Another Class For You...

This was scheduled to go up in March but due to a technical hitch it is going up today!

This class uses the gorgeous new Fancy Pants products from the "About A Girl" collection. Click on the link to download the free PDF instructions.

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Decorated Eggs

Another Egg Post!

I hope those of you celebrating Easter are enjoying the long weekend. Today, inspired by Debbies beautiful Tesco Easter Egg tree, I decided to make a decorated egg of my own. So here is what i made:

First blow the egg. Pierce the egg carefully using a skewer making a hole at both ends. Blow the contents of the egg out by blowing through one of the holes and collecting the egg in a bowl. (I used this for scrambled eggs for breakfast!)

Thoroughly wash out the egg by running hot water and a little washing up liquid through the holes. Leave it to dry.

To decorate the egg i used Cosmic Shimmer Mists. I chose three colours; Midnight Blue, Twilight Black and Silver. With the skewer through the egg hold it over some newspaper and spritz the egg. Initially the ink did not cover too well so I used my finger to rub the mist into the egg shell. I then waited for it to dry a little before adding a second coat.

When it was dry I then used a Versamark pen to add a swirl design to the surface of the egg and then used Zing metallic embossing powder to cover the design before heat embossing the design.

Next i added a lace trim around the middle, embellished that with kaiser rhinestones and finally covered the join on the lace with a punched circle of cardstock embossed with the same teal Zing finished with a matching rhinestone.

A quick & easy Easter project

To celebrate the first day of the Easter holidays, my girlies and I decorated this little Tesco Easter Egg tree in preparation for the Easter bunnys visit. (It comes complete with a little tree in a tin bucket and 12 painted eggs.) This is a really simple project that can be enjoyed by kids of all ages with a pretty finished product to use as a table decoration.

Here's how we did it:

To start, cover the bucket using the reverse side of Sassafras Sweet Marmalade- Handmade paper and then add a Basic Grey - Sugar Rush trim to the top and bottom rim of the bucket. To add a little Spring feel to the tree, glue Prima Frosty Flowers - Sorbet blossoms onto the edge of the leaves and add a little gem to the centre of each. All that is left to do after that, is to hang the painted eggs off the branches and fill the bucket with chocolate eggs of your choice.

Giveaway Number 3 Winner

Congratulations to Janet who commented at 11:56am this morning. Email me Mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk with your details and we will get your goodies out to you :o)

Thanks to everyone who has visited and commented during our three day blog giveaway, be sure to come back often as we will be uploading classes, challenges, product spotlights and of course giveaways on a regular basis.

Giveaway 2 - Winner

Apologies ofr the late posting of this. A work meal for a colleague who was leaving that started in an Italian restaurant and ended in a Salsa club (impromptu change of plan which those of you who know me may find a touch amusing as I was driving and unable to rely on that great dance enhancer of a large drink!)

Anyway, the winner is comment number 19 - Poinz. Email me your details and we will get some Bella Blvd sent out to you. :)

3 Day Giveaway - Day 3

For the final day's giveaway, we have selected Prima. They brought out some lovely new paper lines this time and of course lots of blossoms and bling too. It sold amazingly quickly and we struggled to keep up with re-stocks, so leave a comment to say which of the Prima products appealed to you most. The papers are here, blossoms here and pearls and crystals are here.
You have until 6pm tomorrow for a chance to win some gorgeous Prima goodies

We haven't forgotten the Bella Blvd giveaway winner but Mel has gone out, so that will be later tonight.
Jill

3 Day Giveaway - Day 2....

So today we gave away some gorgeous Fancy Pants goodies and next up is some of the new Bella Blvd products. We have stocked Bella Blvd since it was launched and it has been a consistent favourite among many of our customers.

Take a look at their three new collections HERE (currently on New Products pages 1 to 3) on our site and leave a comment letting us know which you like the best and why and we will pick a winner at random (in the usual way) to win some Bella Blvd goodies!

Deadline for this one is 6pm tomorrow evening.

Good Luck!