Hoppy Easter Yard StakeDesigned by: Amber Packer (
www.amberpacker.com)
Featuring: My Mind’s Eye, Stella & Rose collection (
www.mymindseye.typepad.com)
Add the perfect finishing touch to your potted plants with this adorable yard stake.Have you signed up for the My Mind's Eye monthly newsletter?
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Supplies (as designed):
1 - "Little One" Darling Dots paper
1 - "Boy" Tapestry paper
1 - "You & Me" Numbers paper
1 - "Girly" Diamonds paper
1 - "Delightful" Sweet Stripe paper
1 - "Friends Forever" Petals paper
1 - "Little One" Blooms Die-Cut paper
1 - "You & Me" Ornamental paper
1 - "Buddies" Herringbone paper
1 - "Friends Forever" Buttons
1 - "Delightful" Trims
1 - "Delightful" Decorative Brads
1 - Turquoise Lush Self-Adhesive Rhinestones
1 - Brown Lush Flocked Alphabet
Also Used: 1 - 7 3/4" x 9" scrap of pine and 18" stake (from home store), Light Ivory acrylic paint (if needed), mod podge, brush, brown ink, liquid adhesive, wood glue, pop dots, pencil, scissors, brown pen
Instructions:
Trim Darling Dots paper 1/8" smaller than your wood piece (my wood is 7 1/4" x 9", so my paper is 7 1/8" x 8 7/8").
Cut bunny face using pattern (may need to resize depending upon the size of your wood piece) from tapestry paper. Ink, if desired. **Patterns available at http://www.mymindseye.typepad.com and http://www.amberpacker.com.
Adhere bunny face to brown side of diamonds paper and trim to create an 1/8" brown border for bunny face. Ink, if desired.
Trace ear centers from numbers paper. Ink and outline inside, if desired. Adhere to center of ears.
Add eyes to bunny face.
Trim multiple 1/2" strips from remaining papers. (I used 17 strips)
Starting 1 1/2" up from the bottom, adhere strips to the top.
Adhere bunny face to top of board.
Mod podge paper to wood and mod podge the top.
Add ribbon, brads, buttons, rhinestones, and title as shown.
ENJOY!
Amber and My Mind’s Eye!
