Easter & Spring Card Set

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Melissa Elsner

Hello everyone,

Melissa here with you today and I’ve got a trio of cards to share. I love this time of year with Spring arriving and Easter just around the corner. I found that the Sunny collection and some of the Parrrty Me Heart Collection work perfect for creating cards celebrating the new season and upcoming holiday.

Come take a look at what I’ve created!

The first card was so much fun! I found this idea a long time ago via Pinterest and have seen it pop up again in my feed. It’s an egg with strips of paper. I’ll walk you through the process after I show you the photo of the card.

For this card, it’s really simple! You just cut out a piece of cardstock that is the same size as the front of the card. For this card, it would be 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Then, in the center of the paper, cut out an egg shape; I used a shape from my Silhouette library. Save the cut out egg and trace that onto the card base. 

Then use a bunch of strips of paper or washi tape or fabric or whatever you have to create the design you want. After that, adhere the piece of cardstock with the negative cut out on top. Isn’t that cool? I imagine doing this technique with lots of different shapes such as flowers and hearts. So fun!

The sentiment was stamped with some individual letter stamps in my stash. I love things in a tidy row but, the wonky way the letters landed gives the card a playful look, I think.

The next card uses some paper from the Parrrty Me Hearty collection. I thought the wood paper would work really well for a cross. So, I cut that out with my Silhouette cameo and layered the flower on top. The flower is from the Sunny collection. I finished off the card with some of the letter stickers from the Sunny collection and drawing a black line around the edge.

Finally, I had to commemorate the first day of Spring. Actually, I was having so much fun creating, I just couldn’t stop! So, I’ll end this card trio with a Spring card! I used papers from the Sunny collection for this one and some fun flower cut files from the Silhouette shop. 

The base of the card has some yellow mist and then I layered the flowers off to the side. The triangle strips of paper, along with the enamel dots, help finish off the card. And, I just love those letter stickers from the Sunny collection. Isn’t that font adorable and “springy”?

Well, that wraps up my card trio! I hope that you are finding time to make your own cheerful cards for this most lovely of seasons.

Supplies Used: Paper, Letter Stickers: Sunny and Parrrty Me Hearty Collection

Dying Eggs

HAPPY SPRING!!!
Easter is just around the corner and our Design Team have some great projects to share with you this week.

Laura Whitaker

Happy Spring crafty friends! It's Laura here sharing a page for our Easter theme this week!

I decided to use the Sunny collection to create my Easter page, I just love the bright colours and had so much fun using this summery collection in another way!

I started my page by creating a "patchwork" egg cut file so that I could decorate it with lots of patterned papers from this fun line. These photos of my youngest son dying egg are from a couple of years back.  He just became a teenager last week and I am really missing the little kid phase already!

I love that this collection goes so well with the brightly coloured die bowls in the photo.

I added some machine stitching to reinforce the patchwork look, I love the texture that it adds, even if it is not perfect ;)  I also added some water colour paints and Color Shine to my background.

Can I tell you how much I am loving the alphas in this collection?  They are sort of like vinyl and somewhat translucent and add a really interesting look and texture to the page.  I used them for half of my title and die cut the other half, onto which I added some hand stitching.

There are a lot of differences in the embellishments between this collection and Par-r-rty Me Hearty, I am loving that Imaginisce has changed things up and is keeping things fresh!  This time around there are word stickers, which are a great way to add quick "journaling" as well as these fun 3D die cut stickers.

Oh and some seriously cute acrylic pieces that are mixed in with the die cut pack!  This little sun makes me so happy, I backed it with a circle punched from white cardstock so the patterns behind it did not detract from his little face.

Isn't this colour combination just so yummy!   I know Spring has just arrived, but now I am craving summer!



Imaginisce Supplies: Sunny collection patterned papers, 3D stickers, die cuts, letter stickers, and phrase stickers.

Other Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock; We R Memory Keepers enamel shapes; Leow's watercolour paints; Heidi Swapp Color Shine in in Citron; Hemptique button twine; DMC floss; misc. buttons.Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; Staedtler fine tip felt pen.

Thank you for visiting!

