Tart Tin Easter Baskets by Ranjini Malhotra

Spring is in the air and today we have these super sweet glittered Tart Tin Easter Baskets by Ranjini Malhotra . . .

Remember the lovely Christmas Garland the design team created for Jenni back in December? At the time, I seized the idea to spray paint a Tart Tin to use in my ornament and the thought occurred to me how darling the tins would look done up in paint and glitter, as wee easter baskets. (And these would work beautifully for every imaginable holiday - red glitter for Valentine's Day, orange for Halloween, etc. )

This was very simple to do. All I did was spray paint the tins using Krylon paint. I didn't have any lilac colored spray paint so I used a generic pink as the base coat. When the paint dried, I used Martha Stewart Crafts Glittering Glue (I love this because it comes with a built-in brush applicator) and applied it liberally on the outside of the tart tins.

Then I glittered up the tins with Martha Stewart iridescent glitter in Bubble Gum. A tip for the glittering part is to cut a solo cup in half, dump out the glitter into the cup, and dip the tart tin into the solo cup, twisting it around so that glitter adheres to all the gluey surfaces, nooks and crannies. Once you've glittered it up to your satisfaction, set it aside to dry. After it dries, punch holes in the sides, create a handle from a pipe cleaner, and tie on buttons and twine. Add a few JBS Vellum Butterflies and the basket is spring-ready, to display, gift or hang on an easter tree!

The candies are shown for display, I don't recommend using these for actual food unless the candies are wrapped. The wee ceramic bunnies are from a collection of figurines that come in the boxes of Red Rose Tea that I drink. I hope this has inspired you to break out your spray paint and glitter - you'll love the ease of this project, and the gorgeous results!

Beautiful!  Thanks for the inspiration Ranjini!

Easter Wishes by Ranjini Malhotra

Continuing with our Ranger theme this month, we have a charming Easter card from Ranjini with a great stamped background. Ranjini says, "I used Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Ink Pad in Seed Packet with a clear polka dot background stamp from Papertrey Ink to create the dotted background. Then I added goodies from the February Kits mostly to create this little easter greeting. I did stamp the background twice for a darker color green."

These bunnies are way adorable! Thanks for the inspiration Ranjini!

If You're Still Waiting for Spring....

Living in Colorado, we often get teased by Mother Nature. March rolls around and she'll give us several days of gorgeous sun, crisp breezes, birds chirping, and buds starting to blossom. Then, just like that, she'll dump a huge snowstorm on us and all signs of spring will be covered in the white stuff! I've learned not to put away the snow boots and shovels until May arrives. And instead of waiting for spring to appear outside my door, I'll bring the season to life on my scrapbook pages!

If you're still waiting for spring in your neck of the woods, pull out some brightly colored papers, and anything with butterflies or flowers and get to work on a page! For my page, I used one of my favorite JBS papers, Green Cross Hatch from the Front Porch line and mixed in some Turquoise Tiny Dot and the Pink Soda Label to make a pennant banner. Then I covered some chipboard letters with the pink JBS tickets and made a few simple flowers from the Turquoise Crepe Paper Ribbon. I love the crisp look of the white chipboard butterfly and originally I was going to use it on the page as is. But then I thought it might look more interesting covered in various sizes of clear buttons. I love the subtle bit of texture and sparkle it adds! The finishing touch was to add two of the Cream Stick Pins as antennae.

I'd love to see what spring-inspired creations you can make with Jenni Bowlin goodies, so be sure and link them here! And Happy Spring!

Delightful! Thanks for the inspiration Lisa!

Guest Star: Lisa Pace

Supplies Used:
Homespun Die-Cut Label Paper
Homespun Mini Papers
Spring Mini-Bingo Cards
Homespun Banner Stickers
Red Banner Stickers
Multi Dotted Labels
Orange Embellished Butterflies
Vintage Style Sew-On Buttons - Green
Pearl & Rhinestone Pins - Cream

As soon as I saw Jenni's new Homespun paper line I thought of the old feed sacks my grandmother used to save and use to create gorgeous quilts. So with my grandmother in mind I decided to create this "Wishing You A Hoppy Easter" piece in her memory. I feel the color scheme of this new line is perfect for any Spring or Easter themed project. This sweet piece can be placed on a scrapbook page as an accent for your Easter photos or in a frame and hung for all to see.

Lisa lives in Frisco, Texas with her husband and two daughters. She is the Special Projects Coordinator for Maya Road and a Certified Fiskars Demonstrator. Her first book, “Delight In The Details,” was published in January of 2010 by North Light Books.

In May of 2007, she was picked as one of 5 master scrapbookers in Martha Stewart’s scrapbooking contest and August of 2007, was chosen as a 2008 Memory Makers Master.

Her work has been published in magazines such as Memory Makers, Scrapbooks etc., Better Homes and Gardens and Scrapbooking & Cards Today as well as numerous idea books like Holiday Home, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Paper Creations and Scrapbooking & Beyond.

To view more of Lisa's work you can visit her blog It's In The Details at www.lisapace.com.

Thanks for the inspiration Lisa!

JBS Mercantile March Gallery is up!

Lots of gorgous happy spring inspiration! And more coming on the 10th! Check it out!