Bookmark

I have so many of these lovely Japanese girl stamps that are just begging to be used on a project.  This cute stamp makes a great image for a bookmark.  Also, I am using more origami paper as well.  Can you tell I love all things Japanese?  LOL

Geisha Girl

I have been wanting to make a card using the origami paper I recently purchased but with all the DT projects and the Easter holiday there wasn't time.  So today,  I got the chance to make my geisha girl card.

Isn't she cute?

challenges:
scrap-creations - flowers
party time tuesdays - anything goes
delightful sketches - paper piecing (dress)
prairie fairy fridays - may flowers
aly's sunday challenge - bakers twine

Paper Playtime Monday Digi Challenge - Friends

Hello Everyone,  I hope you had a great weekend!  Today at Paper Playtime we are having another Digital Monday challenge with the theme being Friends this time!  Come on over to the blog and check out all the lovely cards by our Design Team and link up your card here.  There are plenty of prizes offered by a lot of great sponsors to be won!

The image called "Best Buds" on this card came from Bugaboo stamps and can be purchased here.

Challenges entered:  Crafty Creations -  easy as 123, Craft your passion -layers

The image called "Itty Bitty Betty Bunny Piggy Back" on this card is from Pink Cat Studio and can be purchased here.

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One Stop Craft Challenge - Chocolate

One Stop Craft Challenge is having a Chocolate Challenge this week.  What could be a more appropriate challenge for this week with Easter almost here!  So please head over to their blog and enter your chocolate creations here!

The image on this card is from Whimsie Doodles.

This card is entered into the following challenges:
Kaboodle Doodles - thoughts of spring

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Pom Pom bookmarks

Today we are making pom poms.  LOL. Lots and lots of pom poms.  We are adding the pom poms to bookmarks for little handmade presents.  I found this little tool at the fabric store that makes making them really easy.  Love little tools don't you?

Well here we go...
The tool is a pom pom maker from clover.

This is the tool opened up...

After opening the tool up you wind the yarn around both arms.  (the arms are pink)

Then close the arms and cut down the groves on the arms.

 Here is what it looks like with the yarn cut.

Then you take a piece of yarn and tie around all the cut pieces of yarn.  (through the grove in the arms)

Tie tightly and then open up the arms.

Pull apart the two sides on the tool and pull out your untrimmed pom pom.  (it needs a haircut)

After a haircut it looks much better.

Here is one of our finished bookmarks and the clover pom pom tool.  [the bookmark is just cardstock cut into a rectangle and stamped.  Then lastly, a hole is punched at the top and the pom poms are added.  What can you make with pom poms?

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Lifestyle Craft's new spring set 2011

This new set is coming out in May 2011!

You can purchase it at Scrapbuggy!

Creative Card Crew - Recycle something Challenge

I was unsure what I was going to create for this challenge but then I got the idea for an Easter bag/basket.  I wanted to make a small Easter basket to put bunny trail clues in for the kids.  The bunny makes the kids find their hidden Easter baskets each year.  He leaves clues around the house.  :)  The kids enjoy this so much.  So this year I thought it would be fun for the bunny to put the first clue in these little baskets/bags.

I used this box from a great burn lotion to make my Easter basket/bag.

First,  I cut the box in half and covered it with cardstock then added green felt grass.  The grass was made with the Martha Stewart grass border punch.  Love this punch.  I used the "Easter basket Ian" digi from The Greeting Farm as my image on the bag along with some Easter egg die cuts from Quickutz.

Then I used the new Lifestyle Crafts insert page die from the folder with insert die for the clue page.  The bunny image on the page is from Whimsie Doodles.  I used brads to hold the handle on and allow it to move back and forth.

They turned out pretty cute don't you think?  What special things do you make for Easter?

This project is entered in the following challenges:
Kaboodle Doodle - thought of spring/easter
The pink elephant - color
a spoonfull of sugar - celebrate
scrap-creations -- digital
digital tuesday - punches - grass punch
fresh brewed - cute and sweet
for fun - color
delightful sketches - easter
Creative Belli - eggs/bunnies
AUD sentiments - Challenge 26
Totally paper crafts - springtime
catch the bug - Easter
Crazy 4 challenges - easter
Craft your days away - easter
paper sundaes - texture
the crafty pad - easter
sentimental sundays - challenge 51
ladybug crafts ink tlt - anything goes




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