An Easter Basket

I have been experimenting with a mini tutorial that was shared on Sandy Hancock’s blog.  I think the little box was actually made by Cheryl Lefore.   The mini tutorial was for a little box with 3 x 3″ note cards.   I thought the box would make a great little Easter Treat Basket.

I cut two Chocolate Chip Scallop Circles using my Scallop Circle Bigz Die.  I added a circle of Wild Wasabi and Whisper White cut with my Circle Scissors.  I embossed the Whisper White card with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.    The strip of card to make the box in the mini tutorial is cut 2″ wide.  For this box I cut the strip 2 1/2″ wide.  The bottom of the scallops is cut off at about 3 1/2″ to give a flat edge.  For the front of my basket I stamped “Easter Wishes” from the Occasional Greetings stampset using Pretty in Pink ink onto Whisper White card.  I punched the greeting using the Wide Oval Punch and then sponged the edges with Pretty in Pink ink.  I punched 2 Pretty in Pink Wide Ovals and layered them behind the greeting and attached it to the bag.  I stamped the 3 flower image from the Punch Potpourri stampset using Pretty in Pink ink onto Whisper White card and punched them out using the Boho Blossoms Punch.  I also punched one set of flowers using Pretty in Pink card and the Boho Blossoms punch.

I sponged the edges of the stamped images with Pretty in Pink ink to add a bit more colour.  Then I simply attached the flowers around the greeting and added some small and medium Basic Rhinestones to the flower centres.

The back of the basket is decorated with a “bunny behind” which I cased from Kim Score.  You might remember these bunnies from this post.  All the pieces are punched from Pretty in Pink ink and sponged with the same ink.  Punches used – 1 3/4″ circle (body), 1 3/8″ circle (head), small oval (ears) and Butterfly punch (cut in half for legs).  I punched Whisper White card using the Boho Blossoms Punch and inked the edges of the flowers with Pretty in Pink ink.  I scrunched the flowers and then stacked them adding a Pretty in Pink brad to the centre.  This is attached to the bunny using a mini glue dot.  I cut a 3cm strip of Chocolate Chip card and punched both edges using the Scallop Border punch.  I added a .5cm strip of Pretty in Pink card to the centre and attached this to the box using Pretty in Pink brads to make a handle.

All the box needs now is chocolate.

Bye for now, Kris.