Happy Easter Sunday

 Good morning and a very happy Easter Sunday!

Today I'm sharing a card made with the Relatively Thoughtful Happy Easter Collection, and the 2023 new additions.

Aren't these new papers beautiful? There are both patterned papers and cut-apart sheets.

I started by folding my base cards and adding the papers.

And this is how it looks when it's constructed. As you can see, the base Z has the larger piece to the right, and the top one has the large piece to the left. Together they make a double Z.

These are some of the fabulous images from the cut-apart sheets. If anyone knows where the chickens and daffodils ended up could you please let me know!

He's such a cutie isn't he!

I decided to go big or go home with my sentiment.

The flowers were surprisingly easy to cut out. I think they look really nice in the corners.

I really like the style of this card, and I'll definitely be doing it again.

This beautiful collection can be found here in the store.

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An ATC Concertina Tag Book

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday!

Today I'm sharing an ATC-sized concertina tag book made with a gorgeous add-on to the Happy Easter collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

Isn't this a fabulous cut-apart sheet! I was deciding which images I wanted to use for my card, when I realised that I wanted to use them all, so it was a quick change of project.

These images are perfectly spaced on the sheet, enabling you to easily cut them out at ATC size. I have a corner chomper that cuts perfect tag corners. I ummed and ahhed a bit about buying it as it's pretty pricey, and all it does is cut tag corners BUT it cuts them perfectly every time! My only decision now was whether to stitch them or not.

Now it was time to make my concertina. Of course the measurement was 2 7/8ths - 3 inches would have been far too easy wouldn't it!

And yes, of course I stitched my tags.

Once they were all stuck down I added eyelets for my ribbons. It was important that everything was in place first so that I could go through all the layers. I used a little die and a scrap of card from the same collection to make my re-inforces. I stuck these down and let them dry for an hour as if they are not fully stuck they will come off as soon as you add the ribbons.

Time to dye my ribbons now. Making your own means you can get just the colours you want. I brought a huge roll home with me years ago from the USA - far more useful than a stick of rock!

Yup, blue fingers for a week!

And finally, here's my tag book. Isn't the lamb just the cutest ever?

I would normally have longer ribbons than this, but I wanted to make sure that they stood up, so I kept them quite short.

And it stands up by itself!

Some close-ups. Here are the 1st 3.

Then the middle 3.

And the final 3. Definitely a cuteness overload!

Isn't this add-on collection fabulous! It can be found here in digital and paper formats.

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There's still loads of time to make your Easter projects, so please head over to the store, there's so much there to get your inspiration flowing.

Have a very happy weekend, and thanks so much for looking x

 

Happy Easter

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday.

Today I'm sharing an Easter card made with the fabulous Happy Easter collection from Relatively Thoughtful. This was my very first collection and it's still one of my favourites.

First of all, I chose my papers, I only need a couple as I'll be using the Easter egg panel from the yellow one as a separate layer.

Then I cut my panels and some backing mats.

Obviously I need to use my favourite grumpy bunny again. I fussy-cut him, then added him to some black card and tried to cut a neat border. This makes him pop against the background and also gives the topper a lot more strength.

 

There, that's as good as it gets lol.

He looked a little bit lost in the centre of my card, so I cut a couple of tags to go with him.

And this is how he looks! I gave him a stamped sentiment and a bit of sisal to make his nest. I think I may have got rabbits confused with chickens!

Maybe this is why he looks so grumpy, rabbits don't live in nests!

Anyway, I think he looks rather dapper here.

The collection can be found here in Sally's store in both digital and paper formats. There are also new additions this year so it really is the collection that keeps on giving.

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I hope you are enjoying the weekend, and thanks so much for looking x