FISKARS

Description

By Jayne Loughlin

Required Fiskars tools:

Paper trimmer (9893), Corner border punch - Braid (4077), Scalloped lace - Border punch (4075), Mini stamps - Lowercase (4145), Stamp Block (1354), Squeeze punch XL - Oval (297416), Scissors (Heidi Grace - 4155)

Supplies:

Glue, 12" cardstock pieces & patterned paper, 3 pieces of 12" ribbons, Paper bird/buttons and blossom embellishments, Title either stickers, Die cut or your preferred alphabet, Green Ink



STEP 1 :
Punch all the way round the edges of a sheet of 12" Patterned paper using your Corner Border Punch. Glue the punched piece of patterned paper onto some 12" green cardstock. This is the base.

STEP 2 :
Cut a co-ordinating piece of patterned paper with your paper trimmer 21cms x 22cms, Ink the edges. Glue down onto the base on the right hand facing side.

Step 3 :
Choose another coloured piece of cardstock (a good idea is to pick up a colour from your photo, here yellow). Cut this 14cms x 16.5cms and punch with the Scalloped border punch all round the edges forming a scalloped mat for your photo.
You can trim your photo a little if you need to if it is a bit uneven. Stick the photo to this Scalloped mat & glue onto the patterned piece you stuck down before.

STEP 4 :
Stick the 3 pieces of ribbon along the bottom of the layout. These can be trimmed a little shorter than 12" if you like. Cut yourself  a couple of 1 1/4cms wide strips of cardstock and Ink edges. Trim to lengths that fit onto left hand side of the layout overlapping the patterned paper. Journal onto these with black pen.  Place onto your layout & glue down when happy with the placement.

STEP 5 :
Make a large flower embellishment by punching 6 ovals with the Squeeze Oval punch. Fold the petals in half creasing them. Ink edges & flatten.  Layer petals into a flower shape and stick down onto the right hand side by the Ribbon ends.  Add a flower punch out and a button to the center.

STEP 6:
Stick down a chosen title and use mini stamps to stamp the word "Easter" in green ink above the title. Add other Blossom & button embellishments around the large flower plus the paper bird to finish off.

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