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Fable Friends Bunny Easter Basket

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Fable Friends Bunny Easter Basket

Today is the first day of spring, the earliest first day of spring since 1896, so here is a Fable Friends Easter Basket to celebrate! These are so easy to make you could make a ton now in your “free time”!

This is the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper and I liked the Pool Party stripe paper for the basket. And then you can see the floral pattern on the inside of the basket.

The bunny is stamped from the Fable Friends Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog. I love that bunny! I colored his fur and jacket with Stampin’ Blends and then die cut him with a Layering Oval die, then layered on a scalloped oval die. Don’t think I picked the correct color for the scalloped oval to match the inside of the basket but it’s fine!

Just use a 6″ x 6″ square of paper and score at 2″ and 4″. Turn the paper and score again at 2″ and 4″. Then on opposite sides, cut up to the scored horizontal line. Round the four corners if you wish with the Detailed Trio Punch. In the rough (?) diagram below, you can see how you score all the lines like a “tic tac toe”, then cut on the red lines up to that horizontal score line. Then crease and fold on all the lines and begin assembling the basket.

Fold on the score lines and overlap the sides of the basket. You don’t have to be exact on the placement, just try to have both sides pretty much the side. Either adhere with strong glue or use Metallic Brads. Back in the day we were really into brads of all kinds so you probably have some in your stash, but Stampin’ Up! does also carry the Metallic Brads. You can see the sides of my basket in the photo below and I did not put a lot of effort into getting them into some perfect shape!

Fable Friends Easter Basket Back

Last year I made several baskets in one post and you can see those ideas and directions HERE.

I think it just feels better to know that it is spring now! Spring is a happier season, things start growing and blooming, the weather is nicer, we are outdoors more. Look through your designer paper and make a few spring or Easter baskets to brighten up your home. You couldn’t have to put a bunny or anything on the side. You could use cardstock to make the basket and add designer paper on some of the squares. You could just tie on a tag or put a pretty bow on the handle. The handle, by the way, is just a strip of cardstock, probably cut about 1/2″ or 3/4″ wide and however long you would like it. It’s a simple project and would be fun and easy to make if you have kids at home now! Or just make it for yourself! Use larger paper for a larger basket! Maybe I will try that myself! Try your hand at a spring basket like my Fable Friends Bunny Easter Basket!

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Fable Friends Bunny and His Basket

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Fable Friends Bunny and His Basket

There’s still a little bit of time for Easter bunnies, so here is the cute Fable Friends Easter Bunny and his basket! I wanted to make a gray bunny for a change and I found a way to make some small Easter eggs with a punch!

The other day I discovered that I could use the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch. I just punched out the bulb and trimmed off the little thing on the end. Voila! You have an Easter egg! I just grabbed some scrap cardstock and designer paper to punch out some eggs, even one stamped heart! Instead of laying in the scrap heap, it is now an Easter egg!

The card base is Pear Pizzazz to coordinate with the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper layer. I liked the look of the leaves as if the bunny is out in the forest with his Easter basket!

The bunny is stamped in Memento Ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends markers. Love those! I originally thought I would cut out the bunny, but then I thought he might not show up very well so I left him on the Whisper White paper and added the basket. The basket is just a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. The grass is first stamped with a tiny little grass stamp in the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set. I have actually used this grass stamp a lot! Then I filled in with a Stamping Blends marker. I used Mossy Meadow ink with the stamp and Pear Pizzazz marker. I also sponged a little Balmy Blue ink in the background for some sky. The plain white looked too stark.

The greeting is in the Fable Friends Stamp Set, along with other greetings you can use for other occasions. I used the Tailored Tag Punch to finish off the ends of the greeting. I’m not sure that was the best choice but it’s okay. I used some Gold Faceted Gems for an embellishment. I’m so glad this stamp set is carrying over! It will be great for baby cards also!

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If you own the Fable Friends Stamp Set, make a fun bunny card today and give it to someone on Easter!

Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke

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Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke

The other day I saw a card online that reminded me of this Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke! I knew I had the Chocolate Bunny Stamp from several(?) years ago and I was able to find it in my huge stash of old retired stamps! Even though it is retired, I couldn’t resist using it for a little Easter funny!

I suppose everyone jokes about which part of a chocolate bunny they bite off first—the rear or the ears! I think I eat the ears first! The important thing is that you HAVE a chocolate bunny to eat at Easter time! I suppose there are less solid chocolate bunnies nowadays than the “empty” ones. Either one is delicious as long as it is chocolate!

