Indian Corn in a Basket

Thank goodness for all the talented Stampin' Up! ladies that I can learn from.  I just couldn't resist this one when I saw it on Connie Babbert's Inkspired Treasures.  I think you will love it as well!  Thank you Connie!

I decorated the leftover leaves from the Witching Decor Kit.

Sponge the cut ends and curl them with your bone folder.

Place them inside the Berry Basket made with the BigZ Die

  

Isn't this adorable!?  Think of it sitting on  your Thanksgiving table or perhaps just the "corns" on as a place setting at each plate.  

Have fun with it!

~ Donna

Mother's Day Basket Card

While my Mom is watching over me from Heaven, I still have a Mother-in-Law that I want to do something special for.  I thought a berry basket filled with flowers would be nice, they don't wilt and don't require watering.  Perfect!

Also, since hubby is delivering the card, I don't have to worry about the bulk of the card.  Yayy!

Recipe:  Berry Basket (half of a basket) in Crumb Cake and inked with Soft Suede using the Hardwood background stamp.
Flowers:  Flower Shop stamped and punched.  Colors:  Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral.  I added some of the Large Rhinestones that I had leftover because they are the perfect size.  
Card base:  Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana.
Sentiment:  Teeny Tiny Wishes

I added some additional flowers inside to give it a bit of color.

Thank you for looking in.... I have to run... it's time to put my pre-order in.... ack!  Don't want to miss that!  Time to think NEW STAMP CATALOG!  More info on the horizon!

Happy Tuesday!

~ Donna

A Tisket, A Tasket...

I wanted to give a little something cute to my boss for Easter and decided I wanted to make her one of our cute Berry Baskets.  I wanted it to be a little stronger than just with card stock so I checked out our Clearance Rack and found that Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper is still available there for $5.19 - quick go grab some!

The Under the Tree DSP is extra heavy for making boxes and is perfect for making these cute Berry (aka Easter) Baskets.  I cut out the DSP and some of our pretty papers from Sale-a-Bration - Cut two of each using the Berry Basket Bigz Die.

 

At first I glued the pretty DSP to the entire piece of cardstock DSP and found it didn't fold and line up very well.  So on my second attempt (the one shown in this post) I only glued the bottom of each section together and then glued the two together but didn't use glue any where else.

 

 



After putting the basket rim together, I stapled it to the top edges and they lined up perfectly.  When I glued them, they didn't line up well at all. 

I made a bow with the Bow Builder Punch, using the leftover DSP and added it to a doily that I folded over the edge.

It's empty for now, but on the way to work tomorrow - after my dreaded blood draw - ugh! I plan to stop and find something cute to put inside.

Thank you for looking in today.  If you are traveling for the Easter weekend, please be safe and remember the real meaning of this special holiday.

Happy Easter Weekend!

~ Donna

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Berry Basket Bunny

Saturday was Mary Fontes' Stampin' Up workshop at my house and we had such FUN!  Want to see our Bunny Basket?

Here it is!  Adorable, right?  I just love punch art and it seems every year we figure out new ways to make a new bunny.  Here is my version for this year.

I was going to go to the store and get big white pom-pom's but thankfully Brittney suggested using cotton balls, which I already have in the house! Yay!  I cut them into thirds and they were a perfect fit.  They attach nicely with a big glue dot or several of our small ones.

Don't you just love his/her little feet?  So cute!

A tip on putting your bunny into the basket, adhere the front of the bunny inside the basket first, then turn it around and put on the feet by attaching them to the 2 1/2" Circle punch and then attach the tail, er, I mean, cotton ball!  :)

Here are the punches you need to make the bunny.  You should be able to click on the picture below to see larger image.

For our workshop, not only do I have this sampler for the girls, but I also have each of the punches marked with a sample of cardstock and the number they need to punch of each color.

 

Below is a video on YouTube from Stampin' Up!  Great instructions for putting it together.  SO easy!  We actually put ours together with Sticky Strip instead of staples, each one works fine.

 

*If you are reading this from email, go directly to my blog to see the video and links for my store.

 

 

One last little tip, when you put your bunny face on, stack two dimensionals together for a little bigger 3-D effect.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this cute little basket and give it a try yourself.  Just click on any of the items below to go to my store.  (If you are reading this in an email, go to my blog to see the store links and possibly the YouTube video.

 

Thank you for looking in today!

 

~ Donna

 



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Berry Basket, or is it Beary Basket?

Here is another adorable project we made at our weSTAMP Regional event on Saturday.  I've been trying to resist this Berry Basket Bigz Die, but I don't think I'm going to be able to now!

Is this the cutest basket you have seen?  I think I love it so much because every summer my Mom and I would go to my Great Aunt Annie's farm in Indiana and we would always have blackberries and especially strawberries to pick.  Aunt Annie always had these "old fashioned" baskets and these really remind me of them.

They are SO easy to put together.  A couple of glue dots on the border (pink here) and a couple of staples on each side of the basket and it's done!  Just fill and enjoy!  After decorating, of course!

On the front of the basket is the adorable bow made from the new Bow Maker Punch - so cute using the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack.  Just remember when putting your bow together, if your pattern needs to be running the same way (such as these hearts), you'll want to turn your paper upside down and punch an extra "tail" piece so the hearts will be upright. 

 

Thank you for looking in today.  I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

 

~ Donna

 

 

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