Easter Eggs

Hello and welcome back.

I finally received my Easter dies!  Unfortunately I have been sick this last week and it was a bit of a rush to get my post ready.  So please bare with me while I get thru this bout of sickness.

I thought I would make something different this week.  I used some old packaging plastic in the shape of a cylinder and popped an egg into the middle.  On the outside I tied a bow (that has little chicks on it) and then began to cut out and stick down my dies.  

Firstly, for the large egg, I cut out the Spring Basket and used one of the Lace Egg dies in the centre.  I then used the Bunny and Chick Border to run along the bottom of the cylinder.  For the tag I used Nesting Eggs with the bunny from the Spring Basket and popped him in the middle.

For the smaller project, I used another plastic cylinder and filled it up with small Easter eggs.  I then used the Lace Egg die again and cut four eggs out and placing them all around the cylinder.  Topping off with a bow (this one had bunny faces on it!) I also made a tag.  This was using the Nesting Eggs again and also the bunny that came with the set.

Dies used:

Lace Egg Two - DL208

Bunny and Chick Border - B171

Spring Basket 1- DL214

Nesting Eggs -XM18

I hope you like my projects and again, I am sorry that I only had a short time in which to bring you this post.  Please look out for the weekly challenge, on again at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog.

Till next time Celeste

Bless You!

Hi every one and welcome back.  Celeste here with you for another Cheery Lynn Designs Project.

For a long time I have wanted to dress up a Tissue Box.  I finally found one (from Kaiser) and got to work.  I hope you like it!

First I covered the whole box in neutral tones and then started with the borders.  For the borders up the top, I used the Lace Light Deco Border and for the bottom with ribbon threaded thru, I used the new release Country Girl.  Up on top I used the Queen Anne's Lace.

Next the foliage came along.  This was the Tropical Flourish and Olive Branches.  I cut these out and inked with Tim Holts inks.  

The flowers were made up of the Miniature Rose, Large Rose and Cuties 2.  These were put together and placed on the corner and two sides to look like a trail of vines and flowers.  The Exotic Small Butterflies were added to the two sides.

Dies Used:

B127 Tropical Flourish

B133 Lace Light Deco Border

B147 Olive Branches

B150 Cuties 2

B152 Miniature Rose

B155 Large Rose

B160 Queen Anne's Lace

B157 Country Girl

DL112 Exotic Butterflies Small

Please head on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog for all the information on the current challenge.

Have fun and thanks for stopping by

Celeste

Bride and Groom

Hello and welcome back.  Celeste here with you for this Wednesdays post.

It was my 19th wedding anniversary last week and since I received the new release Wedding Garter border, it seemed appropriate that I do something regarding my wedding day!

Here is my wonderful hubby and myself on our wedding day.  I used the Diamonds & Starburst embossing plate under the photo and on top of that, I placed the Dutch Doily Rectangle Frame over the photo.  I then added the Wedding Garter border around the embossed paper and added the bride and groom lettering.

All the flowers were cut out of white card stock and inked with various Tim Holts distress inks.  This took a while but the end result was quite worth it!

I found that the best way to stick all these flowers down, was to use glue dots.  After sticking down most of the flowers, the Fanciful Flourish and Olive Branches were inserted underneath.

The flowers were to represent my bouquet, but I got a little carried away! They were so much fun to play with.  In my veil I had small crystals, so to incorporate these, I used crystals in the middle of my big flowers.

I am entering this layout in the following challenges:

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge 1 - Floral
Moving Along With The Times - Challenge 133 Blooming Marvellous
UnstampaBells Challenges - Anything Goes
Truly Madly Crafty - Anything Goes
The Shabby Tea Room - Week #98 - 'Sparkly and Bright'
Paper Creations Ink
Make My Monday - Week 33 - Flowers and Leaves
Make It Monday #73
My Mums Craft Shop - Challenge 41 - Flowers
Creative Belli Blog - Challenge #135 Frames Make it Fancy
There She Goes - Clear Stamps - Challenge 140 - Love Is In The Air

I hope you like my layout this week, as I had a great time reliving the memories of my special day.

Till next time Celeste