Easter Express Collection: Easter Banner by Courtney Lee

Helloooo! It's Courtney Lee from Court's Crafts with an Easter banner!

I really wanted something to put on our mantle that is springy and wonderful. Doodlebug to the rescue! I love that my house is filling up with home decor pieces from Doodlebug! It makes me so happy. I am VERY slowly building my collection and LOVE decorating for every holiday. Now, if I could just have dishes for every season = courtney happiness.

My cute husband said, "It's Easter! There should be Easter eggs everywhere!" So in honor of that I hid an Easter egg on each banner piece. :)

Look at those Cute Clips!!!! And I the rainbow arrows were the last thing I added to this banner and I LOVE it. I really need to use these more. They are found on the This and That.

The chickedee and paint brush are from the new mini icons! Isn't she darling!?

Don't miss this other cute clip featured on this one! bunny!!!!

The bunny head at the bottom is a shaped sprinkle and totally darling.

I hid a chick in an egg mini icon on the bottom right and put some super happy clouds around. My girls have LOVED finding the Easter Eggs on each panel and my oldest LOVED the little chick in the egg.

I hope this inspires you to make a happy banner for your Easter celebrations!

Recipe:
doodlebug: easter express: bunny and friends (5514)
doodlebug: easter express: easter egg dot (5517)
doodlebug: spring things: this and that (5491)
doodlebug: easter express: doodle-pop: mr. bunny (5479)
doodlebug: easter express: odds and ends (5486)
doodlebug: easter express: mini icons (5707)
doodlebug: easter express: cute clips: easter (5483)
doodlebug: matte sprinkles: love assortment (5454)
doodlebug: easter express: shaped sprinkles: bunnies (5460)
petite prints gingham-linen in lemon (5432)
chunky twine in bumblebee (4808)
doodle twine in cupcake (2986)
chippers in bubblegum (4511)

Easter Express Collection: Baby Bunny layout by Melinda

Is there a set of rules that applies to the order we scrap our photographs... Absolutely Not! The last thing you should worry about is falling behind with your memory keeping as it will lead to frustration and the risk of giving up altogether. I learnt a long time ago that I need to just scrap what I feel like doing at the time so it remains enjoyable, fresh and fun. The photo in my layout is from 2012 and has been sitting on my computer with all my other photos waiting for inspiration to strike. And the good thing about having an electronic version is the date is always stored so I never forget when it was taken. So, when Easter Express came along I knew I had a photo of Teddy as a baby that was a perfect fit and I enjoyed printing it out and preserving this precious memory.

The Story | Our little munchkin 'Teddy' was a huge surprise so having a little human in the house took some getting used to again. I'd almost forgotten how much fun it was to dress little ones in cute and cuddly clothes, especially during the holidays. This little bunny outfit was so sweet and soft and people complimented him whenever he had it on.

Product Crush | Can you spy the 'Cute Clip' on this layout? I could not resist attaching the sweet clip to the photo of Teddy as it matched perfectly with his bunny outfit! These clips come in so many different shapes to match the icons on each new collection.

Journaling | I cannot express how important certain pieces of journaling are to a layout. You don't always need to write an extensive story with every picture but recording the date, month or even just the year and who is in the photo is a guaranteed 'must have'. In years to come you will thank yourself for making the effort.

Tips | There's always some little trick you can do to add a bit of interest or make something a little easier when working with your projects. For example... adding baby powder to the back of adhesive stickers will instantly rid you of the adhesive so you can add foam pop dots to create different layers with your embellishments. You can also add a few dots of glue underneath your twine to keep it in place and also prevent the fringing from getting unruly when stored. Finally, try replacing the dot on an 'i' in your title with a flower, or star or even a heart for that extra finesse to your work.

Easter Express is now in store front businesses and also on-line craft stores so you will be all set for this year's Easter photographs. Thanks for stopping by today.

Melinda Spinks

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Easter Express Collection: Amazing Door Decor by Jennifer Beason

Hello, Doodlebug friends. Jennifer here and today I'll be sharing a project featuring the new Easter Express collection. I love to create fun and whimsical scenes using Doodlebug stickers and die-cuts. So that's just what I did with this Spring project.

After drawing a pattern for the shape of the wall hanging, I cut it out of 1/4" birch plywood. (If you want to make something similar, but don't feel comfortable using a saw, you can always use layers of thick chipboard or foam board, instead.)

The windmill was drawn, then cut out of chipboard, by hand. I created the windows, door, and blades, using my Silhouette software.  The pieces were then cut out of thin chipboard using my Silhouette. (I layered each piece to get the thickness I wanted.)

After I had my base and windmill pieces cut, I began covering them with patterned paper and cardstock.  As you can see I had fun using shaped sprinkles, doodle pop stickers and die cuts throughout the project. I did cheat a little, by using a few embellishments from the Spring Things collection as well.

To achieve a layered look on some of the die-cuts, like the egg tree and fence I mounted them to chipboard.

A title sticker was used to create a small sign. Again, it was mounted to chipboard then was hung from a wood peg that was attached to the main piece.  Jellybean sprinkles were applied to the sign and I also added some egg die-cuts to the bottom.

Thanks so much for stopping by, everyone. Happy Crafting! Jennifer