According to Cindy and our Teapot Tuesday Challenge this is Brutus and Brutus is conflicted. He doesn't like Easter. He doesn't like hiding the eggs and delivering the Easter baskets. He dislikes it so much so that he has taken up behaving like a dog. Yes. That's right. A dog!
Our job is to get Brutus back on track. Afterall the Easter Bunny needs all the help he can get. How is he going to hide all those eggs and deliver all those baskets all by himself? He really needs all the help he can get. He needs Brutus.
But you see Brutus, much like Santa's elf Hermey has another desire. He has a need to create, not just hide those darn eggs and hop around carrying baskets of jelly beans and plastic grass. He wants to weave the baskets. Deep down inside he is a basketweaver. He has practiced his art secretly using cast-offs that he has found and saved. You should see his stash. He's got twine and rope, grass and hay, paper and plastic, pine needles and paper bags. You name it, he's used it.
This week he found some scraps in my stamp cave and lucky for me he got busy weaving this wonderful background for me. Doesn't he look just great up against that background with all those coordinating flowers?
The other part of this Easter thing that bothers Brutus is that darn pink ribbon. Well Brutus, if you paid attention at Easter Bunny Helper Orientation you would know that all beginner bunnies wear pink. Once you finish all your Easter Bunny Helper courses and actually help out for one Easter you get to move on to your yellow ribbon. Then it's blue, and then white. So on, so forth, etcetera!
So now that Brutus has leveled with the Easter Bunny authorities about his real desire I think they'll be asking him to use his weaving talents to help out with Easter. Yes, he'll still have to workout so he'll be able to heft those jellybeans around, but he's bound to be happier about it now that he can create to his heart's content. We all know the joy you get from that.
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 1:09 AM
Haven't heard the plan for the tea party this week, but I love your card and story! YIKES-I am behind already! Love your DSP and the flowers. Also, the chocolate bunny! From all the details, this card took a lot of time to make and it shows!
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 3:06 AM
Ah Ha! I just knew it! The rumor is not true! I heard Weaver the Wannabe Beaver was in town but I knew it could not be true as he is in Canada in a log gnawing contest! Not surprising the confusion comes back to Brutus! I knew there had to be more to the story after witnessing him sketching various Easter Basket weaving diagrams and asking Morey to sneak them into the rabbit hole! That splains it!
I think he found his calling by the looks of this wonderful and colorful creation! Wow, what a card! Lots of work....but you know what they say, when you are passionate about doing something, it shows in your work! Brutus did good! Let's bring him out of the bunny hole to announce his true identity! Wanna???
Hey, by the way, did you see who knocked the carrot cake off the bunny trail??
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 4:50 AM
WOWZERS Lorraine! Your Easter card is absolutely gorgeous! So colorful and creative... Love the eyelet lace around your sentiment, the punched flowers, and those paper curls are fabulous. Love the woven DP, not to mention the tangled web of a story you wove this week! Thanks too for validating my need to hang on to every strip of paper that falls on the crafting room floor!
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Registered: November 5, 2007 Location: Hamilton, ON, Canada Posts: 13629
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 5:36 AM
Oh his basket weaving technique is superb - he'll pass that class with honours! What a pretty card - right down to that beautiful pink bow that Brutus dislikes so much! Keep working Brutus - next year we'll see you in another colour if you keep up the good work!
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 6:43 AM
Look at all of that gorgeous weaving you did! Awesome job. I love how colorful this is and it really looks like an Easter basket my sister had when we were kids. Love this!!!
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 8:04 AM
What a fantastic way to use a few of those 42,000 scraps (well, that is about how many I have). The flowers look great, and so does the pleated oval bg.
have a great birthday tomorrow.
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 8:13 AM
How creatively clever you are Lorraine! I love that background weaved and using scraps! Now, just for that, Brutus can be whatever he wants! LOL
Love your story and your bunny, the ribbon grades are a great idea. Something to look forward too. Brutus does seem to need some incenitve! TFS always fun to see you and your creations.
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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 @ 10:21 AM
Woooooooooohooooooooooooooo!! Brutus has "come out" of the weaving closet and found his way in Easterland! I'm so glad he's found your paper stash ... his weaving is just the best! (But I swear .. that looks just like a real choco-bunny!)