Paper Chase GDT for Country View challenge

Good morning to you all and thanks for popping by. I was one of the Top 3 picks over at Country View January challenge and was asked to be a GDT, so of course I accepted. The theme for this months challenge is 'Paper Chase' and as it's their 1st blogaversary they are offering TWO prizes this month of a £20 voucher to Country View Crafts shop.

I decided to do something different and make a basket which would be ideal to hold a birthday or mother's day gift, or you could make a bunch of paper flowers to sit in it, but my favourite would be to fill it (to overflowing) with easter eggs.

Apologies for the quality of the photos - it was a dull day when they were taken - it looks so pretty IRL especially when the sun catches the flowers and gems.

The square part of the basket made from a 12x12 paper measures about 4 inch cubed and the flowers, butterflies and tags are all made using dies. Then all that was needed was a piece of lace, card candi and some gems from my stash to finish it off.

Here's what I used -
Papers ~                   Dovecraft, Hunkudory, plain white photocopier paper
Dies ~                       Cheery Lynn: large rose, medium rose, miniature rose, small exotic butterfly
                                 Memory Box: fancy blossoms
                                 Marianne Creatables: LR0154, LR0156
Punch ~                    Dovecraft: daisy
From my stash ~       lace, card candi, Papermania gems

So why not head over to the challenge, check out the rules and join in the fun

I shall enter this in the following challenges
Pixies Snippets Playground challenge 'week 114 use snippets' (3rd entry - the dies are all snippets)
Papertake Weekly challenge 'Anything goes + option make your own flowers' (4th entry)
Cute Card Thursday challenge 'What a gem' (2nd entry)
CRAFT challenge 'Mother's day / female' (2nd entry)
Allsorts challenge 'Spring is coming'
Craft All Day challenge 'Anything goes' (3rd entry)
My Mum's Craft Shop challenge 'Spring & easter'
Crafting By Designs challenge 'Anything goes in March'
Rhedd and Rosie challenge 'Anything but a card'

Thanks for your visit today and just to remind you I have some followers candy on a sticky post at the top of my blog.