Inspiration: Global Design Project #235 (Easter)
I wanted to give chocolate eggs to my nieces and I initially wanted to use the mini-egg cartons I got from Stampin' Up! a few years ago. Unfortunately, the Kinder eggs are slightly too big to fit in it, so I looked through my packaging dies to find something else. When I found the Berry Basket die, I knew it would be fast and cute, so I paired it with the Hip Hip Hooray collection from Simple Stories and I added a handle using the Tasteful Trims die. The backside of the gingham paper had cut-aparts, so it made for a strange look, so I die-cut a second rickrack piece and glued to back to back with the first so that I would have gingham on both sides. I've purchased flowers from the Prima Surfboard collection which were the perfect shades to go with the Simple Stories collection, so I used my glue gun to add a few flowers to the handle. (Glue dots would have worked but I've noticed my nieces tend to play with the boxes I give them, so I'm trying to make them as sturdy as possible.) I had yellow twine that I was trying to work in the design, but it was not looking great on the handle, so I decided to tie bows on all four corners instead. Again, because I was worried the bows would come undone when handled by little hands, I added a dab of hot glue on each one, hoping this will prevent them from coming undone.
The basket felt a little empty and I didn't want the eggs to move around too much, so I looked around for tissue paper and I found some clear packaging with white chevron on it. I thought it would look cute, so I cut a piece down to size and placed it inside the basket to fill it out a little.
Supplies
Patterned Papers: Hip Hip Hooray (Simple Stories)
Flowers: Big Waves, Wave Crest - Surfboard Collection (Prima)
Dies: Berry Basket Bigz L Die, Tasteful Trims Bigz XL Die (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Mini Stapler, So Saffron Baker's Twine (Stampin' Up!);
Chevron Clear Packaing (Upcycled)
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