Teresa Collins Memories colection - Easter layout - Lori McClellan

Teresa Collins - Memories collection

Egg-stra-ordinary Easter Layout 

by Lori McClellan

IT'S HERE!!!!

2013 Chic Sketch #2 by (me) Lori McClellan

So, without further ado......Here is my take on the sketch, one step at a time.

 

(2) 12 x 12 pages, with a shared, square houndstooth, accent layer. 

 A big strip across the top where I am going to put the pictures.  (Polka dots make me happy!!)

 Another strip below it using the cute flower paper.

 Woops, I lost a few of the inbetween pics, but I added a second strip of gray with tiny white dots, white lace and then the pictures of my cute kids in their Egg shaped glasses.

I designed the title and cut it out of vinyl.  I added more embellishments and some journaling.  Simple, yet the simplicity allows the photos to be the focal point of the layout.

So are you ready to whip out your supplies and make a layout?  When you do, be sure to share it on The Hens' Den facebook page.  We will be picking 2 of you to be guest designers and your work could be shown here on the blog!!!  I'm not even kidding when I say I am SO EXCITED to see what your take on the sketch will be.

Supplies used:
Teresa Collins - Memories - 12 x 12 Chipboard
Teresa Collins - Memories -   Chipboard and Buttons
Teresa Collins - Memories - Decorative Washi tape
Teresa Collins - Memories - Die Cut Accessories
Teresa Collins - Memories - Enamel Dots
Teresa Collins - Memories - Film Strip paper
Teresa Collins - Memories - Flower paper
Teresa Collins - Memories - Subway calendar paper
Teresa Collins - Memories - Word paper

Washi tape Matchbook Box featuring My Minds Eye

Washi tape Matchbook Box

featuring My Minds Eye, Graphic 45 and Petaloo products 

from The Hens Den

By Lori McClellan

Here is a picture of the fun products I get to work with this month.  I am so excited to get to play with My Minds Eye Collectible collection.  The papers and embellishments in this collection are BEE-U-TI-FUL!!!!  I am doing a 2 part project with this collection so stay tuned for a second part coming later this week.

I was so lucky to be able to help out in The Hens Den booth at the CKC scrapbook expo last week in Portland.  I had so many new ideas when I left after spending 2 days surrounded by gorgeous paper and embellishments.  Although washi tape is the newest, coolest trend in scrapbooking and paper crafting, I had yet to collect any.  The Hens Den has quite an assortment of washi tape available, and it found myself leaving the expo with a small collection.  As fate would have it, on my flight home from Portland, I was lucky to sit next to Megan Hoepner, editor from Creating Keepsakes magazine.  I admitted to her that I was having a love affair with washi tape, but had yet to play with it.  She was SO SWEET and pulled out her phone and shared with me some of her washi tape projects.  Once again, I was so full of new ideas and ways I hadn't even thought to use washi tape.  I have been holding on to this 8 x 8 matchbook box from graphic 45 for a while and I knew that I wanted to used the washi tape for this project.  It was so easy!!  I just started laying down the tape one after the other.  I could not believe how easy it was and what a great look you got.

 My Minds Eye has these 3 tapes together in one package.  I added the pink petaloo flower and really, does it need more?  As I said this is a 2 part project, so watch for the second half coming later in the week.  I hope that this gives you some fresh ideas.

I can't wait to hear what you think.

Supplies used:
Graphic 45  8x8 Matchbook box

My Minds Eye - Collectible - Washi tape
Petaloo flowers - Fabric flowers - Fuchsia 3 pack

Other Washi tape availabe from The Hens Den:
My Minds Eye - All is Bright - Decorative tape
My Minds Eye - The Sweetest Thing - Washi Tape
Prima - Engravers - Washi and Fabric tape
Teresa Collins - Memories - Decorative Washi tape
Tim Holtz - Ideaology- Tissue Tape