Easter Layouts

Today I want to share a couple of layouts I made for Easter 2010. Although these are old layouts, I didn't have a blog then so they will be new to some of you. My mom had found a bunny outfit at a yard sale and it was the perfect size for Alex. He only ended up wearing it long enough for me to take some pictures because it was unseasonably warm for Easter last year.

This first layout uses a page kit file from Sam & Hailey Designs called Page Scene - Easter. The Easter 2010 title is from Shelly's Art and the tufts of grass came from her Build an Easter Egg Two file. I just love Jan's page scene files. They are like little works of art. I had this page framed and hanging on the wall for awhile. I think Alex is the cutest Easter bunny I have ever seen. Of course, I might be a little biased. :-)




This second layout was made for a sketch challenge on VDBC using one of Becky Fleck's Pagemaps. I actually turned the sketch on its side for my layout. The easter eggs are from Shelly's Build an Easter Egg file. The Cute as a Bunny file is from Chris Durnan. The photo mat with the tab is from an I Scrap Designs file called Kinetic Photo Mats. It is the perfect way to add more photos or to find room for your journaling, as I have done. The journaling block is from Shelly's Notebook Edge - Journal Boxes file. The black zig zag line on the left is a rub-on and the silver zig zag on the right is a peel-off sticker.

I hope you enjoyed my Easter layouts. As you may have noticed, I love to combine lots of different cutter files into one project. There are so many wonderful files out there designed by some truly talented ladies. So here is a quick "Thank You" to all of the designers out there! I will have some more Easter cards to share with you later in the week.

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Easter Wreath Box

Shelly's newest file in the quarterly membership club at Paperthreads is this super cute Easter Wreath Box. If you haven't tried one of Shelly's boxes, you really should. They are super easy to assemble and there are lots of possibilities for decorating them. I wanted the box to look like a basket so I used my Scor-Pal to make lines and then inked over the lines with a dark brown inkpad. To decorate the eggs, I embossed each one with a different embossing folder. You could also add glitter or rhinestones or doodle some cool designs. The possibilities are endless! I adhered the eggs with pop dots because I wanted to try wrapping Easter grass around them. That didn't work very well. What I ended up doing instead is cutting the grass into little pieces and then gluing it on with Tacky Glue.

Here is the side view before I added the Easter grass.

And here is the top view once I adhered the Easter grass.

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Love Link Up Party

K Andrew (of Getting Cricky with K Andrew) is having a party - a Love Link Up Party! Go check it out. She is also having a fabulous giveaway.

Birthday Tag Card

I needed to make a birthday card for my Grandmother, who turned 87 this week. Shelly (of Shelly's Art) shared this unique tag card in her membership club. I used a solid blue cardstock and various blue floral patterned papers for the backgrounds. I also used several embossing folders on cream cardstock (Swiss Dots on the scalloped border and the circle, Stylized Flowers on the section behind the butterfly, and Happy Birthday on the inside section). I inked the birthday and floral embossing with Faded Jeans Distress Ink so it would stand out more. The floral tag on the front is something I found in my stash and the butterfly is a peel-off sticker backed with a shimmery teal paper. The inside sentiment is from Shelly's Dotted Fun Sentiments (SS00061) file and is cut from dark blue vinyl. I finished it off with a silver eyelet at the top and added 3 different ribbons (light blue, dark blue and cream). I think it came together really well and I am sure my Grandmother will love it.

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Toolbox Birthday Card

I needed a birthday card for my Father-in-Law and LisaJane's Father's Day or Birthday Card file (lk00098) was just perfect. I cut the tools out of a shiny silver cardstock so they really look like metal. The front of the toolbox is embossed with the Oriental Weave 5x7 embossing folder to give it more texture. My FIL is quite the handyman so I know he will appreciate the card.

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Easter is Coming

Easter will be here before we know it and I have a couple of projects to share with you to get you in the mood. Shelly (of Shelly's Art) is hosting this quarter's membership club over at Paperthreads and she has already shared 7 fabulous files. One of them is a super cute box shaped like a carrot. Here is my take on it with some embossing added (using the Forest Branches Cuttlebug embossing folder). You could add some candy inside or a small gift. Mine just has some ribbon tucked inside until I can figure out what to use the box for.


Next up is an Easter card I made using Shelly's Build a Bunny file. You get to pick the kind of ears you want, pick what you want the bunny to hold, etc. I gave my bunny one floppy ear and he is dressed up in his tie holding a carrot. Isn't he adorable? I used some Easter egg patterned paper, a few different embossing folders, some cute jelly bean ribbon and a little embroidery floss for the whiskers.



I loved the little bunny so much that I decided to make another one for the inside of the card. This time I just used the head and the paws so he could peek out over the message. The whiskers and the paws both use embroidery floss. I added a little pen detailing to the background paper and cut the sentiment from vinyl. The Happy Easter eggs on the inside and the grass on the front of the card are from Shelly's Build an Easter Egg Two file.


Well, I hope that got you in the mood for Easter. I need to start working on an Easter basket for my son.

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Back in Action

Wow, has it really been 4 months since I posted anything on my blog? I am so sorry to have been such a slacker. I will try to be better, I promise.

Today I want to share a 2-page layout I made of my favorite subject, my son Alex. These pictures were taken last October in our backyard. Alex had a blast sitting in the leaves and checking out his first pumpkin. For the layout, I used a page kit from FileKutz by LisaJane. It is called Pickin Pumpkins "Make a Page Kit" (LK00170) and you can find it HERE. The file includes a cute "Pickin Pumpkins" title, but since we didn't actually go pick the pumpkin (my Dad gave it to Alex out of his garden), I decided to make my own title. The elements that come in the file are very versatile and could really be used for any fall layout.





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KellyS