Easter Bunny meets Easter Cow!!!

Hi all.

Firstly, I wanna wish all my readers all the very best for this Easter period. Here in Sydney we are having a mini Autumn heatwave (again) with temps hitting the high 20's to low 30's!!! (68F to 86F for those other than Celsius folk out there).

This year for the first time in a LONG time I am prepared for Easter. I do not buy my kids any eggs because by the time the grandparental bunny, The Aunty/Uncle Bunny and the Neighbour Bunny all make a stop....it gets a little ridiculous!!!! Sometimes to the point that we have Easter chocolate left over in September!!!

We have now 8 children in the villas around us ranging in age from 12-2. With this in mind....and so my 2 wee bunnies can drop their wee surprises off....I made these. They are made from the SU Mini Milk Carton Die (hence the Easter Cow reference!!!)

 

I had to take all the pics quickly as it was very hot in the sun and I did not want the contents to melt!!! Here it is close up at the front...and a small surprise at the back!!!!

 

 

The one thing that did surprise me a lot is HOW MUCH chocolate these wee containers hold!!! Check this out.....

 

I also could not forget the Mum's at dance class. We natter every Thursday whilst our daughters are upstairs learning. I was inspired by the magical tutorial by Julie Davison here. I did change hers up a little in that I used a "punch art" face as opposed to a hand drawn one....I cannot free hand well at all!!!! This is what they received.....

 

 

I did make the bunny too. It holds quite a few Smarties.

 

 

Here are their faces close up......

 

 

Sorry about some of the darker pics. Sometimes the shade was a better option!!!

 

Thanks for popping by and whatever your faith, belief or following, may the coming days provide with you fun, friends and laughter too.

 

Stuff used:

CS: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Many retired DSPs in the milk cartons

Ink: Black SWM, White Gel Pen

Punches: Milk Carton Bunny - Head 1 1/4" circle, Ears - Blossom Builder Punch, Nose - Owl Punch, Muzzle and White Mouth - 1/2" circle, Pink mouth and eyes - 1/4" circle, Tail - Boho Blossom Punch

                Triangle Bunny - Face - as per milk carton bunny except the eyes are the MEDIUM circle fm the Owl Punch, Ears - SU Large Oval Punch and Word Window Punch, Paws - SU small oval punch

                Triangle Chick - eyes - 1/4" circle, SU 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Beak - Carla Craft CP2 square Punch

Other Bits: Tangerine Tango ribbon (Sycamore St Bundle fm SAB '13), Non SU Pink Satin ribbon, White Crochet cotton to tie the milk cartons, COPIOUS amounts of small chocolate!!!!

 

Lynda xx

 

Easter on the HOP!!!

Good morning/afternoon all and I hope you are enjoying this Easter day....whatever your faith or following.

Once again, I was (very) late with my Easter eggs for the neighbours' children. It's something that has been going on for at least a decade now as all the children are around the same age. There is always a race on as to who can get the eggs onto whose front door step without being caught!! you can appreciate as the children get older, the "cloak and dagger" gets upped...LOL!!

Now being Diabetic and not really doing a lot of chocolate anymore (heavy sigh), and appreciating the fact that by the time everyone gets their eggs together...there is A LOT of chocolate hopping around. This year (as in others) I went for the KISS theory. here is what my bunny kids delivered to their friends.....

I pretty much, when caught on the "hop"...just add cellophane!!! I purchased some eggs from a local (discount) store, wrapped them in cellophane, added a 3mm red ribbon, a Designer Label Punch with a sentiment and I was good to go. There were a couple more bundles done than photographed....but one can only see so MUCH chocolate on one day....can't they??

I think they turned out OK for less than 15 minutes work....don't you??

I hope you all continue to have a happy and creative Easter/ANZAC break. I actually have a lot to post, so please feel free to pop back regularly and see what I have been up to.

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Whisper White

Ink: (SU) Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: (SU) Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Punch: (SU) Designer Label Punch

Other Bits: 3mm red satin ribbon fm stash

Lynda xx