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Fancy Friday - Spring Inspiration

 Welcome back to Fancy Friday! 

 It's a Fancy March! This month it's all about some Fancy Spring Inspiration. Check out what we used to inspire us...

Now.... when I share my projects with you, don't be super shocked, okay?

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So .... see anything you aren't too used to seeing on my blog? Well, of course it's not the gold....LOL. Yup, you're seeing things right, butterflies. BUT, they are gold dipped butterflies ;)

I used a sticky-note to mask off part of the punches, then pressed them in to my VersaMark ink pad and embossed them in Gold Embossing powder.

I also wanted to make a sweet little basket to coordinate:

Gold dipped too! I LOVE this trend and kind of want to gold-dip EVERYTHING.... "Oh, kids........" (just kidding...kind of!)

Doesn't it look FANCY?!?!? Kind of boutique-ish, right?

Ok, now head on over to my Fancy girl friend, the fabulous Cathy Caines and check out her fancy take on this month's challenge!

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All Out Eggstra Spectacular Easter

If you haven't been able to tell, I've been having a blast creating for Easter this year. One of the projects that came in my Artisan box of supplies from Stampin' Up! this month was the adorable set, Eggstra Spectacular. I realized that if I didn't share this with you soon, it would be too late, so without further ado....

What do you think? I LOVE it! Want to see some close ups?

First up is this sweet little card. I'm not one that usually spends a lot of time making and sending out Easter cards, but sometimes I want to send or hand out a little something, so an easy 3"x3" card like this is perfect! The base is Island Indigo and the Designer Series Paper is the Quatrefancy Specialty paper. It's embellished with a sweet little Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain bow and Pumpkin Pie Button. Oh - and do you see that sweet little fluffy tail? Just a fun little detail.

This cute little "basket" might be the perfect little gift to go with that card! I used a 4 oz disposable "coffee cup" and wrapped it with more Quatrefancy Paper. The little "ewe" is embossed with black embossing powder and colored in with the coordinating colors from the paper. I was able to punch him out with the Extra Large Oval punch, but I needed a little something behind that, so I punched out 3 Scallop Ovals and cut them apart to create a mat that would fit. To create the handle, I sandwiched some lovely Strawberry Slush Ruffle Trim between 2 pieces of Pool Party cardstock to create the handle.

As soon as I saw the stamp with the cute row of eggs, I knew I wanted to create these fun little egg holders. Do you love the eggs? I dyed them with Pool Party, Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight reinkers! FUN! To add a little bit of fun, I trimmed the edges of the Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie cardstock with the Small Scallop Rotary Trimmer Blade.

 I admit, this one gave me a few fits, but I love how this centerpiece turned out! I used a little metal planter box I had on hand and created a little grassy garden of Old Olive cardstock cut with our awesome FRINGE scissors!!! In case you are wondering, I used like 15 strips....

  I LOVE how adding the trim, ribbon and button really dressed up the trim

 Let me show you some detail on those adorable little eggs -

I embossed the egg image 2 times on each color of cardstock. Then I cut them all apart to make COLORFUL eggs!!!

 All together, I think it will really add to the Easter Decor around here - I know the boys will LOVE it!

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

Hope you have a great day!!!

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 SUPPLIES I USED TODAY

Eggstra Spectacular

$11.95

Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Brights Designer Buttons

$7.95

Daffodil Delight 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

$4.95

Fringe Scissors

$9.95

Strawberry Slush 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim

$8.95

 

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MDS Blog Hop - It's some Easter Inspiration for you!

 Welcome to our first MDS Blog Hop for April! I am always so excited to share with you the team's projects that we create in MDS! I have said it probably a GAJILLION times, and I will probably say it a GAJILLION timew more - I LOVE creating with My Digital Studio. To me it removes any and all limits in papercrafting and I can do ANYTHING!

 This week we are all sharing Spring and Easter projects and I will admit - I LOVE mine! I was going to show y'all the Carrot Banner today, but I got antsy and posted it earlier this week so I had to come up with something else! I'm kind of glad I did - want to see what I made? (Of course you do, right? I mean that is why you are here!)

EEEEK! Right??? Want some close ups?

