Easter daisies

Hi everyone,
I hope the start of your Easter has been a safe and happy one.  Today I am going to show you some Easter daisies that I made.  I did them in two different colours to brighten up our room.  I'll have to show you the Easter tree I made (tomorrow), loving it!!!  But on to today..

 Some typical white ones.  I punched out some large scallops and then cut them through to the centre leaving enough gap to add the spiral centre.

 These ones were done a little differently, I used the largest circle punch and kept the petals further apart, not really sure if I like these ones as much!!

My bunch together in my stunning vase/glass
Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day....

Beautiful Easter Egg Banner

Hi again,
I have to show you the prettiest Easter Banner I have seen.  I love, love, love it.  I think I found it on pinterest but here is the link for you.  Some of my photos are not so clear but I just had to try and show you them individually.  This was so quick and easy to make and I used an old book for the banner and all the gorgeous colours from Stampin' Up.  Give it a go and brighten up your room for Easter.  I would like to make a Easter Tree and hopefully I can before the weekend.  I'll have to see how I go and you will be one of the first to know.

My Easter Banner that till be part of my Easter decorations.  Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will see you tomorrow..... 
Oh by the way, she has the pattern on her blog, I made that size and than shrank it down to a smaller one as well.

Punch Art Easter Bunnies With Egg

hello,
I know, it has been so long and I am sorry.  Life just got a little hectic for me and I know I have been saying that every time I get on here but I have truly missed coming on.  I have made these bunnies before and seeing I had to make so many, 30 (for a class of students) I didn't go all out like I have done before.  The funny thing is, it still took me two days (with a few interruptions along the way) to complete them.  I had seen on pinterest where someone had put a magnet on the back and I liked that idea so hopefully the kids will take the egg off carefully and keep the bunny.
Don't tell me any different, I want to at least think they will have them for a day!!!

 This is them all carefully put in a box ready to go to school, I meant to take a pic before I put them in the box!!!!

 Just showing the magnet on the back

And hopefully a clearer picture.
I do have a few other things to show you before Easter so I will get on here again tomorrow night.  Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely evening/day.....

Valentine Gifts For Friends

Hi all,
I am so sorry I am so slack these days, I keep thinking I will get better but my mind is on work and family and for some reason craft is coming a distant third.  Don't worry it is still on the radar, I just need to move it up a notch.
So how many people are on pinterest, one of my all time go to sites now when I need some inspiration, still love my blogs though.  I seem to be doing more looking than doing but as we know, that can all change in an instant!!
So I have been making some little Valentine gifts to give friends and thought I would share them as it is only a couple of days away now.

How cute is this, love it.  So far I have only made three but I am going to buy some more tomorrow to do up.  I think a lot of my friends will appreciate this!!

Love the saying that someone made up (I found this on pinterest).  I seriously like you (oh yeah)

Another shot at a different angle.  I so love these.

My son and I have been buying kit kat mint bars (very nyceeeee) so I decided to get a couple to give to a few special friends.  I measured the chocolate and then cut a slightly smaller piece of card to go inside with the ribbon so it can be pulled out.  If you would like instructions just let me know and I will write them up for you.
The roses I had made a while back and posted, thought I would put them to good use....

The bar pulled out so you can see.

A closer view.
Thanks for stopping by and I will try and post again very soon.
Have a lovely day...

Valentine Window Box

Hello,
We have had another hot day today but at least there was a lovely breeze.  So today's post is a Valentine box that was made to go with this envelope card (where I can also put quite a few pictures - I have posted this one earlier).  I have been going through my stash and making that something extra to go with previously made things.  I followed a tutorial for this from Gretchen Barron, dated back in October 2001.

 The front view with heart cup and heart tags

 The back view, I have a ribbon wrapped around a brad to keep it closed.  All four flaps folded down and I wanted to do something extra with them....

 Top has a flower on top for my Mum

 Open the first flap and there is somewhere to write or put a little picture

 Second flap up and another place for photo or message

The last flap I left bare and used a 3/4" circle punch to punch half a circle to lift flap easily.  So now I just need to get the photos together over the next few weeks.
thanks for stopping by.......

Back to School Chocolate Pencils

Hello,
My computer is playing up again today, I suppose it is a couple of years old now!!!  I was going to show you another Valentine project I made but it is also only another couple of weeks away for school so I thought I would make my son's teachers (ex and present) a present.  I have seen these on heaps of blogs, starting off with Lorri's blog and then on Pintrest.
I had a friend come and play for the day and this is one thing she wanted to make (as she had seen them on Pintrest and loved them too) so I finally got to make these and every child that has come into my house has picked them up and wanted one.  I swear they will go to school with lots of dirty finger prints on them!!

The bottom one is my first attempt with a milky way bar, just had to make one before my friend got here.  Then she bought dairy roll ups and kisses and then we had some fun.
I rolled the chocolate on a ruler to see how wide I needed to make it (just in case yours is a different size). These worked out :-
yellow card - 5 1/4" x 3 1/8" or 12 1/2cm x 8 cm, put some score marks on it as that makes them look cool
pink card - 1 1/2cm x 8 cm and sorry I forgot to work out how many inches that was but the 3 1/8" is equal to 8 cm. Don't score this one as that is the rubber.  I then used a 3/4" punch for the bottom.  I used the glue gun to hold this all together.  Then of course the Hershey kiss on the tip and I made some little tags and a glitter love heart on them.
thanks for stopping by and have a good one....

Valentine Heart

Hello,
I am going to show you the most gorgeous heart today.  Brenda (Qbees Quest) came up with these.  I really wanted to make the Christmas tree she designed as well and I did make it, just couldn't find any chocolates to fit in there.  Well I could make the hearts because we now have Hershey kisses here in Australia, in Woolies.  I love our chocolate heaps more but unless you're going to sit there and make heaps of drops the easier option is to buy a packet of kisses.  So here is my cute heart, did make half a dozen, just forgot to take a picture of them all....

These are so incredibly easy to make so pop over to Brenda's blog where she has a great tutorial to follow.
Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day....