Easter Candy Cones

 I love to give away holiday treats in pretty holders.  I've used this particular cut file for candy cones multiple times over the years for multiple holidays.  All I do is  change the embellishments to suit the holiday.  And they are so simple to make.  You simple cut them out with score lines.  Glue your embellishments on, fold on the score lines and glue the open side shut.  Thread the handles through the precut holes and wah-lah.  You're done.

Using my Silhouette, I sized the file to fit two cones per 12x12 page.  The resulting cone is perfect for a little paper shred and a few chocolate treats.  for colors I chose to use soft, pale taupe and a sage green for the main body of the cones.   I cut a cute bunny silhouette in pink and backed it with a creamy beige scalloped oval shape.  Very simple, yet Easterly.  

I added gold tinsel handles and filled them with pretty, pale pink and gold shred.   I plan to fill them with a few Dove treats, drop them in a cellophane bag and then tie them with more pink ribbon.

Easter Houses in Spring Colors

 Selecting colors for my projects is never easy for me.  I don't have that "eye" for which colors go with which.  So it's always a hit or miss and I have to hope for a "hit".

I decided to go with soft spring colors instead of vibrant ones.  Instead of bright pink and purple, I choose muted pink and lavendar.  And I can only hope the rest work together.

Little is always more attractive to me, so I made these 4" tall,  small enough to easily fit on a Dollar Tree Foam disk.  I cover the disk in a complementary paper and trim the disk with a paper fence.  I made a little paper push cart and filled it with baubles and paper flowers,  and  finished with a few clay Easter eggs.

Pictured below are the houses I've completed.

Making Easter Putz

 Spent this cold, Sunday afternoon working on my Easter Putz style houses.  Even though they are machine cut, they still take oodles of time.  

I decided to go with pale, spring colors.  I find them soothing and they go well with our recent grey winter days.  

After cutting the papers, I simple mixed and matched the roofs, shutters and doors.  Once I get all the pieces glued together, I spread glue all over the piece and sprinkle on sparkly glitter.  I wasn't going to glitter the houses because some folks might think it looks like snow, but what's a Putz house without glitter? 

Now to attach them to a base and embellish them a little more.

 

 

Tiny Houses

 My latest infatuation is about making little paper houses.  I don't know if it's a childhood thing or the fact that they are quick and fun to make.  Whatever the reason, I just want to focus on making more and different variations.  Here are some that I made for Valentines day.  I just sold the one on my Etsy site.

These little cuties are no bigger than 2 inches.  I found a foam disk that I had in my stash, covered it with scrapbook paper and then mounted the houses to it.  The houses are sprinkled with sparkly glitter to give them the traditional putz look and decorated with little paper hearts.