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Happy Friday Eve all! I hope everyone who celebrated had a very Happy Easter. Ours was blissfully quiet and low-key. I can't believe we're nearing the end of April already! I feel like I blinked and missed a whole month. 

I was fortunate to celebrate The Mumster's 85th birthday this week! When you have an aging parent, you appreciate every milestone even more. Especially when this time last year, she was in the hospital after a very bad fall which ultimately led to her having to have a pacemaker implanted.. So what a difference a year makes and we are thankful that she's still here to celebrate. Of course I had to make her a special card!

She loves all shades of purple and gold his her signature metallic.

We're moving full speed ahead into Mother's Day and graduation season so let's take a look at some fun ideas from last week's party! 

 

Bluesky At Home shared how to transform plain garden containers into On Trend Planters using just a little creativity and vinyl.  These would make a great gift too!

Crazy Little Lovebirds shared this Super Easy Dollar Tree Flower Display. They've gotten so many cute bottles and containers lately. 

 

Steph Creates Things shared this beautiful Home Door Sign. Simple but impactful! 

Got leftover candy? Check out this great idea from 3 Boys and A Dog: Crockpot Cake with Cadbury Eggs. 

Thanks to everyone who linked up and can't wait to see what you've been up to this week! 

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Happy Friday eve all and Happy Easter Weekend. Still cruising on the allergy superhighway with our Palo Verde trees in full bloom. I'm tempted to hermetically seal off a room in my house! Just me and our portable air filter. Whine whine whine...

I hope everyone had a good week. This week I shared the Easter cards I made for family and friends now that I know they've been received. It's a constant struggle to not make them too heavy considering how postage just keeps going up but, it's my first love. 

Bunny and Butterfly Cards

There were so many fun and festive eggs, snacks, treats shared at last week's party. Here are a few! 

Two Chicks and a Mom shared her very talented son's Artsy Easter Eggs. Drawn with Sharpies!! The apple didn't fall far from the creative tree! 

Our Grand Lives shared another take on Bunny Bait that would be so much fun at place settings or on a dessert table or to make with littles. 

24 Hour Family shared one of the most elegant Charcuterie Boards I've seen that is so perfect for Easter. 

Finally, these DIY Pressed Flower Easter Eggs from Master Pieces of My Life are so pretty for Spring and Easter. Love them! 

Wishing everyone celebrating a Happy Easter and a joy-filled and peaceful weekend! 

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Cardmaking: Easter Bunny Cards

 

Got my Easter cards finished and sent off to friends and family. And I even used papers I already had on hand from what Mr. Chocolate insists is my "Michaels annex". 

Supplies:

• Bunny SVG File (Creative Fabrica)
• 110lb Cardstock (Recollections, Michaels)
• Coordinating Spring Palette Papers (Craft Smith, Michaels)
• Coordinating Spring Glitter Papers (Recollections)
• 65lb Foil Cardstock (Recollection)
• ATG Tape Runner
• Adhesive Rhinestones

I had this paper stack in my stash and it was perfect for Spring and Easter. It has a mix of foiled and plain abstract papers. 

They coordinated perfectly with these foil cardstock papers by Recollections. I cut panels of each, layering the patterned paper atop the foiled as my focal images were cutting on my Cricut Maker. 

To make the focals, I uploaded the SVG from Creative Fabrica to Cricut Design Space, sized, and used the offset function to create the foiled paper layer, then the glitter paper for the detailed bunnies. 

I attached the glitter layer to the foiled layer using my ATG tape runner, then used foam dots to attach to my layered panels, which I attached to the card using the tape runner. I had fun mixing and matching the foil and glitter layers. 

I went monochromatic for some, and contrasted others. To finishe, I added a few adhesive rhinestones!

Finally, I created the inside of the cards in PicMonkey, and off they went! 

BFF Open House

 

Happy Friday Eve Creative Peeps. Speaking of Peeps, has there been a PEEPS revival/explosion or what? For non-us folks, they're these little marshmallow bird candies.  I don't know how widely they're known outside the US and maybe Canada. 

