Easter Card by Christine and Spring Frame by Natalie

I LOVE Spring/Easter decor. It is a great reminder that this cold, ugly snow will go away someday. Christine is first to share the joy today, she says…
Easter comes early this year so I wanted to get a head start on my Easter cards.  This pretty little basket filled with eggs is just the perfect focal point for my round card.  Check out the envelope too.  It’s so fancy with a matching rounded flap.
Files I used:
Easter Basket in the Silhouette store  #7909
Elegant String Tied Envelope in the Silhouette store #6239
Next up is Natalie with an adorable Easter Frame…
Hello everyone, I am starting to think spring might be around the corner.  We had a glorious weekend here, and we are actually starting to see patches of grass around.  So I guess that means it is ok to start decorating for spring.  I love spring, I love the flowers it brings and the colors of all the decorations.  So I decided to make a cute little shadow box with this cute little bunny I found in Lori’s shop.
To make this, I used Lori’s 5×7 shadow box frame found here, which also includes a tutorial with it, that came in handy when assembling it.  I also used her bunny silhouette found here, and her Hello Summer collection from Echo Park.
Once the frame was all built, I added the bunny with a little foam adhesive and added a little cotton to the tale.  I think it turned out great, clean and simple and ready to make my house happy with spring!

 

Hexagon Card by Mendi and Frame by Joy

I always love to see what our Creative Team has done and today is no different. Look how fun and bright this cute card is. I agree with Mendi, I am ready for Spring right now, how about you? Mendi says…

“I don’t know about you, but I’m seriously ready for some sunshine so for today’s card I altered Lori’s Hexagon Card cutting file to form my card’s rainbow background pattern (using my favorite Summer Days paper collection which Lori designed for Echo Park).    I hope it shows that with some great basic shapes and a little creativity, you can really get a lot of mileage and different looks from a single cutting file!  Hop over to my blog today where I am sharing a video tutorial to better explain how I used Lori’s file to create my card.”

Next up is Joy. She is so great and creating decorative items for her home.

When I saw Lori’s Family Word Art Titles file in her store, I just had to have it!  This phrase is something that I tell my husband and children all the time, so it is especially meaningful to me.  I did something very, very simple.  I used my Cameo to cut the phrase out.  Then I cut a piece of paper from Lori’s new Sweet Girl paper line to use as the background.  There’s a trick though!  The patterned paper was just what I wanted to use, but the brightness of it competed with the phrase.  To solve this, I covered it with a piece of vellum.  Problem solved!  It muted the print just enough to make sure that the saying really stood out.  I put everything in the frame and added those precious chipboard images from Lori’s Sweet Girl embellishments.  I hope you’ll come by my blog for more projects and ideas.  Here are some things I’ve pinned on Pinterest that I made using Lori’s great files.  Happy crafting!

 

New Product at Jessica Sprague

Thanks for partying with us yesterday for the blog hop. We had so much fun and loved seeing your comments. We will be back Monday with a winner, so be sure and leave a comment on yesterday’s post to be considered.

Today at jessicasprague.com Lori is releasing these 2 fun sets of brushes. Did you know you can change direction and colors with brushes, so you have a perfect match with your pattern paper every time. For the longest time I was ‘afraid’ of brushes because I thought they would be difficult. They are actually easier to use than clipping a photo in Photoshop. These sets are perfect to adorn your Project Life style pages with titles, graphics and such.

EVERYDAY STAMPS

CELEBRATION STAMPS

You can pick both of these collections up at here for only $4.49 through the weekend, then they will return to regular price at $5.99. While you are there, be sure to check out the other Life products, lots of templates, cards, and embellishments to choose from.

lisa

February Blog Hop

Have you missed seeing our Creative Team goodness this week? Well, we have a lot of talent to share with you today. Lori has recently released some double page layouts in both SVG and Digital Scrapbooking/PSD format. I want you to see what you can do with these different files and our creative team has so happily obliged, told you they were the best.

First the SVG’s, these files are designed to be used with Silhouette machines and can be found here in Lori’s shop. After opening the file you will see how the layout is assembled. Ungroup the pieces, sort and cut from your favorite pattern paper/cardstock. Assemble all pieces onto background paper (not included in cutting file) and VOILA, a beautiful layout to add to your scrapbook. Pieces can be moved around and placed/used any way your heart desires.

SVG FILES in Lori’s Shop

IF you are not a die cut kind of paper crafter, these files also come as digital scrapbooking kits, and are found at here at Jessica Sprague . They have been created as layered PSD’s, which means you can use the pieces as clipping masks in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop. These are ready for you to add your favorite pattern papers, ribbons and photos and the layouts are done.

PSD FILES in the Jessica Sprague Store

We created these layouts with the idea that you could throw these into your Project Life albums and mix it up a bit. The smaller photos slots are 3×4, which is a perfect fit for any of Lori’s Life Cards in her shop both here and at Jessica Sprague.

Without further ado, please let me show you the order of our blog hop today. These ladies are truly amazing and have shown you different ways to use these layouts, both digital format and SVG’s.  When you are done be sure to come back here and leave a comment so you can be entered in our drawing for a $20 gift card to Lori’s shop. She has amazing shapes there and more coming each week.

Lori Whitlock
Natalie Graham 
Corri Garza 
Joy Dickson 
Lisa Bell 
Mendi Yoshikawa 
Christine Ousley 
Lisa Barrie
Roelien VanDenBerg 

Don’t forgot to leave a comment here about your favorite project for a chance to win a $20 gift card to Lori’s shop!

all banners were created using Lori’s Love Story Collection by Echo Park, available both in paper and digital formats.

One Dollar Wednesday at Jessica Sprague

Today is One Dollar Wednesday at JessicaSprague.com!

That means from now until midnight (Pacific time) you can pick up a couple of digital kits for a steal…

TODAY for JUST $1 you can grab the popular: Masking Borders 2

MASKING BORDERS 2

I LOVE this collection of borders! So easy to use and  a fun way to add personality.

And, you can snag the following awesome product for HALF OFF… which makes it ONLY $3.50 (that’s a real deal): Kiss Me Collection

KISS ME COLLECTION

First of all is the 2013 Planner. It is on SALE for 75% OFF the entire month, which makes it only $3.25!!!

2013 PLANNER

While you are at jessicasprague.com getting your kits, be sure to check out the samples made with each of these kits in the “more images” tab at the bottom of each listing.