Whether you're celebrating Easter, Passover, or just the arrival of Spring, I hope this first week of April will bring you sunshine, creativity and maybe a treat or two!
The other day I (Lauren) suddenly realized that despite all the Easter cards I've made this year with my awesome Eyelet Outlet goodies, I hadn't yet made a card with our Colored Egg Brads. So clearly I *had to* make one more Easter card!
Something I discovered a couple of years ago is that standard half inch washi tape is exactly the right width to fit between the staves of most sheet music. Which, as you know, is one of my favorite backgrounds for cards; I use it exactly like ordinary patterned paper. As a bonus, the strong horizontal lines of sheet music mean that lining up tape and brads and bling is a breeze... you don't even have to measure!
For this card I've combined the Rabbit Washi Tape with Rabbit Brads and Colored Egg Brads, then added a sentiment with two different sets of alphabet stickers so the "EGGCELLENT" would stand out even more!
I'd like to wish a very Happy Easter to all who are celebrating; and an especially wonderful First Weekend of April to everyone else! ♥
...does it take to fill the Eyelet Outlet Blog? I confess that I (Lauren) don't know the answer; which is just as well, since however many we started with, there'd no doubt be more by the time we finished!
Two of my favorite things to do are
crafting and cooking, so why not combine the two together?!? I made
some yummy chicken stock in my crockpot, then used the Eyelet Outlet
Washi tape as labels. I then used the same washi tape for the cute
little card when I give some of the chicken stock away to friends and
family.
Here is a video tutorial on how to made the labels for the containers, how to make the cards, and the chicken stock recipe!!
Both
of these items, the container of homemade chicken broth and the card,
could be given as a gift to someone for when they are sick, need a pick
me up, or just to let them know you are thinking about them. So if you
are giving a gift you have to have a card to go with it!!
Spring Bubble Brads, Confetti Washi, Bunny Washi, Geometric Washi
Without further ado here is my chicken stock recipe:
Crockpot Chicken Stock
Makes about 16 cups (6 quart crockpot)
Step 1 - Cook your chicken
Ingredients
1 whole chicken
1 onion rough chopped or a handfull of green onions (I used green onions from my garden) 1 whole head of garlic smashed
2- 3 Fresh Rosemary stems
2-3 Fresh Thyme Stems
1 lime - cut in half (or lemon)
Salt and pepper chicken
Instructions
Combine all the ingredients in the slow cooker: Place
onion, garlic, and lime in the bottom of the pot. Add chicken breast
up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add fresh herbs on top.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Enjoy your yummy chicken for dinner!!!
Step 2 - Make the Stock
Ingredients
Bones from the chicken you just cooked
Veggies, Herbs, and lime from above
Carrots
Celery
Peppers
Eggplant
Squash
Greens
Other herbs (sage, parsley, etc)
Any other veggie you have
Instructions
Combine all the ingredients in the slow cooker: Place
all the bones, skin, small bits of chicken, tendons, neck, etc all in
the pot. Roughly chop the vegetables and herbs and scatter them around
the chicken.
Cover with water: Add enough water to cover the chicken bones.
Cook for at least 8 hours: Set the slow cooker to "low"
and cook for at least 8 hours or just overnight. When you wake in the
morning just turn it off to cool.
Strain the stock: Set a strainer over a large bow l and pour entire stock through the strainer into the bowl.
Store the stock: Divide the stock between several containers and label with washi tape. Cool completely, then cover and refrigerate
for up to a week, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Hope you are enjoying Easter Holidays ... Noe here to show a Happy Easter Card ... Made only with EO products !! Who said that you have to have many materials to make a nice card ?? Look!
Step by step:
1. Use "Bunny washi tape" to create a frame on your card.
2. Stamp on each colored egg a letter to form "Easter" word.
3. Make a beautiful flower using different paper flowers and put in the middle a beautiful gemma.
4. Finally, stamp sentiments and paste each of the brads in place.
This idea was pretty serendipitous: I just happened to have a roll of Rabbit Washi Tape sitting on my work table next to a few pieces of vintage sheet music I had used for a different project, when I noticed that the space between the treble and bass clefs was exactly the same size as the tape... clearly it was meant to frame some super-cute Easter goodness!
One of my favorite things about Eyelet Outlet is that the packets of animal brads always contain some critters that face right and some that face left... which means they can interact! I liked the idea that the bunnies on the tape and the bunny brads could talk to each other via Easter Bubble Brads, so I added a few of those. Since the shape was kind of long and narrow, I decided this should be a tall card, and matted the little scene with a few papers that would make those yummy Chocolate Bunny Brads stand out!
Wishing an especially Happy Easter to everyone who is celebrating!
Hi, I'm Lauren, I love making stuff, Eyelet Outlet goodies,