Easter layout

Now that Easter is over you're all ready to create those layouts with those fabulous photos you took right??
Check out this wonderful layout (using our "Welcome Spring" collection) for some inspiration to use your Easter photos.

Suzanna Lee

Hi there Imaginisce fans! Suzanna here to share an Easter layout with you! A belated Happy Easter to you! I just love this time of year! Easter to me is the epitome of spring.

The bulk of this layout was created using the Welcome Spring collection with the green background coming from the Little Princess collection. The embellishments I chose are bright and spring-y to compliment the theme of my layout.

I loved when Imaginisce put out letter stickers with their collections! I used letter stickers from Outdoor Adventure for my titling. The circle stickers alternated reminded me of Easter eggs or candy.

This bottom panel is a bit of an Easter collage with the bunny, die cut flowers, snail and butterfly. I love creating little scenes on my layouts.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Fresh Air Notepad

As we mentioned at the beginning of the week we are still sharing some Easter themed projects for you to file in your Ideas folder for next year!  Hope you enjoy today's darling little project.

Stephanie Dang

Hi! It's Stephanie from paperANDi here to share you a crafty little Spring project for Easter!

I created this little sticky notepad by using my favorite electronic cutting tool to create and cut the base for my sticky notes. 

I cut out my base on patterned papers from Imaginisce's Welcome Spring collection, score the parts to create an easy fold, and then adhere my sticky notes inside by using a glue runner. I then embellished to my liking using Imaginisce's cardboard stickers from their Happy Camper collection and added a few Imaginisce i-Rock touches. 

 Hope you love my project and give to a try!! :) 


 Supplies: 
Imaginisce: Welcome Spring Collection (patterned paper), Happy Camper Collection (cardboard stickers), i-Rock tool with i-Rock gems.

Easter Treat Boxes

Happy Easter!!!

We hope that you've had a wonderful weekend.
We're keeping with the Easter theme today (and the rest of the week) and sharing some great ideas that you can save in your Idea folders for next year!!!

Marcia Dehn-Nix

'Easter Treat Boxes'

 

I love decorating for Holidays. Spring comes slow to Minnesota and it's nice to freshen up the house with bright and cheery Easter decorations. The Imaginisce Welcome Spring collection is one of my favorites and I used it to create these festive Easter treat box eggs. 

These eggs open up and can be filled with some Easter grass, candies and small toys. 

They also make a great centerpiece on my dining room table. I used my Imaginisce i-Rock to add assorted crystals to the top halves of the eggs. 

Crystal swirls can be created by using stencil placements. Hint....It's much easier to apply the crystals on a flat surface before assembling. 

 

Supplies:

Imaginisce : Pattern Papers (Welcome Spring), I-Rock, crystal mix gems, 

American Crafts: Cardstock

Easter Hunting

In need of some double page layout inspiration?
Then today is your lucky day!
Stephanie has used our Welcome Spring collection and created a beautiful layout filled with a number of great Easter photos.

Stephanie Dang

"Easter Hunting"

Hi everyone!  It's EASTER theme this week, and I have a two-page layout to share with you today featuring the newest Imaginisce "Welcome Spring" (patterned papers), "Perfect Vacation" (die cuts), and "My Baby" (buttons), along with some fun cuts by Imaginisce in the Silhouette online store!

Here's a closer look at each page.

Hope you enjoy my two page layout! :)

Supply List: 

Imaginisce: Patterned papers (Welcome Spring), Die cuts (Perfect Vacation), Cuts (Silhouette online store), & buttons (My Baby)

American Crafts: alphabet thickers

Happy Easter card

Have you seen our Welcome Spring collection yet?
Well, Suzanna has created this super cute Easter card that shows off this new collection perfectly!

Suzanna Lee

"Happy Easter" card

Suzanna here today to share with you an Easter card created with the Welcome Spring collection! 

This is the perfect collection for all your spring crafting needs; it's bright and cheery and there are a plenitude of die cuts and embellishments to supplement. Isn't that darling bunny with her pink tutu just adorable? With her arms outstretched as they are, they were calling for a banner to greet you a Happy Easter! 

Here's wishing you and yours a blessed Easter!