You might have noticed that the stamp has the bunny facing one direction, but my Easter card has one bunny facing the opposite direction. So how was this done? It is called “mirror image stamping”. There is a way to do this now with our Stamparatus and I was all ready to use my Stamparatus until I realized…..I had a wood-block stamp! So I went back to the “old-fashioned” technique of doing this.

To do this mirror image stamping, simply ink up the stamp well and stamp the image on a window sheet. Then use the window sheet like a stamp and place it on the paper. I was able to press and rub the image without smearing any ink underneath. The image will be slightly lighter than using the real stamp. On this particular mirror image, I was able to carefully, but not too perfectly, go over some of the lines with the Stampin’ Write Early Espresso Marker, the same color as the ink, just to make it a little darker.

The card is made with a card base of Early Espresso Cardstock with a layer of Pool Party. In order to make it stand out a bit more, I opted to add a layer of Whisper White Cardstock. The bunnies were stamped on Whisper White and cut out.

I had the Make a Difference Stamp Set out to use the letters to spell out the words I used, but I decided instead to just print out the words with the marker. The word bubble stamps are from an old Project Life stamp set. Once I noticed the spray of flowers stamp in the Make a Difference Stamp Set, I used that to stamp, with Versamark Ink, on the Pool Party background.

I have to say, even though I have been purchasing the clear-mount and photopolymer stamps since they came out, with rare exception, having that wood block stamp in my hand as I stamped the chocolate bunnies sure felt good! There is something very satisfying about holding that wood block, even though the other stamps have all their advantages.

I hope you got a laugh out of my Chocolate Bunny Easter card and this old joke that has been around for quite awhile!

Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick

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Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick

This Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick would be fun to make as a treat holder just using some dies and glue! Something a little bit different than a bunny! Make the paper crate, add some Easter grass or paper shred and put in some Easter candy! You have a little treat for someone or put it at each place setting on your Easter table for dinner.

To make the crate I used the Wood Crate Framelits Dies and the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. Just cut two pieces with the wood crate die. The die scores the paper as it cuts so all you have to do is crease and fold and assemble with some Multipurpose Glue. If you don’t own the Wood Crate Dies just make some other little basket or box by scoring and folding.

The chick is copied from one I made many years ago on THIS little Easter basket. Back then we had a Scalloped Circle Punch, but you can use the scalloped Circle Dies. For the wings, I just cut a scalloped circle into portions. I sponged all the pieces. For the little feathers on top of his head and for his feet, I just found some shapes on some dies that would work or maybe you could use the Blossom Builder Punch. Whatever you have with something resembling the shapes you need! The little beak is just cut by hand. The eyes are punched with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch and just colored with a black marker. The chick is adhered to the wood crate with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.

You can use whatever color card stock you like or other designer paper. Make the chick with whatever shapes you can punch or die cut. You can also add an Easter greeting on the front. It’s just a cute little treat idea for holding some Easter candy treats or for a little home decoration. Have fun making your own Easter treats to give to some family members, friends or neighbors!

Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch

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Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch

If you are looking for a fun and easy little basket, try this Small Easter Basket with the Scalloped Tag Punch. It is really easy to make and you can decorate it however you like. The Scalloped Tag Topper Punch makes cute sides with an opening for the handle, but if you didn’t have this punch, you could just leave the side as is, unpunched. I just love this cute little Easter candy I found! It looks so cute in a little basket! Some chocolate eggs would be nice, too!

It’s very easy to make this little basket! I used Calypso Coral Cardstock with a layer of Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper on the front and back sides. You could use whatever paper you like, or stamp the cardstock, heat emboss, or emboss with the Big Shot and a folder. Anything goes! To make the basket, cut two strips of cardstock 2″ x 7 1/2″ and punch one end on each strip with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Score at 3″ from the scalloped top and fold. Those will be the ends of the basket and you can adhere the bottom pieces together, one on top of the other.

Also cut two pieces of cardstock 2″ x 5 1/2″.  Score 1/2″ at each end. These pieces will be the front and back sides of the basket. If you are going to adhere designer paper or stamp or decorate these two pieces, it’s a good idea to do it before you assemble the basket. The designer paper pieces are cut at 1 3/4″ x 5 1/4″. Once you have everything ready, glue all the pieces together to form the basket.

