Easter is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate with my children. This year I wanted to make a centerpiece for our table that has some fun built in. The built in fun comes in the form of pinwheels. I wasn't too excited about having my kids running around with pinwheels with pins in them so I made my pinwheels pinless by using pipe cleaners instead of a … [Read more...]
Easy Easter Card Made With Scrapbook Paper Scraps
Easter is a little over a month away but I was looking through my scrapbook paper scraps and I was inspired to create this easy card. I was exclusively a paper scrapper for 7 years before I threw digital scrapbooking in the mix. I have always kept my larger paper scraps in folders. I have a folder for each color of cardstock in the rainbow and also folders for patterned paper. … [Read more...]
5 Photo No. 2 Template
My new 5 Photo No. 2 Template was designed with Easter in mind. The main design element is an oval. I designed this template with Easter in mind but don't have any Easter pictures yet. So I decided to use some pictures from Halloween for my sample layout. My son was the most adorable (I am biased of course!) Spiderman and the oval reminded me of the shape of Spiderman's … [Read more...]
Easter Layout Inspiration
I find the most joy and satisfaction out of scrapbooking events soon after they happen because the emotions and the details are still fresh in my head. All our Easter events happened this weekend. Yesterday, we went to an Easter festival at a local community center and then to see the Easter bunny with my daughter's BFF and her family. We had a wonderful time and the kids … [Read more...]
Simple Easter Bag
Kara did an egg hunt at school today and brought home this bag of eggs. She made the bag at school so I credit her teacher Mrs. Moore with the design. The feature I like most is the reinforced area where the pipe cleaners are attached to the bag. With reinforced handles, the bag can hold more weight and that the handles won't tear off as easily. The steps to make … [Read more...]