Supplies
Imaginisce - Patterned papers, Die Cut, Stamp (Welcome Spring)

Decorated Embroidery Hoops

You are in for a treat today!!
Christine has created this stunning home decor set and has included a brief tutorial as well. Check it out!

Christine Meyer

Decorated Easter Hoops

I feel like there is not nearly as much Easter home decor out there as there is for other holidays - so I had the perfect excuse to create some new home decor this year!  Welcome Spring is perfect for both spring and Easter projects!  I created a set of three altered embroidery hoops to adorn the walls of the Meyer residence.

I've made several hoops like this over the last couple years.  It can be fun and a good challenge to design in a circle instead of a rectangle or square.

I knew I wanted a set of three hoops so I opted to make one a bigger one and added a little more decor to that one.  Lots of fussy cutting took place to create these scenes.

The smaller two hoops are the same size and use the same base patterned paper but different colored eggs.

They also have different bunnies and scenes.  

After seeing these you may be wondering how I used paper in the embroidery hoop instead of fabric.  I put together a little tutorial for you to show you how quick and easy it can come together.

1. Take apart your embroidery hoop and set the outside piece aside.

2. Trace your inside piece on the back of the patterned paper you want to use.

3. Cut out your circle but don't cut on the traced line...leave about 1/4" border.  This does not need to be exact!

4. Using quick drying glue (the Imaginisce Ibond Cordless glue gun works perfectly here) put a line of glue onto the top of your hoop.  Turn it over and attach it to the circle.  You will have excess border.

5. Once dry go around and snip every 1/2 inch or so on the excess border. Add glue to the outside of the hoop and fold down the snipped pieces.  

7. Add the outside piece of the hoop and you are done.  If you use a quick drying glue you are ready to decorate!

Supplies Used:

Imaginisce: Patterned Paper, Gemstones (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts: Cardstock, Ribbon

Easter Banner

The tulips & daffodils are blooming, the sun is shining and the Easter is here this weekend!  If you like to decorate for this holiday then you will love this next project.

Guiseppa Gubler

Happy Easter Banner

I really don't have much in the way of Easter decor for my home, so I decided to make a cute banner, but instead of just one, I did three.

This cute banner is so fun because it has the "Happy Easter" as well as some adorable cut out eggs.  

I simply cut out my eggs using my Silhouette Cameo and used a little bit of tape to adhere them to some twine.  It was so simple and easy and a fun way to add a little bit of Easter decor with not too much work.  I know for me, I am always looking for easy and adorable and this is it.

Supplies Used:

Imaginisce Patterned Paper (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts (Twine)

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We'll be sharing more Easter themed projects the rest of this week so make sure to stop by!

Imaginisce & Xryon - Day 5

Well, we've come to our final day of our BLOG HOP with Xyron.  We have been so inspired by all of the incredible projects that we've seen this past week.  Now we just can't wait for Easter!
We've got one more day of inspiration to share with you so please join us & Xyron for our final day.

Fleur Smith

Easter Baskets

Easter in our house is all about filling cute little baskets with lots of goodies.  What better way to use some fun bright color paper and make your own baskets.  I used a cut file and cut out the basket shape from three coordinating colors and used pieces from each color to make these fun little baskets.  For projects like these you need a good strong adhesive and the Xyron Mega Runner was perfect.  See below for step by step instructions to make your own.

Check out Fleur's blog for a full tutorial & more great photos of these adorable little basketcs.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper and Stickers - Imaginisce Endless Summer, Childhood Memories and Good Dog Collections, Stamp - Imaginisce Childhood Memories Collection, Imaginisce I-top tool, Imaginisce Small Brad Daddies, Adhesive -  Xyron Mega runner, Ink - Versafine, Punch - Epiphany Crafts, Eggs - Color Fantastik and CTG Brands Inc., Pom poms - Michaels, Candy - Allan's, Typewrite - Smith Corona

Cari Locken

Easter Napkin Rings

I love the Easter season! I enjoy making Easter bread and having family over to our house for meals.  I thought it would be a fun way to decorate our dinner table this year with some festive napkin rings. So I created some paper rings from patterned paper.  The accordion flowers & chickie were cut out with my Cricut and patterned paper. I added the little eyes using my i-rock tool and some small black Glam Rocks.

