Welcome Easter Mini Curvy Keepsake Treat Holder

Just a quick Welcome Easter share today as I have been away for the weekend....  Yes yet again! How lucky am I...  And this weekend was a wonderful gastronomic treat with an overnight stay at The Yorke Arms in Ramsgill... I could definitely seriously get into these destination restaurants!

So here is Bertie the Easter Bunny... and I will be back very soon with more...

In the meantime I will be working on the Bench Fold card tutorials this week... Sadly everything else I had on this week has been cancelled...  so maybe I will get them done sooner than planned... every cloud...

Happy Celebrations Hoppy Easter

Delightful duo for you today!

Not that I can take any credit for the main event... the stamped panel is the brainchild of Brian King in the USA... click here for more details and his original version (in Watermelon Wonder & Pear Pizazz colourway and with a much "prettier" EASTER word!) ... but I was so inspired and just couldn't resist CASEing and making some of my own (within 30 minutes of seeing Brian's post I think!!)... Too cute Brian! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome idea!

First up ...a simple standard A6 card... spot the detail of the marker pen coloured wording in the paper... highlight whatever words you see fit...

And second up... my new A6 Double Z Joy Fold card... based on my (very popular!) Large Square one but reconfigured for the standard A6 size... click here for the A6 Tutorial... (Square Card Tutorial here and other samples here, here and here)  Edited to Add - note that these are the "not full opening versions"

Love this... it just makes me smile all round!!

SU! Products Used

Stamps - Happy Celebrations, Basket Bunch, Crazy About You

Dies - Basket Builder Framelits Dies

Card & Papers - Thick Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Subtles 12x12 Paper Stack (Wild Wasabi)

Ink Pads  - Bermuda Bay, Wild Wasabi, Island Indigo, Memento Black

Marker Penss - Bermuda Bay, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron

MDS Berry Basket

Spotted this whilst spending some quality time on my favourite inspirational web site….yes you guessed it … Pinterest.

Jess Williams  at The Paper Caper - a very clever demo in Australia has produced and shared this great template she produced using My Digital Studio (MDS) that you just print and then cut with the Berry Basket die…

But the template bunny was chopped into by the slats… So a quick stamp, colour and fussy cutting of my favourite Happy Easter Bunny…and there you have it… open top Easter Berry Basket made easy!

Thanks for sharing your genius Jess… this project is just FUN! And SO clever….

Milka Chocolate Bar Pull Treat Holder with Travelling Tag! and the Tutorial

Remember these posted just the other day…

Well not only have mine multiplied but I have had lots of emails asking me for the directions for this years’ Easter treats … so here they are for those of you that have already gone out and bought your chocolate bars!  No pressure!!!
All of these wishes were from Europe – so I have left the tutorial as metric – as that suits the bar I used….
Oh and I have to add…. I loved the nickname given by Karen… the Pull Bar with the Travelling Tag… I think that sums up the extra element of this project perfectly!
And for those of you that needed to know…. The size of my Chocolate Bar is 100g in weight and 5cm wide x 18,5cm long x almost 1cm deep
Recipe
Box: 19 x 21cm
Tag: 5.1 x 18cm
DSP (Paper): 7,5 x 15,6cm
White Panel for Stamping: 4,6 x 15,6cm
Ribbon: 46cm (18”)
Twine: 22cm (9”)
Punches – Ornate Tag Topper Punch, 1/4” Handheld Circle
DSP (Paper) – Painted Blooms
Stamps – For Peeps Sake, Happy Easter Bunny ( see what I have done to my stamp at the end!!!)
Instructions
1. With large box panel PORTRAIT, score at 8,9,17 & 18cm

2. Turn 90degrees so LANDSCAPE with 2 narrow score lines across the top
3. Score LANDSCAPE at 19 & 20cm

4. Bone Fold all score lines
5. With panel PORTRAIT and narrow sections to bottom and to LHS - cut up all 4 bottom score lines (see red lines)

6. Cut out 2 outer bottom sections (see red striped sections)

7. Apply glue to small tabs and outer narrow sections (bottom and side)
Sorry for awful photos here – don’t know what happened!


8. Adhere 2 small tabs to inner bottom section

9. Pull over outer bottom section & remove protective tape

10. Adhere long outer side section

11. Adhere paper
12. Punch ¼” circle through top ( about ¼ cm down from top line of paper)

13. Punch Tag ( I used the Ornate Tag Topper Punch)
14. Stamp & adhere white panel to Tag
15. Place Tag hole over box hole

16. Insert ribbon from inside the box up through these 2 holes

17. Place chocolate bar inside the box with the ribbon underneath it

18. Holding onto the front end of the ribbon - push chocolate bar into the box allowing the ribbon to slide under it and ending up with the 2 ribbon ends the same length ( you may find you need to adjust ribbon to size to achieve this!)

19. Knot ribbon and make a twine bow around the knot


20. Now when you pull on the bow, the chocolate bar and the Tag move up the box to surprise the recipient!



21. And here is the view behind the Tag. Looks SO SO SO much better with the Travelling Tag added!!

Now I know a few of you will be saying…where is that Happy Easter Bunny in the Spring Summer Catalogue….
I was guilty too…I just didn’t spot it until I saw it used by another demo – and then I fell in love!!
So here is the image…

And here is (actually are) my stamps….
 
I just cut out the Bunny before I mounted the stamp… the Bunny being mounted on a spare wooden block I had lying around… eh voila! – Easy Bunny stamping…. I wouldn’t have him any other way!!
Right – off to nurse my aching back – my new “heat rub” definitely needed now …..