Broken Egg Easter Card

Hello again! Just a quick post to show you another of my Easter cards. This one was made using the Kiwi Lane Templates. Kiwi Lane makes scrapping and card making easy and quick. The templates are made of sheer plastic and all you do is trace, cut and glue to get a quick layout or card.

If you don't have a lot of time to scrap and you love paper, Kiwi Lane templates are for you. It takes advantage of your paper to make your embellishments without much fuss. They're very versatile too. For example, my chick is actually a template of a leaf. By adding a beak, eyes and a little wing, it's a chick! Easy peasy.

Enjoy your Easter!

Janet

BASIC SUPPLIES:
Kiwi Lane Templates:
Kiwi Lane Designs Shop
Tiny Tags 2T
Tiny Accents 2T
Nature 1
Rings 1
Close To My Heart Stamp Sentiments Just To Say Collection

Easter Egg Card

Design # 76084 - Silhouette Store

It's hard to believe it but Easter is almost here. I made several different cards this year to send out to my family. I am in a little bit of a hurry as we are preparing for a vacation and so with the cleaning, washing clothes, packing and the general nuttiness we tend to put ourselves through before we permit ourselves a break, I didn't have as much time as usual to dedicate to design. A quick look through the Silhouette Design store solved that problem by giving me several quick cards to choose from.

This little beauty is a 5 x 7 double bi-fold card that I picked up at the Silhouette Store from SnapDragon Snippets. It came with all the pieces and a quick trip to their web site told me how to assemble the card. It's a little hard to see here but I used blue glitter paper for the "paint" in this card and pink glitter paper for the happy Easter phrase. I'm not a huge pink fan normally but the orange and pink fluorescence of the groovy tie-dye cardstock I chose for it made the pink glitter paper a no brainer.

Also available with this card is a matching paint drip envelope. I meant to take a picture of mine but I forgot! Here is the picture from the Silhouette Store. I made mine with cloud paper and a matching blue glitter top instead of the green one shown so it would match my card. It really makes the card extra special when the envelope hints at something great inside.

I hope you and yours have a very fun family Easter this weekend. Not only is it a special time of the year, it's a yard stick to tell us that spring is not far behind. Can't wait to make more spring cards. Visions of flowers and birds are dancing around in my head! I'm sure lots of ideas are not far behind.

Take care!
Janet

BASIC SUPPLIES:
DCWV - The Tie-dyed Cardstock Stack
DCWV - Glitter Brights Cardstock Stack
Heidi Swapp 6 x 6 Paper Pad - Favorite Things (paper used for the egg background)
Scotch Quick Dry Liquid Adhesive
Ad Tech Removable Tape Runner

So Many Candles Birthday Card

Hello crafty friends! I'm finally back after a super long absence. It's been too long since my last post and I sincerely apologize for it. I ran into a spot of time where I had trouble finding the energy to post projects I completed. Truthfully, I allowed myself to get discouraged. Well, no more! I am back and will be posting on a regular basis going forward.

This evening's post is a fun little birthday card poking fun at getting older. I thought it would be fun to rib one of my friends a little about his advancing age. :) One of the advantages of making your own card is that you can personalize it exactly to say what you want and in the way you want. My card is a good example of that and I had a lot of fun designing and making it because of it. 

This is an A2 sized card. I started with a plain navy blue card base which is simply a 5 1/2" high by 8 1/2" wide card stock scored and folded in half. On top of the base, I placed three sheets of paper to create a frame for the cupcake. I cut all the pieces for the cupcake, candles and flag on the Cricut Explore. The cupcake was attached with foam tape and 16 candles were glued behind. A few of the candles are attached with foam tape for a 3-D effect. Then I added the flag (also attached with foam tape) and brown holographic sequins.

All the pieces for the cupcake, flag and the flames were shaded with Tea Dye ink using a finger dauber prior to putting the card together. The sentiments were done using Freestyle Script Font and the pen feature of the Explore.The interior of the card was created with four mats. The top layer was a cream card stock.

Below is a screen shot showing the designs used for the card in Cricut Design Space. The cut details are as follows:

CUPCAKE: Close to My Heart-Art Philosophy <cupcake>, Handbook Page 70: 2.54" x 2.98"  

CANDLE (16 ea.): Wrap It Up <candle>, Handbook Page 31: .4" x 2.44"

FLAG: Close to My Heart-Artiste <Accent3>, Handbook Page 58: 3.12" x .82"

FONT: Freestyle Script, Size 30

When I design, I usually set a rectangle as the canvas that is the same size of my card front. That way, I can be assured that the pieces will look right when they are placed on the card base.

I was pretty happy with how this card came out and my friend fortunately enjoyed the joke! Next time you have a special occasion, customize it for your recipient. They will appreciate it as much as you enjoy making it! See you soon!!