed time for the faithful to celebrate the life, death and resurrection of the Savior... and a magical time for children to enjoy chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks and jellybean-filled Easter eggs!
I'm taking the weekend off my posts for this happy holiday(back monday). what about you? what're you up to ? whatever you're doing, have a good one yea?
Are you in love with bunnies as much as I am?? Beth was searching for bunnies over at the papertreyink forum a few days ago & totally inspired me to create these!! I took inspiration from Pine's post here. And I made them cuter (i think) *lol* Keep reading on, there're 2 cards I made with these little cuties as well as a video to show you how I made them. Here're the bunnies in their full glory (hint: you'll see one of them used for the Card Patterns sketch this saturday)
Ok, so what are bunnies without carrots you say? I handcut the carrot out (minus the stick for the old carrot & stick routine), adhered it with dimensionals & then tied some string around it. LOVE IT!!! The 'mixed messages' set from PTI worked perfectly for that sentiment on the tiny carrot. Papers are also from papertreyink. I also added a bigger bunny tail for this little cutie. (he's the big bunny boss of the lot)
I also created a little scene with the bunny hopping on this card. The clouds are from a Sassafras stamp set & the quotes are from 2 different Rubber Soul stamp sets. Also did some doodling on the card to make it look like the bunny is leaping, as well as hand cutting the grass patch.
These cards are sold! They pretty much went off the shelves as soon as I made them. That's how cute they are *lol* Totally tempted to make one now? Check out the video below, enjoy! Pls come back and share with me if you made some :)
I'm starting a little shop blog (still in construction) will let you know when it's up ;) A reason why I started a separate shop blog is because I don't wish to pollute this blog with too much 'buy me buy me now' things. I know that because I'm a reader myself & I wouldn't really like that. On the other hand, i'd like to make it easier for peeps to buy my cards as I do have peeps who are non-scrappers/cardmakers coming in here. So please bear with me *hugs all round*
In the meantime, here's the video hope you likey ;)
Hello there! How are you enjoying the Easter countdown so far? I've got something springy easter-ish lined up for you today :) Learn how to make this box from Lauren Meader's video here. I think i totally springed it up! This box is sold !
Those gorgeous papers are from Making Memories 'flower patch' line, ADORABLE! And you can probably use it for babies too ;) Anyhoos, back to the box. I made it to put a little planter inside, i actually bought the soil and all too! and some balsam flower seeds (totally easy to plant and maintain). It also helps that balsam seeds are larger so you don't have a cluster of them growing in the small planter. The 'fresh spring garden just for you' accent is from papertreyink's 'hatched for you set'.
Here's what it looks like inside, the sentiments are from papertreyink's 'life' set. Some new fors ya, I've got a special video just for you tomorrow. Here's a sneak peak!!:
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Hey there peeps! I'm so in love with tying bows like these at the moment, so I thought I'd share 2 cards with you that has the same type of bows on them :) And of course, they're easter-ish! Most of my cards are sold, thank you so much! This red one below is still available, if you'd like to purchase it email me at fetishforpaper(at)gmail(dot)com :)
Dimensions of the card is 3" by 4.25" & will come with an envelope and a custom envelope seal with your initial. Local postage (singapore) is free & USD$1 for other countries. The card is USD$3 :)
I made the above card with the intention on focusing on that GORGEOUS sentiment (stamp set's from the Rubber Soul deal i told you about few weeks ago buy 2 get 1!) & I think you could just make out images from Papertreyink's 'life' set stamped with versamark there. These bows are really simple to do, check out how from the video i made below. Just a quick note, use these on cards that have strip/s of ribbon adhered to them & then do the double bow separately and adhere with some Zip dry or fabric glue. I totally love working with satin ribbons for this technique, simply because they're easier to work with & they give off a nice, soft sheen look. You could make it with pretty much any ribbons though, I made the how-to video using some saddle stitched grosgrain :)Here's another card using a double bow:
This card is actually made from a piece of scrap cardstock I had lying around after cutting out a large circle from it. I used a piece of transparency from Hambly's (LOVE it!) & made it into a window card :) The cute little squirel & the sentiment is from this New clear dollar stamp set & the cardstock plus ribbon is from Papertreyink.
