"Egg"stra special Easter Basket Tutorial

Hopefully this weekend will go better than the last.  I still can't believe I finally got to the point of shopping and running errands and I got sick...really sick.  Thanks goodness I'm better now and after work tomorrow, I will attempt to do that shopping once again. 

I have a tutorial I'd like to share with you.  I made it for Peppermint Creative.  And...right now if you go there you can get this Silhouette file and/or a printable file for FREE.   I know it's cutting it close, but it truly takes very little time to put it together. 



Supplies Used:

• Cardstock
• Scissors or Cutting Machine (Silhouette)
• Double-Sided Tape
• Easter Grass
• Printer
• Candy
• Free Template

How to:

Easter is such a fun holiday for crafting. I couldn’t resist creating a cute egg shaped basket using my Silhouette machine and my favorite Easter themed digital scrapbooking kit Speckled Egg: Brights and I’m so excited to share my template with you. If you don’t have a Silhouette Cameo, don’t feel left out – I’ve also included instructions and a template to create this cute basket easily by hand with a pair of scissors as well.

Instructions by hand (without using a Cutting Machine): 
Print the template on fairly sturdy cardstock and cut it out.


Next fold along the dashed lines.

Add double sided tape and tape the box together.

Apply the egg to the top of the box with double sided tape. To finish the box, you can add the handle, or leave it off.

Now for the fun stuff. Add the Easter grass.

And the delicious candy and voila – you’re finished! It’s that easy.

Instructions for Silhouette SD/Cameo Users:
We will be using the Silhouette Cameo and the “Print and Cut” feature.
Print the basket with or without the egg already on it.  Make sure that you turn on the registration marks so that you will be able to cut it out after it is printed.

 
You will find an 8.5×11” document with 2 eggs on it which you can use if you’d like to print the sheet and have the silhouette cut them out or you can add the included .PNG egg to your template and print and cut just once. If you are cutting the box and then the images, you will simply add a piece of white card stock to your mat and cut the box out.


Next you will cut the egg image out.  You can see that I added other images from the kit on the paper so that I wouldn’t waste any paper.

Now on to the assembling. Fold at the dashed lines.

Next add the double-sided tape and tape the box together.
 
Apply the egg to both sides of the box. If you printed it with the egg already on the box, you will skip this step.

To finish your Easter “Egg” basket, You can either apply the handle or leave it off.
Now add the grass and the candy as shown above and you’re done.

To Get the FREE file go here!

I used the digital kit, Speckled Egg - Brights, from Peppermint Creative to make the basket.

 

I hope that EVERYONE has a HAPPY EASTER!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tanya

Well....It happened.....

I can't believe it did, but it did.  I had so many things planned out.  Shopping (which I don't care for), planting, and of course crafting.  Not one of those things got done.  I ended up with the stomach bug and was out of commission for 3 whole days.  What a total bummer.   With out all the ugly details, I was in so much pain and was so weak that I could not even get in or out of the shower myself.  I was really wiped me out. 

There was a good thing that happened.  My lovely husband build this really nice desk to put in my craft room.  I ordered it off  Overstock.com.  Oh and didn't pay shipping!!!  Here is a picture of it and when I get in all like I want it, I will take some pics. 

 

I can't wait to find the write baskets to put on the shelves and the stuff for the walls.
 

This desk is VERY sturdy and made well.

 

 

 

Be back soon.  Thanks for stopping by!

♥ Tanya

  

It's Almost Here

Friday, yep it's almost here.  Work has been a little stressful these days, so I'm really looking forward to my weekend OFF!!  I'm ready to do some gardening and working on  my flower beds.  I'm ready for some COLOR!  I'm so tired of looking at all the dead brown colors.   That's what I really want to do, it's the plan, but we all know plans don't all work out!  Hoping it will this time!

Another thing I would like to do is to work on some crafting projects.  And in case you would like to do the same, I'm sharing some projects I've worked on this past week. 

Here they are, these cute little boxes that I made with my Silhouette Cameo and this adorable new kit in the Hello Collection Series....Hello Giggles from Peppermint Creative.

 

I love making gift boxes and with Graduation quickly approaching, I thought this would be perfect.

 

 

 

Aren't these papers from Peppermint Creative soooo stinkin' cute!?!  I absolutely love all the colors....so bright and cheery!!

 

 Here is a close up of the flower that I purchased from the Silhouette on-line store.  I used the color picker in Silhouette Studio Designer Edition to make sure the color matched exactly to the paper. 

 

 

The color picker is on the right side of your page.  You can pick a color out of the pallet or if you want the shade to really match, you can pick a color from your project you are working on.

 

 

 

To pick a color from your project, just click on the picker on the right and hover over the color you want from the project you are working on. 

 

 

 

Here is another made with the papers from the Hello: Giggles series!  These would be perfect for "Thank You's" at a wedding, bridal showers, birthdays and more.  I have a wedding invite in the making (one of my plans for this weekend)  I'll have pictures posted soon (If my plans don't fall through).

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a GREAT and WONDERFUL weekend!!

 

 

 

Baseball Party Favors and a free Silhouette Cutting files.

A Co-worker and friend of mine asked me to make some "Thank You" tags and some straw flags for her son's birthday party.  Of course I said "Yes!"  It was going to be a baseball themed party and she had a few ideas that she found on Pinterest.  All my friends and co-workers know that I have my handy dandy Silhouette Cameo and that I can make all kinds of fun things.  I don't mind and it gives me a lot of practice.

The following tags and flags for the party was made using the "Print and Cut" feature.  This is by far one of my favorite things to do on my machine.

Here are the Flags that I made.  I used some straws that I purchased from Pick Your Plum.

After cutting them out, I added double sided tape and wrapped them around the straw. 
(She is going to tie them to the bottled pop.)

 Here is a close up of the flags.  I download the FREE font at Dafont.com.  t's called Brannboll.

I looked up where she got the pin from so that I could give them credit...It was from itsybelle.blogspot.com

Here is the FREE file you can use in Silhouette Studio.  Click on the image below to DOWNLOAD.

  The tags below were created using a picture she gave me from Pinterest.

Click on the image below to DOWNLOAD

I made this sign so that all his friends could sign a "Birthday" baseball.  It says "Please Autograph Hunter's Birthday Ball!"

 I hope that this will help some of you that are planning Summer Baseball Parties!

 Thanks for Stopping by!