Happy Easter Weekend.

Happy Easter everyone!!
I hope that you have had a blessed weekend.  This has to be one of my favourite times of year. Celebrating my Saviour's resurrection and the fact that I have been redeemed!!!

I was also busy baking this weekend.
I made some Paska (Easter Bread) - something that my Grandma used to make every year.  So it brought back a lot of memories.

It's the tradition to have icing & sprinkles on top!

And yes, it was quickly devoured!!

I also made this fun little cake for our family gathering.  The inside layers were filled with a homemade custard. Yummy.  Everyone loved it. But it was on the sweet side.

I also wanted to share some easter crafts with you. I realize that Easter is over but hopefully this will give you some inspiration for next year!
I made these little projects using my Silhouette CAMEO.

I made this pop-up card with lots of fun details and 2 fun shaped pillow boxes to hold some yummy Easter treats!

First off, let's take a look at the pillow boxes.

I found these cute designs in the Silhouette America online store. I simply cut out the shapes for the design in various pieces of coloured card stock and adhered them together onto the pillow box.

Here's a look at the bunny pillow box ....

Here's a look at the duck pillow box ...

And how could we forget their cute BE-hinds!!

You will notice that I did adhere some of the pieces with foam squares - just for some added dimension & visual interest.

Then I found this fabulous card (one of many amazing designs that you can find in the online store)!

I wanted to keep the colours subtle but still bright & cheerful!  I knew I wanted to have some sparkly eggs so I cut out the egg shapes from some card stock & Double-Sided Adhesive Sticker paper. I then began adhering the Double-sided Adhesive Sticker pieces (eggs) to the card stock making sure to layer them one on top of each other.

First peel off the yellow paper.

Then place this onto the card stock.  (the white side will be on top).  Then peel that white sheet off and you'll be left with the sticker clear piece.

Repeat this process until all of the eggs have been adhered to the card stock.

I then sprinkled some Silhouette Glitter over the sticker eggs.  I first sprinkled some blue glitter, then little bits of copper (I was going for the speckled blue egg look). I then sprinkled a bit more blue glitter to cover up any missing spots.

The bunny I cut out of grey card stock, Double Sided Adhesive paper and then covered with some grey Flocking Powder.  I wanted the bunny to look soft.

The basket layer I cut from some kraft coloured Adhesive Corrugated Paper.

I love how the title pops up too!  This is definitely a fun card to create.  There's a variety of them to choose from too.  Have fun creating!!!

Hope you have a wonderful week!!!

Easter Monday

Wow!!! We've had the most amazing week of weather! It has been summer-like every single day this past week and I have a feeling that it's going to be rather difficult for my kiddos to go to school tomorrow.

In fact, we just came back from spending a few hours at the beach this afternoon.  It was a wee bit breezy but boy that sun felt so good. But it was definitely a great way to end the holiday weekend & spring break.

On Friday we colored some eggs. The kids always have fun doing this and each year they turn out differently.
I've always blown out the eggs and had just the shell for the kids to color but this year I hard boiled them. Here they are ... all ready to be colored.

I've also learned that it's so much cheaper to just make your own colors with water, vinegar & food coloring. Don't know why it took me so long to figure that out!

The kids already at it!

And .... their finished creations.

Growing up I remember my Grandma making a wonderful bread that we all loved.  I've made it in years past but haven't done it for the past 2 years.  But on Saturday, I decided I would make some Paska in honor of my Grandma.  It turned out wonderfully.

We also had a wonderful family time yesterday on Easter Sunday.  We went to my brother's church in the morning to celebrate the reason for this holiday.  I love rejoicing that my Lord is risen and He is alive!
After the service we all met my folks at a gorgeous golf & country club for a brunch (buffet-style). It was a wonderful time filled with laughter, a magician and some face painting as well.

Afterwards we then went to my folks place so that the kids could have an Easter egg hunt. Lots of candy. Lots of fun.

Now, it's back to regular scheduled life.  (of course, after a few more hours of playing outside and then a good bath/shower and early to bed tonight).

Hope that you had a great Easter weekend too.

Good Friday

Hi there!

Just wanted to share with you a few Easter-y things that I've made.

The first is a card using my Cricut & Spring Holiday Cards cartridge.

Supplies used: Core'dinations cardstock, Queen & Co pearls, ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Cricut, Spring Cards cartridge

This is a napking ring that I made. Super easy & super fun way to decorate your dinner table for this season.

Supplies Used: Core'dinations cardstock (Core Essentials, Gemstones & Whitewash collection), Fiskars punches & paper crimper, other: cloth napkin

I love Fridays because it means the weekend is here!

But this day ... more than any other ... marks a special moment for me. Christ died for me! Today is a day where I remember Christ's suffering on the cross to free me from my sins & so that I can live eternally with him one day. I often have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that He did this for me. Someone so not worthy of that. I've failed Him so many times and in so many ways. I can't even begin to thank the Lord enough for what He's done for me. I am forever grateful.

There's an old song that goes something like this:

You did not wait for me – to draw near to You

But You clothed Yourself with frail humanity

You did not wait for me – to cry out to You

But You let me hear Your voice calling me

And I’m for – ev – er grateful to You

I’m for – ev – er grateful for the cross

I’m for – ev – er grateful to You

That You came

To seek and save the lost

As for traditions in our family, my kids have enjoyed dying eggs. So that's on our agenda for today. A symbol of new life. Love that!

I'll post some pics of that later (if they turn out!)

Have a wonderful day!