Easter Doodad

What would Easter be without a doodad?  lol  Isn't this basket cute?  Of course I got the idea from Pinterest....I found a website where the person gave great instructions and pictures for how to make it.  The link to Rachel Ricks post is here.

The basket starts with a piece of 6" x 6" paper, and is scored at 2" and 4", turned and scored at 2" and 4" again.  It will end up looking like a tic tac toe board.  The two end boxes on both sides are cut into thirds, and part of the middle box gets trimmed.  It's hard to explain how to cut the paper, so I recommend you take a look at Rachel's site because she has pictures.  Her basket has two handles, but I thought one handle looked more like an Easter basket, but her basket was intended to be a sewing basket, not an Easter basket.

I edged around the basket in Tim Holtz distress ink.  The eyelet strip around the top of the basket was made  with a Martha Stewart border punch.  Can you believe it took a piece of paper 11 inches to go around this little basket!  I attached the basket handle with brads so the handle would move back and forth. And the circle that's under the handle helps hide the back of the brad on the inside of the basket.

I punched a scalloped and regular circle, stamped the sentiment and adhered it to the basket on a piece of foam tape.  I put the candy in a clear bag and tied it with a twist tie - I didn't want the candy to fall out!  To finish the basket, I tied ribbon in a bow on top.  I started to make these all in Kraft paper and ended up making assorted colors in light blue, pink and light green, which were just as cute. 

Project Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Hippity Hoppity
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; Core'dinations; Recollections
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress
• Tools:  EK Success 1" Circle, 1-1/4" Scallop Punches; Corner Rounder; Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch
• Other:  Foam Tape; Brads; Easter Grass; Candy; Clear Bag; Twist Tie; Ribbon
• Project Size:  Approximately 3.5" x 4.0"