Completed Fishing Creel Gift!

Okay! Here is the finished fishing creel project! I can't wait to add pictures and give this to my father-in-law!

The fish open to reveal photos, as does the can of worms. The fish tales book is a mini photo album.

I almost want to keep it for myself (except I don't fish)!

Fishing Creel Box

I'm making this box that holds a mini "fish tales" album, stringer of paper fish, paper bobbers and "can" of worms tag for my father-in-law for Father's Day. When I finish the other parts, I will post them.

I bought the pattern here.

My husband, daughter and father-in-law are on a fishing trip right now and promised to take a lot of pictures! I will also add a t-shirt that says "My grandchildren have me hook, line and sinker"
with embroidered fishing flies around it.


Colors: Brown Bag, Chocolate
Stamps: Eastertime, Chocolate Alpha Small, Simple Stitches
Accessories: Pewter brads, bobber, foliage, fishing net, twine

Wow! I was going through some cards that I made previously and decided to post a plethora of projects for your perusal (that's a lot of p's)!

This first set of cards showcases the January Stamp of the Month, Eastertime.

The background on this card was created with a rubber brayer, some rubber bands and ink. Just remove the roller part of the brayer and wrap rubber bands of varying thicknesses around the roller. I kept my rubber bands in somewhat straight lines for this background. Re-attach the roller to the handle and roll the brayer over the lightest color ink first and across your card base. You will need roll the color on vertically and horizontally to create the plaid effect. Clean brayer on scratch paper and then repeat with your second color.

Very easy to do and it adds so much to your artwork!

The cards you see here show the versatility of the Eastertime set.

When using a seasonal stamp set, think outside the box. That way you can use the set year round!