Butterfly wands!

Happy July!! Hope your summer is going great!  Just wanted to share some recent projects.  I've been very busy, and haven't been taking as much pics of my projects as I should. 

I made these wands for my besties daughter to give her little friends for her ballet recital.   I really kinda just winged this 1.  Jumped in totally blind, and just went with what worked!   I was so excited to make these and even more after they ended up being cute!  After I was done, I kept thinking to myself why didn't I try making this before?  

It was very simple!  I had some left of dowls from previous projects, so I just used those.  I ended up needing more last minute,  so I used chopsticks.  You can get a bag of assorted size dowls for a couple dollars at the craft store or I've even bought it at Walmart. I wrapped all the dowls and chopsticks with grosgain ribbon to jazz it up and make it more colorful.   I used foamies to make the butterflies and Hello Kitty.  I cut the foam with my big shot, using the diecuts.  If you don't have a die cut machine, you can easily trace and cut your own design or even just buy some cut pieces at the craft store or even Walmart.  I glued the pieces together and let set.  After the glue dried, I added a bow to finish it off!

I made her a little ballerina Hello Kitty goodie bag! To go with her Hello Kitty wand!

Sakura Garden

 

Here's another lollipop garden, but this time I made them in sakura or cherry blossom flowers.  I even embossed the little bags with a tiny sakura pattern.  I used all different shades of pink, because this was for a baby shower!  I love how these came out!! I want to make more!!  Just looking at them, makes me smile!!

 

What's up for the weekend?  The weather has been a little wonky over here!  It's all over the place!  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Smile it's SPRING!

Sprinkle Some Spring Around

 

Spring is here!!  I'm working on another Easter treat box!!  This one is a die cut using my Sizzix Big Shot!  I love this box, because it can fit a lot of goodies inside!! I used it for Easter once before, and I made it into a basket by fastening a strip of card stock as the handle.  There is a bunch of different things that you can do with this box, I'm having fun playing around with it.  Notice all my confetti?! :)  This is what I do with all the tiny left over scraps!  I cut them up for confetti!  Sprinkle them around and see people smile!  I think that everything looks better with confetti!  To me confetti just screams FUN!  You can add them to a card, but them in a gift or goodie bag, jazz up a table, I even used it for little party favors for one of my lovelies bachelorette party.  We had them on the table in mini champagne favor glasses, it was so cute as decor. Then we used them to throw around.  We were tossing them in the air and taking "action" shots.  The pics came out awesome!  

I hope everyone is having a great week so far!  Next week is Easter!! It seriously feels like we skipped February?!  Where did the time go?

Playing along with the following challenges:

Tuesday Alchemy CH #52 Anything Goes

Pin & Tack  Spark Your Creativity Now CH #7 Anything Goes

Garden of Sweetness

Here is a completed garden!  This is one side of the box, I used the sames bunny for both sides but decorated it a little different.

This is the other side of the box.  For the box, I just used an old box that I had.  It can fit 8 lollipops with a little space all around.

Here is the side view of the box, that I decorated with a basket and some tiny hearts.

This is the other side view of the box, just kept it simple.

 

Since everything is scaled to the smaller side, this is a great way to use up your scraps.  All the details on the box are all using scraps!

Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of the individual treats! UGH!  They are each in little shopping bags and I used the See's lollipops since they are perfect shape!

This is a great little treat for Easter!  This gift is great because it can be used as favors and a centerpiece at the same time!  This pack of 8 is great for office or school treats!

Hope you're all hopping into Spring!!  Easter is next week!

Cheers!

Playing along with:

Tuesday Alchemy CH #52: Anything Goes 

Di's Digi Designs: Easter/Spring

Craft Room Challenge: In the Garden-Anything but a card 

Love to Create Challenge CH #57: Anything Goes 

My Sheri Crafts Challenge CH #106: Easter 

Challenges 4 Everybody CH #16: Anything Goes 

Glitter & Sparkle Challenge Blog: Easter/Spring Colours 

Hobby Cutz Challenge CH #2: Easter Gift-Boxes/Baskets 

Sentimental Sundays CH #146 Anything Goes 

 

Hello Kitty Folder

 

CH #34: Anything but a card or a tag

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I decided to make one of my folders for this challenge!  Of course it's Hello Kitty!  I used a mead folder for this project, it is very durable, inexpensive and has a lot of pockets!  I used the My Little Twin Stars paper tape and ran it across the folder from end to end creating a stripped look.  I made the Hello Kitty head with my big shot in coordinating colors, light blue and brown.  This color combo is great for someone who likes Hello Kitty, but not really girly or that into pink.  A very simple project, and a great way to add some excitement to a regular folder.