Ready for a good laugh? My creative baking effort…
I was really feeling ambitious for Easter projects, so decided to create these…
chick cake-pops – cake on a stick.
These are the originals by Bakerella
These were created by my friend Sue
Pretty impressive, eh? I was inspired, but couldnt find the candy coated chips (used for the beak & wings).
Don't laugh too hard…these are mine
Presentation is everything, right? (that's my son's Easter basket)
My son loved my version and thought they were great, so that's all that really matters. I figure if I keep practising I may be able to produce half decent ones by next Easter…. Have to work on my "dipping" technique. Oh, and I have a year to find those candy coated chocolate chips for the wings & beaks.
Then again, perhaps I should stick to papercrafting.
Easy Peasy Seed Packets
These are the seed packet holders I demonstrated on CH Morning Live last week. Essentially, it's a flattened tube of paper around the seed packet – just fold the paper around the packet like you would fold a letter, and secure with adhesive. Punch a hold in the top (the Crop-a-dile goes through multiple layers with ease!) Thread ribbon through the hole, then slide the packet into the tube, pushing the ribbon down. Once it's in the tube, tie a knot in the ribbon, and the recipient just pulls up on the ribbon to reveal the seed packet. We made it a bit fancier with a "belly band" of cardstock and stamped images from the Occasions Mini set Oval All, and punched out with the yummy new scalloped oval punch, also featured in the Occasions Mini.
Don't forget that if you order $50 worth of product from the Occasions Mini, you get a free "Under $12" item from the Idea Book & Catalogue! (page 208)
ALSO – Today is the last chance for the special pricing for Stampin' Saturday! Saturday April 18th will be a fun afternoon of stamping and creating (oh, and shopping….). Contact me to reserve your spot!
Happy Easter
Re-sharing this Easter card that was made last year. The background was done by creating a cross out of scrap paper, and sponging in an outward direction around it. The sentiment was gold embossed on vellum and tied in place with ribbon.
I hope you have a great Easter and get to spend time with people you love.
My son & I spent yesterday colouring eggs and creating more nugget bunnies for the place settings for dinner tonight!
Don't forget that you can still get the special pricing for Stampin' Saturday (this Saturday April 18th!) until Monday. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Decorated Chocolates
These are some of the projects from my CH Morning Live appearance.
The bunny nugget…a Hershey's nugget wrapped in a white address label. Stick a pompom on the end, and stick the face on the other! I used Stampin' Up!'s 1-3/8" circle punch for the head, the large and small oval punches for the ears, the 3/4" circle punch for the jowls and the large hole punch of the crop-a-dile for the eyes and nose. We're making a bunch of these for the Easter table setting!
A variation of the bunny, this time with whiskers and a body from the 1-3/4" circle punch, adhered to a peppermint patty
A chick, same punches for the body and head as the bunny, with wings cut from the 5 petal flower punch and a free hand cut beak. (I know, it's shocking, me cutting a shape with scissors….since I love my punches so much). Again, on a peppermint patty.
A sheep! Body is the scallop circle punch, head is cut from 3 petals of the 5 petal flower punch. Eyes were drawn on with the Signo white gel pen.
Again, on a peppermint patty, but these could easily be applied to a folded cardstock and used for place settings, or a quick spring card!
Hope you enjoyed – there's still time to whip a few of these up before Easter dinner!
CH Morning Live – Special Offer
If I've scheduled this correctly, it will show up just as I'm getting set to go on air for CH Morning Live.
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Stampin' Saturday is Saturday, April 18th, from noon until 3 pm at Tansley United Church in the loft (accessible by stairs or elevator) at 2111 Walkers Line in Burlington. Cost is $35 to create 6 cards (2 each of 3 different designs) and two 3D projects. The cost includes all supplies plus snacks. Bring your cash, though – there will also be the rubber garage sale table featuring retired Stampin' Up stamp sets and accessories, plus other crafting goodies. There are also incentives for signing up to host a workshop or becoming a demonstrator that day!
My CH Morning Live Special – receive $10 off the current registration price for Stampin' Saturday! That's only $25!!! This price is valid until Monday, April 13th at midnight.
Click here to register (secure payment by credit card through Paypal)
New Design
Playing around with my blog design….feedback on this template??
Remember – CH Morning Live, around 8:50 am I'll be on air showing some Easter / Spring crafty things (many involving chocolate!!). Check the blog afterwards for a limited time special!
Easter card
Not too late to create an Easter card… This one features the set A Good Egg and is a variation on one from the Easter Baskets class. We stamped the chick in stazon black, coloured him in roughly with watercolour crayons and then used the blender pen to spread and smooth the colour. The ribbon is the white organza ribbon – love it!
Don't forget to watch on CH Morning Live on Friday morning when I'll be showing some other Easter / spring ideas. Be sure to check the blog as there may be something special here too… plus I'll post the link to the video if you're outside the viewing area.
Do you “tweet”?
I am on Twitter – user name yamstamps – if you are, too, please follow me! If you click on the picture, it should take you to my Twitter page. For those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, it's basically just a short blurb about what's going on in my world. (Kind of like Facebook Status Updates, without the rest of the Facebook stuff!)
See you in cyberspace!
Window Sheets video
There's a new video featured on my Stampin' Up! site – showing the new window sheets featured in the Occasions Mini catalogue. Check it out!
Also – it's been confirmed – I'll be on CH Morning Live again this Friday showing Easter projects – so tune in, and be sure to check the blog that day because I'll have some specials to share!
