Sunday, April 4, 2010

"Hoppy" Easter!

Just barely had time to finish my Easter projects this year...my poor computer crashed and burned a couple weeks ago in the midst of my preparing for a Design Studio class and I've been frantically trying to catch up on things since then.

My first project for Easter were these little milk cartons and holders. Kind of like the Sizzix ones, but larger. The Sizzix milk cartons just seemed too small to me, so I was really happy to find these larger ones created and shared by Cricut Message board member thunderbirdlindy (Beth).


Beth's milk cartons are 5-1/2 inches tall and 2-3/8ths inches wide. Plenty large enough to hold a lot of goodies! She created two cutfiles, one for Design Studio and one for the Gypsy. Both use the George cartridge. You can find the link to Beth's files here. Please be sure to leave a message thanking her if you decide to download her files.


I decided I wanted a holder for the milk cartons so I created one in Design Studio, also using the George cartridge. The milk cartons and holders were pretty easy to cut with the Cricut and assemble. The tough part for me was the embellishing! Making and decorating my first set of four milk cartons didn't seem too bad...but I ended up making twenty-four, and that took way too much time!


Two of each set were embellished with My Melody cuts which I created with Make The Cut and images found on the internet.



And for the second two cartons in each set I used Hello Kitty Sizzlits dies. I spent way too much time on all the details on these!
For the sides of the boxes I used a round Easter Greeting $1 stamp from G Studio, Stampin' Up's scallop circle punch and a Sizzlit die for the cute chickies in the middle.
Flower, circle and leaf punches were used on the tops of the boxes and the swirly cut on the holder is from a large Sizzix die.

After spending too much time making the tiny cartons, I still had more gifts I needed to make, but with time running out, I decided to "Super-Size It". Using Beth's cut file as a guide, I created a cut file for an even larger milk carton.


Though it's difficult to tell from the photos, these cartons turned out to be 9 inches tall and 3-1/2 inches wide. Large enough to hold nearly a dozen cookies! These use two sheets of 12x12 cardstock and the 12x24 inch mat to cut.



Decorating these was a lot simpler too, since everything was a lot larger! Happy Easter is a sizzlits die, and decorated egg on the top of the boxes was created using shapes from George and Plantin Schoolbook cartridges.


Peeking Bunny was created in Make The Cut (LOVE this program!) using a digital image from Darcy Hunter's "Holiday Treasures" clip art collection.


Tulips are from the Walk in My Garden cartridge, welded in Design Studio and cut at 4-1/2 inches. Got six of these done just in time for our family Easter dinner tonight!


I was the lucky recipient of some really awesome Easter goodies from my sweet and creative friends! I received this sweet basket filled to the brim with goodies from my friend Dawne, when we got together last weekend for a Stampin Up demo at her home. The basket is from the new Easter cartridge...ooh, I love that butterfly!


This Tupperware filled with Easter surprises and this super neat swivel box is from my best shopping buddy, Kris. LOVE that box! Definitely a CASE study!


And this darling little box filled with her signature decorated cookies is from none other than my dear friend Heather. Box is a x-tra large Sizzix die....don't you just love the embossing on it!
I am blessed to have such wonderfully creative and generous friends!


Oh, oh! It's little Latte in her Easter bonnet with her new friend...wishing "ewe" a Happy Easter!

11 comments:

  1. OMG...I just love these milk cartons. They are SO adorable! You got some really cute Easter gifts from your friends too. I can't get over how your Maltese loves to get dressed up for the holidays. I had to go through your whole blog to show my husband past pictures. Our Maltese would never stand for it. Hope you had a nice Easter, sorry to hear about your computer though. Aren't they a pain in the butt when they don't do what they are suppose to. Have a great day!

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  2. super cute project! love all the detail!

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  3. these are wonderful bigger milk cartons. you are on a roll gf! love all those milk cartons made and the decorations are wonderful! so many...don't know where you found the time! love the other goodies too. hope you had a wonderful Easter.

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  4. Hi Eunice,
    You've outdone yourself yet again! Love these milk cartons- esp the My Melody die cut! Thanks for sharing these cute ideas!

    Jenny
    crazyforpaper.blogspot.com

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  5. Very Very Nice and creative. Great Job

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  6. Love all your Easter milk carton projects - the large one does have enough space for cute embellishments and lots of goodies, too. The smaller ones are too cute - which one is best? Can't chose - way too cute. Love the Hello K dies from Sizzix.....you are such a pro at using those cut files. Some day I will have to learn!!! TFS

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  7. Great projects and a lot of work/love went into them.

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  8. Eunice, what adorable little mild cartons. These can be used for so many different occasions. I haven't been visiting blogs much, and I can see that I have missed out on some of your gorgeous creations. These are just too cute. I hope you had a very lovely Easter my friend. Have a great week my friend!


    Hugz, xx

    ~L~

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  9. Hi Eunice! Hope you had a wonderful Easter! You did such an awesome job with your milk cartons ... but look at your baby's picture ... SOOOO CUTE!! I wish Bella would stay still long enough for me to take some decent pictures ... LOL!

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  10. Your milk cartons are just too sweet!! Gotta love HK!! These are wonderful creations and I must say that I love the cute photo of your adorable fur baby for Easter!!
    Hugs
    Jodi =)

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  11. These are so cute Eunice! That's a lot of milk cartons!!! I like the larger size of the milk carton. You were super busy making all of those.

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