let it snow {lawn fawn + thermoweb week}

Here's the deal.  I'm lamely typing this post without using my left index finger. It's awkward.  I lopped off a chunk with my guillotine paper-cutter yesterday.  I can't be the only one who's ever done this, right?  I blame it on the child.  Maia yelled something and I jumped - jumped and twisted slightly and brought down the blade. sigh.  The best part was when I called my hubby to tell him what happened: he asked if I was ok, and then quickly (too quickly) inquired about my project... if I had ruined it with blood smear.  I have trained him well... hee.

So, without any real segueway, here's my fawnie+thermoweb project:



If this card looks a little familiar, it's because it is!  I took heavy inspiration from a treat packaging that my fellow fawnie Yainea made, published in the pages of a recent Paper Crafts mag:

I am constantly wowed by what Cristina creates - my card is a nod to her amazing talent.

I switched up the fox for the bunny (mostly out of extreme laziness: the bunny has a matching die) and added patterned paper to the background.  The thermoweb 3D foam squares and zots came in very handy.

The red banner is my fave.

♥.

CAS-ual fridays - egg hunt.

We've known each other awhile, right?

So let's not pretend.

I had the best intentions for my kids' easter baskets, but the truth is, the hubs and I threw chocolate eggs around the house and had a coffee while they hunted.  They asked me what to put their eggs in and I handed them a mason jar.... I have 3 kids... and they got 1 mason jar.

sigh.

At least it had a cute tag on it, even though Thomas took issue with the pink...

This tag is a united-colors-of-benetton-3-stamp-company-mash-up:  The circle frame and greeting are from PTI, the pattern at the bottom is from clear&simple stamps, and the bunny image is from lawn fawn (I cut off the "winter bunny" scarf).

Oh, and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

I'm entering it into the lastest CAS-ual Fridays challenge: things you'd find inside an easter basket...

mmmm.... chocolate eggs....

parties, parties, parties.

It's 9am, and I've already made a few dozen cinnamon-chocolate cupcakes, chocolate-marshmallow pops, chocolate chip cookies and brownies.  The house is clean(ish) and a pirate ship threw up in my living room.  It can only mean 1 thing: party time!

Friday morning is pirates.  Saturday morning, we're twinkling our toes for Sofia's ballerina party.  And Sunday, we're celebrating our Lord's resurrection!  It's jam-packed - hopefully the decorations don't get mixed up (right now, I have some easter eggs on the counter and a white table runner with pink ruffles on it amid all the pirate stuff... lol.

Here's a tiny sneak-peak of the kids' parties...

But I also had time to create a little Easter card - mostly because Thomas asked me if I would stamp something for him to color in, and he chose "winter bunny" (lawn fawn).  I would pause here to point out how crazy he is, but it's snowing a bit outside... so bunny-wearing-scarf-in-spring isn't so far off after all.

I love this little card!  I already had the frame die-cut, and I knew it was only a matter of time before I found something cute to pop inside.  I colored 3 little bunnies and chopped off their scarves.  I'm not condoning the whole "white easter" thing that's going on outside...  A little bow around their necks and they almost look edible...

If I don't make it back to the blog before Sunday, happy Easter to all!  

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In His great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..." - 1 Peter 1:3