Paper Chicks! Peep peep treat holders!

Last week I saw these adorable chick bean bag on Martha Stewart's website...

{Source Martha Stewart.com}

These sweet little chicks are made from fabric and felt and are filled with peas or beans... And I thought, wouldn't these be sweet as treat holders?  And an idea was formed...

What up, Peeps?  Paper Peep Treat Holders!  Peep Peep!  These little guys are made from paper and filled with M&M's - yum!

There's a variety of ways to make these, you can use an oval paper punch or a die cut... I used my Silhouette Cameo and it was very quick and easy.  Let me show you.

I know it's hard to see, but I cut out ovals from yellow paper that I had on hand with my silhouette.  Remember, you'll need 2 ovals per chick.

I then grabbed a black ink pad and a pencil and stamped eyes onto the chick with the pencil eraser.

I forgot to mention that I also cut out beaks, wings and egg shells for my little chicks with my silhouette.  I used an Easter bundle that had an egg (used for chick), a chick (used beak and wings) and a broken egg so that I'd have all of the pieces I needed.  Anyways - I glued the beak onto the chick.  He's kinda cute now, but just wait!  Only do faces on HALF of your yellow ovals, you want the back of your chick to be plain.

I then grabbed my chick with the face and a plain yellow oval and started sewing around the edge of it.  I left an opening at the bottom so that I could put the treats in!

I then grabbed my half egg shells that I'd cut from white cardstock with my Cameo.  I put 2 shells together (back to back) and then sewed around the bottom curve, leaving the ragged edge un-sewn.

Grab your sewn chicks, M&M's, your sewn egg shell and some glue.  I used Scrappy Glue because I always use Scrappy Glue.  Fill your chicks with the M&M's...

Then slide your egg shell over the bottom of your chicks.

Put a little bit of glue between your shell and your chick - your treat inside should be protected between the chick and the bottom of the egg - I didn't have much trouble with runaway M's.

You now have 1 sweet chick!  But he's missing something...

I drew a little curly-q on the top of his head, added some pink chalk for cheeks and orange chalk around his beak...

I glued on his wings, chalked them with orange chalk and then put a little bit of orange Stickles on them! 

Peep Peep!

I made 12 of these cuties for the kids in Adam's class.  They can tear them open and eat the M&M's from inside! 

I'll be back tomorrow to share a Dollar Tree way to get this sweet chicks to the preschool!

Thanks for stopping in!

Andrea 

Pinned Down Mondays

Hello!

Phew!  Sorry about the late post - I kept telling myself that I needed to download my photos and then I'd start a load of laundry or cut fabric or wipe a runny nose... so, an 8 o'clock post it is!

Since Easter is this weekend (I know, I say it every time now, but it really snuck up on me!), I've decided to do a few Easter projects to share!  Here is my Pinterest inspiration...

(Source doityourselfcrafts.tumblr.com via Pinterest)

Yep, paint chip eggs.  Easy.  Free.  Cute.  Colorful.  Everything that I like.

So I started with these...

I grabbed a bunch of pastel paint chips from the Disney paint chip section in Home Depot.  I love the names... "Thinking Spot" is my favorite. 

And then I traced egg shapes that I had cut with my Silhouette for another project (I'll share Wednesday) onto the back of the cards.

It actually went by quick.  Quicker than I thought it would.

And then I cut them out. Again, it seems like it would take longer than it did.

 Aren't they pretty?  I love color.

And then I sewed them into a banner with my sewing machine.  You can see my sewing on paper tutorial here.  Very quick.  And easy.  And colorful.  (Those seem to be my key words tonight).

And here it is, hung in all it's glory in the Playroom.

That's it for me tonight!  Head over to Home Depot or Lowes, grab a few (okay, an embarrassingly large stash) paint chips and do something... errr... colorful!

See you Wednesday!

Andrea 

 

Zany for ZigZags

I'm not kidding... we are crazy for Chevron over here.  We're zigging and zagging, and we like it this way!

Wednesday started my feature on Gigi's Petals - Yep, you guessed it, Chevron Pillow Covers.  There's a few left of some of the colors - A Yellow & White Chevron is sitting on our couch as we speak!  I really like the pink and white one... if I had a little girl, she'd be forced to have one in her room!

Today my Chevron Pillow Covers are on GroopDeals Daily Deals website...

It's National Chevron Design Day over there and they're doing it right!  Look at all of the fun Chevron Pattern items...

I'm not gonna lie, I bought this necklace for myself... I love it!

