Happy Easter! I made a card to send to our granddaughter and cookie boxes to share with family to celebrate Easter this year.
Finally had a chance to play with my set of Lawn Fawn "Build A Bunny" and "Build A Bunny Accessories" dies to make the bunnies for this Easter card. Die cut Happy Easter greeting comes from Karen Burniston "Easter Charms" set and I used Karen Burniston "Curved Edges" dies for the grassy hillside.
Inside the card, I added a sliding gift card mechanism which I learned from watching video tutorials by Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Craft on You Tube here and Sarah Davies of Crafter's Companion here.
Here's a short video showing this sliding mechanism in action.
As the card is opened, a panel holding the gift card slides out from the bottom.
The sliding mechanism for this card is really simple to put together and no special dies are required. The only thing that bothered me a little is that the sliding mechanism (shown here) is part of the back of the card and very visible; there is really no way to hide or disguise it.
At the last minute I decided to put together these Easter cookie boxes to share with friends and family.
The original cutting file for the top of this box was a freebie I picked up from Dreaming Tree at Creative Fabrica. This was meant to be as a box style card, but I made a few adjustments to the cut file so I could use it for the top of my cookie boxes.
I wanted to use a hinged lid for my cookie boxes so I first enlarged the outer "box" of the card to fit around the lid of the cookie box. I then cut the height of the two struts that hold the bunny and tulips by 0.5 inch so it would sit nicely on top of the lid.
I also added a round scalloped label with "Happy Easter" printed on it just above the tab closure for the box.
Not enough time to even bake cookies so I filled my boxes with our favorite decadent Palm Leaf cookies form a local bakery.
Hope everyone is spending Easter doing whatever you enjoy most!
