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Easter Card Ideas

Jennifer Gormly — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:36:12 +0000

With Easter only a couple of weeks away, it’s time to start thinking about those last minute Easter card ideas. Unfortunately, I am always leaving things until the last minute so never have much time for my creations.

To help me with my time management skills (or rather, my lack of time management skills), I always turn to sketches, and this time is no exception.

This cute Easter card idea is based entirely on one of my sketches and is featured along the sketch and complete easy-to-follow instructions in my 50 Card Making Sketches collection.

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This card follows sketch #9 from the collection and features an adorable Easter chicken motif.

Materials Used: Yellow Bazzill cardstock, Karen Foster Circus Stripes paper, purple cardstock and Pebbles Inc Easter stickers.

One of the advantages of using a sketch as the basis of your card is that you don’t have to worry about how to arrange the different elements on your card. I can spend ages procrastinating about what works if I don’t start with a sketch. The sketch shows me what works right from the beginning so I can focus on the fun part of choosing papers, colours and embellishments.

Soft pastel colours lend themselves particularly well to Easter creations. As you can see, I have chosen soft greens, yellows and purples for my colour scheme. Pinks and light blues also work well. But of course, any colours can be adapted to suit your theme. Play around with different combinations and see what you like best.

A sketch will also show you where the focal point of you card will be, giving you a chance to select the most suitable embellishment in advance. For example, the sketch I used to create this card has a circle in the centre of the card as its main focal point. So, I choose a cute Easter chicken looking forward as my embellishment.

If the focal point had been somewhere else, like in the bottom right corner, I may have preferred a chicken looking to the left and upwards as it may draw the card together better.

The focal point of your Easter card idea can be either playful and fun or more reserved and religious. Playful cards might feature cute motifs like my Easter chicken, Easter bunnies, Easter eggs or even the famous Australian Easter bilby.

Or, if you wish to create a more religious card, you may consider using images of the Cross or Christian Easter quotes as the perfect focal point of your card design.

Whatever your colours and whatever your motif, starting with a sketch gives you direction and focus. You don’t have to worry about trying to fit everything together so it looks right. You get to just pull out your supplies and have some fun.

At the end you’ll feel refreshed, relaxed and proud of what you’ve made…and you won’t be able to wait to show them off!

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Easter Scrapbooking Ideas

Jennifer Gormly — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:57:16 +0000

I tend not to use many pinks, purples or yellows on my scrapbooking pages (I use lots of greens, browns and reds) but Easter scrapbooking ideas present a fabulous opportunity to branch out and play with some new colour combinations and fun Easter stickers.

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This Easter scrapbooking idea is very quick and easy to recreate. It uses two bright and colourful patterned papers, cheerful Easter stickers and some doodling.

Materials Used: Doodlebug Baby Girl Stripe paper, Beary Patch Grape Spots cardstock, pink cardstock, cream cardstock, purple alphabet stickers, a purple pen and Suzy’s Zoo Easter Joy stickers.

Doodling is a great way to add personality to your page and highlight your photos. In this layout I have used very simple doodling to frame my page. If you are shy of adding doodling to your page, start with something simple like this. You can even use a template as a guide to help you!

To recreate this Easter scrapbooking idea, follow these steps:

1. Use the pink cardstock as your background.

2. Cut three strips of Doodlebug Baby Girl Stripe paper each approximately 6.8cm tall. Make sure that when the strip is placed horizontally, the stripes are vertical. Adhere the first strip horizontally across the centre of your page. Adhere another one approximately 2.5cm above it and the other 2.5cm below it.

3. Using a purple pen, draw a frame around your page. If you are not comfortable doodling free-hand, try using a template or stitching your frame. I have used a scallop shape for my Easter scrapbooking idea, but you can use whatever you want – straight line, dashed line, zig-zag etc.

4. Cut a piece of Beary Patch Grape Spots cardstock measuring approximately 24cm by 18cm. Adhere to your page approximately 5cm from the top and 1.5cm from the right edge.

