Flashback Friday

Today I am sharing some fun, old Easter themed projects for my Flashback Friday. I sure had fun looking back at some of these old creations. I will be sharing another old favorite Easter project that I created with the girls, so I hope you'll check back! Have a great weekend!

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First I want to share this old favorite project - one I remember doing with my mom. Here I re-did it using CTMH Sassy Strands but you can use any kind of thin string...

And here is how you create them:

*Blow up some water balloons (they are small and have an egg shape vs. other balloons)

*Dip your string in starch and wrap around the balloon

*Allow the balloon to dry completely (set it on wax paper to dry)

*Once the balloon is dry, pop the balloon and pull it out of your egg shape

And here are some fun pop-up cards with a bunny and a chick - I love these animals because they were created using the Happy Easter stamp set. Their bodies were the egg shape, the chick's feet were the tulip stamp, and the bunny ears were the leaf stamp - how fun is that! So many more possibilities with this stamp set than just eggs and flowers.

And here are some Easter pages that I created before I started blogging, so I haven't had a chance to share them here yet!

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You may recognize the big picture on the following layout if you have a CTMH Spring 2010 catalog - that's my girls on page 51! You can also check it out here if you missed it before! I used no patterned paper on this layout - only textured CS and the Friendship Flowers stamp set.

I created my patterned paper on the following layout using the Playful Flourishes stamp set with Buttercup and White Daisy inks.

And these pages I have shared on my blog already, but here they are again just because of their theme!

Here I used two Just Blooms flower petals for the bunny ears, and a pink brad for the bunny nose:

Notice how this page and the next are identical - I just used different papers but the same Imagine layout. This was a layout for a gathering, and I gave them a girly option and a boy option.

Thanks for looking!

I Do It!

Here is the layout that I did for this month's Imagine Challenge - there's a lot of pink here, but I really like how it turned out. I ended up rotating both layouts to fit my pics - that's what I love about doing square layouts, it's so easy to make it work! This layout talks about Brailee's strong independence right now - she wants to do everything herself and is constantly telling me "I Do It!" and she's so proud of herself when she actually does! Putting on her shoes is her favorite thing to do herself - I'm not looking forward to winter when it's too cold for these shoes and I will have to help her against her will ;-)

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Thanks for looking!

Products Used - All CTMH: Best Friends Forever paper pack (yes, again - this time I just used the pink striped paper), Autumn Garden B&T paper (for the Hollyhock dot paper and textured paper), Spot On Background stamp set on the Dimensional Elements, Sassy Strands, Flower Tags, Twill Ribbon, and Silver Photo Hangers with Hollyhock brads.