Do you love spring as much
as “we” do? We happen to think that “Pink
Plum” is the perfect paper crafting collection for accenting your spring
inspired layouts this year. Christine Middlecamp created this lovely layout
using a variety of blossoms to get you thinking about spring. She’s also put
together a host of tips & techniques for us, which you’ll find below. Check
it out!
CP Girls
Window boxes, both large and small, leave plenty of room for
surprises. This particular layout houses a large window box. Within the box
sits a long series of pattern papers and homemade embellishments. The box
serves a “frame” for these items and is the base for the title.
The window box/frame is cut from vanilla cardstock using an
exact-o knife, ruler and cutting mat.
Before trimming box/frame from cardstock, pre-measure it to ensure it’s
of the appropriate size to fit on your layout. Also, decide on width of the
frame. Width is important because it will determine the size of the window.
After trimming the window box from cardstock, trace the inside of the window on
background cardstock. Cut around tracing and use as base for adding items to
your window. After you’ve completed your window’s design, adhere both window
contents and frame to layout as shown above.
Flower accents are easy to create and are extremely popular
right now. The flowers above are created using the following four items: Martha
Stewart Large Flower Punch, MS Starburst Punch, ¾” circle punch & pink
buttons. Punch eight large flowers from “Pomegranate” pattern paper. Punch
eight starburst circles from “Very Berry” pattern paper. Punch eight geometric
circles from “Wildberries” pattern paper. Combine items together to make the
flowers and use to your liking!
Speaking of popular, paper rosettes can be found just about
anywhere these days. They’re really simple to make and offer up all kinds of
design options. All that’s required to make them is paper, tweezers, scissors
and glue-dots. Trim a medium size circle from paper. Cut circle in a
spiral-like fashion. Wrap spiral around tweezers tightly. Remove wrapped spiral
from tweezers and adhere rosette at base using large glue-dot so that it
doesn’t come apart. Use your paper
rosettes on a layout/project either individually or as part of a grouping of
rosettes. The possibilities are endless!
Decorative scissors are great for creating your own
one-of-kind borders. Use decorative borders to accent a focal point on a
layout/project. The “Raspberry” pattern paper above is housed between two thin
borders trimmed from pink cardstock using pinking scissors.
Lastly, even though Valentine’s Day is officially over,
there’s always good reason to add hearts to a layout/project. Remember the days
of hand-cutting hearts from folded paper? It’s the easiest way to trim an
“almost perfect” heart. Layer hearts with embellishments like the one above,
Crate Paper’s newest addition – “Sparkle Chip” – layered chipboard with glimmer
and rhinestones!
Thanks Christine for the beautiful inspiration.
