April 2021 Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle - Mother's Day

 Welcome to the April Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle!

Happy Spring!  This month's theme is Mother's Day or Birthday!  So of course, I did both.  Here are my cards for today:

On the second card, I used the rainbow glimmer paper to create the butterfly - beautiful!  I also used Just Jade ribbon and ink.  

This card can be used for a variety of occasions....not just Mother's Day.  It would be a beautiful anniversary, birthday or even a sympathy card.  I just love the flowering vine dies.  So sad that they are retiring!  They come in 3 shapes - rectangle, oval and round and they match up perfectly with our Stitched So Sweetly dies, Layering Ovals and Layering Circle dies.  

Here is my free inspiration sheet if you wish to make this card:

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  The next blog to visit is:  Nancy Legate

Sue Boerner

Lori Helvick

Sheryl Diemer⇐ You are here

Nancy Legate

Debbie Widener

Kim Baker

May you have a wonderful day and remember;  keep on stampig!

Blessings,

Sheryl

Happy Easter!

 Hi all!

Well, we are now in spring and the Easter season.  I had a wonderful time with my son and his family...so much better than last year when it was just my husband and I.   I wanted to show you this years Easter table and also the place favors that I made.  And then we will do a retrospect.

First of all, here is what my Easter table looked like:  we had an abundance of butterflies, baskets and bunnies!

The little baskets I made from cardstock and the Playing With Patterns DSP in the Annual Stampin'Up Catalog.  Here they are close up:

I copied the idea from Angie Juda, better known as ChicnScratch.  Here is a link to that post - she has instructions and a great video:  https://chicnscratch.com/2021/04/springtime-easter-basket.html

Here are some of my table decorations from the past.  The poor butterflies look like they have seen better days - they were my table decorations from 2 years ago.  Don't eat the chocolate!

Cute, huh?  The Butterflies were designed by Brenda Quintana:  https://www.qbeesquest.com/2017/02/hersheys-kisses-butterfly-video-plus-printable.html

I don't remember where I got the idea for the box...probably Chicn'Scratch.  It's pretty old.  Thankfully, I threw out the candy a long time ago.  

Hope you enjoyed me sharing my Easter celebration.

Until next time,

Keep on stamping!

Sheryl