Just Buggin' Spring Guest Designer Challenge

It is sooooooooo hard to think about anything to do with spring as you're watching the snow pile up, again, outside the window. I tell ya, this is just plain depressing. Especially, since my husband is still recuperating from surgery and I'm the one who has to go out and shovel. Myself, barely over breast cancer surgery. I don't think my poor body can take much more. Anyhow, think Spring is what I did for the Just Buggin' Spring challenge. This challenge is for a spot as a guest designer, which I would just love.

So I made this little Easter basket from the new Cricut Easter cartridge. I just love this cartridge, especially this little 3-D basket cut. I used my new K&Company 12 x 24" paper pad which is just incredible. I used the fit to page feature so it cut the basket at 11 1/2". The paper is a pink check though it doesn't show up well in this photo. The darling little chicks were also cut from the Easter cartridge at 2 3/4". The bows are included on this cartridge. I wanted my chicks to have some Easter bonnets so I went to my Forever Young cartridge. My patterned paper is Me & My Big Ideas. The hats both have layered flowers on them and a rhinestone for embellishment. Each chick has a black rhinestone eye. I think the hats make them look pretty spiffy, don't you? The grass the chicks are standing on is another cut from the Easter cartridge.

This cartridge cuts an attachable handle for the basket that has a flower in the center. I embellished it further by adding a dimensional flower that I made from my patterned paper. I placed a bow made from Easter ribbon on each side of the basket at the handle base. Inside my basket I placed a stuffed animal Peep that I have had hanging around my house from when I used to sell AVON. It is several years old and I'm not sure they have them anymore. It has been sitting in it's plastic wrapper in the closet since I got it as a demo product. I think my granddaughter will like it this year.