Easter Treats

I have a craft fair on the Saturday before Easter!  Man, I hope everyone who comes needs Easter basket treats, because I have made some fabulous things!

These jelly bean treats are made with the long skinny treat bags.  I used the bow builder punch and a little flower punched from glimmer paper.  I was under a time crunch so I had to buy some stamps from Hobby Lobby.  oops!

I made pink ones and green ones.

I had some long skinny treat bags left, so I put gingham pencils in some.

Hippity Hoppity here comes a cute pencil!

I found this bunny face bucket at Target in the dollar aisle.  

I added ears and a pink bow.  Look how cute!

A little chocolate bunny and some chocolate eggs and an Easter basket ready to go!

Rice Krispie Treats in cute packages using the tag topper punch.

Look at this!  I love that bunny and the box has five chocolate bunnies inside!

Hopefully next Saturday will be nice out so people will come to the Farmer's Market and then stop by and visit the crafty stuff.  If you're out, stop my Mugs Cafe and check us out.

Color Throwdown #332

I'm at Scrapbook Camp at the Arkansas 4-H Center this weekend.  This is so wonderful, all of the time in the world to myself, projects to finish up, and time to do all of the challenges that I want!

I like the sound of a Color Throwdown! Seriously, I'm from the South, who here doesn't love a good throwdown?  And a color throwdown?  Sounds like something right up my alley!

Red, navy, turquoise, and khaki. (I'm pondering an outfit for Monday in these colors!)

I'm using Stampin' Up! colors: Real Red, Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, and Sahara Sand.  

Flowery Hello!

I stamped the Hardwood stamp (133035) in Baked Brown Sugar on the Sahara Sand card stock to add some visual interest.  I stamped Blended Bloom (135906) on Whisper White card stock with Crumb Cake ink and colored it with the Coastal Cabana Blendabilities. I colored in the middle with the Baked Brown Sugar Stampin' Write Marker. Then I outlined each petal with the Stampin' Chalk Marker (132133), I outlined the middle also and added dots to the center. 

I stamped the diagonal striped stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge set (130517) in Night of Navy and added a strip of Natural Chevron Ribbon (132982).  I cut out the words "hello" and "You" from Real Red card stock using the Hello You Thinlits Dies (137363).  

I moved the flower and words around a bunch of times and finally settled on this arrangement.  I thought that the flower could use some umph, so I added a few pearls (119247) to the center of the flower.

I love this color challenge!  It really made me stretch myself.  At first all I could think was nautical, but I pushed myself to do something different.  What do you think?

Joyful Stamping,

Elizabeth

Friday Mashup #200!

I'm excited to participate in the Friday Mashup's 200th Challenge!

The challenge is to mashup your two favorite mashups!  That's like a mashup squared!

 I am mashing up Challenges FM1 and FM14.  From FM1, I am using butterflies and from FM14, I am using flowers and vintage.  Is this a mash up cubed?  Click here for a list of the last 199 challenges.

I have been dying to make another journal.  I thought a vintage feeling journal would be perfect!


I stamped two flowers and a butterfly from the Nature's Perfection stamp set (a new Sale-a-Bration product 139100).  I colored one flower with the Daffodil Delight Blendabilities and the other with the Calypso Coral Blendabilities.  I fussy cut them (it was quick and easy, mostly straight lines).  I colored the butterfly with Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Wild Wasabi  Blendabilities.  I wanted the purple color to be Blackberry Bliss, but unfortunately there's no Blendability set in that color.  What to do?  I colored first in the darkest shade of Wisteria Wonder and then colored over it with the lightest color of Rich Razzelberry.  It was a perfect match!  I punched out the butterfly with the Elegant Butterfly punch (127526).

I wanted a flowery banner down the side to give it a vintagey-feel (think Granny's curtains).  I colored in the flowers from the Park Lane DSP (133694) with the same Blendability colors.

This is perfect for coloring.  Makes me feel like a kid again!

To add to the vintage feel, I sponged Crumb Cake ink (126975) on a White Tea Lace Paper Doily (129399).  I used the the Hello You Thinlit Dies (137363) to cut the word "Hello" out of Blackberry Bliss Card Stock (133675).  I tied some linen thread around the front cover of the journal (104199) and I'm done!

Who should I give this to??

Fun Challenge!

Joyful Stamping,

Elizabeth

Simply Created: So You

The Simply Created kits are great because they have all of the things you need already in the kit!  Just add stamps and ink!
I've been intrigued by the So You (Stampin' Up! Item 137951) kit.  It's a mini scrapbook perfectly sized for Instagram photos.  You need the So You stamps (137165), white Staz-on ink (106960), Mini Glue Dots (103683) , and the Daffodil Delight and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities.  Unfortunately, the Blendabilities are on back order right now, but if you want to make this kit, I'll let you borrow mine (I'm just awesome that way!)

I used pictures from our trip to Leadership 2015 and Walt Disney World.  Here's the cute cover:

I made about 12 pages; here are my two favorite pages.

I love the wash tape and star paperclip.

The stamps are great to highlight little memories.  You stamp and embellish on window sheets, so you have a perfect surface for stamping.

I colored the silver sequins with blendabilities.

I love this picture of Kay.  She's being launched at the start of the Rockin' Roller Coaster.  Her advice to me was, "inhale on 3, 2, and 1, and then scream!"  Obviously, she's following her own advice!

Send me pictures of what you make this weekend.  I can't wait to see!

Joyful Stamping,

Elizabeth

Little Rock Marathon 2015 - 10k Edition

ARRRRGH Matey!

Brrrrr, it's cold this year...and rainy!  Actually, it was cold last year, too!  Maybe this isn't the best time for a road race, Little Rock!

Since it was pirate themed we had to dress up!  Obviously, we aren't serious runners (LOL).  Jessica was dying to be a parrot.  She bought a full body parrot costume!  And yes, you can get a poncho on over a parrot costume.

I WAS going to be a mermaid. I ordered fish scale leggings and a green wig.  The wig came, but the tights got stuck at the Port of Long Beach due to the strike.  I kept hoping they would arrive. I even made a pink glitter shell bra t-shirt.

It took lots more glitter than this!

The day before the race, I decided to be a pirate!  I actually had two unworn pirate costumes to work from.  I used part of each and did surgery on one of them to make a skirt.  One of the costumes came with a foamy pirate hat. I think it turned out well.

(I have no idea who that guy in the khaki pants is!)

We had fun, but boy do we have some training to do before the Tinkerbell Half in May!