Here's a video to show you how I made the bows, it's a really quick one & prob has some shots out of the frame (darn!) but I think you'll get it haha.
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Have a great day, more cute things lined up for the next few days! :)
Hello peeps! Ever seen those cards that have beautiful verses/sentiments as the main feature on them? I tried to do one with a new technique today, kinda played around with my nestabilites & totally loving how the card turned out :) I got inspired by these cards from Nathalia castellon. I so loved them I had to try it out and make one i can call my own. Me likey so I hope you likey choo! I am so in love with the Cornish Heritage Farms 'scripture essentials I' stamp set, the verses are simply lovely! It helps that it's red rubber & unmounted too haha. There're 3 layers just on the main feature of the card itself (excluding the bottom layer & the card base), if you'd like a video on how I made this let me know & I'll make one for ya :) It could be a pretty long one though considering there're quite a few steps *lol* But hey, if you'll watch it I'll make it! Or I could do a shorter one showing you only the gist. Hmmm....
Anyhoo, do you have any fabourite sentiments/verses? Let them inspire you today!
Here's a closey up:
Yeap, i stuck those little pearl darlings one by one! I just had to, this card was screaming out to me for them :) The ripe avacado cardstock is also 'swissy dot' embossed plus some machine stitching too. I think I may be channelling Becca Feeken here, she's the goddess of romantic details i tell ya.
On another note, I was featured on CardoftheWeek.com! And a whole section to myself at that. I mean like, wow seriously I am SO honoured :)
Now I can officially use their 'i was featured on cardoftheweek' blinkie MUAHAHA! *hit me on the head pls someone*
SO here's a screen print thingy:
That's all for today, have a great Monday will ya! Come back tomorrow for tutorial tuesday, I've got some cards & a ribbon video tying thingy to share with ya ;)
card supplies: cardstock: papertreyink ripe avacado & lemon tart patterned paper: basic grey porcelain stamps: cornish heritage farm 'sciptures I' pearls: local store punch: ek success butterfly punch ribbon: local store others: oval scallops nestabilities,swiss dots embossing folder,cuttlebug, rangers gold fine detail embossing powder, the pink mean sewing machine
Easter just makes me happy, I mean seriously what is there not to like? chocolate, bunnies, cute stuff, God! :) Just wanna share this cute bunny box that I made using Papertreyink's 'bun in the oven' timeless template.
Got this idea from the templates creator extraordinaire Lauren Meader, seriously that woman is Talented & a work horse too! She's got a video up to teach you how to make one exactly like this, find that here.
I know it says 'Hoppy Birthday' but it's a bunny & it's still Easter-ish *lol*
No idea what I'm going to put in there, little chocolate eggs perhaps? I'm just switch out the sentiment I guess :)
Still on the topic of Easter, aren't these the cutest EVER?? They're cake pops and I found these cuties over at Bakerella, I need to make me some!! She's got recipes up for them too, although I must say they're too cute to eat :)
And here's another cutie pie! Introducing my baby Teddy :) Since he's a staple in my room when i craft, I thought it's about time he made an appearance *lol* I made that little ribbon for him, personalised with a little 'T' alpha bead too! Isn't he just the cutest? I adopted him when he was 5 months old (this was in april last year) & he's been stuck with me ever since. Anyhoos, this is what he looks like when he wants to make sure you know he's there :)
I'm excited for Easter, I'm planning to go this event next friday! So if you're Singapore and you're going to be there, yeay for you!
Let's start a little Easter Countdown, shall we? It's the week leading up to Easter & every post (except tomorow's post for Card patterns) will be different projects & cards that is simply made for Easter :) Remember, most of these are available for sale so if you'd like to purchase them please let me know!
So let's start off with this card:Flowers are from papertreyink's 'garden of life' & stamped with hybrid fresh snow ink onto acetate. It takes AGES to dry them with the heat gun, so unless you're impatient like me you might just want to let it dry overnight.
So loving that gorgeous vintage cream satin ribbon from Papertreyink, have to re stock more of them soon! The background is stamped with PTI's 'basic backgrounds: retro'.
Come back tomorrow for sketch #9 from Card Patterns & a video!
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I'm taking the weekend off my posts for this happy holiday(back monday). what about you? what're you up to ? whatever you're doing, have a good one yea?