For the handle, cut a strip 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Insert each end through the scalloped tag punch opening and glue to inside of basket. See photo of inside.

Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch Handle

Just to decorate the basket a little, I tied around a piece of Calypso Coral 3/8″ Satin Ribbon. You could make a little paper flower or add an Easter greeting or whatever you like!

Go get your “craft supplies” (chocolate candy!) at the store and then make some Easter baskets like this Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch.

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Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card

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Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card

It’s time to start making Easter cards like this Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card. Isn’t that bunny the cutest thing?! This is an easy card to make so you could make multiples and make lots of people happy to receive a card from you during the Easter season. The Fable Friends Stamp Set is great for Easter but you can also use it for other cards, like for a baby.

The card base is Lovely Lipstick with a layer of Whisper White under the designer paper which is from the All My Love Designer Series Paper. Don’t tell anybody, but I stamped the bunny on the middle part of the Whisper White paper, die cut it and then used that piece as the layer. Nobody will ever know that there is an oval hole in the Whisper White layer unless they take the card apart! You can save a little bit of paper this way although I don’t always think of doing that little trick.

The bunny is stamped in Memento Black Ink. This is the ink that works with the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I love to color with these markers! Just pick out whatever colors you like. The bunny is easy to color! This oval piece is layered on a scalloped oval Lovely Lipstick piece.

The ribbon is the Crumb Cake 3/8″ Classic Weave Ribbon . This ribbon has a very nice soft feel to it. I just tied a knot to keep it simple and popped the bunny up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is from the same Fable Friends Stamp Set and layered on a piece of Lovely Lipstick.

That’s it! That’s all there is to this easy Easter card using the Fable Friends stamp set. Easter is a month away so you have time to order this stamp set, add a few things, and reach $50 so you can take advantage of Sale-A-Bration! Get a free product with each $50 you spend. Don’t miss it!

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An Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks

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Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks

Here is a fun little Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks, one you may have made in the past to fill with candy. Easter is late this year, but it will still sneak up on us! Now is the time to start having fun making Easter cards to send and maybe some little projects for your Easter dinner or home decorations!

This small little basket is made with just a 6″ x 6″ piece of cardstock and pieces of designer paper. Score at 2″ and 4″ on each side so it ends up looking like a tic tac toe board with six sections. Then on each corner, score diagonally. You can do it easily with the Stampin’ Trimmer by lining up the top and bottom corners on the cutting track of the Trimmer. Don’t score all the way down the paper, just in that corner. That center piece will be the bottom of the basket. See photo below.

Candy Basket How to Score

This is what your paper will look like when it is all scored and creased.

Candy Basket Scored Piece

After the scoring is done, be sure to crease on all the score lines and just see how it is going to fold up into a basket when assembled. Note where the bottom is and put an X on the bottom with a pencil just so you know. Then cut and adhere pieces of designer series paper (or stamp on the cardstock) to each area. The squares will be 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″. Note that for the four pieces that will go on the corners must be cut diagonally in half and adhered on each half of that scored corner. You do not need a piece of designer paper for the bottom of the basket, that you have already marked.

Candy Basket with Designer Paper

To assemble the basket just fold up into a container shape, folding those diagonal corners in. The way the basket will stay together is by tieing the four corners together in the center. In order to do that, you will need to punch a hole in each corner. It’s probably best to do this after you adhere the designer paper, but you can do it to the plain cardstock and then just re-punch if needed. You can see the punched holes in the corners in the photo above if you look closely. Run some ribbon around through the holes and then pull and gather the corners to the center and tie the ribbon into a bow.

Candy Basket Top View

Add some shred or make your own by cutting very narrow strips of cardstock and crinkle with your hands or with a paper crimper. Then add your treats, like these chocolate Easter chicks!

Chocolate Candy for Easter

I spotted this candy at Home Goods and thought it would be perfect for Easter projects…..and it tastes good too!

My basket is made with Pineapple Punch Cardstock and Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper. If you are using a paper with a certain pattern, make sure you have each piece going the way you want it to go on the finished basket. The ribbon is the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon. The Easter greeting is stamped from the Fable Friends Stamp Set and die-cut with a die in the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies. If you didn’t have this die set you could just cut a rectangle or an oval for the front of the basket.

Candy Basket Full View

That’s how you make this Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks and anyone can do it, even with a larger piece of cardstock. Make one for a little Easter treat or decoration at your house!

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