Everywhere I go I see PEEP themed things. From giant stuffies, to all kinds of toys, clothes, phone cases etc., not to mention the explosion in the variety of actual PEEPS. I've seen Dr. Pepper, Cotton Candy, Birthday Cake, Churro? Maybe I'm just more aware of them because I lost one of my favorite cousins last year and she would spend Easters with us when she was in college and loved PEEPS. I on the other hand...sorry PEEPS eaters. 

It's been anothe week of running around, Mom stuff, etc. so I made NOTHING. Finishing up my Easter cards and have been attending a Laser Craft Fest. 

Let's take a look at some of the fun ideas shared at last week's party! Wishing you all a very peaceful and creative weekend and Happy Passover to those celebrating. 

With gardening season upon us, check out this brilliant Fairy Garden idea from Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams.  Can't we all use more whimsy these days? 

LOVE this display and idea from Our Tiny Nest: Bunny Bait! Bring the Easter Bunny out with this fun tempting snack. 

Sew Crafty Crochet shared another FANTASTIC creative scarf, perfect for the season, with this Easter Gnome Crochet Scarf. Sew Crafty. Sew cute!

Finally, check out these Sees Candies worthy festive Chocolate Dip Peanut Butter Stuffed Dates from Cindy's Online Recipe Box. 

Thanks to everyone who linked up and can't wait to see what you share this week! 

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Happy Friday Eve already again! This week's been another busy one, taking me away from my crafting room so nothing new to share. Our warmer weather cooled off a bit but trust me...not complaining. I've gotten very acclimated to desert weather. The only season I don't like is Monsoon season but then, only when I have to go anywhere!

I did manage a stop at Michaels and hit a jackpot of clearance goodies! 

Most of the items were $2 and the Bead Landing spool is 16.6 yards of beaded garland! Now I just need time to play with it. The best part? I wasn't even going there but Mr. Chocolate "needed" split rings for something (which turned out to be A SPLIT RING) so it's totes his fault! 😜

There was lots of Spring and Easter inspiration shared at last week's party so let's take a look at some of them! 

Steph Creates shared another fabulous Dollar Tree transformation with this Beaded Frame Bunny!

Artsy Va Va shared this incredible Flower Bucket Makeover. Looks like something you'd find at a French Country Market. 

Creatively Beth is back with these adorbs 5 Minute Easter Candy Jars. So cute!

Finally, how cute area these Carrot Cupcake Cones from 24 Hour Family? Chocolate cupcakes, of course! 

Thank you everyone who linked up. SO much talent and creativity out there. 

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Happy almost first week of Spring done, and Friday Eve. Spring is definitely here as evidenced by my head being clogged by allergies, sneezing, and we already had our first 90+ day in So. Arizona. Our Spring seems to last a couple of weeks before we're all in shorts and sandals and whining about the heat. 🤣

How in the heck is it the end of March already?! And ugh...can we please just skip April Fool's this year? Reality is foolish enough.

This week I shared:

Raised Straw Carrot Beds

and was honored to find my Bunny Ornaments featured at this week's 

Creatively Crafty Linky Party #242

hosted each Wednesday by Artsy Fartsy Mama and Creatively Beth, both of whom you should follow if you aren't! 

Lots of fun Spring and Easter inspiration shared at last week's party so let's take a look at a few!

First time feature from Craft Klatch who shared this fun Rock Candy Vase tutorial! She also shows how to make the matching bowl. 

Crazy Little Love Birds shared this adorable Bunny Box Floral Arrangement which is one of my favorite types of projects...repurposing another project! 

Speaking of Creatively Beth, she shared these fabulous Egg and Bunny Button Art projects that would be fun to make for home, gifts, craft fairs etc. 

Finally, I love this creative take on charcuterie from My Thrift Store Addiction: Vintage Tea Cup Charcuterie which of course includes chocolate! 

Thanks to all who  linked up and as always, can't wait to see what you've been up to this week! 

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