Sweet Treat Lion and More

I hope you had a wonderful Easter!  We sure had lots of FUN activities!  I was inspired by Angie Juda's lion punch art video to create this version of the Sweet Treat Lion.  I got lots of Treat Cups (#116802) when they first came out but never really had time to use all the cups I bought.  So this year I am trying to use them up!  Plus this year, the stamps and accessories are going to be retired one month earlier!  We are going to have a brand new catalog on June 1st instead of July!

As promised on the Sweet Treat Chick post, here is what you get when you pull the animal's heads off.  Animal bookmarks!!!  These serve as trap doors.  I had to trim the lion's bookmark down just a little bit as 3" circle for the body did not fit well.  Therefore, you see giant shape animals because I have to use the 3-1/2" Circle Die instead. :)

I think the adults had more fun looking and wanting these animals because the kids were having too much fun Egg Hunting, pulling and getting a ride on the wagon!  It was such a glorious day to celebrate Easter yesterday!  What's one of my favorite things to enjoy yesterday?

OMG, my own Bakerella at home!!!  Remember I said that some of my inspirations come from Bakerella and that I have some great bakers in my family?  Well,  I am introducing you to Vy Passetti's blog.  Vy is my niece.  She and her dad are really amazing artists in our family!

Finally, thank you everyone who left a comment on the Chick Critters post.  You are my inspirations as well!  Just like some of you, I never heard of Stampin' Up! until my co-worker Trina talked about it to me at work.  Even though I never went to a workshop, I was so willing to pay her $10 for the catalog that already had marks on it.  I ordered lots of products immediately without meeting the demo yet! 

My kids and husband each pick these winners from a bucket.  So here are the winners:

Cindy (Comment #2)
Sherryd (Comment #3)
Kelly Worner (Comment #6)

I don't have Cindy's email address so please email me within 48 hours so I send out the tutorial.

Have an awesome day!

Danee

Sweet Treat Duck

Happy Good Friday to you!  Thank you for visiting me today and thank you to everyone who has been leaving me comments!  I am back with another Sweet Treat.  I also made the ducks for my young nieces and nephews for Easter.  Isn't he adorable?  Just a slight change from the chick and I got myself a duck! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment on this post to get a chance to win one of my tutorials!

Have a great day!

Danee

Sweet Treat Chick

I got some spring animals made.  Here is my giant chick!  :)  I made a few of these for my nieces and nephew for Easter.  The idea is to use it for another purpose which I will show you later...

Have a great day!

Danee

Sweet Treat Ladybug

My boys have been enjoying their time with the ladybugs they caught during the weekend. Every year we allow them to catch something in the garden to do some experiment - to observe their behaviors and changes. Two years ago we caught a few caterpillars and a couple of them changed to moths instead of butterflies! They defecated so much. Cleaning up and feeding them was a lot of work. Last year, it was a lizard. Since the boys couldn't catch bugs so my husband had to do that for it to eat. He didn't mind it at all!

This year it's the ladybugs. Ryan has been telling me the ladybugs have been wrestling a lot - it must be mating season since we see some very small ones as well. Ryan has to look up to see what they like to eat. We have been looking for plants that have aphids or mealy bugs. When we let one out to eat, it flew away! So we have been feeding leaves and a few bugs here and there. Jake really enjoys looking at them! We'll let them go soon.

So here is my Sweet Treat Ladybug that I created. How about a raindrop on the dot? It's the same concept as the lamb. The head pulls off and it opens up the trap door for the treats to come out.

I hope you and your kids get a chance to enjoy the little things in life with Nature like my boys have. :)

Danee

Sweet Treat Lamb

We've been having crazy weather around here. Last week, it was freezing cold. Then during the weekend, it was beautiful and sunny. Then it rained. And today, it's really windy. Some people told me it's earthquake weather. We live in California so it could happen and it happened on the Hayward Fault on Monday. Thank God, we were not affected by it though! It's still sunny today with all the wind and it reminds me that Spring is coming.

We saw Disney On Ice Toy Story with the kids on Saturday and then the rest of the time out in the garden during the weekends. We were weeding and trimming trees while the kids enjoyed catching ladybugs. Look at our lemon tree! We ended up with 33 bags of more than 20 each donated to the church to sell. There's still a lot more!

OK, so on with Spring approaching. I was inspired by Heather Summers' Sweet Treat Frog found here. So I created this Sweet Treat Lamb. The kids keep coming around to pick out an M&M or two, here and there, as it has an open trap in the back. I know, eventually, the treats will be gone! :)

Hope your day will always be sunny!

Danee