Hop on over to Cari's blog for more photos of her cute project.

Supplies used: Imaginisce (patterned papers from Childhood Memories & Good Dog collection; i-rock tool and small black Glam Rocks); Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock, Xyron (Permanent Adhesive Glue Stick & Mega Runner); Cricut Expression 2, Ribbons & Rosettes Cartridge, Simply Charmed Cartridge

Apryl Holland

Table Centerpiece

I have always been a fan of Xyron and my new favorite adhesive is the Xyron Mega Runner.  It is so easy to use and works really well.  I used the Mega Runner to make an Easter Centerpiece.  I have a fun pinwheel die that I just couldn't wait to use and thought it would be the perfect thing for this project.  I chose several different papers from the Love You More collection to make the pinwheels.  For the pinwheel stems, I made paper straws by rolling the paper and using the Xyron runner.  I then stuck the paper straws to the back of the pinwheels.  The candy in the jar worked to anchor the pinwheels and viola!  A beautiful and fun centerpiece!

Make sure to stop by Apryl's blog for more photos & info of her beautiful centerpiece.

Supplies:  Imaginisce Love You More Collection, Xyron Mega Runner, Brads, Lifestyle Crafts Pinwheel die, pink tulle, mason jar.

Let's continue our BLOG HOP by making your way over to Xyron's blog and see what their designers have created.

Xryon Design Team

Van Nguyen

Ann Corbiere-Scott

Angelia Peardon

Stacy Rodriguez

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Giveaway!

So this is the end of our BLOG HOP with Xyron and as we mentioned at the beginning of the week we will be giving away 2 prizes. That's right! 2 fabulous prizes!!

All you have to do is leave a comment (each day) on the Imaginisce blog & the Xyron blog for a chance to win a collection pack of Childhood Memories OR Good Dog.

We will be announcing the winner on Monday, April 1st.


... and in closing,
We want to wish you a blessed Easter weekend.

Imaginisce & Xyron - Day 4

We're here today with Day 4 of our BLOG HOP with Xyron.
Wow!!! We've seen so many exciting projects over the past several days.  We sure that you've been enjoying them too.

We're going to keep it going today and start off with designer, Sara Zenger.

Sara Zenger

"Egg"celent Banner! 

Just in time for Easter I have an adorable and simple Easter Egg banner to share with you!  I love making a banners and with each new holiday / season I want to make a new one.  For Easter I had a request from my son to make the banner 'not girly'!  I took this as a challenge!   

I started off with kraft card stock for my pennants and then using my cameo cut an egg shape out of white cards to and then a coordinating chevron egg top out of paper from Imaginisce!  I took paper from three of the new collections, Childhood memories, Good Dog and Endless Summer - these were perfect 'non girly' colors!  

I am so happy to have had my Xyron handy because running the top chevron layer of my egg through my Xyron made adhering it simple and easy!  Every little part of that egg it glued down tight! 

My banner got his approval, it was not cute, it was awesome! 

Hop on over to Sara's blog for more pictures of her adorable banner.

Supplies : Paper - Endless Summer, Childhood Memories, Good Dog, Cardstock

Toos - Xryon, Cameo, i-Punch

Other - Foam tape, Twine

Jodi Wilton

Bunny Treat Bags & Easter Card

Jodi created these super cute treat bags using our Love You More & Good Dog collections. Aren't they adorable?

I'm sure those treats won't last long though!!

You can more pictures of Jodi's bags and card on her blog. So please stop by.

Supplies: Love you More Collection, Good Dog Collection
Xyron Supplies: Mega Runner
Other Supplies: Twine from the Twinery, Cardstock

Suzanna Lee

Some Bunny

When our Xyron goodies arrived on my doorstep, I was thrilled to see the Megarunner amongst the collection. I have LONG been in search of an adhesive that "wow's" me since I bid my Kokuyo adhesive farewell (oh what a sad day that was...). I am pleased to say, I just might have found THE replacement. I like the dots, I've always preferred dotty adhesive for the simple fact that when you stop rolling, the adhesive stops. I also like that the dots allow you the ability to change your mind without having to redo the layout around the ripped up paper that ensued as a result! My other "beef" with some adhesives is starting over; threading those things and not losing bits and pieces can be challenging. Xyron's Megarunner is just a cartridge that you replace. I need to check into ability to recycle the cartridge and price. I also like that the Megarunner is more portable then my other ATG and has a cover over the dispenser part. So far, so good! Thanks Xyron!!

