Frosted Design's Shades of Spring Kit is So Egg-citing!!!!

Hello to all my crafty friends!!!  April is here and Spring is in full swing!!!  With Easter coming up, I thought I'd make a few things to "get in the mood" and the Shades of Spring Kit from Frosted Designs was absolutely PERFECT for my projects :-)

 First, I started by making an Easter basket!  I wanted it simple, but pretty!!!  I figured I'd gift it to my daughter's teacher when the holiday arrives :-)

Any who, here's a look at what I came up with:

Isn't it adorable?!?  

I used various BG "Fresh Cut" papers from the kit, alternating them for the front and sides.  I also matted some left over strips and added them around the middle of the basket, all the way around!

I wanted a trim around the top but already used that fabulous tulle trim from the kit, so I got out a few paper punches and went to work! 

I finished the front by punching out a few circles and matting them to a doily.  I took one of the AdornIt wooden birds included in the kit and colored it with Lindy's Starburst Pearls and various magicals until I achieved the color I was looking for!  I topped it off with liquid pearls around the circle!!!

For the "handle", I cut a strip from one of the papers and used one of my Martha Stewart punches to add some detail.  I topped it off with another coordinating paper from the kit for some contrast :-)

Now, what usually goes inside the Easter basket?!?  Eggs!!!!

Lots of them!!!  And that's exactly what is going in this one as well!!!!

With a little help from my Cricut Expression 2, I was able to cut out some eggs from the papers in the kit.  I added 2" strips to the bottom of each to add another egg to the back and create a dimensional piece that will hold, well, candy of course!!!!

Here's a look:

I started by taking the eggs and cutting about an inch off the base so I could make them stand freely!  Then, I inked all the edges for a little added color...  I also used my CE2 to create a die-cut bunny in the center of a couple of the eggs and added a small strip to another for minor detail!

I finished them with all sorts of candies (some were wrapped in tulle) that my daughter's teacher is sure to enjoy!!! 

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

Products used from the Frosted Designs Store:

Shades of Spring Frosted Designs Kits

Lindy's Stamp Gang Try Me Set - Sweet Treats

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Nantucket Pearls Magicals Set

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SYS Challenge #6 and SNS #30!!!

Happy Friday!!! It's yet another gloomy day here in sunshiney Florida!!! It's been raining for three days and I'm hoping it will let up sometime soon!!! Anyway, I wanted to share a few things with you that I was able to finish this week :-)

The first is this week's challenge #6 over at Scrap Your Story!!! The challenge is to create a layout with the "Spring" theme in mind.  You can use flowers, spring colors, easter, etc.   GET CREATIVE!!! Of course, I myself went with the traditional Easter photos from this year!!! These were taken at my dad's on Sunday afternoon with the girls in their ever so beautiful atire!! 

I also used Sketch #30 from Sketch N scrap, and combined this with numerous other challenges that I will list below!  So, here is the sketch to work with:

And here is my layout: I pretty much stayed true to the sketch with only a few variations! I didn't have any sunlight to photograph it so I used my DSLR camera in hopes of a better photo.  I will upload a better one when the sun comes out to play!  

Aren't these girls just precious?!?!?  Yes, that would be me with my amazing pose for the camera in the top left... I am officially a goof ball!!!  I have had sooooooo much fun playing with the Heidi Swapp "Sugar Chic" paper collection!!!!! The papers are absolutely AMAZING and one of my fav collections to work with so far!!!  I also have fun playing with canvas, which I was able to sneak in on the bottom right.  I inked it to match the colors of the page, then stamped it and added "stitching" rub-ons to the edges.  

I used various flowers, grungeboard swirls (which I embossed white and placed inside the flower cluster), Thickers, and chipboard letters which were also heat embossed to the colors I wanted.  I am very pleased with this entire layout and cannot wait to actually photograph it in the sun for a better view at the wonderful colors!!!! 

Other challenges for this layout:

Libby's Song Challenge at Colorful Creations

Monique's Bling Challenge at 2 Broke Girls Challenges

Stacy's Let's Get Cooking CHallenge #5 at Sketches4All

Well gang, thanks for stopping in and have a LUCKY day!!!

P.s. There's still a little time to join in on Sketches4All Scrap A Thon Blog Hop going on so stop in and check it out!!!