This necklace was super cute too!  There's a limited quantity left, so hurry on over!  These would be great for an Easter Basket gift.

And can't you just see a few of these chevron table runners for different holidays?  I'm thinking the black and white for Halloween, the Coral & White would be great for summer, the Red and cream for Christmas... Maybe the Tiffany for Spring?

You can always check out my Etsy shop; Kutz, Paper, Scissors, and see any of the pillows, signs, whatever I've been working on there!  And if you tell me that you saw the deal on Gigi's Petals or Groopdealz, I'll honor the discount!

Have a great weekend - I'll be cutting and sewing and even working on some super cute Subway Signs - I'll share them next week!  Even my husband thinks they're awesome, which is something!

Next week I'll be sharing fun Easter projects, See you then!
Andrea

A Card To Match

When I was working on this month's Page's Design Team projects, one of the assignments was to make a card or layout with a handmade embellishment.  I made the pincushion and a card as a gift set...

My hand made embellishment is the button card...

I hand cut the button card from the back side of Her Bureau and sewed on buttons.  I also grabbed a paper doily and cut it in half and then fan folded it so it would have texture.  I added some gold glitter tulle on top of the doily because I love me some sparkle!

I punched the label and added some words from the OA Words Stickers along with some bling.  The ladies silhouette is a sticker from the Words sheet that is popped up off the scallop circle and covered with Crackle Glaze.

I used scraps from the Shadow box to add a little something in the top right corner along with a word sticker...  I also took a pair of scissors and rubbed the edge of the scissors along the paper to distress the papers and give them an antiqued look.

If you didn't see my past few projects, I had October Afternoon's Farmhouse line to play with, which I love and is used on the card!

I'll see you Friday with some Easter fun!
Andrea

Pinned Up Mondays

Good Morning,

Well, today is my Pinterest inspired project day!  Yay!  And my project is , quite literally, about pins!

Here was my inspiration...

{Photo courtesy of From makeit-loveit.com via Pinterest.com}

Aren't those SO pretty?  I love the idea of using a mason jar that you can store your sewing supplies in with a pin cushion on top...

So I made this for part of my Page's DT projects...



It was pretty simple, but I would do it a little, errr... a lot different.  I was trying to see which method would work best for the pincushion top, so I ended up cutting a circle from canvas fabric and then stuffing it with pillow fiber.  I then hot glued it to the inside of the rim of the lid.  I then glued on the top so that the stuffing didn't come out into the mason jar.  Next time I'll make it smaller and I'll sew the circle... so it doesn't look like such a huge bulbous mass on top!

From there I just started decorating the jar with scrap paper from OA's Farmhouse collection.  I also used a strip of burlap, since canvas and burlap seem to fit perfectly with the Farmhouse line!

I used the Word Stickers and punched paper to decorate the jar.  I added a little bit of ribbon and a button to give the jar a little umph.  And that was it!  I'm hoping to fill it with some sewing supplies and give it to a friend as a little "Thank You".

I'll be back Wednesday with more projects to share!
Andrea

Heart Garland Tutorial

Hello!

Today I'm sharing how you can create the heart garland from my Tray Shadow Box.  The garland was very easy and inexpensive to create, so let's get started!

Sewn Heart Garland

Supplies:
Fiskars Heart Punch (you could use a die instead of a punch)
Old Book Pages
Sewing Machine
Wet Glue (I used Scrappy Glue)
Distress Ink

You'll want to punch a lot of hearts from old book pages.  I used a book that I'd already read and was in the Goodwill box.

Ink the edges of all of your hearts.  This is the most time consuming part, and you don't have to do this step, but it does help since we're layering hearts.

Stack your hearts on top of each other (I used 2 different types of paper for the tutorial so you could see both easily)

Now start sewing!  You'll want to pull your machine and bobbin thread as long as you think you'll need for the tails of your banner and then start.  I don't backstitch, I just start at one end in the middle of the heart and keep going!

To create my banner, I just sewed to the end of one heart and then grabbed another heart and started sewing again.  If you want more space between your hearts, you can sew extra empty space with your machine before you start your next heart.

There you go!

Since I don't backstitch, I like to put a dab or glue at each ends, where I started and stopped sewing.

Fluff up your hearts by grabbing the top heart and folding it up.

And that's it!  So easy, you could do this with any shape and any paper!  I do use a light weight needle in my machine when I'm sewing on paper, but that's the only modification that I made to my machine and it's not necessary, I just like to make my needles last longer.

Have a great day!
Andrea