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Easter Layout and Tutorial..

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  hi  everyone,
i hope you all enjoyed your  Easter..
on Easter Sunday we took the kids to the beach and had a wonderful time and a good opportunity for me to take some pics of the kids

so this month i get to work with this wonderful range of papers
 Simple Stories Vintage Bliss

 

 stamped a hot air balloon in the corners and then added a few heart stickers
and next i flicked paint in both...

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Pink Rose - Crate Paper

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 Hi everyone  :)
Anita here sharing more Maggie Holmes
  i really love the pinks and greens in this collection
 
 
 Ive added a cluster of prima flowers with leaves i cut out
and a little lime green twine bow and punched out little flowers and added little pearls in the center
 flicked watercolour on my background


 products used

Maggie Holmes Lovely Paper

 Maggie Holmes Captured Paper

 Maggie Holmes Emily...

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CheeseCake - crate paper

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 hi..everyone
Anita here sharing more  crate paper Maggie Holmes
 ive been enjoying how much you can create with this collection
 just by changing the colour of your background cardstock you can get a whole new look

i cut out a pattern with my cameo to used as a mask
i wanted it to look a bit like a table cloth
 i also mixed up some watercolours and sprayed them onto my gesso pattern

 
here is what ive...

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Baby Girl - Crate Paper

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hi everyone ...
Anita here sharing more Crate Paper Maggie Holmes
 i had a bit of fun with layout lots of flicking of watercolours and using that wonderful stencil from prima 

 

 i have also have added some doodling on my watercolour drips down my page


 and added a few pearls to make the hearts pop a little

 
so pop on over to the shop and check out this amazing collection by Crate paper
Hugs Anita..xx
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The Sweet Life - using crate paper

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hi :)
im super excited to be sharing this beautiful collection by Crate paper



for this layout i wanted to use lots of pinks and greens
for me when creating a layout i always start with a photo because it always gives me inspiration

and as i have been asked how i create my backgrounds here is a quick Tutorial

and here is the layout i created using that background


for my background ive used watercolours...

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