♥ Easter Eggs and Butterflies ♥

Hello there! We have a brand new challenge starting today at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! It's ANYTHING GOES!!

The Simon Says DT are showcasing products this week by Stampendous! I am using the super pretty Butterflies Clear Stamp Set. This set has big, small and in between butterflies. Love it! So I decided to pretty up some plastic eggs with them for some Easter decor.

I painted some of the eggs with some Prima Opal Magic Aqua Rose Acrylic Paint. Love the shimmery color. (I need to get me more of this paint in different colors!) Other eggs I either wrapped in some pretty papers from the PhotoPlay French Flea Market Paper Pad (love!) or I added some Prima Pink Glitter or Diamond Dust Glitter to others.

I finished it off with some May Arts Natural Twine, pearls and Prima Flowers.  To form the base for the eggs, I simply hot glued some mini grapevine wreaths together and then hot glued some moss to them and then adhered the eggs. :)

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so, please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too. 

Hope you have a sweet day!

hugs...

♥ Doilies and Lace ♥ TSTR #57

This week I am your host at The Shabby Tea Room and I chose the theme, "Doilies and Lace". It is to create a card/project using a doily or lace on it. It can be stamped, paper, fabric, etc.

I made some place card settings for the Easter table. They are so simple and inexpensive to make, but people will think you spent a fortune and a lot of time on them! They are made from paper mache eggs (Michaels) which I first painted white, then I literally inked them with an ink pad, then applied glue and then glitter. Then decorate them with pearls, ribbon and gems. The base of the settings are made from recycled baby food jars. I buy lots of baby yogurt for my son and had all these jars left over. I simply washed them and removed the label, added some jelly beans and then decorated with ribbons and embellies. I then inked 2 paper doilies. Added 1 to the top of the jar and 1 on the bottom. I then added some paper grass and then my egg. I hot glued everything. Easy Peasy place card settings for your table that look like Faberge eggs! And it dresses up your Easter dinner table.

This week's prize sponsor at The Shabby Tea Room is Cupcake Cards and Craft. And this week's winner will receive a fabulous digi paper pack!

Help me in welcoming a new shabby girl to the team! The Oh, so talented, Sheri Holt! Welcome my friend!

And don't forget to visit the rest of the shabby girls too!

♥ Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
♥ Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
♥ Danielle Greenwood - Au Claire De La Lune
♥ Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!

Here is the inspiration photo that I chose.

I was inspired to make these using the challenge, Earth Day and Trash Art, from the HotSpot challenge blog. {I used baby food jars.}

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs...