A tisket, a tasket...a Woven Paper Basket!

Hello and happy Friday! With Easter just around the corner, I was inspired to create this woven Easter basket using a most wonderful tutorial by Miss Deb Felts over at Papercraft Planet. It really was not the daunting task I first thought it would be and Deb makes it very simple with her fabulous WOVEN BASKET TUTORIAL. I think the results are well worth the effort and it was a very enjoyable project to make!

I wanted to show a view of the inside of my basket so you can see how easy and pretty it is when you use a nice double-sided patterened paper. The papers I chose were Fancy Pants Designs "Garden Gate" from the Lilac House collection and Prima "Ferrulle" from the Alla-Prima collection. All off my stripes were inked with Bashful Blue SU! ink.

My Creative Time has the perfect sentiment for just about any project and I can't seem to ever go wrong with Teeny Tag Greetings stamp and stitched layer die set. With a bit of bakers twine and vintage ivory lace, along with 2 turquoise bling jewels, I think this tag is done! :)

And well, I just couldn't resist adding a few beautiful Prima roses to adorn the front of my basket--all I have to do is stick em on anything and they look exquisite!!!

I'm entering my woven paper basket into the following challenge:

The Poodles Parlour fortnight challenge, GOING DOTTY!

Party Time Tuesdays challenge #61- Anything Goes!

The Paper Shelter challenge #57- Easter card or project

Paper Sundaes challenge #113- Spring Blossoms!

The Papercraft Star challenge #90- Easter, a duck, a chick or an egg! (even though none are included on my basket, it is an Easter basket so I think it qualifies and if not, no worries) ;)

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you make a woven basket, please be sure to let me know--I would love to see it! xoxo

A Frilly, Flowery Spring Tag & A Circle Challenge!

Happy Monday! I made a Spring tag for a new blog I found called Pause Dream Enjoy- 52 Tags! thanks to a new blogging buddy Elaine. She has a blog  full of wonderful creations, Expressions By Elaine--thanks so much Elaine! Pause Dream Enjoy is dedicated to TAG challenges, which = FUN! This week is Frills & Flowers (Challege #8, Week 8) and what better way to celebrate these lovely elements than with Spring! Oh gosh, I can't wait for the warmer days to come--I can feel em, they're right around that ice covered corner! I'm seriously counting down the days til daylight savings time begins again! Ok, here's my tag!

 All cuts are from Once Upon A Princess Cricut cartridge (tag, chick and paper roses)

"Birthday Wishes" from MCT Teeny Tag Greetings best sentiment set ever in my humble opinion

tag base cuttled with Stylized Flowers embossing folder, chick with Swiss Dots, aqua paper DCWV, other: Provo Craft Neutrals paper palette collage pad, sponging Summer Sun SU!, small/lrg oval punches SU!, diamond stickles, prima flowers, teal bling Creative Impressions, velvet, grosgrain ribbon and lace trim all from Joann's

I also made a card for this week's Paper Sundaes challenge #109- Circles! I found this blog a weeks ago and have been hooked on their challenges ever since! I used my current favorite stamp set, MCT's Hello Spring and Fancy Frame stamp and die set, as well as Teeny Tag Greetings for the sentiment on the tag.

Thanks for stopping by! I will be making the rounds for some inspiration today so I hope you peeps have been crafting up a storm! Have a great day!

Laissez le bon temps rouler!

translation...Let The Good Times Roll! Hello and happy weekend!!! I know it's a bit early to start celebrating Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday falls on Feb. 21st) but when I saw this week's challenge over at A Muse Studio's Challenge Blog, make a card/project with the traditional colors of Mardi Gras, PURPLE-YELLOW/GOLD-GREEN, I simply had to join in the fun! Then I saw the new "Cooking With Cricut" challenge #73 using a really great sketch and Boom! That was all the inspiration I needed. So here is my card for these 2 aforementioned challenges and I hope YOU will join in the fun too!!

In addition to the sketch, you must choose any 3 of 9 different embellishments to add to your card, mine being brads, stickles and fibers/ribbon. The Cricut cut I used is from the Sentimentals cartridge and I found it to be perfect for Mardi Gras theme. "Celebrate" sentiment from MCT Teeny Tag Greetings

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a FABULOUS weekend friends!

A Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit Fantasy Land Challenge with Getting Cricky!

Wow, just the title alone is a mouthfull lol! This was such a fun combo of challenges, I might even make another one! I made the card below for K. Andrews Getting Cricky challenge HERE and turned it into a "two-fer" using the fabulously fun Wiggle-Wire Tuesday Tutorial provided by Amy at Love's To Crop HERE! You should definitely try a wiggle wire card too, it's super easy and adds a whole lotta wiggly fun to any ordinary card!

Cricut cartridge used for unicorn: Once Upon A Princess; white scroll frame: Storybook; S

And yet another reason I ADORE Teeny Tag Greetings and the AWESOME My Creative Time, this sentiment worked perfectly for the "fantasy land" theme--simply magical!!!

Trying to show you my homemade wiggle wire below--not as sophisticated as Miss Amy's, but hey it's my first! I'll get more refined with some practice hehe :)

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you've been inspired to join in some fun challenges and try a new technique like I did! Happy crafting friends!

Throwback Thursday Challenge MCT

Hi friends, today I joined in My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge to make a Valentine's card using any Cricut Cartridge, F.U.N!!! I made these cute cupcake cards with my Sweet Treats cartridge and MCT's Teeny Tag Greetings fits perfectly on the hearts!

My cupcake tops we cuttled with the Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls embossing folders, then sponged with close to cocoa by SU! 

I hope you can come play with us today too! I would love to see what you come up with and be sure to post your creation HERE for all to enjoy!!!
Now, the winner of my goodie giveaway is HEATHER (comment #5) Thank you for all your wonderful comments, my friends!!! Congrats to Heather, I will be in touch shortly to get your snail mail!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!