5. Cut two pieces of cream cardstock large enough to be your photo mats. Glue vertically and side by side in the centre of your Grape Spots cardstock from the previous step.

6. Cut a square of Doodlebug Baby Girl Stripe paper measuring approximately 7cm by 7cm. Place in front of you so the stripes are horizontal. Tear in half along the diagonal from the bottom left corner to the top right corner. so that the stripes are horizontal. Adhere one half to the top left corner of the left photo mat and the other to the bottom right corner of the right photo mat.

7. Adhere your photos in the centre of your photo mats.

8. Use purple alphabet stickers to write your title below your photo mats.

9. Finally, accent your Easter scrapbooking ideas with Easter stickers in the top right corner and bottom left corner of your page.

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I’d love to hear what you think about Easter scrapbooking ideas like this and whether or not you give this one a go. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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Simple Easter Scrapbooking Ideas

Jennifer Gormly — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:05:08 +0000

Colour Blocking is an easy technique that can be used to create bright Easter Scrapbooking ideas. The symmetrical straight-lined design gives your page balance and structure while focusing attention on your photos. In the layout below, I have used Bazzill cardstock to create a fun, vibrant page using this techinque. Usually I love working with patterned papers, but the texture of Bazzill gives my page distinct layers and depth while the bright colours create the mood.

This layout was created using Bazzill cardstock (light blue bling, hot pink, purple and grass green), white cardstock, foam tape and Bo Bunny Easter Egg Hunt stickers.

To recreate this scrapbook page idea, follow these steps:

1. Use light blue bling Bazzill cardstock as your background. Set it aside for now.

2. Mat three photos (preferably two measuring approximately 7cm by 9.5cm and one measuring approximately 12.4cm by 9.5cm) with white cardstock. The frame around each photo should be about 0.3cm wide. Mat again with hot pink Bazzill cardstock. This frame should be about 0.2cm wide.

3. Cut a piece of purple Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 29.3cm by 4cm. Mat with white cardstock. The frame around it should be about 0.2cm wide. Place your Easter Eggs border sticker in the centre of the strip.

4. Cut a piece of grass green Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 29.3cm by 2cm. Mat with white cardstock. The frame around it should be about 0.2cm wide. Place your grass border sticker in the centre of the strip.

5. Start placing your pieces on your background (but do not stick them down yet). You may find you need to adjust some of your measurements as you go, so keep an eye on how everything fits together.

6. Cut a piece of grass green Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 12.3cm by 10cm. Cut seven pieces of purple Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 0.7cm by 11cm. Glue them vertically at random angles across the green cardstock, as shown in the layout above. Trim away the excess and mat with white cardstock. The frame around it should be about 0.2cm wide. Place your Easter Egg Hunt title sticker in the centre.

7. Cut a piece of purple Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 6.5cm by 10.1cm. Cut four pieces of hot pink Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 0.5cm by 7.5cm. Glue them horizontally at random angles across the purple cardstock, as shown in the layout above. Trim away the excess and mat with white cardstock. The frame around it should be about 0.2cm wide. Place your Blue Easter Egg and Chick sticker towards the bottom, as shown in the layout above.

8. Cut a piece of purple Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 8.2cm by 10.1cm. Cut four pieces of hot pink Bazzill cardstock measuring approximately 0.5cm by 9cm. Glue them horizontally at random angles across the purple cardstock, as shown in the layout above. Trim away the excess and mat with white cardstock. The frame around it should be about 0.2cm wide. Place your Yellow Easter Egg and Chick sticker towards the bottom, as shown in the layout above.

9. You should now have eight different elements for your page. Arrange them on your background as shown in the layout above and glue down. Try to keep the spacing between each piece fairly even (mine are 0.4cm – 0.5cm apart).

10. Finally, stick two butterfly stickers and the dragonfly sticker to white cardstock. Cut them out. Stick them to your layout with foam tape, as shown above.

What do you think? Do you like this Easter scrapbooking idea? Do you have any questions? Would you have done anything different? We’d love to hear from you! Please leave a comment below.

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