Happy Easter

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Happy Easter! .

God sent us Jesus as a promise to eternal life, the rainbow is another of God's promises to never flood the Earth again.

So for this box, I used some of the gorgeous foil papers I found at my local Dollar Tree.  The packs come in holographic and regular foil.  Sadly the packs don't have orange or green in them but I really like how this looks with the regular paper in between the holographic layers.

Emily has already swiped this for her own use.  lol  She said she is going to put a battery operated candle in it.  I'll have to post a photo of that when she does it.

This is a file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons, I'm adding this to their current challenge

I also have this adorable egg decoration to share.  I made the egg last year after Easter and it's been sitting on top of my cabinet waiting for me to finish it.  So I sprayed adhesive spray all over and inside then dusted with glitter to mimic the really cool sugar eggs you can buy.  I then cut the cute lamb and chick and put them inside with some Easter basket grass.

They are so happy and cheery! I love it!

The egg is from My Scrap Chick, the lamb and chick are from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons.

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons guest designer

Today I have the honor of being the guest designer at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  They have some really adorable files, it was hard to pick what to make.  

I finally decided to use the owl lollipop holder and the birch tree trunks.

As you can see here, I inked the trees and used a gel pen on the owl's eyes and beak.

I created the snowy ground using a curve die I have in my stash.

For my next card, I made a shaker card using the sweet hearts box.  I didn't try to cut the hearts with the words on them, I am in need of a new blade so I knew it'd chew the paper up and not be usable.  So I just used the solid hearts and cut them in different colors and wrote the messages.

I used my Fuse tool to create the pocket and added some tiny hearts from my stash of nail art pieces.

I'm happy to have had this opportunity, if you'd like the files I used, you can click on the name of each one above, I linked them to the shop.

Here is a link to the blog so you can check out the regular posts and join the challenge!

Hot cocoa love

I posted these on facebook to enter in the Die cutting diva's challenge they ran for Hot cocoa.

I wanted to share them here in case you missed them.

This is a cutting file from Miss Kate Cuttables

This is a file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons.  It's a gift card holder.

I was featured on the newsletter with this card from PPPR, I was so excited to see that! Thank you!
I'm adding the top card to the IDIC challenge of winter cards with glitter.

Christmas projects

Isn't this a gorgeous file?  Mary is just so talented in her designs and she makes them easy to put together.  Here's a link to the site.

I also love that she includes envelopes with her cards.  Saves me some measuring and extra creating.  

Now to decide who is worthy enough to receive this card....wink wink

Today I want to share a few projects I've made recently.  I wasn't going to do an Advent calendar this year until I saw this adorable one from Lettering Delights.  I had to put it together right away.

My only advice is, have your prizes ready when you assemble it, that way the doors won't have to be spread open to fill it.  I got so excited I didn't even think about that until I was gluing.

This is one of the snowmen from From the Heart stamps.  I just made her into a simple shaped card.

These are cut files from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons.  It's a little different from anything I've done.  But I like it. 

Merry Christmas! It's right around the corner!

I'm linking up in the Scribbles challenge for nontraditional Christmas colors.
I'm also linking this to the Robyn's Fetish challenge.

Fall in love

 I used 2 files from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons to make this fall card.

The acorns are SO cute! There are several different ones in the file.

The ribbon is some yummy 3 Girl Jam ribbon.

I entered this in the last challenge at PPPR blog and actually got a top 3 mention! Just tickles me when that happens.  There's a new challenge going on now with a holiday theme.

Cute seahorse

 This card turned out super cute.  The embellishments are wood pieces I've had forever, I think they match pretty well.

Warm winter beauty

I found a new friend on face book who takes gorgeous nature photography.  She's blessed to live in a place with a lot of beautiful birds.  I feel blessed that I have 2 pair of Cardinals that visit my feeder.  She posted the picture on her fb page that I used above as the title for my page.

I used my Happy Zink printer to add the title and print it out.

This cute guy is a fun file to put together.  So warm and sweet.

Isn't' that an amazing photo?  I'm in love!! Thank you Nan for allowing me to use your photos.

Toasty times with 3 Girl Jam and Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

  

If you came here from Brianna's blog, you are in the right place.  If you just stumbled upon this post and would like to start from the beginning, please visit Lisa'sblog.

 We are making projects that are all about WINTER using Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons files & 3 Girl JAM Ribbons.

Members of the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Design Team and the 3 Girl JAM Design Team have joined together to create beautiful WINTER themed projects.
You have the chance to win:

$20.00 Gift Card to Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons or

$20.00 Gift Card to 3 Girl JAM

For a chance to win, you must be a follower of each blog and leave a comment on each blog. For extra chances, you can also "LIKE" PrettyPaper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook and 3 Girl JAM Facebookpage  

For my first project, I'm using the adorable fire place file.  I made this about 8 inches, this will be one of the gifts from our Christmas reindeer Randall next year who keeps track of Em's status on the naughty and nice list.  She was very concerned this year because Santa didn't have a fire place  to come through, so I thought it would be fun to have Randall bring her one.

I used the green jute to hang the stockings and some red gems for the holly berries.

I used my hot glue gun to line the orange flames with the orange jute, then added yellow and orange stickles to the flames.

Fun right?  I think so, I can't wait for her to see it next year.

I used the super adorable Breakfast Sweets digital clip art for my next project.  

I created an offset for the muffin then colored it teal so there would be a layer behind her with out the bulk and let my Cameo cut it out as one piece.

The shape for the card is a layered set from the SIL store.  I welded 2 of the images together for the card base then cut another of the same size for the front then one the next size smaller for the inner layer.

 I used a glitter pen to add some shimmer to her and to the front of the card.  I used the brand new lace from 3 Girl Jam to add some texture to the card.  This lace is just gorgeous and I think, matched perfectly.

For the inside, I hand wrote my sentiment then doodled with the glitter pen some more.  I also added some glitter to the donut holes. 

 The stopper for the easel is a beautiful flair button, I used the donut hole with the matching grin of the muffin to share the spotlight.

I hope you enjoyed my projects.

Next you can head over to Gloria's blog to see what she has in store for you! Enjoy!

Here is the lineup in case you get lost along the way.

Lisa: http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Julie O: http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com

Nicole: http://teachdanz.blogspot.com

Georgiana: http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Nanne: http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

Scrappin Madge: http://www.thescrappinlounge.com/

Brianna: http://Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com

Marji: http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Gloria: http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Julie K: http://3girljam.blogspot.com/

Despicable Me

 Emily and I went to see part 2 on opening day and we both loved it!  When I heard through the FB vine that Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons had the Minions file for free I knew I had to make a few cups.  I was going to put all 3 on one cup but they looked too small on the cup.  

Dave is Em's favorite (I'm pretty sure that's Dave) so I put him on the clear cup by himself.

 Then added the other 2 on the blue cup.   I love how they turned out.  As long as you keep your distance they look great! There are a few bubbles but Emily still loves them!

 I saw a lady on one of the SIL groups put just Mike's eye on a sandwich container and there is the maternity shirt with just his face.  I've been trying to figure out what I'd use these odd colored green cups for! Lightbulb!!  He's awesome and Emily went nuts when she saw him!  I love it when my 3 year old immediately knows what something is when I make it!

Happy crafting!

I am entering these guys in the http://pinandtack.blogspot.com/2013/07/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-11.html