Mini Egg Carton... Easter Pig!

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We had such fun with our Mini Egg Cartons in classes last week...

Take a cow... add a class of ladies in a creative mode... and up pops a cute little pig! Amongst other things!!

I adore the pig that Heidi came up with... though I was particularly happy to have the Sprinkles Punch on hand to create that curly tail.... eureka moment!!!

And you will have to wait to see what else we came up with.... but maybe some clues here.... 

Mini Egg Carton - Moo on Monday!

Following on from the Easter Chick and the Easter Bunny... I then moved onto a cow!

I can hear some of you asking... why a cow!? Probably something to do with the fact that Milka Chocolate is probably my favourite chocolate - especially those very big bars I used to bring back from many a French ski holiday!!

And when you have seen a "purple cow" skiing (and handing out chocolate... to kids!!! Cough!) around the French Alps during the Easter holidays... then it all becomes a logical choice... though I couldn't go the whole way and actually make my cow purple... maybe next year!

Ano hey...guess what! The cow was the most popular make here for Easter!!! But I forgot to take the photo of the herd!!!

SU! Products Used
Stamps - Playful Pals, Perpetual Birthday Calendar (blobs), Basket Bunch (flower)
Dies - Stitched Shapes, Baker's Box (nostrils, mouth), Playful Pyramid
Circle Punches - 1 3/4", 1/2"
Embellishments -  Subtles Enamel Shapes (So Saffron)

CAS Baby Wipe Watercolour Wings

Here is the other card that acccompanied yesterdays. Very simple but so effective...

This was a card we made at Monthly Training a while back... though I had to re-make it as I had a very sludgy butterfly at the time- which served me right as I was last on the baby wipe ink pad - probably doing too much talking or something....

Look closely and you will see lots of fine splatters - all care off a shake/tap of the gold Wink of Stella pen - a great technique demonstrated by Shelli at the April On Stage event.

I say shake or tap as we found that some ladies got it to work with a shake whereas others had to give it a sharp tap... funny how we can all be different doing the same thing!

For more details on the butterfly - just check out yesterdays post...  Greeting from Butterfly Basics... and spot the new Subtles Pink Pirouette Enamel Shapes on the body

And I have just realised that I still haven't shared everyone's favourite butterfly card yet... coming soon... and then I think that it is the end of the butterfly season!

How Much is that Doggy in the Window... and the Jems Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Jems Monthly Blog Hop post by Amanda Bates at The Craft Spa. This month's theme is Animals... which would normally be a bit of a challenge for me with my usual stamp collection... but not this time...

Let me introduce you to Bella & Friends... so so cute! Available in wood or clear mount. So how much is that Doggy in the window... £25 in wood or £18 in clear mount.

But for those of you that know me and my creations... well I am just not that into colouring... but Touches of Texture came to my rescue... why colour when you can just stamp!

I think my little friends look quite furry (or feathery) and realistic as a result... though you do have to like a bit of fussy cutting if you go this way! Spot the shiny nose, collar, bone and balloon too... all care of the Fine Tip glue

The card is one of my Centre Step Easel cards... tutorial here.  I cut down my card to 28.9cm this time so that I could just fold the base into the card for posting in a standard C6 envelope...

You might also spot that I have not added any "stop" to prop up the easel card... to be honest I don't think you need one when you add this base to a Centre Step card...unless you want to use it for effect with a greeting... or to do this as an alternative....

I just couldn't resist... rug care of the new Delicate White Doilies which was coloured using the Watermelon Wonder ink pad direct and the little puppy is scored along his tummy to make him the easel card prop!

I have used 2 different papers... the Serene Scenery parquet flooring and Affectionately Yours flowery wallpaper were both just perfect for the card... Actually it was the parquet floor that made this a card that HAD to be made!

And I am particularly pleased with my window! Not only the triple aspect... more on that later! But the new Foam Adhesive Strips were fabulously easy for making it a 3D frame - and my dog and balloon are 3D'd using Stampin Dimensionals as well. Really pops!

And some more of the detail...

The sky background is just a swoosh of a baby wipe loaded up with Pool Party ink onto a Whisper White card panel. I used a 6.3 x 11.5cm (2 1/2" x 4 1/2") piece

Spot the Subtles Enamel Shape shape on the dog collar... too cute!

So time for a quick photo tutorial of the window....

1. Die cut 2 Hearth & Home windows

2. Chop off top of one and bottom of other - leaving just a single slat...

3. Put the chopped off bits aside... you need those for something else later...

4. Apply glue to upper section of bottom window

5. Stick top window to bottom!

6. Apply Foam adhesive strip to back of window

7. Stick your stamped sky panel to back of window. 

8. Grab your chopped off window pieces and make your skirting board like so...

Sorry to keep you so long...! But I hope that you like this creation as much as I do!!! It got an EEK!

It is now time to carry on with the Blog Hop... Carry on by pressing the NEXT or BACK buttons here... Your choice which way! Either way you are in for a treat with Julie next or Sarah previously...