Easter Cards and gifts

This years Easter cards using digistamps

And to wrap up my Easter gifts..

Easel Box Card and Zigzag card

I've had a go at making an easel box card. It's pretty easy first making the drawer and then wrapping a card sleeve around it and then sticking a card on the top. The measurements I've used are as follows:

Here is a version for Easter which you could use to hold mini eggs or chocolates.

Bag Card, Gift Bag

I love using the colour scheme black, white and red or pink. I've made a little bag card and a gift bag. I put a gift voucher in the little bag but thinking about it it would have been ideal for holding mini eggs at Easter. The template for the bag can be purchased for AR Creations. 

Spring Fling

Well I might not have put much on my blog lately but it doesn't mean I haven't been busy. My church, St Mary's in Acklam are having a Spring Fling this month and I have been making some stuff to go on the crafty stall. You will probably recognise quite a bit.

Do you like these flannel and soap bunnies. I know it's not Easter but they are sweet.

And these little envelope boxes have a teabag and a biscuit inside. Of course I also made lots of square boxes too. I have a bit of a thing for buying accessories so I used the boxes to hold some costume jewellery I don't wear anymore.

and here are some brooches I have decided to get rid of. I thought I'd give them a vintage look on these little cards I made.

And of course there are all those corsages I made with the Friends of Marton Library last month along with a few of my scarves I don't wear anymore.

And finally more picnic baskets full of sweets. Yum! I hope that some of this lot gets sold to add to the church funds. Now I've got to get cracking making more stuff for another stall, this time to raise money for Thorntree United, Better get busy x 

Thorntree Craft Session

I had a lovely day on Monday at Thorntree Community hub. Lots of lovely ladies came to join me and we made these cute picnic baskets. You can download the template from   http://www.creationsbyar.com/. There are all sorts of interesting projects on this website. I am so grateful to Thorntree United for paying for the sessions and all the materials and to all my regular crafting pals who travelled to Thorntree to join me.

Easter Cards

Some fun little Easter cards I've made using an idea I found on the fiskars website. I will be making these and the Easter exploding box at Thorntree library tomorrow at 10.30am and North Ormesby library next Wednesday at 10.30am. Please feel free to join me, I will bring all the materials and of course tea and coffee will be forth coming.

Easter Exploding Box

I know I made an exploding box at Christmas but here is another one for Easter with a chocolate bunny inside. I will be making one of these at Thorntree Library on 15th March at 10.30am if anyone one wants to come and join me. Daffodil on top is one of those you can buy for the Daffodil Appeal, Marie Curie.

Easter again

We made these sweet little chicken baskets back at Easter but I like the paper birds best.

Easter Cards

I can't forget my Easter Cards

Papercraft Easter basket

I have been very busy this Easter making lots of Easter crafts.Here are some of my Easter baskets which my neices loved!

papercraft birdbox

I love making these paper birdboxes and of course they are just the right size to fit in an Easter Egg!