So this little guy is actually 3 times, all of the images have a combo of dimensionals and glue to give them LOTS of dimension. I colored the pearls with a mixture of 1 drop of Crystal Effects with 1 drop of re-inker. Oh - and they are all free-hand cut, no e-cutter on this one. All of the images are from Everyday Easter.

I love this little guy! Four layers to make him come to life. It really looks like he is going to hop out of that egg at any moment. His scarf is even blowing in the breeze in anticipation!

I put 3 layers into that teeny tiny basket. I almost cut out the letters.... almost! (I used Lauren's Letters and the Smitten Alphabet Punch downloads for the letters)

To give this balloon some extra realistic dimension, I only placed Stampin' Dimensionals at the top of the balloon, and glued it near the bottom. All said and done, four layers to bring this one to life. I once again dyed some pearls to add even more dimension. I love the special touch they add.

Last but not least is this sweet little girl with her pearl necklace and pearl trimmed petticoat. Even her shoes were layered to give her that special touch.

 I've been told that some people think that MDS limits them, that digital looks "flat", and that it even takes the creativity out of papercrafting. I beg to differ and I think this proves it!

I would love to know what you think. Also, I know that this team never dissapoints, so head on over to my talented friend Julie Davidse - she always wows me!

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Welcome Easter Bunny - a cute MDS-hybrid project

I told you I had something super fun for you today! I was so tickled as this was coming together. I don't have a lot of spring and Easter decor, and I am kind of weird that I like my seasonal things to make some impact, but NOT take up a lot of room. I think that is one reason that I love making holiday banners....

Now, this might not LOOK like a My Digital Studio project or even a Stampin' Up! project at first glance, but once I show you the details, you'll see that with just a little "outside the box" thinking, you can create some FABULOUS things with cardstock.

So, do you want to know how I did it?

First I opened my punches in MDS. From there I chose an existing triangle/banner shape. At the bottom left is a button that you can click to edit the shape of the punch. I played around and made that banner shape into a carrot!!!!! FUN!!! Then I imported into my e-cutter software the carrot, some Lauren's Letters, my oval and circle punches and the shape for the top of the carrot. Can you guess what that is?

did you guess?

now do you see it?

YES! It's the little triple arrow shape punch from the On Film Kit Download!!!! Don't ask me HOW I saw a carrot top in that little shape, but I am sure glad I did! I LOVE these carrots!

I cut each image 4 times to make it a sturdy and thick, almost wood like thickness. I used my Arrows, Perfect Polka Dots, and Scallops Textured Embossing Folders to get the great textures on the top layer only. Sponging on top of that really brings out some great dimension. I layered all the cut pieces together with a glue stick, those really seem to help give this a little more stiffness and strength. I thought it would be cute if the bunny had a little snack from the last carrot, so I bit it with a scallop circle punch.

I hope you think this project is as cute as I do and that it inspires you to create some fun and unique home decor pieces of your own!

Hope you have a great day!!!

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MDS Blog Hop - Easter Treats!

Hi there! Welcome to our weekly MDS Blog Hop! Hope you are having a great day. Are you ready for St. Patrick's Day and Easter? That's what we decided to bring you this week, fun ideas for those holidays. I chose a quick and easy Easter project. Either of these would be great for the kiddos, or even office friends -

I used the Celebrate Easter Ensemble download to create a page of 20 of these cute little bunnies -

I just printed them at home, punched them out with a circle punch and added them to a scallop circle to make these sweet treats -

Then I decided I wanted something for a frame, so I came up with this -

Please go visit the other designers blogs and check out their awesome projects! This month we have the UBER-TALENTED Wendy Weixler joining us!!!

1. Amber Meadows 2. Jeanna Bohanon 3. Julie Leblanc 4. Rochelle Gould 5. Aly Schilling 6. Mandy Grant 7. Kimberly Van Diepen 8. Holly VanDyne 9. Erica Shaw 10. Cindy Schuster 11. Wendy Weixler - guest blogger!

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 Today is also the weekly Artisan Team Blog Hop, so if you have a moment, GO CHECK IT OUT!

Have a great day!!!

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