Easter Creations

This Easter layout features all the items I bought on my Spring Break crafting shopping spree. I used my new tools and the Simple Stories I Am collection to showcase the fabulous creations my mother made for Easter.

I started by cutting a panel of striped paper from the collection and adhering it across the center of a piece of 12x12 white cardstock. I staggered three 4x 4 photos across the striped paper. I cut a 2-inch strip of the yellow patterned paper and glued it across the bottom of the layout. I also cut a very thin border of the striped paper and placed it across the top of the page.

I used the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill to foil designs onto cardstock. I used gold foil and the holiday We R Memory Keepers design drive to foil Easter eggs on light and dark turquoise cardstock. I used the same gold foil and some images from the floral design drive to foil butterflies and foliage onto white cardstock. I placed the coordinating enamel dots from the collection in the centers of the foiled flowers. I also fussy cut several butterflies from a patterned paper in the collection.

I combined all these pieces with the collection’s ephemera pieces to create embellishment clusters in the three corners of the layout. For the middle of the layout, I cut a 4 x 3 piece of pink striped paper. I used a journal punch across the top of the pink paper. I used more ephemera and foiled pieces to embellish the center cluster.

For the title, I used a combination of Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits alphabet dies.

For the final finishing touch, I die cut several small hearts from gold foil cardstock and scattered them within the embellishment clusters.

Not only do I love how the layout commemorates all the special things my mother created, but I also love how I was able to use all of my brand-new products to create this beautiful layout.

Easter Creations
Supplies:

Recollections White Cardstock
Simple Stories I am Paper Collection
Simple Stories I Am Enamel Dots
Simple Stories I am Ephemera Pack
Momenta Celebrations Die Set
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Stretch
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Bold
Sunny Days Project Pad
We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill
We R Memory Keepers Gold Foil
We R Memory Keepers Holidays Design Drive
We R Memory Keepers floral Design Drive
Maggie Holmes Day-To-Day Planner Punch Board

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