Check out Suzanna's blog for more pictures of her stunning Easter layout.

Supplies: 
Imaginisce: Patterned Paper from Good Dog, Makin' Waves, Hippity Hop, Childhood Memories, Stickers from Childhood Memories, Colored Foam Tape
Other: Cardstock: Bazzill, Adhesive: Xyron Megarunner and Glue Stick, Cut File: Samantha Walker, Ink: Colorbox, Punch: EK Success

Let's continue our BLOG HOP by making your way over to Xyron's blog and see what their designers have created.

Xryon Design Team

Gini Williams Cagle

Angela Ploegman

Shannon Morgan

Viki Tiamat

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Giveaway!

At the end of this BLOG HOP we will be giving away 2 prizes. That's right! 2 fabulous prizes!!

All you have to do is leave a comment (each day) on the Imaginisce blog & the Xyron blog for a chance to win a collection pack of Childhood Memories OR Good Dog.

Imaginisce & Xyron - Day 3

We've come to Day 3 of our BLOG HOP with Xyron.

Haven't the projects been amazing? Both Design Teams have created such beautiful projects.  And guess what? We've got even more to share with you today!

Mary Pat Siehl

Easter Basket Fun

When I first starting scrapping ( well over 12 years ago) one of the first tools I ever bought was a Xyron X sticker maker.  I loved it.  When I found out that we were going to do a swap with Xyron I was so excited.  I fell in love instantly with the Create a Sticker machine.  It was exactly what I had been missing when I created those fun die cuts and titles using my Silhouette.  It was always so hard for me to put the adhesive on them. I had tried everything and nothing was working really well until I got the Create A Sticker!  I am in LOVE.  I don't have to worry that my die cuts are going to fall off.  

Mary Pat has more details on her blog about this wonderful layout. PLUS she has created a video of how she created this layout. So make sure to check it out!

video:  

Supply list:

paper- Imaginisce ( good dog and childhood memories)

tools- I Rock and glam rocks

washi tape- imaginisce ( love you more collection)

Silhouette- title work, eggs

Adora Concepcion

Happy Easter cards

I created 2 Easter cards to share with you today, of course I will be creating more, can you believe Easter is just around the corner. Anyhow these are quick and easy cards to make, it's really just a punch and paste technique! :) I love that I also get to used some of my left over scrapped paper.

Check out Adora's blog for more info on her cards/

Supplies used: Imaginisce "Good Dog" paper collection, Xyron Mega Runner and Glue Stick and Fiskars Punches.

Guiseppa Gubler

My kids are always wanting little gifts and treats for friends, so I decided to make this cute egg basket, decorate it and fill it with grass and candy.  I used the Xyron Mega Runner and Corner Glue Stick to put this basket together.  I love how easy the Xyron Mega Runner is to use...so smooth.  I think I may have to make a few more of these to give out to close friends and family for Easter.

You'll definitely want to head over to Guiseppa's blog because she has more fabulous pictures to share of this wonderful creation.

Make sure to stop by Guiseppa's blog for more pics of her adorable treat box.

Imaginisce Supplies: Love You More Patterned Papers and Roly Rosies

Other Supplies: Xyron Mega Runner, Glue Stick and Silhouette Cameo

Let's continue our BLOG HOP by making your way over to Xyron's blog and see what their designers have created.

Xryon Design Team

Denise Hahn

Christina Heeren

Linda Root Neff

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Giveaway!

At the end of this BLOG HOP we will be giving away 2 prizes. That's right! 2 fabulous prizes!!

All you have to do is leave a comment (each day) on the Imaginisce blog & the Xyron blog for a chance to win a collection pack of Childhood Memories OR Good Dog.