Springtime

Designer: Susan Weinroth

Use this sketch to create a memorable springtime layout, or adjust it to fit any year-round theme!

 


Difficulty rating

  • Required supplies:
  • Ultra ShapeXpress™
  • Scallop Paper Edgers
  • No. 5 Micro-Tip® Scissors
  • 12 inch/30 cm Deluxe Portable Trimmer - Purple
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-70734 Aqua Alphabet Punchouts
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-70738 Green Alphabet Punchouts
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-71535 Aqua Flowers & Brads
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-71539 Green Flowers & Brads
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-71527 Aqua Ribbon Card
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-71531 Green Ribbon Card
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-70721 Brown Brads in Tin
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-71768 Décor Stripe double sided paper
  • Heidi Grace Designs : 12-71800 Dot with Heart double sided paper
  • Brown, Tan, Blue, Green cardstock

Instructions (Print version)

  1. Start with a 12x12 piece of tan cardstock as your base.
  2. Trim a piece of brown cardstock to 11x11 and matte in center on top of tan cardstock.
  3. Select and Punch aqua and green title letters and adhere to left side of layout.  Dot i’s with smaller flowers.
  4. Trim ¾ inch width strips of blue and green cardstock to use as flower stems.  Adhere in place on layout.  Adhere coordinating ribbon over each.
  5. Create first flower by tracing “center” circle template from flower shape template onto the backside of your paper, and trimming with scallop paper edgers.
  6. Next adhere this circle on top of 2nd patterned paper, and trim around edge with scallop paper edgers, to create a layered-look.
  7. Attach two green flowers to the center with a brad, and adhere to top of flower stem.
  8. Create second flower by tracing a 3-inch diameter circle onto backside of patterned paper, and trimming with scallop paper edgers.
  9. Use the ShapeXpress tool to trim the daffodil shape (in flower shape template) from a different patterned paper.  Adhere to top of circle already trimmed out.
  10. Attach two aqua flowers to the center with a brad, and adhere to top of second flower stem.
  11. Cut various shaped “leaves” from paper with microtip scissors, and attach to stems with brads.
  12. Matte 4x6 (or similar sized) photo onto tan cardstock and adhere to the right side of second flower stem.
  13. Print or handwrite journaling onto blue cardstock strips, trim, and attach to upper righthand corner of layout with brown brads.
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