My own version of Easter basket cards...

My sister inspired me to try to make an Easter card using an Easter basket as the focal image. I opted not to try weaving my little baskets out of narrow strips of paper the way she did. Instead, I cut the basket from the Doodlecharms cartridge at 3" and ran the bowl part of the basket through my Cuttlebug in the Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder.

I also cut the eggs from the Doodlecharms cartridge. The doily was cut using a Lifestyle Crafts die.  The mat behind the doily is made of two papers--the white paper was border punched, adhered to the lavendar polka dot paper and then I inked around them both.

 I wanted to add a little "grass" to the basket. I tried cutting out a couple of different grass images with my Cricut, but I wasn't satisfied with either of them.

Then I remembered that I had the Martha Stewart pine branch punch. I punched out several little branches, arranged them in different directions behind the basket and--voila!--I had grass!

I really love this punch. It punches out a very fine little branch. One of these days I'm going to try making a wreath with these little branches.  If you have used this punch in other ways, I'd love to hear about it. I always want to get the most use possible from the tools I have on hand.














The basket is popped up on foam tape. This photo shows the tiny pieces of foam tape behind the handle of the basket.

I kept the inside of the card simple. I added a punched border at the bottom,  inked around the edges and adhered a self-adhesive flower like the one on the basket.

I'm entering this card in three challenges:
1.) Bitten by the Bug2: Egg-ceptional Easter Eggs

2.) Craftin Desert Divas: Easter Eggstravaganza

3.) Celebrate the Occasion: #104 Happy Easter


This card was so much fun to make that I made two of them!

Thanks for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl